This week: Which African leaders did Trump pick to play on his team - and do they all speak English? Why Lesotho is panicking about jobs. A breakthrough in the treatment of malaria for babies and infants. And how can the enormous wealth gap be closed in Africa?

Episode 60: References/further reading:

https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-holds-africa-summit-with-leaders-senegal-gabon-2025-07-09/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y72w17vpwo

https://www.news24.com/world/lesotho-declares-state-of-disaster-over-mass-unemployment-as-us-tariffs-devastate-economy-20250708-1043?utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--_zCPNJX8J9BPUvfjX0XMDkNt0q56MZCOO_8R6j4v2ZhUEVvVaO34diweg4mSbdk7VDrm5HTN_6psJEqmfxPhFbLUyBNDKgZC-1wjwEnZDBH6BTew&_hsmi=113083472&utm_content=113083472&utm_source=hs_email

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/10/us-aid-cuts-could-lead-to-millions-more-hiv-aids-deaths-by-2029-un

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/07/09/health/malaria-drug-babies-africa-intl

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/9/at-least-31-dead-532-arrested-in-kenyas-antigovernment-protests

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9dgv5e6447o

https://www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20250710-four-african-billionaires-richer-than-750-million-people-living-on-the-continent

https://www.oxfam.org/en/research/africas-inequality-crisis-and-rise-super-rich

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