Foreign Policy published on 12 April 2022 an article titled "U.S. Envoy for East Africa to Call It Quits" by Robbie Gramer and Colum Lynch.
David Satterfield, appointed in January 2022 as the US special envoy for the Horn of Africa, is expected to resign and be replaced on an interim basis by his deputy, Payton Knopf. There was no explanation for his brief tenure in the position.