"We find steady growth in work-related messages but even faster growth in non-work-related messages, which have grown from 53% to more than 70% of all usage." www.nber.org/papers/w34255

The world's electricity infrastructure, mapped.

"Yemen’s internationally recognized government has reported that Iranian personnel entered Hodeidah by dhow from the Horn of Africa in the days before the Houthis’ March 28 launch." The logistical dimensions of this conflict certainly also run through the Horn. www.stimson.org/2026/how-to-...

2 #postdoc positions available at UBT: on South - South security arrangements and transnational security/aid professionals from the Global South and East. Happy to answer questions! www.uni-bayreuth.de/job-vacancy-... @postcolh.bsky.social @conf-mean-trans.bsky.social @africamultiple.bsky.social

Iran looking to formalize its control over the Strait and its power to receive tolls from favored nations in exchange for freedom of movement says India, Pakistan, Iraq, Malaysia and China are in negotiations now to establish rules of transit www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/...

Helpful analysis from Emadeddin Badi for ISPI: Corridor Governance: How LAAF-RSF Cooperation Sharpens Gulf Competition in Libya and Sudan www.ispionline.it/en/publicati...

What did people think Israel's recognition of Somaliland was about, if not this? This was always going to be the plan. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Resharing this paper from a year: „The Bab-El-Mandeb to the Suez Canal is part and parcel of our national security. […] If Djibouti becomes the theatre of global war, given the presence of all these military bases including of China and America, then we are trapped.“

Me too.

Please join the Northeast Africa Forum on 3 March for a book launch & discussion of: Immunity on Trial: Ethiopian Courts, Chinese Corporations, and Contestations over Sovereignty with author Miriam Driessen & discussant Hallelujah Lulie *Hybrid event* Full details talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/3f3...

A good overview and analysis from Ngala Chome on African Arguments from a few days ago: The Horn and the Gulf: How a New Geopolitical Confluence is Emerging africanarguments.org/2026/01/the-...

🚨It’s publication day!🚨 My book OCCUPIED REFUGE is officially OUT today with Duke University Press. Available to order from all book shops! Upcoming book launches in Glasgow, Oxford, Nairobi and—perhaps—a city near you! Read the introduction for free online: www.dukeupress.edu/occupied-ref...

It is with great sadness that the Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa must announce the passing of our inaugural director, Professor Tim Allen. You can read more about Tim’s life and legacy, and leave a message of condolence, on our website www.lse.ac.uk/africa/about...

Sylvia Croese’s keynote on Gradualism as it manifests in political governance and development projects across Angola. Chaired by Biruk Terrefe #UTADo2026 @acc-uct.bsky.social

If you’re in Oxford, go attend the movie and this discussion!

What a wonderful week we had at #UTADo2026 in Addis Ababa, hosted by the Urban Center. Looking forward to future editions!

The US is deliberately denying Cubans access to fuel and lecturing China on authoritarian supply chains.

New scandal at #Berlinale. After Wim Wenders refused to comment on Israel/Palestine and requested the Berlinale to stay out of politics, now foreign office added next scandal, refusing visas for Sudanese filmmakers. A #Berlinale in Fortress Europe is not possible www.screendaily.com/news/acclaim...

Standing ovations for this speech by Marco #Rubio at the #MSC2026? Rotten lot.

Please join the Northeast Africa Forum on 17 Feb for a book launch & discussion of: 'Peasants to Paupers: Land, Class and Kinship in Central Kenya' with author Peter Lockwood (Göttingen) & David Anderson (Warwick) *Hybrid event* Full details & webinar registration: talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/b8f...

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...