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The United States is urging stronger coordination between the United Nations and African Union, pointing to conflicts in Sudan, eastern Congo and the Sahel as urgent tests of their partnership.
The United States is emphasizing African leadership in efforts to confront terrorism and instability across West Africa, calling for closer cooperation with the UN.
The United States says UN financing for African Union-led peace operations could help address conflicts across Africa, but insists that deployments must have strict limits and measurable objectives.
The Trump administration has strongly condemned terrorist attacks, including drone attacks, in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, warning that insecurity in the Sahel threatens the wider international community.
The United States is calling on the UN and African Union to support U.S.- and Qatar-led peace processes in the Democratic Republic of Congo as insecurity continues in the country's east.
Washington is demanding an immediate end to Sudan's fighting and backing a humanitarian truce as the United Nations and African Union pursue an inclusive political process.
The United States says it is considering extending the Darfur arms embargo to all of Sudan as Washington pushes for an immediate end to the fighting and supports a humanitarian truce.