Kristof Titeca

EU-AU summit must see release of European humanitarian hostage As leaders gather for the European Union-African Union Summit in Angola, we urge them to press for the immediate release of humanitarian Joseph Figueira Martin.

Together with Olivier Vandecasteele, and in light of the EU-AU summit next week, I wrote an op-ed for the @euobserver.com, asking for the release of Joseph Figueira Martin, who's been sentenced to 10 years of forced labor in #CAR #letJoego euobserver.com/africa/ar88d...

Revealed: Qatar-linked intelligence operation targeted ICC prosecutor’s alleged victim Exclusive: Woman who accused Karim Khan of misconduct was subject of covert operation involving two British private intelligence firms

A “strategic-advisory firm” based in Mayfair, #London, led an intelligence operation to find “evidence” to undermine the credibility of the woman who accused #ICC prosecutor Karim #Khan of sexual assault.

It was allegedly commissioned by state officials in #Qatar
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...

Inside the US evangelical push into Africa in vacuum left by Trump’s aid cuts As Donald Trump's aid cuts leave African health programmes scrambling, The Independent pieces together events at a number of conferences where American religious organisations are looking to move in t...

This investigation in @the-independent.com provides an excellent update on the influence of #Familywatchinternational in Africa (..and I'm quoted in it): www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Continuities and Ruptures Ahead of the December 2025 Elections in the Central African Republic | Democracy in Africa

New (and alerting) article we wrote on the upcoming elections in the Central African Republic. Pls share and discuss - let's keep all eyes on CAR!
@democracyinafrica.bsky.social @abi-freiburg.bsky.social @kristoftiteca.bsky.social @enripicco.bsky.social

democracyinafrica.org/continuities...

Sign the Petition: Free Joseph Figueira Martin! Humanitarian arbitrarily detained and tortured in the Central African Republic Sign the petition to protect those who risk their lives to save others.

Libérez Joseph Figueira Martin!

Ce travailleur humanitaire a été condamné à 10 ans de prison en République centrafricaine, après avoir été arrêté et torturé par des mercenaires #Wagner. Son état de santé se dégrade, et il est urgent de le libérer

petitions.protecthumanitarians.org/en/petitions...

📄𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 by @kristoftiteca.bsky.social
@egmontinstitute.bsky.social

"Why Sudan’s conflict is escalating — and becoming harder to stop"

#Sudan #HornOfAfrica #ConflictAnalysis #Geopolitics #Peacebuilding

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Nigeria-États-Unis. « Certains refusent d’affronter la complexité du réel » - Entretien Sur quoi reposent les affirmations de Donald Trump selon lesquelles il existerait un « génocide » des chrétiens au Nigeria ? Jusqu’où le président états-unien est-il prêt à aller et pourquoi ? (…)

Your essential morning read. It's sad we don't have a vaccine against Trumpian horseshit but @vincentfoucher.bsky.social who has been working on Nigeria for many years tries his best

De situatie in Oost-Congo – hoorzitting in comm #BuitenlandseBetrekkingen met Marc Pecsteen @belgiummfa.bsky.social, Koen Vlassenroot #ugent, Erik Kennes @egmontinstitute.bsky.social, @kristoftiteca.bsky.social #UAntwerpen, Tshibangu Kalala #Unikin > tinyurl.com/y665sr66 > Live: tinyurl.com/a9v99d3d

Sudan • Doha's discreet military support for Sudanese Armed Forces Qatar, a low-key General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan political and financial backer, also supplies the Sudanese Armed Forces with weapons. Doha's support for Sudan is yet another facet of its proxy war

"Doha's discreet military support for Sudanese Armed Forces" www.africaintelligence.com/eastern-afri...

A good day at the office for IB Traoré's masked secret police. All these people were rounded up earlier today in different parts of Ouagadougou, Burkina

Air Travel, Statelessness, and the Rights Claims of Ugandan Asians, c.1973* Abstract. In the aftermath of Idi Amin’s expulsion of Uganda’s South Asians in 1972, some of those made technically stateless arrived in India unsupported

I have a new article out.

TLDR: Actively courting deportation by air is a way to claim rights as a stateless person and even as a refugee.

academic.oup.com/past/advance...

Centrafrique : « Joseph Figueira Martin est devenu un pion dans un bras de fer géopolitique entre la Russie et l’Occident » TRIBUNE. Dans une tribune au « Monde », dix-neuf personnalités alertent sur le sort de cet humanitaire et chercheur belgo-portugais qui vient de passer son 500e jour en détention après avoir été enlev...

Joseph Figueira Martin, humanitaire et chercheur, est détenu à Bangui depuis 500 jours sans procès. Menacé par Wagner et victime de désinformation russe, son état est critique. Avec Olivier Vandecasteele et beaucoup d’autres, nous alertons dans @lemonde.fr www.lemonde.fr/afrique/arti...

