Over 8 million livestock have been stolen in Burkina Faso since 2017, according to FAO. My recent work with @clingendael.bsky.social and @newhumanitarian.bsky.social investigates how cattle rustling and smuggling methods and supply chains are changing amid conflict on Burkina-Togo-Ghana border.

4️⃣ #Fulani communities in West Africa have suffered several violent attacks in recent years - while being scapegoated for violence themselves. The situation is deeply rooted in a crisis of #pastoralism, as @jamescourtright08.bsky.social explains in his policy brief 📃 t1p.de/s9myh

The tariffs are part and parcel of the Trump regime's effort to break the clock of the New Deal. www.unpopularfront.news/p/franklin-d...

#Fulani communities in West Africa have suffered several violent attacks in recent years - while being scapegoated for violence themselves. The situation is deeply rooted in a crisis of #pastoralism, as @jamescourtright08.bsky.social explains in his policy brief 👉 t1p.de/s9myh

Me: I can’t believe UK voters chose to torch their economy with Brexit. That can never be topped. American voters:

Over the last decade, Fulani civilians in parts of West Africa have been targeted for mass violence after being accused of being jihadists or bandits. Read how these communities are responding by organizing, fighting, or fleeing in my piece for Megatrends. www.megatrends-afrika.de/publikation/...

Today, let's pay attention to Mahmoud Dicko's return to Mali. His arrival is expected this afternoon (it might not happen though)

#Fulani communities in West Africa are being scapegoated for violence perpetrated by certain groups of semi-nomadic herders - in response to a crisis in #pastoralism. @jamescourtright08.bsky.social explores how Fulani communities are responding by organising, fighting or fleeing 📃 t1p.de/s9myh

I can’t take seriously any demand for reducing aid dependency that begins with taking away services from the poorest of the poor. To me that is not aid - those are reparations that they are entitled to because of the structural injustices they endure. Start with military aid and then we can talk.

But when it comes to cutting aid budgets no one says “let’s spend less money on Israeli or Egyptian military capacity”. Instead you want to start by taking healthcare and education away from people who have been made vulnerable by the structural injustices you create and benefit from.

🇧🇫| #BurkinaFaso: At dawn, #JNIM reportedly took control of several military positions in #Djibo. The city has been under siege for over two years now. At the end of 2023 JNIM attempted a massive attack on the city that was repelled thanks to the Burkinabé TB2 drones.

This morning, #Goma emerges in limbo with an unclear, highly dynamic situation. A wealth of footage circulates (mostly unverified), showing either M23 and Rwandan forces on one side, and FARDC and wazalendo on the other. Skirmishes are underway in various parts of town.