Is US counterterrorism strategy across West Africa quietly increasing the coup risk?https://www.journalofdemocracy.org/online-exclusive/african-coups-and-the-elite-forces-trap/
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Unlike much of the global north, the African continent is moving towards more open borders for people. The promise of economic growth outweighs political fears. Yet progress is slow, and not coordinated. https://theconversation.com/east-african-countries-and-open-borders-great-strides-but-still-a-long-way-to-go-261021
Elections in #Africa: citizens are convinced that democratic procedures serve elite interests rather than public good, so they refuse to participate. Low turnout is not apathy; it is a rational assessment that the democratic architecture does not represent them. https://www.ips-journal.eu/topics/democracy-and-society/what-the-african-continent-teaches-us-about-democracy-8710/
European Convention on #HumanRights (#ECHR) Art. 3 prohibits deporting individuals to places where they would be at risk of torture or degrading treatment. Art. 8 protects the right to private and family life. Some EU Member States would like to change this. https://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/document/EPRS_BRI(2026)782643
#EUmigrationpolicy - Letter from 15 UN Special Procedures to the European Union raising serious concerns regarding the Proposal for a Regulation establishing a common system for the #return of third-country nationals staying illegally in the Union: https://spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBase/DownLoadPublicCommunicationFile?gId=30660
The new global #geopolitical environment will put pressure on countries to use #aid more nakedly for geo-strategic purposes. We should all get used to the idea of ever more direct political control of aid allocations. . https://www.africanistperspective.com/p/the-international-development-community
The international development community isn’t adapting fast enough to official aid cuts. That’s a big problem.
On the urgent need for a pivot to spending more time trying to supporting specific countries interested in boosting their state capacity; and catalyzing commercial revolutions in low-income countries.
Africa Treats Its Diaspora Like a Bank Account, Not a Brain Trust : #Africa has built serious infrastructure to mobilize #diaspora money. In comparison, we’ve done almost nothing to mobilize diaspora #mindpower at scale. https://rosemutiso.substack.com/p/africa-treats-its-diaspora-like-a?utm_medium=ios&triedRedirect=true
China’s Critical Minerals Strategy in #Africa – #China has gained a dominant position in Africa’s critical #minerals sector through long-term investments in mining and refining capacity— this makes it challenging for African countries to advance up the value chain. https://africacenter.org/spotlight/china-africa-critical-minerals/
#UN report declares global state of ' #water bankruptcy' - decades of overuse, pollution, environmental destruction and climate pressure had pushed many water systems so beyond the point of recovery that a new classification was required. https://www.rfi.fr/en/international-news/20260121-un-report-declares-global-state-of-water-bankruptcy
The pan-African political movement was paralleled by a pan-African musical moment: Gillespie’s Afro (1954); Davis’ 1954 “Walkin’”; Weston’s Uhuru Africa (1960); Roach/Oscar Brown Jr./Lincoln's We Insist! Freedom Now Suite (1960). https://daily.jstor.org/the-congo-crisis-and-the-rise-of-a-pan-african-musical-politics/
