This is big news, though unfortunately little reporting on the political background...
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Posts by Denis Tull
Absurdistan and the US-DR Congo "migration deal":
The first 15 people expelled from the US have arrived in Kinshasa.
Nationalities: Peru, Ecuador, Colombia. The Congolese gov explains that it will repatriate them in turn to their home countries
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Der #Iran-Krieg wird im #Sahel zum geopolitischen Balanceakt: Die AES-Staaten vermeiden klare Positionen, um neue Partnerschaften nicht zu gefährden.
ltschoerner.bsky.social analysiert die Annäherung an #Iran, neue Kooperation mit den USA und mögliche innenpolitische Konsequenzen: t1p.de/03sj4
Neue Publikation: Auch trotz des Waffenstillstands zu #Iran gibt es Auswirkungen am Horn von Afrika. Diese beleuchte ich in dem neuen Stück. www.megatrends-afrika.de/publikation/...
Der #Iran-Krieg setzt #Afrikas Wirtschaften unter Druck: Höhere Energiepreise schlagen auf #Dünger- und Lebensmittelkosten durch, während #Rücküberweisungen aus den Golfstaaten sinken.
Wie sich das auf #Ernährungssicherheit auswirkt erklären @heidland.bsky.social und Anni Verhoeven👉 t1p.de/ontgh
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#Zimbabwe’s leader Mnangagwa eyes role as president for life, writes the Financial Times.
The implications of this, incl. a violent power struggle, are outlined in our former fellow's Godfrey Maringira's @megatrends-afrika.de policy brief.
www.megatrends-afrika.de/publikation/...
Useful and nnuanced overview of the upcoming French legislation governing #restitution
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Summary of the current tensions between #Mali and #Mauritania
Tensions accrues entre la Mauritanie et le Mali après des incidents frontaliers répétés Tensions accrues entre la Mauritanie et le Mali après des incidents frontaliers répétés
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Dein Pass, ID und biometrische Daten schlummern jetzt bei Peter Thiels finanziertem "Persona Identitites". And you're screwed. Here is why:
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Must read 🧵
#BurkinaFaso
Madagascar military leader Gabriel Ramanantsoa to screen government ministerial candidates with lie detector tests to identify corruption. There has been no indication that Gabriel Ramanantsoa plans to subject himself to a polygraph.
Coups in Mali, Burkina Faso & Niger have reshaped not just domestic politics but the Sahel’s foreign relations. With juntas cutting ties to Europe, what options remain for the EU? @denistull.bsky.social & @ltschoerner.bsky.social examine this in our new SWP study👇
www.swp-berlin.org/10.18449/202...
US/Israeli war on #Iran:
As the region's first government #Mali has increased fuel prices: petrol from 775 to 875 CFA (+12%), diesel from 725 to 940 CFA (+29%)
An upcoming @megatrends-afrika.de paper will discuss the reactions in the Sahel to the war on Iran
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Arming Civilians in Burkina Faso. The State, the War on Terror and the Militarisation of Society
In it @tanguyq.bsky.social explains how milita growth has fueled violence, reignited communal rivalries.
www.megatrends-afrika.de/publikation/...
@delinagoxho.bsky.social's
Self-defense Militia Groups in Niger: Risking a Time Bomb , surrounding the alreyd existing (pre-coup) militias in Tahoua and Tillabéri.
www.megatrends-afrika.de/publikation/...
#Niger's government announces formation of nation-wide local fense militias, « Domol Leydi » , what looks like a replication of the model employed in Burkina Faso, the VDP.
sahelien.com/le-niger-ann...
I recommand 2 policy briefs by @megatrends-afrika.de on this important topic 👇
"Ce type d'opération illustre la faiblesse de l'économie des médias sur le continent, dans la foulée des révélations du Centrafricain Ephrem Yalike l'an dernier. Leur absence de ressources rend les manipulations aisées."
Over the past weeks, @megatrends-afrika.de has published several fantastic papers.
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Nach den Staatsstreichen im Sahel haben die Militärregime die Kooperationen mit Europa weitgehend beendet. In ihrer SWP-Studie analysieren @ltschoerner.bsky.social und @denistull.bsky.social @swp-mea.bsky.social Handlungsoptionen und Zukunftsszenarien. www.swp-berlin.org/publikation/...
Ferdaous Bouhlel and I have a new paper out. Enjoy // Jihadist taxation and order-making in Mali and Niger
#Translocal households across Southern Africa often span #rural and #urban areas. #Climatechange is intensifying this dynamic, turning households dependent on urban income.
Caitlin Blaser Mapitsa and @lenagutheil.bsky.social explain how that power shift reshapes local #governance.
👉 t1p.de/i63g6
Academic inbreeding in #France —when a university hires its own former PhD students as assistant professors
Very inbred universities: CNAM and Panthéon-Assas
Sorbonne University: the inbred recruitment rate is 32%
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A rare high-level visit to the African continent is coming up.
Pope Léon XIV will visit #Algeria, #Cameroon, #Angola and #Equatorial-Guinea (13-23 April)
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Pour Harouna Drabo, "cette riposte informationnelle, œil pour œil, dent pour dent, n'est pas bonne pour l'intégrité de l'information. Le risque, c'est de se retrouver dans un désordre informationnel total, où la population ne va plus comprendre ce qui est vrai ou faux."
just plainly evil.
#Rwanda The entirely predictable use of Rwandan leverage to counter international pressure (on the DRC)
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