A peace agreement signed in June between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda. A meeting in August with General Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman al-Burhan, the head of the Sudanese army. Trips to Libya and the Horn of Africa.

Since his surprise appointment on April 1 by Donald Trump as special adviser for Africa, Lebanese-American businessman Massad Boulos – whose son married the US president's daughter – has been stepping up his diplomatic efforts. He spoke with Le Monde about the priorities of US diplomacy on the African continent.

President Trump has defined it well: We have shifted from aid to trade. Our Africa policy is the three Ps. The first peace. Our mandate is to achieve peace in all conflict zones, starting with the Great Lakes, and then all the way to Sudan, Libya, the African Horn and the Sahel.

The second is partnerships. President Trump's policy is to establish win-win partnerships for all parties. The idea is to bring in US investors and US companies to invest in African countries, with the full support of the US government and its institutions. Numerous projects have already been signed, even though the Trump administration has only been in place for eight months. Finally, the third P is prosperity, which results from peace and partnerships.

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