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fascinating correlation between conflict & human trafficing
November 17, 2025 at 2:02 PM
fascinating correlation between conflict & human trafficing
South Sudan’s finances are bleeding while elites thrive. 🛩️💰
Parliament slashed peace funds to buy a presidential jet & give MPs $50k health perks — even as $1.4 billion in contracts went to firms tied to 3 businessmen close to President Kiir.
#SouthSudan #Corruption
Parliament slashed peace funds to buy a presidential jet & give MPs $50k health perks — even as $1.4 billion in contracts went to firms tied to 3 businessmen close to President Kiir.
#SouthSudan #Corruption
November 13, 2025 at 7:30 AM
South Sudan’s finances are bleeding while elites thrive. 🛩️💰
Parliament slashed peace funds to buy a presidential jet & give MPs $50k health perks — even as $1.4 billion in contracts went to firms tied to 3 businessmen close to President Kiir.
#SouthSudan #Corruption
Parliament slashed peace funds to buy a presidential jet & give MPs $50k health perks — even as $1.4 billion in contracts went to firms tied to 3 businessmen close to President Kiir.
#SouthSudan #Corruption
🇿🇦 South Africa
South Africa’s REIPPPP turned the energy crisis into opportunity — mobilising billions in private investment and thousands of green jobs.
Now comes the harder part: a just transition for coal regions like Mpumalanga.
#SouthAfrica #JustTransition #Renewables #COP30
South Africa’s REIPPPP turned the energy crisis into opportunity — mobilising billions in private investment and thousands of green jobs.
Now comes the harder part: a just transition for coal regions like Mpumalanga.
#SouthAfrica #JustTransition #Renewables #COP30
November 10, 2025 at 10:15 AM
🇿🇦 South Africa
South Africa’s REIPPPP turned the energy crisis into opportunity — mobilising billions in private investment and thousands of green jobs.
Now comes the harder part: a just transition for coal regions like Mpumalanga.
#SouthAfrica #JustTransition #Renewables #COP30
South Africa’s REIPPPP turned the energy crisis into opportunity — mobilising billions in private investment and thousands of green jobs.
Now comes the harder part: a just transition for coal regions like Mpumalanga.
#SouthAfrica #JustTransition #Renewables #COP30
🇲🇦 Morocco
Africa’s solar powerhouse ☀️ The NOOR complex in Ouarzazate lights up millions of homes and shows how smart policy + private capital can drive large-scale renewables.
Morocco is proof that the desert can power the future.
#Morocco #CleanEnergy #Africa #COP30
Africa’s solar powerhouse ☀️ The NOOR complex in Ouarzazate lights up millions of homes and shows how smart policy + private capital can drive large-scale renewables.
Morocco is proof that the desert can power the future.
#Morocco #CleanEnergy #Africa #COP30
November 10, 2025 at 10:14 AM
🇲🇦 Morocco
Africa’s solar powerhouse ☀️ The NOOR complex in Ouarzazate lights up millions of homes and shows how smart policy + private capital can drive large-scale renewables.
Morocco is proof that the desert can power the future.
#Morocco #CleanEnergy #Africa #COP30
Africa’s solar powerhouse ☀️ The NOOR complex in Ouarzazate lights up millions of homes and shows how smart policy + private capital can drive large-scale renewables.
Morocco is proof that the desert can power the future.
#Morocco #CleanEnergy #Africa #COP30
Kenya runs on renewables: over 90% of its electricity comes from clean sources — geothermal, wind, hydro.
From Lake Turkana Wind Farm to Olkaria Geothermal, Kenya proves the energy transition works when local resources meet smart policy.
#Africa #EnergyTransition #COP30
From Lake Turkana Wind Farm to Olkaria Geothermal, Kenya proves the energy transition works when local resources meet smart policy.
#Africa #EnergyTransition #COP30
November 10, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Kenya runs on renewables: over 90% of its electricity comes from clean sources — geothermal, wind, hydro.
From Lake Turkana Wind Farm to Olkaria Geothermal, Kenya proves the energy transition works when local resources meet smart policy.
#Africa #EnergyTransition #COP30
From Lake Turkana Wind Farm to Olkaria Geothermal, Kenya proves the energy transition works when local resources meet smart policy.
#Africa #EnergyTransition #COP30
The future of climate action is African.
While others stall, African nations are turning sun and wind into power, jobs, and sovereignty.
The world’s energy transition runs through Lagos, Nairobi & Cairo — not Washington.
#COP30 #AfricaRising #ClimateAction
While others stall, African nations are turning sun and wind into power, jobs, and sovereignty.
The world’s energy transition runs through Lagos, Nairobi & Cairo — not Washington.
#COP30 #AfricaRising #ClimateAction
November 10, 2025 at 6:53 AM
The future of climate action is African.
