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@FCDOGovUK are recruiting for a Senior Research Analyst for Nigeria and Anglophone West Africa. Get in 👉https://www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi?vxsys=4&vxvac=390186

It looks like a diagram from hell. But apparently political scientists like this sort of thing.🤷‍♀️ Huge thanks to the organisers of the Conflict & Change workshop at UCL. It was fantastic to get such detailed feedback on working papers.

Profitons de la fonctionnalité unique du lieu, le starter pack! Voici la liste des contributeurs et contributrices d'Afrique XXI (qui sera régulièrement mise à jour) go.bsky.app/MoLFQbW

Bonjour et merci à nos 81 (!) premiers followers et aux milliers d'autres qui ne manqueront pas de suivre. N'hésitez pas à diffuser la nouvelle de notre présence sur cette plateforme

I've put together a starter pack for Sahel-watchers new to BlueSky. Please suggest others I may have missed! go.bsky.app/CX1DCBE

How Wagner’s Ruthless Image Crumbled in Mali The Russian mercenary group operated with little pushback in the West African nation — until it launched one of its most ambitious missions.

Incredible footage captured in this article about the ambush on #Wager #FAMA in Tinzaouaten, north Mali. Some of the footage was from a camera owned by a Wagner fighter/ influencer on Telegram and who was killed in the ambush. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/01/w...

Cutting Edge Issues in Development – The Sahelian Question: The ultra-periphery in a changing world On Friday 1 November, Dr Rahmane Idrissa joined us for a discussion on ‘The Sahelian Question: The ultra-periphery in a changing world’ as part of the Cutting Edge Issues in Development Lecture Ser…

Is current Pan-Africanism comparable to Trumpism? Rahmane Idrissa thinks so and challenges our understanding of the current political changes in the Sahel in this lecture as part of the Cutting Edge series at the LSE Int Dev Department blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...

Russia Signs Satellite Deal With Three West African Military Juntas The partnership between Russia’s space agency and the governments of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger deepens these countries’ turn toward the Kremlin in their effort to fight off Islamist insurgencies.

Russia Signs Satellite Deal With Three West African Military Juntas www.nytimes.com/2024/09/24/w...
...to help with security & managing the impact of climate change but "the satellites would need at least 4 yrs to be built and launched." Plenty of time for IS & JNIM to wreak havoc so.

Exclusive: Germany has stopped approving war weapons exports to Israel, source says Germany has put a hold on new exports of weapons of war to Israel while it deals with legal challenges, according to a Reuters analysis of data and a source close to the Economy Ministry.

Germany has stopped approving war weapons exports to Israel, source says

Kudos to @ecchr.bsky.social!
www.reuters.com/world/german...

Does the new Government’s Strategic Defence Review offer a window for rethinking UK defence policy? On 13 September 2024, the British International Studies Association’s new Security Policy and Practice working group hosted a ‘Dialogue on the UK Government’s Strategic Defence Review’, supported b…

Food for thought on why it may be worth the effort to respond to the call for evidence for the UK gov's new Strategic Defense Review, despite the narrow focus & space offered for new ideas rethinkingsecurity.org.uk/2024/09/17/r...

📢Katherine Pye and I are planning a panel for #ISA2025 on Liberal Intervention in the Global South.

We plan to explore questions of resistance, continuity despite failure and its political consequences.

We’d be delighted to receive any paper proposals before 28 May. More details here 👇

2/2 security cooperation w/ Russia over the US. This wasn't a populous decision to drum up support for their regime--those who support getting rid of foreign troops are also likely to be critical of collaboration with Russia--but a decision reflecting how they want to manage the ongoing insecurity.

Great analysis by @yguichaoua.bsky.social on the departure of US troops from #Niger. It's true that diplomats and analysts underestimate the extent to which CNSP leaders hold strong convictions about the direction they should take the country. And it's telling with their decision to opt for....

mainly about military leaders protecting their sources of revenue from defense contracts and avoiding an anti-corruption campaign by Bazoum. 🧐

Supporters of CNSP justify this move by saying that this will help speed up the urgent procurement of arms. 🤨 There are speculations that this is to allow the CNSP to sign contracts with Russia's Africa Corps but it also adds fuel to the conspiracy fire that the coup was....

Niger: un décret de la présidence abroge les contrôles sur les dépenses liées à la défense Selon un décret de la présidence du CNSP daté du 23 février dernier, auquel RFI a pu avoir accès dimanche, les dépenses liées à la défense ne subiront plus de contrôles.

The #CNSP in #Niger have repealed the law on defense spending, effectively allowing the military to buy arms, sign security contracts etc without any requirement to follow public procurement and accounting regulations. 1/3

Niger, Burkina and Mali announce they are leaving ECOWAS. Earthquake

The Fond de Solidarité pour la Sauvegarde de la Patrie in #Niger is introducing a tax on calls. An efficient way to collect tax in Niger and possibly a way to create a social contract. Q is: can the CNSP deliver on its side?