Kristof Titeca
@kristoftiteca.bsky.social
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
Senior Associate Fellow @egmontinstitute.bsky.social
Researching conflict, governance and geopolitics in Central & Eastern Africa
DRC / Uganda
www.kristoftiteca.com
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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
democracyinafrica.org/continuities...
@democracyinafrica.bsky.social @abi-freiburg.bsky.social @kristoftiteca.bsky.social @enripicco.bsky.social
democracyinafrica.org/continuities...
Continuities and Ruptures Ahead of the December 2025 Elections in the Central African Republic | Democracy in Africa
democracyinafrica.org
November 13, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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
democracyinafrica.org/continuities...
@democracyinafrica.bsky.social @abi-freiburg.bsky.social @kristoftiteca.bsky.social @enripicco.bsky.social
democracyinafrica.org/continuities...
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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
petitions.protecthumanitarians.org/en/petitions...
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
petitions.protecthumanitarians.org/en/petitions...
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
November 11, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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
petitions.protecthumanitarians.org/en/petitions...
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
petitions.protecthumanitarians.org/en/petitions...
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📄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
𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 👉 tinyurl.com/cj6kwpu9
@egmontinstitute.bsky.social
"Why Sudan’s conflict is escalating — and becoming harder to stop"
#Sudan #HornOfAfrica #ConflictAnalysis #Geopolitics #Peacebuilding
𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 👉 tinyurl.com/cj6kwpu9
November 7, 2025 at 9:39 AM
📄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
𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 👉 tinyurl.com/cj6kwpu9
@egmontinstitute.bsky.social
"Why Sudan’s conflict is escalating — and becoming harder to stop"
#Sudan #HornOfAfrica #ConflictAnalysis #Geopolitics #Peacebuilding
𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 👉 tinyurl.com/cj6kwpu9
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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 ? (…)
afriquexxi.info
November 6, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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
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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
November 5, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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
"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
October 14, 2025 at 8:07 AM
"Doha's discreet military support for Sudanese Armed Forces" www.africaintelligence.com/eastern-afri...
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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
October 13, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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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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.
academic.oup.com/past/advance...
TLDR: Actively courting deportation by air is a way to claim rights as a stateless person and even as a refugee.
academic.oup.com/past/advance...
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
academic.oup.com
October 9, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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.
academic.oup.com/past/advance...
TLDR: Actively courting deportation by air is a way to claim rights as a stateless person and even as a refugee.
academic.oup.com/past/advance...
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
October 13, 2025 at 6:57 AM
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...
Looking forward to read! #DRC
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
muse.jhu.edu
October 8, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Looking forward to read! #DRC
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Today it has been 500 days since researcher/humanitarian Joseph Figuera Martin has been unjustly imprisoned in the Centr. Afr. Republic. We call for his immediate release: www.demorgen.be/meningen/hum...
And we must talk about researcher safety!
@kristoftiteca.bsky.social @abi-freiburg.bsky.social
And we must talk about researcher safety!
@kristoftiteca.bsky.social @abi-freiburg.bsky.social
Humanitaire hulpverleners zoals Joseph verdienen bescherming, geen gevangenis
500 dagen is het dat de Belgisch-Portugese hulpverlener Joseph Figueira Martin willekeurig wordt vastgehouden in de Centraal-Afrikaanse Republiek. ‘Mobilisatie doet ertoe’, argumenteren Olivier Vandec...
www.demorgen.be
October 8, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Today it has been 500 days since researcher/humanitarian Joseph Figuera Martin has been unjustly imprisoned in the Centr. Afr. Republic. We call for his immediate release: www.demorgen.be/meningen/hum...
And we must talk about researcher safety!
@kristoftiteca.bsky.social @abi-freiburg.bsky.social
And we must talk about researcher safety!
@kristoftiteca.bsky.social @abi-freiburg.bsky.social
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This is a fantastic achievement. Congrats, Nina, for producing the most comprehensive book to date on the foreign intervention in the Sahel. What makes this work so precious, among other things, is the unique body of evidence it relies on, collected year after year in multiple Sahelian countries
October 6, 2025 at 3:45 PM
This is a fantastic achievement. Congrats, Nina, for producing the most comprehensive book to date on the foreign intervention in the Sahel. What makes this work so precious, among other things, is the unique body of evidence it relies on, collected year after year in multiple Sahelian countries
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We at GDI are immensely disheartened to hear that @iobua.bsky.social has been informed by the Flemish government that their core funding will not be renewed.
