Denis Tull

This can't be true ?!

I have TONS of questions....not the least important is, what did the Malian government get to facilitate that its main opponent gets $50 Mio for its war chest and tons of arms??!! This sounds very much like #suicide

Tweet by Taha Hadeed (@t-hadeed.bsky.social) on X listing cargo flights between UAE and Libya during October 2025

Part of the background to the fall of El Fasher and RSF atrocities there is the sustained airlift from the UAE to the RSF via Libya - sixty Il-76 flights during October alone.

For the past six months, Haftar-controlled eastern Libya has supplanted Chad as the RSF's most important supply route.

Leverage and Limits: What African Actors Make of the New Multipolarity Africa is entering a new era of multipolarity, with global powers competing to become key partners to the continent. This study analyses the...

Find the study, here

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From Principle to Obligation: ICJ’s Opinion on Climate Change and Implications for African Countries The recent advisory opinion by the International Court of Justice makes climate justice a legal duty, empowering African countries to demand...

🚨 Huge news from The Hague: The #ICJ declared #climate #justice a legal duty.

This means states that fail to cut emissions may face legal consequences. @phemelo-tamasiga.bsky.social and Helen Onyeaka show how this empowers Africa to demand action and accountability.

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Gen Z, Digital Activism, and Regime Change in Madagascar In this Spotlight Xuefei Shi describes how digital strategies and online coordination enabled young activists in Madagascar to topple a regime...

In just three weeks, #Madagascar’s #GenZ protesters ousted former president #Rajoelina.⚡

In this Spotlight, @indianoceanist.bsky.social explores the drivers and digital strategies behind this leaderless movement and what it implies for the future of democracy in Africa.

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Introduction: Security Force Assistance in the Sahel Abstract. The introductory chapter situates security force assistance (SFA) in the Sahel within broader debates on military interventions, external securit

➡️Want to read my book "Securitizing the #Sahel"?

@oupacademic.bsky.social has made the introductory chapter available here until 10 November!

It outlines the main argument & structure of the book!

#Niger #Burkina #Mali #military #security #Barkhane #EUCAP #EUTM

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Excellent reporting here on the situation in northern Côte d'Ivoire, a precarious sitation, but no major jihadist attack has been registered since 2021

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Debating Trump 2.0 and Implications for Africa - Rethinking Donor-funded Journalism USAID cuts have hit Africa’s media hard, worsening working conditions for journalists already struggling with low pay, harassment, and...

I don't think commissioning or financing reports is the same as media development work.
At @megatrends-afrika.de we have published a text on a related issue by colleagues from the Erich Brost Institute for International Journalism, University of Dortmund
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In my view it is legitimate, but it is not necessarily helpful to convince those you want to convince that Wagner is a criminal outfit, showing that the content of this report was bankrolled by a European government

Mali: une étude pointe le «détournement» d’armes des forces maliennes par Wagner Le groupe Wagner a utilisé les armes des forces maliennes pour commettre des crimes de guerre, selon un rapport de l'Initiative mondiale contre la criminalité transnationale organisée (Gitoc) paru jeu...

So Germay's Development Cooperation now co-finances NGO reports investigating #Wagner in #Mali. It is probably a good report, but I am just not so sure how appropriate or smart this is.

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Question to journalists: why is it impossible to write an article about politics in #Madgascar, without mentioning that Rajoelina was "a former DJ" ?

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Présidentielle en Côte d’Ivoire : une campagne de désinformation sahélienne pour troubler le scrutin « Situation insurrectionnelle » à Abidjan, doute sur la santé du président Ouattara… Des comptes soutenant les juntes du Burkina Faso, du Mali ou du Niger tentent de semer le trouble à l’approche du 2...

Présidentielle en Côte d’Ivoire : une campagne de désinformation sahélienne pour troubler le scrutin

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Why powering business is the real lightbulb moment for Africa.

The idea to bring electricity to 300mn Africans is laudable but the assumptions are flawed

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Présidentielle au Cameroun : l’opposant Issa Tchiroma Bakary revendique une « victoire claire » Alors que les résultats officiels sont toujours attendus, Issa Tchiroma Bakary promet de publier un rapport détaillé par région pour appuyer sa revendication de victoire.