While others stall, African nations are turning sun and wind into power, jobs, and sovereignty.
The world’s energy transition runs through Lagos, Nairobi & Cairo — not Washington.
#COP30 #AfricaRising #ClimateAction
While others stall, African nations are turning sun and wind into power, jobs, and sovereignty.
The world’s energy transition runs through Lagos, Nairobi & Cairo — not Washington.
#COP30 #AfricaRising #ClimateAction
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Russia uses its Orthodox Church to expand influence in Africa under anti-colonial guise.
What Is the Russian Orthodox Church? In Africa, It Is a Tool to Expand Influence
The Russian Orthodox Church is spreading across Africa helping Moscow quietly extend its own political, economic, and military influence.
united24media.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Russia uses its Orthodox Church to expand influence in Africa under anti-colonial guise.
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"Clearly echoing Erwin Rommel’s Nazi force, the Africa Corps is the Kremlin’s new expeditionary formation in Africa. ...Like Wagner before it, it is still laden with neo-Nazi and white supremacist symbology."
on Russian neo-colonialism in Africa:
ecfr.eu/publication/...
on Russian neo-colonialism in Africa:
ecfr.eu/publication/...
The bear and the bot farm: Countering Russian hybrid warfare in Africa
Russia has many quiet enemies in Africa. Working together, like-minded Africans and Europeans can roll back its troublesome influence.
ecfr.eu
November 7, 2025 at 3:07 PM
"Clearly echoing Erwin Rommel’s Nazi force, the Africa Corps is the Kremlin’s new expeditionary formation in Africa. ...Like Wagner before it, it is still laden with neo-Nazi and white supremacist symbology."
on Russian neo-colonialism in Africa:
ecfr.eu/publication/...
on Russian neo-colonialism in Africa:
ecfr.eu/publication/...
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“If Trump cares about Christians or anyone else in Nigeria, all he needs to do is restore aid and let babies live,” our columnist Nicholas Kristof writes.
“If Trump cares about Christians or anyone else in Nigeria, all he needs to do is restore aid and let babies live,” our columnist Nicholas Kristof writes.
Opinion | Trump Aid Cuts Kill More Christians Than Jihadists Do
Murderous attacks on Christians and Muslims alike are a real problem in Nigeria. Cutting humanitarian assistance there is even more lethal.
nyti.ms
November 9, 2025 at 1:20 AM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“If Trump cares about Christians or anyone else in Nigeria, all he needs to do is restore aid and let babies live,” our columnist Nicholas Kristof writes.
“If Trump cares about Christians or anyone else in Nigeria, all he needs to do is restore aid and let babies live,” our columnist Nicholas Kristof writes.
Al-Qaeda–linked jihadists (JNIM) now control most rural areas and are choking off fuel supplies to Bamako.
A state collapse in Mali would open a new jihadist stronghold across the Sahel — from Burkina Faso to Senegal — with grave consequences for West Africa and Europe.
#Mali #Sahel #JNIM #Security
A state collapse in Mali would open a new jihadist stronghold across the Sahel — from Burkina Faso to Senegal — with grave consequences for West Africa and Europe.
#Mali #Sahel #JNIM #Security
November 7, 2025 at 7:49 AM
As Sudan bleeds, its gold shines in Dubai and Geneva.
👉 90% of Sudan’s official gold exports go to the UAE.
👉 That gold often funds the RSF — accused of war crimes and ethnic massacres in Darfur.
👉 Switzerland imports record amounts of UAE gold — with uncertain origin.
#Sudan #UAE #ConflictGold
👉 90% of Sudan’s official gold exports go to the UAE.
👉 That gold often funds the RSF — accused of war crimes and ethnic massacres in Darfur.
👉 Switzerland imports record amounts of UAE gold — with uncertain origin.
#Sudan #UAE #ConflictGold
November 6, 2025 at 2:24 PM
As Sudan bleeds, its gold shines in Dubai and Geneva.
👉 90% of Sudan’s official gold exports go to the UAE.
👉 That gold often funds the RSF — accused of war crimes and ethnic massacres in Darfur.
👉 Switzerland imports record amounts of UAE gold — with uncertain origin.
#Sudan #UAE #ConflictGold
👉 90% of Sudan’s official gold exports go to the UAE.
👉 That gold often funds the RSF — accused of war crimes and ethnic massacres in Darfur.
👉 Switzerland imports record amounts of UAE gold — with uncertain origin.
