Great to attend an event yesterday in Kathmandu on the geopolitical dilemmas created for #Nepal around the Lipulekh pass and the territorial disputes with India. Insightful comments from speakers Sudheer Sharma & Rajib Neupane

Good to be engaged in a thoughtful and enriching discussion today with Rupak Sapkota, former Foreign Affairs Adviser to the PM of Nepal. Our conversation focused on the dynamics around Nepal’s co-operation with foreign partners, delving into wider global and regional drivers and dynamics.

As well as some loss of life the severe flooding in Rasuwa in #Nepal has caused damage to a number of key infrastructures of China-Nepal co-operation. Interesting to note the militarised discourse around talk of deploying rescue operations on a ‘war footing’:

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River basins of Africa 🌍

A stunning aerial visual showing the continent’s waterways.

According to UNEP, there are 63 transboundary river basins in Africa, covering 64% of the continent’s land area.

#weekendvibes #water #africa #rivers #climatechange

Credit: Grasshopper Geography

Ruth First seminar event at The Lindisfarne centre in Durham on June 25th, 5-7pm, can be watched online too:

Ngũgĩ’s work was incredible, so many insights, his razor sharp satire was so richly provocative, he was such an influence on so many. He will be sorely missed. I love this photo of him as a student at Leeds in the 1960s:

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'Colonizability of Africa' — British map (1899) showing Africa shaded according to its suitability for European colonisation.

Some fieldwork images from the NADA car show in Kathmandu last August. Lots of Chinese & Indian firms jockeying for EV market share. Chinese brand Riddara had a male model with fishing tackle & guitar on hand to sell the dream of the good life that comes with its pick up truck…

Keeping the vibes positive 🕺

European conference on South Asian Studies (October 2025), seeking contributions for a great looking session on 'mapping the geo-politics of risk geographies in the Himalayas': ecsas2025.com/panel/88-map...