It's also unclear how the 4+4 agreement fits with the plans of Massad Boulos US President Donald J Trump's Senior Advisor for Arab and African Affairs...
Such is Trump's weight that rival Algeria accepted discreet talks in early 2026 led by presidential Africa envoy Massad Boulos who visited Algiers in January to meet President Abdelmadjid Tebboune and Foreign Minister Ahmed Attaf...
Even before Beijing's latest commercial deals for the rival camps in Libya United States senior envoy Massad Boulos was struggling to win credibility for his scheme to reunify the country's divided executive and institutions then hold elections next year...
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President Donald Trump's Africa envoy Massad Boulos's plan for power sharing by the Tripoli and Benghazi-based rival governments gives Haftar and his sons crucial roles at the top of government...
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The latest warnings about the RSF's planned offensive in El Obeid putting the lives of 500 000 civilians at risk exposed the difficulties faced by Massad Boulos President Donald J Trump's senior advisor for Arab and African affairs who is trying to advance a Libyan political settlement...
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That could be because the settlement proposed by Massad Boulos United States President Donald J Trump's African envoy would install Saddam Haftar as head of a new presidential council while keeping Tripoli-based Prime Minister Abdel Hamid Dubaiba in post prior to elections being held (AC Vol 67 No 9 A power-sharing deal – based on oil drones and secret cash)...
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Instead President Donald Trump has invested significant powers in his senior African envoy Massad Boulos who has led the US's push for greater access to critical minerals and brokered the fragile peace agreement between Rwanda and Congo-Kinshasa...
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It follows months of talks initiated by Massad Boulos Senior Advisor on Africa to United States President Donald Trump...
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Initiated by Egypt and Massad Boulos Senior Africa Advisor to US President Donald J Trump the meetings have involved Eritrea's President Issayas Afewerki...
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And the US represented by Massad Boulos President Donald J Trump's senior Africa advisor pledged over $220m in assistance for 2026...