J'ai parlé de drones au Sahel avec l'excellente @zahrarahmouni.bsky.social de @slatefr.bsky.social

Mali: l'ex-Premier ministre Moussa Mara convoqué par la justice pour la quatrième fois en deux semaines

"Traoré is mostly doing a half-assed version of what many countries on the continent have been doing for decades, just with an outstanding press corps to sell it" On Sahelian revolutions and hyperreality: aninjusticemag.com/hyperreality...

** JOB ALERT ** Research position (3 years) at Queen's University Belfast to conduct research on project “Governing Jihad in Africa”. This position is to do comparative fieldwork on the ideology of at least two jihadi groups in Africa. Details here: hr.apps.qub.ac.uk/jobs/job_des...

Another mass murder perpetrated by the army in Mali. Here, ethnic targeting is demonstrated. (Also, a friend lost six of his close relatives in this massacre)

Même la moustique vient de Paris

A Chadian #Flintrock

Never underestimate the power of alliteration

Grande réplique de Gonzalez suite à la réponse Malienne à son dernier dernier rapport. Thread qui explique l’intervention de Gonzalez et conclusion parfaite

This coming Thursday in Brussels! www.egmontinstitute.be/events/anato...

There is nothing crazy about this. This horrific video epitomizes the logic of current meme-fascism: it's a colonization of the imagination that precedes and aestheticizes real neo-imperialist violence, dressed up in the glossy looks of stock imagery, influencer content and online scamming 1/

Quelle époque, hein. L'extrême-droite fr suit à la lettre l'agenda trumpiste (digression: on rigole quand on se rappelle les gémissements au sujet du "wokisme venus des campus américains") et force R Rioux à se défendre sur ses canaux. C'est déjà une victoire pour les fafs

Bonjour #Nouakchott #Mauritanie

Without explaining why, the military junta of #Niger has ordered the closure of the International Committee of the Red Cross #ICRC offices and the departure of its expatriate staff

Tous ensemble à Hamdallaye #Niger

A' #Niamey l'Arabie Saoudite et son Programme des Etats du Sahel organise la conference "Outils et législations pour combattre le financement du terrorisme":

Olivier clarifies that #drones struggled to find his open air prison in northern #Mali. This interview is useful for many reasons, including the fact that it demystifies the power of the drone as a weapon of war (and surveillance) in the Sahel

So new Joint Force on the horizon, unclear what will be the new element here, most likely the fact that it will have less funding than the old Joint Force #Sahel #Mali #Niger #BurkinaFaso

From Kirkus Reviews: "[Death is Our Business is] an eye-opening exposé ... For those who want to know the ugly truth of war fought for rubles—or dollars." www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

Perceptions of limitations to humanitarian access #Niger reliefweb.int/report/niger...

#Tchad🇹🇩 - The withdrawal of French🇫🇷 troops is progressing. For example, an "Antonov Airlines🇺🇦" An-124 (reg. UR-82008 | #50801C) for heavy equipment and large cargo was en route from N'Djamena via Dakar🇸🇳 to Istres Air Base🇫🇷 on 31 December.

France is slowly leaving #Chad. Next January @ninawilen.bsky.social will be publishing a piece on military equipment/logistics withdrawal in the #MINUSMA case in #Mali, which could help make sense of this particular withdrawal also

Incredible videos from #Syria

Toujours en détention transparencyniger.org/enlevement-d...

#Niger: Le camarade Moussa Tiangari, SG de l'association Alternative Espaces Citoyens, vient d'être conduit par des éléments armés vers une destination inconnue à l'instant. Ils ont placé une unité devant chez lui oû sa famille est interdite de sortir et de rentrer. Source locale

OK, technical question: Mali and Starlink just had a deal to authorise the commercialisation of Starlink devices in the country. Is it possible that the deal includes transfer of data to the gov? If so, which kind of data (e.g. location of devices on the national territory)?

Deuxième volet de l'enquête sur le massacre colonial de Thiaroye. Deux fils de victimes témoignent de leurs démarches judiciaires et de leur demande de réparation... qui n'aboutissent pas. "Encore aujourd’hui, il y a des gens qui défendent les intérêts de l’Empire" afriquexxi.info/Des-descenda...

A summary of how the EU can respond to accusations by the Nigerien junta about ECHO funds @rfi.bsky.social www.rfi.fr/fr/afrique/2...

Bellingcat is hiring! First of all, we’re looking for a freelance software engineer consultant to support the Tech Team in improving our auto-archiver tool. Check the vacancy here: www.bellingcat.com/software-eng...

Analyse toujours bien construite de Yvan sur l'annonce du départ du Niger/BFaso/Mali de la #CEDEAO:

"Plutôt que d’être sans cesse dépendant des projets des bailleurs de fonds, il s’agit de valoriser une réflexion interne, basée sur des expériences concrètes menée sans bruit à l’intérieur même des administrations de l’État" www.wathi.org/laboratoire/...

Being chased away from the #Sahel will not fix the way French administration thinks of Africa, of 'their' Africa. A new generation of French officials - who actively challenge the culture within many Ministries in Paris - needs to emerge, and that will take a while still www.wsj.com/world/africa...

A few days ago, the Niger army bombed villages in the Tyawa area, causing civilian deaths (number unknown). This is just another case of tragic mistake by members of the newly formed Alliance des Etats du Sahel (Mali, Burkina, Niger) which have acquired plenty of Turkish TB2s lately 1/