Animal Health & Biosecurity: African Swine Fever has spread in Laos to seven provinces and 91 districts, with 14,002 pigs lost and authorities tightening movement controls as no widely available vaccines or treatments exist. Food Security & Climate Risk: Cocoa prices rose on dry West African conditions, with fears of below-normal rains in Côte d’Ivoire threatening the 2026/27 crop. Livestock & Disease Control: South Africa will allow qualifying private firms to manufacture foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) vaccines using ARC intellectual property to expand supply and strengthen outbreak response. Agribusiness Skills: Ghana’s Cargill and the International Cocoa Initiative celebrated 111 young graduates completing vocational cocoa apprenticeships, aiming to cut child-labour risks through employable skills. Regional Policy: ECOWAS Parliament urged stronger mechanisms to curb farmer-herder conflicts, warning of displacement and wider insecurity. Infrastructure for Trade & Energy: Ethiopia and Djibouti, with Dangote, broke ground on a $660m Damerjog–Dewele pipeline to improve fuel transport and regional energy security. Youth Agribusiness: Uganda’s Arua youth poultry farmers cut costs by about US$6,425 through collective action and training.