#Sudan #UAE #ConflictGold
Africa's Rising Purchasing Power. While global income growth has slowed, Sub-Saharan Africa has been quietly rewriting the playbook. Between 2008 and 2022, several economies have seen their real GDP per capita (PPP) surge, reflecting deeper shifts in productivity, policy, and people power
November 6, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Africa's Rising Purchasing Power. While global income growth has slowed, Sub-Saharan Africa has been quietly rewriting the playbook. Between 2008 and 2022, several economies have seen their real GDP per capita (PPP) surge, reflecting deeper shifts in productivity, policy, and people power
🚨 Latest figures from Sudan’s catastrophe:
➡️ 11.5 million internally displaced
➡️ 3.5 million fled abroad
Europe cannot afford to look away — this is the world’s largest displacement crisis.
#Sudan #HumanitarianCrisis #Europe
➡️ 11.5 million internally displaced
➡️ 3.5 million fled abroad
Europe cannot afford to look away — this is the world’s largest displacement crisis.
#Sudan #HumanitarianCrisis #Europe
November 4, 2025 at 2:23 PM
🚨 Latest figures from Sudan’s catastrophe:
➡️ 11.5 million internally displaced
➡️ 3.5 million fled abroad
Europe cannot afford to look away — this is the world’s largest displacement crisis.
#Sudan #HumanitarianCrisis #Europe
➡️ 11.5 million internally displaced
➡️ 3.5 million fled abroad
Europe cannot afford to look away — this is the world’s largest displacement crisis.
#Sudan #HumanitarianCrisis #Europe
Mali’s junta under siege — literally and politically.
After two months of jihadist blockades cutting fuel routes and crippling Bamako, the regime is collapsing. Prices soar, schools close, foreign nationals flee.
How long before Mali’s military rulers run out of gas?
#Mali #Sahel #Security #Africa
After two months of jihadist blockades cutting fuel routes and crippling Bamako, the regime is collapsing. Prices soar, schools close, foreign nationals flee.
How long before Mali’s military rulers run out of gas?
#Mali #Sahel #Security #Africa
Is Mali’s Military Regime Running out of Gas? - Egmont Institute
After almost two months of an economic blockade imposed by the Al-Qaida affiliated group JNIM, (Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin), the Malian military regime is under pressure to find solutions to...
egmontinstitute.be
November 4, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Satellite imagery analysis from Yale University shows detailed view revealing RSF fighters executing unarmed people just north of Sudan’s El Fasher. lnkd.in/ePZFzE3s
This is just one site of many - there are many indications of grave abuses as a result of the RSF’s takeover of El Fasher.
This is just one site of many - there are many indications of grave abuses as a result of the RSF’s takeover of El Fasher.
CIR verifies mass killing in El Fasher, North Darfur, following RSF takeover
On 26 October, the RSF took over El Fasher following a 16-month siege. Based on verification and analysis of footage… | C...
CIR verifies mass killing in El Fasher, North Darfur, following RSF takeover
On 26 October, the RSF took over El Fasher following a 16-month siege. Based on verification and analysis of footage comi...
lnkd.in
November 2, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Satellite imagery analysis from Yale University shows detailed view revealing RSF fighters executing unarmed people just north of Sudan’s El Fasher. lnkd.in/ePZFzE3s
This is just one site of many - there are many indications of grave abuses as a result of the RSF’s takeover of El Fasher.
This is just one site of many - there are many indications of grave abuses as a result of the RSF’s takeover of El Fasher.
🔋 New research reveals that in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s cobalt-mining sector:
• 36.8 % of artisanal miners are in forced labour.
• 9.2 % are child labourers.
• Average daily wage: US $3.28 (men ≈ $3.52; women ≈ $1.84).
#HumanRights #BatterySupplyChain #Cobalt #GreenTransition
• 36.8 % of artisanal miners are in forced labour.
• 9.2 % are child labourers.
• Average daily wage: US $3.28 (men ≈ $3.52; women ≈ $1.84).
#HumanRights #BatterySupplyChain #Cobalt #GreenTransition
November 1, 2025 at 4:38 PM
🔋 New research reveals that in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s cobalt-mining sector:
• 36.8 % of artisanal miners are in forced labour.
• 9.2 % are child labourers.
• Average daily wage: US $3.28 (men ≈ $3.52; women ≈ $1.84).
#HumanRights #BatterySupplyChain #Cobalt #GreenTransition
• 36.8 % of artisanal miners are in forced labour.
• 9.2 % are child labourers.
• Average daily wage: US $3.28 (men ≈ $3.52; women ≈ $1.84).
#HumanRights #BatterySupplyChain #Cobalt #GreenTransition
🚨 Reports emerge of mass killings in Darfur, Sudan — with growing fears of a new genocide unfolding. Civilians targeted, humanitarian aid blocked, and the world watching. We must act now, not later. #Darfur #Sudan #GenocideWatch
October 30, 2025 at 10:03 AM
🚨 Reports emerge of mass killings in Darfur, Sudan — with growing fears of a new genocide unfolding. Civilians targeted, humanitarian aid blocked, and the world watching. We must act now, not later. #Darfur #Sudan #GenocideWatch
Russia’s Wagner mission in Mali: more chaos, a humiliating retreat, zero results.