For more than 20 years a minister under Biya, Issa Tshiroma reinvents himself as the candidate of change in #Cameroun.

Speaking of reinvention: don't read the wikipedia article about him, most likely probably written by his assistant.

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If this is true, it will necessitate French gov communications to a hitherto unknown level to mitigate what is bound to be eerily commented upon by those who see the French hand behind everything that goes on in Francophone Africa.

Once more an enormous instance of self-inflicted damage.

Je comprends bien pourquoi ils le font. Mais poser la question est aussi de normaliser ou banaliser une telle situation vis-à-vis aditeurs et auditrices

Présidentielle au Cameroun: coup d'envoi de la dernière ligne droite de campagne Ouverture ce lundi de la deuxième et dernière semaine de campagne avant le scrutin présidentiel du 12 octobre au Cameroun. Paul Biya, 92 ans, brigue un huitième mandat consécutif après 43 ans au pouvo...

Les élections présidentielles auront lieu dans six jours au #Cameroun. C'est quoi ce journalisme accompagnateur?

Et #RFI demande: Paul Biya fera-t-il une apparition publique dans un événement du parti avant le jour du scrutin?

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That's the definition of fascism from Robert Paxton, one of the preeminent historians of the subject, from his book ANATOMY OF FASCISM which came out more than two decades ago.

Fragmented Approaches, Missed Opportunities: Security Coordination Challenges in Nigeria’s DDRR Efforts Disengagement, disassociation, reintegration, and reconciliation programmes are central to Nigeria’s counter-terrorism, but rivalries among...

In #Nigeria 🇳🇬, efforts to #disarm, #rehabilitate and #reintegrate former Boko Haram members are meant to counter violent #extremism. Joshua Akintayo explains how agency rivalries over budgets and influence weaken efforts instead.

👉 Find his brief and policy recommendations, here: t1p.de/8fjmh

One of Belgium's top research institutes producing cutting edge and highly relevant critical knowledge. #saveIOB

Academic authors, here's a peek into the black box of journal publishing from an journal editor if you can bear it:

Africa’s Place on the World Map World maps are not neutral and marginalize Africa, says the “Correct the Map” campaign. The European side should therefore review its map...

🌍 The #AU is calling for a new world #map that shows Africa’s real size 👉 #CorrectTheMap campaign.

Ahead of the #EUAU summit, @karolineeickhoff.bsky.social explains how maps shape our view of the world and urges the European side to review its use of visualizations.

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Education is the enemy of fascism.

Die politischen Kosten europäischer Migrationspolitik in Libyen Konsolidierung des Internierungssystems, Aufwertung von Gewaltakteuren, Ablehnung durch die libysche Öffentlichkeit

Die EU will irreguläre Migration über Libyen eindämmen & kooperiert dabei mit lokalen Gewaltakteuren. Diese Politik ist »mit dem libyschen System willkürlicher Internierung verknüpft, das kriminellen Interessen dient«, so @wlacher.bsky.social @swp-mea.bsky.social. www.swp-berlin.org/publikation/...

Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, UN commission of inquiry says The panel finds that four of the five genocidal acts defined under international law have been carried out against Palestinians during the war.

Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, UN commission of inquiry says

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#Indomptables is indeed a very good #film, in which the social and larger political context is perhaps even more important and interesting than the plot itself.

Debating Trump 2.0 and Implications for Africa – The Multiple Pressures on Civil Society Organizations The USAID cuts put strain on Africa’s underfunded civil society organizations and fuel debates about their legitimacy. While CSOs need to...

📣Debating Trump 2.0 and Implications for Africa: civil society organizations face a double crisis: #funding cuts and narratives undermining their #legitimacy.

As @lenagutheil.bsky.social notes, #CSOs must diversify their funding and Europe must back an independent civil society.

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Surveiller et punir : au Mali et au Burkina Faso, le blocus des villages par les jihadistes, une tactique «horriblement efficace» – Libération Les insurgés du Jnim imposent des blocus plus ou moins stricts aux populations récalcitrantes, plongeant des dizaines de milliers d’habitants dans une situation de «faim aiguë», explique le chercheur Yvan Guichaoua.

A mon tour! Observations préliminaires issues d'un projet (collectif) en cours sur la question des sièges et embargos pratiqués par le JNIM