Jędrzej Czerep
@jedrzejczerep.bsky.social
Head of Middle East and Africa Programme, Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM). African politics, society, culture.
Fully agree. It feels like a very old-style approach (by both sides), even if its about new technologies.
Everyone is celebrating the US-funded Lobito Corridor, but it will more likely a) boost raw material export dependency b) hinder economic diversification c) have limited industrialization impact d) fuel corruption e) enrich multinationals f) help a rapacious regime. www.voanews.com/a/lobito-cor...
Lobito Corridor takes center stage; Angolans pin hopes on Biden's visit
Angolans hope Biden's visit delivers on promises of investment, better infrastructure, and improved lives through the Lobito Corridor project
www.voanews.com
December 10, 2024 at 5:44 PM
Fully agree. It feels like a very old-style approach (by both sides), even if its about new technologies.
I shared some thoughts with @theglobeandmail.com
on on effects of Assad's exit on Russia-backed juntas in Africa. There must be some nervousness around in Bamako, Ouaga, and Niamey: www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
on on effects of Assad's exit on Russia-backed juntas in Africa. There must be some nervousness around in Bamako, Ouaga, and Niamey: www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
Moscow faces potential loss of its Syrian bases, African supply routes after toppling of Assad regime
Russia’s naval and air bases in Syria are crucial resupply hubs, but with the sudden defeat of the Russian-backed government in Damascus, those bases are now in serious peril
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 9, 2024 at 7:48 PM
I shared some thoughts with @theglobeandmail.com
on on effects of Assad's exit on Russia-backed juntas in Africa. There must be some nervousness around in Bamako, Ouaga, and Niamey: www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
on on effects of Assad's exit on Russia-backed juntas in Africa. There must be some nervousness around in Bamako, Ouaga, and Niamey: www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
I wrote a short summary of where are we with the anti-malaria vaccinations. By the end of 2024, the number of African countries conducting or initiating universal malaria vaccination will approach 20. While manufacturing goes better (with R21), financing might get tricky.
pism.pl/publications...
pism.pl/publications...
PISM
pism.pl
November 27, 2024 at 2:47 PM
I wrote a short summary of where are we with the anti-malaria vaccinations. By the end of 2024, the number of African countries conducting or initiating universal malaria vaccination will approach 20. While manufacturing goes better (with R21), financing might get tricky.
pism.pl/publications...
pism.pl/publications...
1 day after Sudan's army reclaimed Sennar state's capital, Sinja (on Nov 23, see video), ending the deadly RSF occupation, displaced in Gadaref begun registering for a return. Enthusiasm is unmistakable. A million IDPs from Sennar might soon return. Probably the most optimistic moment of this war...
November 26, 2024 at 2:40 PM
1 day after Sudan's army reclaimed Sennar state's capital, Sinja (on Nov 23, see video), ending the deadly RSF occupation, displaced in Gadaref begun registering for a return. Enthusiasm is unmistakable. A million IDPs from Sennar might soon return. Probably the most optimistic moment of this war...
Reposted by Jędrzej Czerep
Look at this and tell me the Russians don't have a sense of humor 💀
Came across this pro-Russian YouTube account targeting West African audiences the other day. Videos are fully AI generated avatar images and voice overs (pics 1&2), promoting AES and bashing France & the West (nothing new here) 1/3
Came across this pro-Russian YouTube account targeting West African audiences the other day. Videos are fully AI generated avatar images and voice overs (pics 1&2), promoting AES and bashing France & the West (nothing new here) 1/3
November 20, 2024 at 9:24 AM
Look at this and tell me the Russians don't have a sense of humor 💀
Came across this pro-Russian YouTube account targeting West African audiences the other day. Videos are fully AI generated avatar images and voice overs (pics 1&2), promoting AES and bashing France & the West (nothing new here) 1/3
Came across this pro-Russian YouTube account targeting West African audiences the other day. Videos are fully AI generated avatar images and voice overs (pics 1&2), promoting AES and bashing France & the West (nothing new here) 1/3
Not different to what the RSF (Janjaweed) are doing in Sudan - filming their own crimes and boasting about them. Both are confident there will be no consequences...
A bandit raises his rifle while displaying the money he’s collected from victims in a live TikTok video. He dares Nigerian authorities to use any technology to trace his location, mentioning several areas along the border between Niger Republic and the Nigerian states of Sokoto and Katsina.
November 21, 2024 at 3:35 PM
Not different to what the RSF (Janjaweed) are doing in Sudan - filming their own crimes and boasting about them. Both are confident there will be no consequences...
I know very few people with the courage, clarity of ideas and humbleness comparable to that of Dr Kizza Besigye. Kenya's complicity is really shameful.
Top UN official Winnie Byanyima says husband Dr Kizza Besigye, in military detention in Kampala, where he’s reportedly being held after after he went missing in Nairobi. #Uganda
www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/...
www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/...
My husband held in military jail in Kampala- Byanyima
"We his family and his lawyers demand to see him. He is not a soldier. Why is he being held in a military jail?”
www.monitor.co.ug
November 20, 2024 at 5:32 PM
I know very few people with the courage, clarity of ideas and humbleness comparable to that of Dr Kizza Besigye. Kenya's complicity is really shameful.
Critics had good arguments to call those local truces "surrender". Still, they offered respite and some normalcy for civilians, priceless channels of communication, trust-building exercise and at least some hope for rebuilding social fabric. Most of that has been lost with the 3 juntas approach...
Burkina Faso's community leaders and humanitarian organisation negotiators face huge pressures from the military government. Its radical martial approach to the jihadist insurgency is rapidly transforming Burkinabe society - notably norms around dialogue. www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news-feature...
How Burkina Faso’s military junta outlawed local peace talks with jihadists
Mediators have been arrested as soldiers prosecute a “total war”.
www.thenewhumanitarian.org
November 19, 2024 at 2:57 PM
Critics had good arguments to call those local truces "surrender". Still, they offered respite and some normalcy for civilians, priceless channels of communication, trust-building exercise and at least some hope for rebuilding social fabric. Most of that has been lost with the 3 juntas approach...
Off we go! Let's see how many #Africa -aficionados move here and make it into a worthy experience. For the time being, I'd be posting simultaneously on both Bluesky and X and keep fingers crossed for the migration :-)
November 18, 2024 at 6:13 PM
Off we go! Let's see how many #Africa -aficionados move here and make it into a worthy experience. For the time being, I'd be posting simultaneously on both Bluesky and X and keep fingers crossed for the migration :-)