#Russia #Wagner #Mali #Sahel #Geopolitics
#Russia #Wagner #Mali #Sahel #Geopolitics
October 16, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Russia’s Wagner mission in Mali: more chaos, a humiliating retreat, zero results.
#Russia #Wagner #Mali #Sahel #Geopolitics
#Russia #Wagner #Mali #Sahel #Geopolitics
💡 The EU is investing billions in Africa — energy, infrastructure, renewables.
For Europe, it’s about strategic independence.
🇨🇿 For Czech companies — new markets, partnerships, and a chance to power Africa’s clean-energy transition.
#EU #Africa #Energy #CzechBusiness
For Europe, it’s about strategic independence.
🇨🇿 For Czech companies — new markets, partnerships, and a chance to power Africa’s clean-energy transition.
#EU #Africa #Energy #CzechBusiness
October 16, 2025 at 3:25 PM
💡 The EU is investing billions in Africa — energy, infrastructure, renewables.
For Europe, it’s about strategic independence.
🇨🇿 For Czech companies — new markets, partnerships, and a chance to power Africa’s clean-energy transition.
#EU #Africa #Energy #CzechBusiness
For Europe, it’s about strategic independence.
🇨🇿 For Czech companies — new markets, partnerships, and a chance to power Africa’s clean-energy transition.
#EU #Africa #Energy #CzechBusiness
Fascinating report: Russia's Wagner’s “mission accomplished” in Mali is a façade. Mercenaries deepened insecurity, eroded trust, and failed to deliver.
Lesson for Africa: sovereignty can’t be outsourced.
🔗 thesentry.org/reports/merc... #Africa #EU #Geopolitics #Sahel
Lesson for Africa: sovereignty can’t be outsourced.
🔗 thesentry.org/reports/merc... #Africa #EU #Geopolitics #Sahel
Mercenary Meltdown - The Sentry
August 2025 Download the full report The first Wagner Group fighters arrived in Bamako in January 2022 to assist the Malian military junta in its counterterrorism campaign. Three and a half years late...
thesentry.org
September 3, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Fascinating report: Russia's Wagner’s “mission accomplished” in Mali is a façade. Mercenaries deepened insecurity, eroded trust, and failed to deliver.
Lesson for Africa: sovereignty can’t be outsourced.
🔗 thesentry.org/reports/merc... #Africa #EU #Geopolitics #Sahel
Lesson for Africa: sovereignty can’t be outsourced.
🔗 thesentry.org/reports/merc... #Africa #EU #Geopolitics #Sahel
only one more reason to invite Ukraine to NATO
⚡ “In this new form of war, they’re ahead.”
🔁 “Their pace of innovation and adaptability is impressive.”
Even America’s top defense strategists are taking note.
🔁 “Their pace of innovation and adaptability is impressive.”
Even America’s top defense strategists are taking note.
July 17, 2025 at 9:41 AM
only one more reason to invite Ukraine to NATO
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⚡ “In this new form of war, they’re ahead.”
🔁 “Their pace of innovation and adaptability is impressive.”
Even America’s top defense strategists are taking note.
🔁 “Their pace of innovation and adaptability is impressive.”
Even America’s top defense strategists are taking note.
July 17, 2025 at 9:06 AM
⚡ “In this new form of war, they’re ahead.”
🔁 “Their pace of innovation and adaptability is impressive.”
Even America’s top defense strategists are taking note.
🔁 “Their pace of innovation and adaptability is impressive.”
Even America’s top defense strategists are taking note.
Cathrin Schaer’s DW piece shows it clearly: US & EU cuts to foreign aid are leaving a vacuum in the Middle East. The Gulf is stepping in — not with neutral aid, but transactional influence. Europe must act now or watch humanitarianism become just another power play.
🔗 p.dw.com/p/4xVaq
🔗 p.dw.com/p/4xVaq
After huge US cuts, who pays for aid in the Middle East now? – DW – 07/15/2025
For the first time in 30 years, in 2024, some of the world's biggest spenders on aid and development cut funding. Now aid organizations in the Middle East are forced to seek new, potentially more dema...
p.dw.com
July 17, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Cathrin Schaer’s DW piece shows it clearly: US & EU cuts to foreign aid are leaving a vacuum in the Middle East. The Gulf is stepping in — not with neutral aid, but transactional influence. Europe must act now or watch humanitarianism become just another power play.
🔗 p.dw.com/p/4xVaq
🔗 p.dw.com/p/4xVaq