The United States collaborates with the European Union on an infrastructural initiative expected to transforming the economies Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia and Angola. Mali's military rulers ask northern rebels to lay down their arms and face the justice system in order to participate in nationwide peace talks. And- Julian Assange, the founder of the whistleblowing website Wikileaks, launches a last-ditch legal bid to prevent his extradition from Britain to the United States on charges of espionage. All this and much more coming up in today’s Africa 54!