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🧵 Some recent stories on the ongoing crisis in eastern Congo, as Rwanda-backed M23 rebels say they have captured Goma
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/w...
Rebels Backed by Rwanda Announce Capture of Key City in Eastern Congo
The M23 militia, funded and directed by Rwanda, said it had seized the city of Goma, terrifying its people, many of whom sought shelter there after fleeing the rebel advance.
www.nytimes.com
January 28, 2025 at 5:01 PM
🧵 Some recent stories on the ongoing crisis in eastern Congo, as Rwanda-backed M23 rebels say they have captured Goma
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/w...
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It’s real! Coming to you March 4!
January 28, 2025 at 10:06 PM
It’s real! Coming to you March 4!
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The failure of the Sahelian juntas to stop the rise of Islamist violence is self-imposed mark of illegitimacy after they put forward security as their reason for seizing control of governance. This is why silencing citizens takes precedence over even fighting militants.
apnews.com/article/b...
apnews.com/article/b...
They fled from extremists. Now the government in Burkina Faso tries to hide their existence
Their loved ones were slaughtered by extremists or government-affiliated fighters. Their villages were attacked, their homes destroyed.
apnews.com
January 20, 2025 at 6:26 PM
The failure of the Sahelian juntas to stop the rise of Islamist violence is self-imposed mark of illegitimacy after they put forward security as their reason for seizing control of governance. This is why silencing citizens takes precedence over even fighting militants.
apnews.com/article/b...
apnews.com/article/b...
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To the great state of Greenland in the north.. 🤔
This is the moneyed and power class. Not really the tech class now for a while.
This is the moneyed and power class. Not really the tech class now for a while.
January 19, 2025 at 6:45 PM
To the great state of Greenland in the north.. 🤔
This is the moneyed and power class. Not really the tech class now for a while.
This is the moneyed and power class. Not really the tech class now for a while.
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Reports circulating about a kidnapping of a Spanish tourist in southern Algeria (Assekram) taken into Mali. Early reports suggested the Islamic State, but this is not confirmed yet and the area of operations also suggests JNIM. So take any reports with caution.
January 15, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Reports circulating about a kidnapping of a Spanish tourist in southern Algeria (Assekram) taken into Mali. Early reports suggested the Islamic State, but this is not confirmed yet and the area of operations also suggests JNIM. So take any reports with caution.
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My view on Sahelian pressure on foreign mining firms is this: mining firms have been fleecing the region for decades and deserve little pity. But, these juntas have no interest in social justice and are going about this in a deeply counterproductive way. www.ft.com/content/9a09...
The ‘terrifying’ crackdown on mining companies in Africa’s coup belt
Military regimes in the Sahel have turned to tactics including arrests to assert control over critical mineral supplies
www.ft.com
January 15, 2025 at 1:09 PM
My view on Sahelian pressure on foreign mining firms is this: mining firms have been fleecing the region for decades and deserve little pity. But, these juntas have no interest in social justice and are going about this in a deeply counterproductive way. www.ft.com/content/9a09...