Looking forward to read! #DRC

Humanitaire hulpverleners zoals Joseph verdienen bescherming, geen gevangenis 500 dagen is het dat de Belgisch-Portugese hulpverlener Joseph Figueira Martin willekeurig wordt vastgehouden in de Centraal-Afrikaanse Republiek. ‘Mobilisatie doet ertoe’, argumenteren Olivier Vandec...

Today it has been 500 days since researcher/humanitarian Joseph Figuera Martin has been unjustly imprisoned in the Centr. Afr. Republic. We call for his immediate release: www.demorgen.be/meningen/hum...
And we must talk about researcher safety!
@kristoftiteca.bsky.social @abi-freiburg.bsky.social

This is a fantastic achievement. Congrats, Nina, for producing the most comprehensive book to date on the foreign intervention in the Sahel. What makes this work so precious, among other things, is the unique body of evidence it relies on, collected year after year in multiple Sahelian countries

We at GDI are immensely disheartened to hear that @iobua.bsky.social has been informed by the Flemish government that their core funding will not be renewed.

If you would like to show your support and take action, you can sign this petition: bit.ly/46uCzYj

Have you seen this petition yet? Save our school and the reputation of Flanders

Ik deel zelden petities, maar de beslissing van de Vlaamse regering om het @iobua.bsky.social stop te zetten is niet alleen kortzichtig, het ondermijnt één van Vlaanderens belangrijkste centra rond internationale samenwerking en goed bestuur... Tekenen jullie ook? #SaveIOB

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Stand with our member and conference partner @iobua.bsky.social!

A few of our alumni started a petition to save the IOB. Please sign/share! www.change.org/p/save-our-s...

If there is one institute at the @uantwerpen.be truly committed to collaborating with partners from the Global South, it is the @iobua.bsky.social. In times of geopolitical change, we need an institute like this more than ever, but the Flemish government does not seem to understand that. #saveIOB

Thanks Marnix!!

We're still very much in shock here at the @iobua.bsky.social: the Flemish government decided to cut all of our our core-funding, with only 3 months of financing left (and after a particularly positive evaluation of our institute) #saveIOB blog.uantwerpen.be/iob/iob-unde...

Exclusive: US could hit entire International Criminal Court with sanctions soon The United States is considering imposing sanctions as soon as this week against the entire International Criminal Court, putting the court's day-to-day operations in jeopardy in retaliation for investigations of suspected Israeli war crimes.

“a national security threat that has been an instrument for lawfare” - #US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, on the #ICC

The Court has allegedly paid salaries until the end of 2025 in advance, as it braces for institution-wide #sanctions from the #Trump government

www.reuters.com/world/europe...

Sign the Petition: Free Joseph Figueira Martin! Humanitarian arbitrarily detained and tortured in the Central African Republic Sign the petition to protect those who risk their lives to save others.

Please sign this petition for the release of Joseph Figueira Martin, a humanitarian who's been arbitrarily detained (for close to 1,5 years..) and tortured in the Central African Republic. petitions.protecthumanitarians.org/en/petitions...

Reminder: next Tuesday there's Mich Thill's book presentation on the Congolese police - online, so feel free to join!

Afrique du Sud. À Johannesburg, la vie brutaliste de Ponte City - Histoire Inauguré il y a cinquante ans, l’un des bâtiments les plus emblématiques de la capitale économique sud-africaine est en vente aux enchères. Marquant l’apogée du régime d’apartheid, la tour (…)

C'est pas pour faire nos intéressants mais @afriquexxi.bsky.social raconte des histoires qu'on ne lit pas ailleurs. Passionnant papier de @lowcausse34.bsky.social // À Johannesburg, la vie brutaliste de Ponte City

Opinie: Rwanda gebruikt WK wielrennen om zijn donkere kant te verdoezelen Het sportevenement is een schoolvoorbeeld van sportswashing: sport dient om de aandacht af te leiden van het autoritaire karakter van het Rwandese regime en de actieve rol van het Afrikaanse land in d...

Ik schreef voor de @volkskrant.nl over waarom het cynisch is dat het WK wielrennen in Rwanda plaatsvindt, en waarom het sportswashing is: www.volkskrant.nl/columns-opin...

Proud supervisor here!

Why Hasn’t Joseph Kony Been Caught? The Ugandan warlord recently went on trial in absentia, but he continues to elude a decades-long international manhunt.

I wrote for @foreignpolicy.com as to why, on why, after nearly 40 years of rebellion, and 20 years of #ICC arrest warrants, the #LRA's Joseph #Kony still has not been caught: foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/16/j...

🚴‍♂️ #Rwanda hosts the 2025 #UCIRoadWorldChampionships.
But with its army’s role in the Congo war & ongoing rights abuses — should Belgium boycott?
@kristoftiteca.bsky.social explains on De Universiteit van Vlaanderen (NL podcast).
🎧 https://loom.ly/r9uMUaI