Grounding ourselves through Yousuf Al Bulushi’s Keynote on Fanon in the City #UTADo2026 @acc-uct.bsky.social

Let the day break! A lovely start of our 2026 UTA-Do workshop in Addis Ababa! #UTADo2026 @acc-uct.bsky.social

Please join the Northeast Africa Forum on 10 Feb, 4pm UK time. @delfmt.bsky.social (Lorraine, Nancy) will present: 'A New "Playground of Europe"? Exploration, colonisation & the naturalisation of Mt Kilimanjaro at the dawn of the 20th century' *Hybrid event* Details: talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/2be...

Define the „postcolonial state”:

Israel’s Military Now Accepts 70,000 Killed in Gaza – But Why Did Our Media Let Them Get Away With Denying It for So Long? "It was all a lie. A performance. Propaganda, plain and simple," writes @mehdirhasan.bsky.social. Read now: zeteo.com/p/israels-mi...

'The Material Geographies of the Belt and Road Initiative' - publicly accessible and out now! bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/the-material...

Read this work by the great Ricardo Soares de Oliveira oms-www.files.svdcdn.com/production/d...

Very excited for this!

The World Economic Forum has long drawn criticism for its liberal, pro-capital orthodoxy. Platforming this absurd “Board of Peace” at Davos should remove any remaining doubt about its intellectual bankruptcy.

Trump offers to mediate Egypt-Ethiopia dispute on Nile River waters - www.reuters.com/world/africa...

Israel’s Recognition of Somaliland: Northeast Africa at a Critical Juncture By Belete Belachew Yihun for African Arguments africanarguments.org/2026/01/isra...

“The Roots of Political Transformation in Ethiopia: A Review Essay” published in JMAS. I bring into conversation three recently published books on the politics and history of Ethiopia. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

⚠️ Confirmed: Live network data show a nation-scale disruption to internet connectivity in #Uganda; the measure comes days ahead of general elections and corresponds to a shutdown notice from the Uganda Communications Commission "to mitigate the rapid spread of misinformation" 📉

📍Seminar series “Histories across the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf” Join our online seminar series at 🔗 unito.webex.com/meet/redmix #ERC #ERCCoG #REDMIX @erc.europa.eu

That's one way to make America great again. "With four runners required to score in cross-country team competition, Ethiopia will be unable to record a team result in either the U20 men’s or U20 women’s races, ending its 44-year medal streak." www.thereporterethiopia.com/48536/

although authors overstate some of their claims, their diagnosis of the underlying problem - the demise of conflict studies due to changing character of global order - not without merit. dissentmagazine.org/article/the-...

UAE removing its military from Bosaso after angry Somalia ends agreement - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uae-removing-its-military-bosaso-after-angry-somalia-ends-agreement

Ethiopia begins $12.5 billion construction of 'Africa's biggest airport' reut.rs/3L88tlx

Analysis of Saudi repositioning on Yemen, drawing in wider Red Sea regional dynamics and engagement with Horn of Africa. Nadwa Al-Dawsari for MEI. mei.edu/publication/...

Regardless of the debate about the legitimacy of its independence claim, the explicit use of the example of Somaliland to erase Palestine (and enable genocide) sickens me www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli...

“The only place in the world where the Cold War was cold was in Europe and North America”. Similarly the only place where the US military has shown “restraint” is in Europe and North America. The “rules based order” is a normative ideal rather than a description of reality. It was an ambition.

Unchartered waters? In the name of Patrice Lumumba & co, a very precedented thing happened in #Venezuela today.

“Egypt, already bound to Eritrea and Djibouti by strong political and military ties, will build infrastructure at the two ports to refuel and resupply warships from its southern fleet, including destroyers, submarines, and troop and helicopter carriers.” www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/20...

It was such an honor for me to be in conversation with @lalehkhalili.bsky.social someone I deeply admire and respect, about empire, capital, sudan and the uae in the Fumnambulist. thefunambulist.net/magazine/fol...

Thanks, @marcowenjones.bsky.social for this dysinformation rabbit-hole analysis. The Somaliland-Sudan-UAE-Israel-Tommy Robinson nexus was not on my radar. Fascinating reading in light of recent developments in the Horn and the Gulf. marcowenjones.substack.com/p/amjad-taha...

Secrecy seems to be the norm in this region. www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/20...

Somalis have answered Trump’s latest racist tirade not with outrage but with a tidal wave of trolling. africasacountry.com/2025/12/minn...

This is not a good sign. Press Release: #Eritrea has withdrawn its Membership from IGAD shabait.com/2025/12/12/p...

The New South Yemen Gregory D. Johnsen's analysis of the latest developments agsi.org/analysis/the...

We are happy to announce that the competence network Postcolonial Hierarchies in Peace and Conflict(Hierarchies) has been granted a two-year extension by the BMFTR, beginning 1 April 2026.

🚨 📖 “Nationalism and the Transformation of the State” is out with CUP! I’m so happy to conclude 6 years of research with Lars-Erik Cederman, Luc Girardin, Yannick Pengl and many others like that! It’s open access @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org here: tinyurl.com/nastac What’s the book all about? A 🧵

If this succeeds then one-third of West Africa will be under military rule.

Africa’s Next Peace Frontier Is Digital Sovereignty: Reflections from the Lomé Peace and Security Forum By Subeida M. Mukhtar africanarguments.org/2025/12/afri...

Hunderttausende Menschen wurden aus Äthiopiens Hauptstadt vertrieben, um Platz für Parks, Fahrradwege und einen Palast zu schaffen. Satellitenbilder zeigen das Ausmaß.

Grand opening, grand closing. X quietly disabled a new feature that showed which country an account was posting from when it revealed that lots of popular right wing MAGA accounts were being run from foreign countries like India and Nigeria.

The war over Assab’s port is already live on…Google Maps. 📍 When sovereignty becomes a drop-down option, the conflict goes full Ctrl+Territory.

Join us on Thursday @africamultiple.bsky.social @terrefebiruk.bsky.social @benjaminkirby.bsky.social uni-bayreuth.zoom.us/j/6681584839... AyQ0Uyb1RNOFdvT09oRVc3MXoyUT09 URL Meeting ID/PW below.

In our latest Infographic, we unpack the layers of these countries’ economic, political, infrastructural, and security engagements in East Africa, mapping out investments and assets in six sectors.