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Kristof Titeca
@kristoftiteca.bsky.social
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Professor @iobua.bsky.social, @uantwerpen.be
Senior Associate Fellow @egmontinstitute.bsky.social

Researching conflict, governance and geopolitics in Central & Eastern Africa

DRC / Uganda

www.kristoftiteca.com

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John Lechner @johnalechner.bsky.social · 5d
A History of Outsourced Violence: The Rise of the RSF, LNA, and Wagner Group

My @smallarmssurvey.bsky.social Situation Update on historic mercenary economies in Sudan, Chad, Libya, and CAR, and how they've been connected for decades

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A History of Outsourced Violence: The Rise of the Rapid Support Forces, Libyan National Army, and Wagner Group
In the war against the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have relied on external backing and regional partnerships that extend well beyond Sudan’s borders. While these relati...
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 5d
Manufacturing the age of consent.

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Emmanuel Gamard @emmanuelgamard.bsky.social · 6d
New @crisisgroup.org report: The M23 Offensive

Despite signing peace deals in Washington and Doha, the Congolese army, M23 rebels and Rwandan troops continue to trade fire, with the insurgents and invading soldiers taking more territory as 2025 draws to a close.
www.crisisgroup.org/africa/democ...
The M23 Offensive: Elusive Peace in the Great Lakes | International Crisis Group
Parallel peace talks between the Congolese government and Rwanda and the M23 rebels, respectively, have yielded welcome agreements. But as these negotiations have proceeded, the battles in the eastern...
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Egmont Institute @egmontinstitute.bsky.social · 10d
📄𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 by @kristoftiteca.bsky.social & Yotam Gidron
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"Will Uganda’s ‘Open-Door’ Refugee Policy Hold? Aid Cuts and Rising Anti-Immigration Sentiments"

#Uganda #Refugees #ForcedDisplacement #MigrationPolicy #HumanitarianCrisis
𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲👉 tinyurl.com/evrkmay6

Reposted by Kristof Titeca, Éric Morier-Genoud

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Peter Bofin-Kilusungu @swahilistreet.bsky.social · 15d
A religious war? Jihadist attacks on Christians in Mozambique - @emorier.bsky.social sets out clearly why talk of religious war is wrongheaded and dangerous www.hoover.org/research/rel...
A religious war? Jihadist attacks on Christians in Mozambique
Christians are being killed in northern Mozambique. A jihadi insurgency that began in 2017 conducts regular attacks against the state and its population. It has already killed thousands of Mozambicans...
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Yvan Guichaoua @yguichaoua.bsky.social · 16d
Believe the testimonies included in this piece. An NGO worker specialised in mental health I interviewed today told me that 8 out of 10 refugees who left Mali for Mauritania since the Russian deployment suffer from serious mental health issues. This is a deliberate campaign of terror. This is Russia
As Russia's Africa Corps fights in Mali, witnesses describe atrocities from beheadings to rapes
The Associated Press has spoken to over 30 refugees from Mali who say they witnessed beheadings, rapes and other abuses committed by Africa Corps, a new military unit under Russia's direct command.
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IOB - Institute of Development Policy @iobua.bsky.social · 17d
🌍 Are you passionate about tackling inequality, climate change, migration, or global governance?
Join our Online Info Session on 15 December.
🔗 Register: https://www.uantwerpen.be/development-studies
#globaldevelopment #sustainabledevelopment #studyabroad #internationadevelopmentstudies

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Kristof Titeca @kristoftiteca.bsky.social · 18d
My latest on #Uganda 's 2026 elections, which echo 2021 — frozen donor programmes, and escalating repression towards the opposition. But the deeper story is a regime in its late phase, where succession and internal fragmentation now overshadow the ballot itself. democracyinafrica.org/beyond-the-b...

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Emmanuel Gamard @emmanuelgamard.bsky.social · 18d
Peaceful protesters plan to take to the streets again in Tanzania tomorrow, just weeks after the police went on a murderous rampage, executing hundreds of people.

We @crisisgroup.org urge the authorities to stop the repression and instead start listening.
www.crisisgroup.org/africa/tanza...
Tanzania: Preventing Another Massacre | International Crisis Group
Campaigners in Tanzania are planning peaceful protests on 9 December, weeks after police killed hundreds in a brutal post-election crackdown. Authorities must desist from yet more wanton violence. Loo...
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Adrian Monck @amonck.bsky.social · 19d
From the @wsj.com chief foreign correspondent

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Prof Nic Cheeseman @fromagehomme.bsky.social · 20d
Kristof Titeca continually writes some of the most interesting and thought-provoking analysis on Uganda, so you really want to hear his thoughts on the upcoming elections.

democracyinafrica.org/beyond-the-b...

