Headlines AfricaApr 28
Africa: Horn of Africa At 'Dangerous Crossroads,' IGAD Chief Warns: [Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Horn of Africa is facing a "dangerous crossroads" marked by interconnected conflicts and rising geopolitical competition, the Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, Workneh Gebeyehu, warned on Tuesday, calling for urgent reforms to mediation strategies as wars… http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TSGTnF #HornOfAfrica #GeopoliticalCompetition #ConflictResolution #MediationStrategies #IGAD
Headlines AfricaApr 19
Africa: IGAD Envoy to Sudan - 'Quintet to Convene Meeting for Those Absent From Berlin Conf': [Dabanga] Ammsterdam / Berlin -- The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) envoy to Sudan, has said that the 'quintet' group -- comprising the African Union, IGAD, the United Nations, the European Union, and the League of Arab States -- will organise more advanced meetings next month bringing together all Sudanese… http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TS6CZ7 #Sudan #Africa #IGAD #InternationalConference #Berlin
Saxafi MediaFeb 24

Holding #IGAD's chair, #Djibouti is advancing the #DESSUCorridor — a trade initiative critics say could consolidate its dominance in #EastAfrica & sideline regional competitors. #Somaliland, #Somalia,#Kenya.

https://saxafimedia.com/djibouti-igad-dessu-corridor-domination/

Djibouti’s IGAD Chairmanship Fuels Ambitions To Anchor East Africa’s Trade Arteries

As Djibouti leads IGAD, critics say it is leveraging the DESSU Corridor to consolidate economic and political dominance in East Africa, potentially sidelining Somaliland, Somalia and Kenya while positioning itself as the primary maritime gateway for landlocked states

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Show threadMathieu GottelandFeb 23

Meanwhile, Hemedti’s #Uganda visit was meant to promote an #AU #IGAD mediation that the #SAF are all the while undermining. While the AU is currently resisting #Egypt s push for Sudanese reinstatement, #Sudan has reintegrated IGAD 10 days after the regional organization had condemned #RSF crimes.

#Sudan #war

Mathieu GottelandFeb 13

Time works in favour of the #SAF: A summary of 2025

On the #peace front, nothing happened of significance. Prospective mediators such as #Algeria or #Somalia are ignored. #Kenya ’s efforts only draw SAF’s ire. Current mediators are taking sides and lose credibility. Not that any of these processes, whether under #AU #IGAD auspices, through the Quad or at Jeddah, held any hope to begin with. Peace negotiations in #Sudan didn’t collapse — they never even happened.

Mathieu GottelandFeb 11

#Somalia and #SouthSudan, most corrupted countries in the world (9/100), #Eritrea ranks 6th, #Sudan ranks 7th

Best ranking #IGAD country is #Ethiopia, with 38/100 (100 meaning cleanliness).

https://www.transparency.org/en/cpi/2025

#Africa #Corruption

2025 Corruption Perceptions Index - Explore United Kingdom's results

How does United Kingdom measure up in the 2025 Corruption Perceptions Index?

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Headlines AfricaFeb 9
Sudan rejoins East African IGAD bloc after two-year membership freeze http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TQs633 #Sudan #IGAD #EastAfrica #PeaceTalks #RegionalDevelopment
Show threadMathieu GottelandJan 27
More largely, and not unlike #Ethiopia in 2024, #Israel seems to have underestimated #Somalia ’s newfound but yearly growing diplomatic clout on the world stage. Condemnations by the #AU, #EU, #UN, #EAC, #IGAD, #ArabLeague, #GCC, #OIC have been forthcoming, with #Azerbaijan, #Egypt, #Eritrea, #Qatar, #SaudiArabia, #Turkey and #Uganda taking the lead.
Saxafi MediaJan 23

What really shook the @_AfricanUnion last week wasn’t just #LasAnod—but who was invited, who stayed silent, & how #Israel’s #Recognition of #Somaliland exposed fractures inside #IGAD & the #AU’s own unresolved history.

https://saxafimedia.com/sleepless-corridors-las-anod-israel-african-union/

Sleepless Corridors: How Las Anod, Israel, And Quiet Votes Shook The African Union | Saxafi Media

This article, “Sleepless Corridors: How Las Anod, Israel, and Quiet Votes Shook the African Union,” discusses how recent events involving Somaliland have exposed tensions and differing perspectives within the African Union (AU) regarding its approach to the region.

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GTech BoosterDec 31
Linguistic Liberation: How Africa is Shaping LLMs and ML
#Features #AES #Africa #AfricanUnion #AImodels #AMUUMA #ArtificialGeneralIntelligenceAGI #ArtificialIntelligence #CENSAD #COMESA #EAC #ECCAS #ECOWAS #IGAD #llm #MachineLearning #Naturallanguageprocessing #SADC
https://gtechbooster.com/linguistic-liberation-how-africa-is-shaping-llms-and-ml/?fsp_sid=576
Linguistic Liberation: How Africa is Shaping LLMs and ML

Unwise plagued bureaucratic hierarchies slow decision-making, with limited integration of young innovators into AU processes, leading to inefficient adoption of local digital solutions over imported ones.

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