In Ivory Coast, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken pledged additional U.S. financing to help bring stability to coastal West Africa, where insecurity linked to Islamist extremism has increased in recent years. Kenya says it wants to promote peace in East Africa and has no problems with neighboring countries, but there are signs of diplomatic strains with at least four neighbors. Former U.S. President Donald Trump and former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley facing off in a Republican primary election in the northeastern state of New Hampshire.