Claim restated: The State Department announced on 2026-01-23 that
U.S. Deputy Secretary Christopher Landau would meet African Union Commission Chair Mahmoud Ali Youssouf in
Addis Ababa to discuss promoting peace, expanding commercial cooperation, and addressing humanitarian crises; the travel was scheduled to begin 2026-01-24. Evidence confirms the planned meeting (official State Department media note published 2026-01-23), but as of 2026-01-24 there is no public reporting, State Department readout, AU press release, or contemporaneous reputable news account confirming that the meeting has already taken place or that those topics were discussed. Conclusion: the commitment is in progress — the trip was scheduled and the meeting was planned, but no primary-source readout or coverage has been published yet to verify that the meeting occurred and the named priorities were discussed. Recommend checking for an official readout or AU press statement after the visit.