Lake Chad Basin Commission’s Post

"These imperialists have only one stereotype in mind: Africa is the empire of slaves. This is how they see Africa. For them, Africans belong to them, our lands belong to them, our subsoil belongs to them. They have never been able to change their mindset to this day––it's deplorable. They proudly announce every year in their economic surveys: Burkina Faso is the poorest country, Mali is the poorest country, Niger is the poorest country. We are ranked among the last. Very well, if we are as poor as they say, then when the time came to take responsibility, we asked these masters to leave. Why do they not want to leave? When we take the case of Niger, for more than 40 years, some countries have been exploiting uranium to produce energy for themselves. From Ottawa to Paris, the streets are lit up, it's light, but in Niger, it's darkness that serves us. When you go to our states, our lands are dug up everywhere to find precious metals like gold, but often there is not even a single accessible road to reach the areas where they exploit gold, let alone certain basic social services. That’s why we decided to revolt and take the destiny of our countries into our own hands." #IbrahimToure #AfricaCaribbean #EconomicEmancipation #Decolonisation #Multulipolarity #RememberSlavery #Reparations #NewWorldOrder

The most compelling and insightful analysis of the changes that October 7th 2023 events have generated. Hamas a Sunni organization played an extreme card to stop the Abraham’s agreement signature counting on Iran support and Israel fragmented internal political situation. A year later and tens of thousands of victims, the Iranian regime has proven very shaky and unreliable for its proxies. The end of Nasrallah is the ultimate game changer. A new paradigm is being designed in the Middle East which will deeply impact the #energy strategies of the World. Gilles Kepel’s interview on Europe 1 (in French) outlines some relevant information and lays out insightful scenarios in global #geopolitics.

First publication for L'Orient-Le Jour: This paper explores how the media in the Arab world covers events in Syria. It looks at the different narratives emerging during this time of change. Both Arabic and English versions will be available soon. La Syrie et l’opportunité d’un nouveau récit arabe: https://lnkd.in/dJuTc3s3

I’m honored to be quoted in Clara Hage’s latest piece for L'Orient-Le Jour on #Turkey’s evolving role in mediating the Gaza conflict. The November 18 meeting between Israeli Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar and Turkish intelligence head Ibrahim Kalin highlights Ankara’s bid for a mediating role. However, as I shared with Clara, several factors hinder Turkey’s credibility in this capacity: ➡️ Strained relations: Erdogan and Netanyahu's personal and political tensions remain a significant obstacle. ➡️ Perceived partisanship: Erdogan’s vocal criticism of Israel, including the announcement to sever ties, has made Turkey appear less neutral compared to mediators like Egypt or Qatar. ➡️ Pragmatic collaboration: Despite this distrust, the covert meeting suggests Israel’s willingness to leverage Turkey’s access to Hamas for specific goals, such as hostage negotiations. For further insights, you can read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/dj7FxvkF #Mediation #GazaConflict #Turkey #Israel #MiddleEast

M23 seize key DR Congo town of Masisi

Sharing my expertise with RFI on the perspectives for the Benin and Niger issue. https://lnkd.in/evYbScE5

Africa’s Development is in Our Hands: At #AFNIS24, Prof. Ogbonna Joel, representing the Governor of Abia State, Dr. Alex Otti , delivered a powerful message: "Africa can only be developed by Africans." Prof. Joel emphasized that while Africa is rich in opportunities, it also faces unique challenges. Collaboration is key to overcoming these challenges. He outlined the Governor’s commitment to enhancing trade and leveraging the oil, gas, and solid mineral potentials of Abia State to drive economic development. He also highlighted the critical role of bankable data in attracting investors, underscoring that accurate, reliable data is essential for sustainable growth. At AFNIS, we are steadfast in our commitment to tackling these challenges directly, ensuring that Africa's resources are managed with efficiency and sustainability. #AFNIS #AfricansforAfrica #EconomicDevelopment #AbiaState #NaturalResources #InvestmentData

Darfur could potentially become the next 55th country on the African continent: Some of Parag Khanna's insights regarding reshaping of the world map, particularly map of Africa are gradually coming to light. Khanna, on his geopolitics and reshaping of world map discourse, has long argued and predicted that new nation states within the map of Africa will eventually emerge in the long run. With the rise in the number of separatists movements on the African continent, one can now clearly understand why in recent months, there have been speculations that the current conflict in Sudan may lead the country to desintegrate into several smaller countries as the map dating back to 2016, clearly highlights. It is widely believed with the ongoing deadly conflict across Sudan and perhaps after the fall of the last remaining city in Darfur under the control of SAF into the hands of RSFs, Darfur region could potentially become the next 55th state on the African continent as predicted by Khanna (see map). But this will remain to be seen and how dynamics of the war in Sudan impacts the situation in Darfur. #connectography..

Totally on board with PP. The programs you are trying to "impress" Canadians are nothing more than socialist programs leading to dictatorship. If you as federal government, any federal government was in charge of these programs, citizens would be at the mercy of federal government and you would be in charge to dictate the rules while using our taxdollars to fund the programs. Give it up, your are not helping Canadians, you are trying to enslave Canadians to your rules by pretending to be the saviour. No thanks, definitely not interested. Not interested in my tax dollars being used to pay for somebody else's birth control, teeth, national school food programs or any other program. Who pays for parents with children to receive money under child care benefits? The entire country, whoever pays taxes, that's who. Not the government, the taxpayers. You don't have any money to "invest" as you call it, taxpayers dollars pay for everything including your over-inflated salaries and pensions. Canadians are hungry and you have the audacity to increase taxes, cause inflation, while you live high and mighty, and citizens are suffering. You have a spending problem, spending money which is not yours and you abuse it, spending our taxdollars on stupidities and if we call you out on it, you abuse us by name calling. We pay your salary and want to fire you, not tomorrow, or next election, now, right now, today. Call an election.

An important conversation with UNRWA colleagues today. UNRWA is in an impossible position, struggling with reduced funding to fufill its humanitarian mandate and responsibility towards displaced, suffering and threatened people and communities in the most difficult and dangerous of circumstances. They do this on behalf of the entire international community, but at the same time are beset by accusations, acute political pressures and threats of many kinds - including to their very lives - simply for providing a humanitarian response where no one else is able or willing to do. #Gaza #Palestine #Lebanon #SupportUNRWA. https://lnkd.in/egTgff5B