What in the World?

The withdrawal comes after Macron said the French ambassador to Niger was being detained and living on rationed meals, Foreign Policy’s Nosmot Gbadamosi writes in Africa Brief.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has led his country into economic ruin, FP’s Steven A. Cook argued last month. But that may not hinder his path to reelection.

As tech companies have begun pouring resources into AI, the U.S. government has struggled to keep up with regulating the technology. One solution, Matt Sheehan writes, could be to follow China’s approach to AI regulation.

The Russia-brokered cease-fire gives Azerbaijan control over the disputed region, FP’s Alexandra Sharp reports in World Brief.

As spring arrives in South America, parts of Bolivia and Brazil are already facing scorching temperatures, FP’s Catherine Osborn writes in Latin America Brief.

The agreement, originally discussed last year, is yet another example of new alliances forming to achieve specific regional and national goals—a trend that FP’s Ravi Agrawal discusses in his editor’s note for our latest print issue.

The two leaders discussed providing additional military aid to Ukraine following a recent Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting—which FP’s Jack Detsch and Amy Mackinnon reported on last week in Situation Report.

Chinese officials, who are looking for scapegoats to blame for the collapse of the country’s real estate sector, also detained Evergrande’s former CEO and chief financial officer, FP’s James Palmer writes in China Brief.

The greenhouse owner said his crop had already been damaged by heat and recent floods when the sheep wandered in, UPI reports.

The owner told the Philadelphia Inquirer in 2019 that the alligator, named WallyGator, “likes to give hugs” and has never bitten anyone.