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Marielle Debos @debos.bsky.social · 21d
Tu as un peu de sous? Tu veux soutenir la presse indépendante? Un media sur l'Afrique avec des journalistes et lecteur·ices du continent? C'est @afriquexxi.bsky.social et c'est ici 👇
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Changez le regard sur l’Afrique. Soutenez Afrique XXI.
FAIRE UN DON À AFRIQUE XXI C’EST SOUTENIR UNE INFORMATION LIBRE, CRITIQUE ET INDÉPENDANTE DES POUVOIRS POLITIQUE ET FINANCIER EN FRANCE ET SUR L’ENSEMBLE DU CONTINENT AFRICAIN. ET TOUJOURS EN (…)
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German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) @giga-hamburg.de · 21d
Are you an African scholar looking to publish your #research?
Apply for @miasa-ug.bsky.social Publishing Workshop and get in-depth feedback from editors @africaspectrum.bsky.social & Contemporary Journal of #AfricanStudies.

➡️ Apply now by 19 Dec: www.giga-hamburg.de/en/press/cal...
Call for Applications: MIASA Publishing Workshop
The Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) Publishing Workshop for African scholars, jointly organised by Africa Spectrum and the Contemporary Journal of African Studies, will take pl...
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OxfamBE @oxfam.be · 24d
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"I.p.v. te vragen of enorme fortuinen moreel te verantwoorden zijn, prijst EA miljardairs die hun geld ‘effectief’ besteden. Doneren wordt een morele vrijbrief die vragen over belastingontwijking, marktmacht of uitbuiting neutraliseert."
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Waarom ‘effectief goeddoen’ ons moreel armer maakt
Kristof Titeca is professor aan de Universiteit Antwerpen (Instituut voor Ontwikkelingsbeleid). Hij geeft kritiek op het fenomeen effectief altruïsme.
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Kristof Titeca @kristoftiteca.bsky.social · 28d
I've written in @foreignpolicy.com about #Uganda's forthcoming elections, and how the main question is not who will be the next President, but what happens in a post-Museveni future: foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/27/u...
Uganda’s Fixed Election Belies an Uncertain Future
President Museveni will be reelected in January. But the country is wondering what comes next.
foreignpolicy.com

Reposted by Peter Schöttler, Kristof Titeca, Laura McAtackney

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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 29d
Why has Eastern Europe been absent from studies of decolonial history?

In our latest podcast, Oksana Dudko (@oksanadudko.bsky.social) and Anna Hájková (@ankahajkova.bsky.social) discuss Ukrainian history in an age of invasion.
Teaching Eastern Europe Through a Decolonial Lens
Why has Eastern Europe been absent from studies of decolonial history?
www.historyworkshop.org.uk

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Kristof Titeca @kristoftiteca.bsky.social · Nov 21
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...
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.
euobserver.com

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Kristof Titeca @kristoftiteca.bsky.social · Nov 18
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...
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...
www.independent.co.uk

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Tim Glawion @timglawion.bsky.social · Nov 13
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

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Continuities and Ruptures Ahead of the December 2025 Elections in the Central African Republic | Democracy in Africa
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Saskia Bricmont @saskiabricmont.bsky.social · Nov 11
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

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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.
petitions.protecthumanitarians.org

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Lucy Gaynor @lucyjgaynor.bsky.social · Nov 7
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...
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
www.theguardian.com

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Egmont Institute @egmontinstitute.bsky.social · Nov 7
📄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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Yvan Guichaoua @yguichaoua.bsky.social · Nov 6
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
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 ? (…)
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DeKamerBE @dekamerbe.bsky.social · Nov 5
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

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Afrique XXI @afriquexxi.bsky.social · Oct 31
🔴 Notre campagne annuelle de dons est lancée ! Elle se termine le 5 décembre. En ces temps difficiles pour la presse indé, nous avons plus que jamais besoin de vous... Pourquoi❓🧵
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Changez le regard sur l’Afrique. Soutenez Afrique XXI.
FAIRE UN DON À AFRIQUE XXI C’EST SOUTENIR UNE INFORMATION LIBRE, CRITIQUE ET INDÉPENDANTE DES POUVOIRS POLITIQUE ET FINANCIER EN FRANCE ET SUR L’ENSEMBLE DU CONTINENT AFRICAIN. ET TOUJOURS EN (…)
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Kristof Titeca @kristoftiteca.bsky.social · Oct 14
"Doha's discreet military support for Sudanese Armed Forces" www.africaintelligence.com/eastern-afri...
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
www.africaintelligence.com

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Yvan Guichaoua @yguichaoua.bsky.social · Oct 13
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

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Kristof Titeca @kristoftiteca.bsky.social · Oct 13
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...
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...
www.lemonde.fr

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Ria Kapoor @riakapoor.bsky.social · Oct 9
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.

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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
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Kristof Titeca @kristoftiteca.bsky.social · Oct 8
Looking forward to read! #DRC
myfanwyvjames.bsky.social Myfanwy James @myfanwyvjames.bsky.social · Oct 8
New article 'Looking for the local: The Politics of Humanitarian Recruitment in DRC' reveals how aid agencies can fuel social tensions when the 'local' aid category interacts with existing discourses around belonging, authority, and territory muse.jhu.edu/pub/35/artic...
Project MUSE - Looking for the Local: The Politics of Humanitarian Recruitment in DRC
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