Senior U.S. officials say President Joe Biden’s administration remains strongly committed to promoting peace and stability in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Somalia and Sudan. China places significant strategic focus on countries around the Horn of Africa and Gulf of Aden, including Djibouti, where it opened its first military facility outside China. South Africa votes on May 29th in what’s likely to be the most significant election since the African National Congress, the ANC, took power in 1994 after decades of apartheid.