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Military #coup thwarted in #Benin! The #ECOWAS intervention, led by #Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Cote d'Ivoire is notable in an age of authoritarian cooperation in regional orgs, notably the autocrats who formed the Alliance of Sahel States. Civil society voice needed now www.premiumtimesng.com.

Kan Afrika bli det nye «Syden»? Varmere somre i Europa kan gi land sør for ekvator et konkurransefortrinn som reisemål. Kanskje bør Afrika hoppe over industrialiseringsfasen, og satse på tjenester og turisme?

Jeg skriver her om noe helt annet enn jeg pleier (amerikansk og norsk politikk). Kan Afrika bli det nye Syden? Potensialet for økt turisme er stort i mange fattigere land, og næringen trues ikke av handelskrig eller AI. www.panoramanyheter.no/afrika-jan-a...

Macron reconnaît la « guerre » de la France au Cameroun pendant la décolonisation, un tournant mémoriel entre les deux pays Un rapport d’historiens remis en janvier au président français soulignait le glissement de la répression des autorités coloniales françaises vers une véritable « guerre » entre 1956 et 1961, qui a sans doute fait « des dizaines de milliers de victimes ».

Macron reconnaît la « guerre » de la France au Cameroun pendant la décolonisation, un tournant mémoriel entre les deux pays

America Deploys B-1B Bombers Near Russia Days Before Putin-Trump Meeting The US has sent B-1B Lancer bombers to Norway for joint training, enhancing NATO interoperability ahead of Russia's strategic exercises.

⚡ The United States has deployed three B-1B Lancer bombers to Norway for joint training with European allies.

Pentagon: U.S. Counterterrorism Efforts Have Failed Africans A new Pentagon report sheds light on AFRICOM’s disastrous counterterrorism campaigns.

Pentagon: U.S. Counterterrorism Efforts Have Failed Africans

A new Pentagon report offers the grimmest assessment yet of the results of the last 10 years of U.S. military efforts on the continent.

Full story @theintercept.com

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Peace Agreement Between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of Rwanda - United States Department of State [French Version] PEACE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO AND THE REPUBLIC OF RWANDA PREAMBLE The Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (“DRC”) and the Government of t...

Hard to overstate how much the Congo-Rwanda peace deal appears to be driven by magical thinking. The FDLR will be disarmed! Trust will be restored! In 90 days! What a joke.

« Une gouvernance sans limite, ni légale ni temporelle » : deux intellectuels togolais alertent ENTRETIEN CROISÉ. L’arrestation fin mai du rappeur Aamron a réveillé une colère longtemps contenue au Togo. Dans une interview croisée avec Le Point Afrique, l’écrivain Radjoul Mouhamadou et le penseu...

#Togo «Une gouvernance sans limite, ni légale ni temporelle» : deux intellectuels togolais alertent
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"L’arrestation fin mai du rappeur Aamron a réveillé une colère longtemps contenue au Togo"

The Limits of Coercive Power If we continue to bully and berate our allies and partners, they will eventually find other friends

If we continue to bully and berate our allies and partners, they will eventually find other friends

The Limits of Coercive Power open.substack.com/pub/michaelm...

Stærkt at se netop de fire her spise sammen i aften i København ♥️💪
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Are Rwandan troops becoming Cabo Delgado’s main security provider? | ISS Africa In three years, the Rwandan contingent in Mozambique has grown dramatically and expanded its operations across five districts.

The companion piece to any news out of eastern DRC right now is this: Rwanda is the primary security provider in northern Mozambique, which has $50b of gas deposits that Total and Exxon want to extract. This is why Kagame will be able to do whatever he wants to Goma.

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Rwandan army ‘ready to invade DRC’ and help rebels seize city Intelligence sources suggest battle for Congolese regional capital Goma is imminent before UN crisis talks on Monday

Not sure people are aware enough of what's happening in the DRC

The Forgotten Era 'Siollun's books are gripping' - Financial Times Much is known about what the Europeans did in Nigeria, yet very little is known about the country before ...

This looks fascinating!

"In this surprising history, Max Siollun uncovers a society that was not part of a backward 'dark continent', but one rich with lore to rival those of ancient Greece and Rome"

Note: I don't think it's 'surprising'... but ok...

After the Bell: The Economist’s long-overdue epiphany on Africa Generalising about Africa means The Economist magazine often gets it wrong. However, this time it might well be right.

This sounds about right

Children executed and women raped in front of their families as M23 militia unleashes fresh terror on DRC First-hand accounts from victims of unthinkable violence paint a gruesome picture of the brutality sweeping the central African country. How long is the West prepared to look away?

