The attention to other African issues is likely to wane, except for constituencies with a strong lobbying presence in Washington. Somaliland could be one example, raising the danger of it following South Sudan’s trajectory from secession to conflict.
More broadly, African efforts to renew the African Growth and Opportunity Act could face an uphill battle, which would further position China as its most important partner. An expected reevaluation of Biden-era infrastructure initiatives like the Lobito Corridor (both due to cost concerns and a less cohesive G7) will likely further advance this trend.

The already highly geopolitics-inflected race for critical minerals will likely be one area of continuity between the Biden and second Trump administrations. However, Republican opposition to ESG standards will likely make those projects more complicated on the ground.