If you would like to show your support and take action, you can sign this petition: bit.ly/46uCzYj
If you would like to show your support and take action, you can sign this petition: bit.ly/46uCzYj
The Flemish government’s unexpected decision not to renew IOB’s agreement puts €2.64M funding, 32 jobs, key programmes and global partnerships at risk. Support us! https://bit.ly/saveIOB
#saveIOB #developmentpolicy #developmentpolicy #iobcommunity
#saveIOB #developmentpolicy #developmentpolicy #iobcommunity
September 30, 2025 at 9:27 AM
We at GDI are immensely disheartened to hear that @iobua.bsky.social has been informed by the Flemish government that their core funding will not be renewed.
If you would like to show your support and take action, you can sign this petition: bit.ly/46uCzYj
If you would like to show your support and take action, you can sign this petition: bit.ly/46uCzYj
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Ik deel zelden petities, maar de beslissing van de Vlaamse regering om het @iobua.bsky.social stop te zetten is niet alleen kortzichtig, het ondermijnt één van Vlaanderens belangrijkste centra rond internationale samenwerking en goed bestuur... Tekenen jullie ook? #SaveIOB
chng.it/wNxkkfLCBd
chng.it/wNxkkfLCBd
Have you seen this petition yet?
Save our school and the reputation of Flanders
chng.it
September 29, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Ik deel zelden petities, maar de beslissing van de Vlaamse regering om het @iobua.bsky.social stop te zetten is niet alleen kortzichtig, het ondermijnt één van Vlaanderens belangrijkste centra rond internationale samenwerking en goed bestuur... Tekenen jullie ook? #SaveIOB
chng.it/wNxkkfLCBd
chng.it/wNxkkfLCBd
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Stand with our member and conference partner @iobua.bsky.social!
The IOB funding cut threatens students, global collaboration, and Flanders’ international role. Help us defend it! #saveIOB 💙 Sign our alumni's petition: https://chng.it/8DhtrFSBpm
September 29, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Stand with our member and conference partner @iobua.bsky.social!
A few of our alumni started a petition to save the IOB. Please sign/share! www.change.org/p/save-our-s...
September 27, 2025 at 9:00 AM
A few of our alumni started a petition to save the IOB. Please sign/share! www.change.org/p/save-our-s...
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If there is one institute at the @uantwerpen.be truly committed to collaborating with partners from the Global South, it is the @iobua.bsky.social. In times of geopolitical change, we need an institute like this more than ever, but the Flemish government does not seem to understand that. #saveIOB
The Flemish government’s unexpected decision not to renew IOB’s agreement puts €2.64M funding, 32 jobs, key programmes and global partnerships at risk. Support us! https://bit.ly/saveIOB
#saveIOB #developmentpolicy #developmentpolicy #iobcommunity
#saveIOB #developmentpolicy #developmentpolicy #iobcommunity
September 24, 2025 at 3:54 PM
If there is one institute at the @uantwerpen.be truly committed to collaborating with partners from the Global South, it is the @iobua.bsky.social. In times of geopolitical change, we need an institute like this more than ever, but the Flemish government does not seem to understand that. #saveIOB
We're still very much in shock here at the @iobua.bsky.social: the Flemish government decided to cut all of our our core-funding, with only 3 months of financing left (and after a particularly positive evaluation of our institute) #saveIOB blog.uantwerpen.be/iob/iob-unde...
September 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
We're still very much in shock here at the @iobua.bsky.social: the Flemish government decided to cut all of our our core-funding, with only 3 months of financing left (and after a particularly positive evaluation of our institute) #saveIOB blog.uantwerpen.be/iob/iob-unde...