One of the most remarkable pieces of reporting from eastern Congo, by Mark Townsend, a searing account of the brutal hellhole the M23 group has turned the region into. Women and kids face terror and rape everywhere.

Rwanda is deeply implicated in the violence.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

West African highway linking Nigeria to Ivory Coast could help reinvigorate Ecowas The road could breathe new life into West Africa's regional bloc, Ecowas.

#BBCNews - West African bloc pins hopes on ambitious superhighway from Ivory Coast to Nigeria
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By @paulmelly.bsky.social

The Role of Syria in Russia's Africa Operations By John Lechner

Russian operations in Libya, Africa, and further afield heavily depend on its its ability to maintain a logistical route via Syria, bot for maritime presence, and airlift via Khmeimim. John has a good post on this: behindthefront.substack.com/p/the-role-o... 10/

Excellent column. Unfortunately, there is no easy way back. But both sides should at least consider a customs union, and coordinate closely on security and defence.
Most importantly, we need a sense of urgency. Some countries have it. Germany and the U.K. are both too complacent, in different ways.

U.S. Confronts Failures as Terrorism Spreads in West Africa American and French forces have been ordered out of several countries after a series of coups.

“U.S. Confronts Failures as Terrorism Spreads in West Africa -

American and French forces have been ordered out of several countries after a series of coups.”

www.nytimes.com/2024/06/07/u...

G20-led summit for Africa to highligh interest in fast-growing continent Leaders from more than a dozen African countries are heading to Germany for the G20 Compact with Africa conference, which aims to help bolster private investment in the world's poorest, but fast-growing, continent.

G20-led summit for Africa to highligh interest in fast-growing continent

Nigeria's food crisis demands sustainable aid solutions - Africa Practice In September 2023, Nigeria experienced an alarming 30.64% surge in food inflation, marking the highest increase in 18 years. This dramatic spike is not an isolated incident but a culmination of factor...

Economic hardship on the increase in Nigeria 🇳🇬

Nigeria : une explosion au haut-commissariat du Canada fait deux morts et deux blessés

Nigeria : une explosion au haut-commissariat du Canada fait deux morts et deux blessés

Public Holidays: Equatorial Guinea’s Vice President Insists Superyacht in Italian Vacation Hotspot... The 'defence ministry' yacht was seen moored off Capri, Sardinia and a number of touristic hotspots in the Mediterranean.

Equatorial Guinea claims to use a luxury yacht for military operations, but why? New Bellingcat researcher @oldpete45.bsky.social investigates the use and movement of this extravagant vessel: www.bellingcat.com/news/2023/11...

Thank you Poland, for showing faith in EU values under threat from the authoritarian right | Will Hutton At least one good thing came out of the disaster of Brexit – it is serving as a bulwark against populism in Europe

Thank you Poland, for showing faith in EU values under threat from the authoritarian right | Will Hutton

‘We need to tell people everything’: Portugal grapples with legacy of colonial past European country with longest involvement in the slave trade is coming under pressure to give ‘a real sorry’ for its role

“Instead of talking about the discovery of Brazil, we need to talk about the genocide of millions of people … They weren’t clapping us when we arrived. But if you look at the drawing in the books, people are smiling. We need to tell people everything about what we did; about how many people died”

The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers redux The author of the 20th century’s most influential history book anticipates the coming world order.

www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2023/0...

Who wants to rule the world? I will, says Joe. No, it’ll be me, says Xi | Simon Tisdall The US and China are building rival global coalitions as the UN stumbles. Tackling collective challenges will be harder in a fragmented world

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Musk’s X is the biggest purveyor of disinformation, EU official says A top European Union official says the social network X, formerly known as Twitter, is the biggest source of fake news and urged owner Elon Musk to comply with the bloc’s laws aimed at combating disinformation.

Musk’s X is the biggest purveyor of disinformation, EU official says

Migration could be ‘dissolving force for EU’, says bloc’s top diplomat Exclusive: Josep Borrell calls for European unity in face of Ukraine war, US-China competition and rise of global south

Interesting interview with Borrell on Europe.
www.theguardian.com/world/2023/s...

We shed crocodile tears over our high streets then click online and finish them off | Barbara Ellen Brexit, Covid and rising costs all contributed to closures like Wilko, but we lazy, hypocritical shoppers played a part

We shed crocodile tears over our high streets then click online and finish them off, by Barbara Ellen
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@Jerusalem_Post: The #Kurdistan Region of #Iraq is facing a new and potentially unprecedented crisis as it faces off against pressure from Baghdad, #Iran, and #Turkey. - analysis

By: @sfrantzman
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