@dideberg.bsky.social
Research Assistant at Chatham House's Africa Programme - Political economy of conflict, corruption, natural resource governance
📄 Successive Nigerian governments have long faced challenges in uniting a diverse nation formed by colonial borders.
@chathamhouse.org’s @leenakhoffmann.bsky.social explains the role of the military and ethnicity influences in the quest for a better democracy: www.chathamhouse.org/2022/06/demo...
🧵 (6/6) Our research recommends:
-Enhanced interoperability and complementarity among traceability initiatives,
-Inclusion of ASM by designing flexible, affordable, and scalable traceability tools,
-State and non-state actor collaboration in enforcement and oversight, and local capacity building
🧵 (5/6) Fundamentally, achieving the European Union’s traceability objectives depends on African states’ supporting broader legal enforcement and implementation capacities. Such initiatives should not be externally imposed but rather undertaken with African governments and regional bodies.
11.07.2025 15:31 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0🧵 (4/6) We insist on the risk of marginalisation of small producers due to the capital-intensity of many traceability solutions, emphasizing the socio-economic importance of artisanal mining in sustaining millions of livelihoods in Africa.
11.07.2025 15:31 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0🧵 (3/6) Digital ledgers are a tool for traceability, but do not provide a panacea. Data systems are only as credible as the humans that input into them. Trade-offs between certainty, cost, and ease of implementation are inevitable.
11.07.2025 15:31 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0🧵 (2/6) Due to the growing regulatory pressure and consumer expectations, traceability is expanding as a means to verify ESG claims in mineral supply chains.
11.07.2025 15:31 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0🧵 (1/6) In my first co-authored research report for the European Parliaments' Development Committee, Chris Vandome and I dive into the traceability of the critical minerals, emphasizing the African upstream mining context ⛏️:
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🚨This new study by @chathamhouse.org’s Chris Vandome and @dideberg.bsky.social serves as a technical and logistical primer on traceability mechanisms, focusing on upstream #mining in Africa – the part of a mineral supply chain from extraction to transformation.
europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en...
🌍 #Iran and #Israel’s limited economic and diplomatic overall footprint in #Africa so far means the fallout from their conflict “will have primarily indirect geopolitical implications”
— @chathamhouse.org’s @dideberg.bsky.social
Read more: www.dw.com/en/israel-ir...
Since facing workers' rights lawsuits in Kenya, #Meta moved its moderation operations to a secret new location.
We found them, in Ghana, where conditions appear to be even worse.
Our joint investigation from @tbij.bsky.social and @theguardian.com out today
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📄 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 by @ninawilen.bsky.social
& Kwesi Aning. Published by KAS.
“Countering Extremism in West Africa: What Options are Left?”
#WestAfrica
𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗶𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 👉 tinyurl.com/3bxukawx
Pleased to share my first piece for @ChathamHouse, exploring how West Africa can move beyond regional fragmentation to address shared security challenges, co-authored with @paulmelly.bsky.social
13.04.2025 14:11 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Must-read commentary, covering the governance crisis in the Kivus: "Outside M23-held areas, a growing part of the population is left at the mercy of armed groups that have long operated in the region but whose power and scope have increased in the context of the war against the M23/AFC"
02.04.2025 10:25 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Dressant « le tableau très sombre d’une partie de la République », le Parquet national financier a requis sept ans de prison ferme contre Nicolas Sarkozy au terme de près de trois jours de réquisitions dans l’affaire des financements libyens.
www.mediapart.fr/journal/fran...
Fantastic, congratulations!
20.03.2025 10:01 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
My newsletter this week is about the risks of war between Ethiopia and Eritrea, and reasons to take them seriously:
view.e.economist.com?qs=a43554bbc...
Sign up for our brief and calibrated online event on the alarming recent events in the DRC, and ask your questions about the roots of the conflict, the potential for escalation, and the implications for regional stability ⬇️
17.02.2025 17:27 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Avec Erik Kennes, j'ai écrit un article d'opinion pour Le Soir, sur l'importance d'une pression de l'UE sur le Rwanda. t.co/k8YIB4vefz
03.02.2025 14:11 — 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0🧵
The situation in Goma, #DRCongo is deeply worrying with the escalating violence.
Hospitals are saturated, with over 2,000 wounded people in health facilities & temporary care points, as of 29 January
Hear more from WHO Assistant Director-General Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu who was in Goma last week
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📄𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 by @judithverweijen.bsky.social and #KoenVlassenroot
"Congo crisis extends beyond ‘conflict minerals'"
#DRC #Goma
𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 👉 tinyurl.com/yemx79dt
With @judithverweijen.bsky.social I wrote a background piece to the current crisis in DRC. We argue that it cannot be reduced to a quest for resources.
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#Interview Le 30 janvier, le journaliste Olivier Dubois, otage d'Al-Qaïda au #Sahel de 2021 à 2023, publie son livre-témoignage. Il nous a accordé une interview exceptionnelle
#JNIM #Alqaida #Niger #Mali
I'm writing about the recent demands by #Chad & #Senegal for an end to a French #military presence in their countries in this @egmontinstitute.bsky.social
#France #Africa #Defense #Russia #Sudan
www.egmontinstitute.be/a-break-with...
📢 Our winter issue is OUT NOW! Articles include:
🌍 Europe’s triple crisis & why Trump is the shock the region needs
✊🏼 Afghan women’s resistance, the big issues of 2025 and conspiracy theorists in the White House
📊 And finally, our end-of-year quiz!
Read here > www.chathamhouse.org/publications...
🎙️New #AfricaAware episode | ‘What the #AU’s #G20 membership means for Africa’
In this episode, Prof Carlos Lopes discusses what the #AfricanUnion’s membership means for Africa’s economic and geopolitical influence on the global stage.
Listen ↓
soundcloud.com/chathamhouse...
#G20Summit #G20Brazil