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“a national security threat that has been an instrument for lawfare” - #US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, on the #ICC
The Court has allegedly paid salaries until the end of 2025 in advance, as it braces for institution-wide #sanctions from the #Trump government
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
The Court has allegedly paid salaries until the end of 2025 in advance, as it braces for institution-wide #sanctions from the #Trump government
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
Exclusive: US could hit entire International Criminal Court with sanctions soon
The United States is considering imposing sanctions as soon as this week against the entire International Criminal Court, putting the court's day-to-day operations in jeopardy in retaliation for investigations of suspected Israeli war crimes.
www.reuters.com
September 23, 2025 at 5:34 AM
“a national security threat that has been an instrument for lawfare” - #US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, on the #ICC
The Court has allegedly paid salaries until the end of 2025 in advance, as it braces for institution-wide #sanctions from the #Trump government
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
The Court has allegedly paid salaries until the end of 2025 in advance, as it braces for institution-wide #sanctions from the #Trump government
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
Please sign this petition for the release of Joseph Figueira Martin, a humanitarian who's been arbitrarily detained (for close to 1,5 years..) and tortured in the Central African Republic. petitions.protecthumanitarians.org/en/petitions...
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
September 22, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Please sign this petition for the release of Joseph Figueira Martin, a humanitarian who's been arbitrarily detained (for close to 1,5 years..) and tortured in the Central African Republic. petitions.protecthumanitarians.org/en/petitions...
Reminder: next Tuesday there's Mich Thill's book presentation on the Congolese police - online, so feel free to join!
📅 30 Sept, 12:30h (online) | Join the launch of our 2025–26 GLAC Seminar series! Michel Thill presents The Police, the State & the Congo Cop, with discussant Kristof Titeca. Register 👉 https://loom.ly/ggUXyVw
#GLACSeminar
#GLACSeminar
September 22, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Reminder: next Tuesday there's Mich Thill's book presentation on the Congolese police - online, so feel free to join!
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C'est pas pour faire nos intéressants mais @afriquexxi.bsky.social raconte des histoires qu'on ne lit pas ailleurs. Passionnant papier de @lowcausse34.bsky.social // À Johannesburg, la vie brutaliste de Ponte City
Afrique du Sud. À Johannesburg, la vie brutaliste de Ponte City - Histoire
Inauguré il y a cinquante ans, l’un des bâtiments les plus emblématiques de la capitale économique sud-africaine est en vente aux enchères. Marquant l’apogée du régime d’apartheid, la tour (…)
afriquexxi.info
September 19, 2025 at 9:51 AM
C'est pas pour faire nos intéressants mais @afriquexxi.bsky.social raconte des histoires qu'on ne lit pas ailleurs. Passionnant papier de @lowcausse34.bsky.social // À Johannesburg, la vie brutaliste de Ponte City
Ik schreef voor de @volkskrant.nl over waarom het cynisch is dat het WK wielrennen in Rwanda plaatsvindt, en waarom het sportswashing is: www.volkskrant.nl/columns-opin...
Opinie: Rwanda gebruikt WK wielrennen om zijn donkere kant te verdoezelen
Het sportevenement is een schoolvoorbeeld van sportswashing: sport dient om de aandacht af te leiden van het autoritaire karakter van het Rwandese regime en de actieve rol van het Afrikaanse land in d...
www.volkskrant.nl
September 19, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Ik schreef voor de @volkskrant.nl over waarom het cynisch is dat het WK wielrennen in Rwanda plaatsvindt, en waarom het sportswashing is: www.volkskrant.nl/columns-opin...
Proud supervisor here!
👏 Congrats to Alfred Mukengere, winner of the 2025 Prize for Global Research of @provincieantwerpen.bsky.social!
His study on the M23 conflict in Eastern #DRCongo shows that minerals fuel violence, but that the roots lie in exclusion, discrimination, and politics.
📽️ youtu.be/DTOwQsOdn64
His study on the M23 conflict in Eastern #DRCongo shows that minerals fuel violence, but that the roots lie in exclusion, discrimination, and politics.
📽️ youtu.be/DTOwQsOdn64
September 18, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Proud supervisor here!
I wrote for @foreignpolicy.com as to why, on why, after nearly 40 years of rebellion, and 20 years of #ICC arrest warrants, the #LRA's Joseph #Kony still has not been caught: foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/16/j...
Why Hasn’t Joseph Kony Been Caught?
The Ugandan warlord recently went on trial in absentia, but he continues to elude a decades-long international manhunt.
foreignpolicy.com
September 18, 2025 at 7:44 AM
I wrote for @foreignpolicy.com as to why, on why, after nearly 40 years of rebellion, and 20 years of #ICC arrest warrants, the #LRA's Joseph #Kony still has not been caught: foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/16/j...