Tomasz P. Milej Olufunmilola Olabode fola adeleke MK Odeh Magalie Masamba (Dr) Afronomicslaw Chenai Mukumba AfIELN_SIEL Regis Simo Global Financial Integrity Marie-Louise Aren AFRODAD Tax Justice Network Africa Mukupa Nsenduluka Lyla Latif (Dr) Oladiwura Eyitayo-Oyesode Kim Brooks Opeyemi Bello Ashimizo Afadameh #StopTheBleeding Ohio Omiunu SchulichSchoolofLaw Dunia Zongwe Irene Kariuki Rob Currie SamanthaChionesoK Jason Rosario Braganza Luwam Dirar Florence Shako Mitullah Shako and Associates Advocates LLP carol omari Miracle Okoro James Thuo Gathii We have to keep hope alive my brother & not give up. We find communities that understand solidarity, we lean in, & do the work as you & many others are doing.

No we won’t stop cuz it is depressing. We have benefited from the past & ongoing labour of many. We will keep going. 🫂

Things we love to hear!!!! Thank you as always for the support, mwalimu Milej! 🫂🙏🏿❤️.

Olufunmilola Olabode fola adeleke MK Odeh Magalie Masamba (Dr) Afronomicslaw Chenai Mukumba AfIELN_SIEL Regis Simo Global Financial Integrity Marie-Louise Aren AFRODAD Tax Justice Network Africa Mukupa Nsenduluka Lyla Latif (Dr) Oladiwura Eyitayo-Oyesode Kim Brooks Opeyemi Bello Ashimizo Afadameh #StopTheBleeding Ohio Omiunu SchulichSchoolofLaw Dunia Zongwe Irene Kariuki Rob Currie SamanthaChionesoK Jason Rosario Braganza Luwam Dirar Florence Shako Mitullah Shako and Associates Advocates LLP Tomasz P. Milej carol omari Miracle Okoro James Thuo Gathii BLOG 1️⃣4️⃣ by Joey♣️ “Illicit activities are inherently connected to capitalist dynamics facilitated by an opaque financial world that allows loopholes to accumulate capital in every possible way.”

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“… the myth of an Africa that achieves growth has overshadowed the quality of this growth as it does not lead to an improvement in the living conditions of Africans but instead breeds illicit financial flows (IFFs).” - Read more from Joey♣️ ⬇️.

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Check out the African Sovereign Debt Justice Network One Hundred and Sixteenth Sovereign Debt News Update:

“China Forgives an Unspecified Amount of Zimbabwe’s Debt”

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African Sovereign Debt Justice Network One Hundred and Fifteenth sovereign debt News Update:

“South Sudan, Nigeria, DRC, and Angola Resort to Collateralized Loans”

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Olabisi D. Akinkugbe Olufunmilola Olabode fola adeleke MK Odeh Magalie Masamba (Dr) Afronomicslaw Chenai Mukumba AfIELN_SIEL Regis Simo Global Financial Integrity Marie-Louise Aren AFRODAD Tax Justice Network Africa Mukupa Nsenduluka Lyla Latif (Dr) Oladiwura Eyitayo-Oyesode Kim Brooks Opeyemi Bello Ashimizo Afadameh #StopTheBleeding Ohio Omiunu SchulichSchoolofLaw Dunia Zongwe Irene Kariuki Rob Currie SamanthaChionesoK Jason Rosario Braganza Luwam Dirar Mitullah Shako and Associates Advocates LLP Tomasz P. Milej carol omari Miracle Okoro James Thuo Gathii “Illicit financial flows divert critical financial resources away from investments in renewable energy infrastructure, innovative technologies, and initiatives aimed at mitigating the adverse effects of climate change.” So insightful Miracle Okoro

I am excited to share my latest article featured on the Symposium on IFFs and Sustainable Development in Africa convened by the inspiring Olabisi D. Akinkugbe and Morris Odeh.

Happy reading🥳.

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Thank you for the feature. This symposium is bringing a critical issue to the fore and I am delighted to be a part of it.

Olufunmilola Olabode fola adeleke MK Odeh Magalie Masamba (Dr) Afronomicslaw Chenai Mukumba AfIELN_SIEL Regis Simo Global Financial Integrity Marie-Louise Aren AFRODAD Tax Justice Network Africa Mukupa Nsenduluka Lyla Latif (Dr) Oladiwura Eyitayo-Oyesode Kim Brooks Opeyemi Bello Ashimizo Afadameh #StopTheBleeding Ohio Omiunu SchulichSchoolofLaw Dunia Zongwe Irene Kariuki Rob Currie SamanthaChionesoK Jason Rosario Braganza Luwam Dirar Florence Shako Mitullah Shako and Associates Advocates LLP Tomasz P. Milej carol omari BLOG 1️⃣3️⃣ by Miracle Okoro brilliantly “highlights access to finance as a key component of an expedient Just Transition and highlights IFFs as a threat to the realization of the Just Energy Transition among other pre-existing structural challenges.”

Read ⬇️
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“[A]cute structural challenges…lack of sophisticated financial system,weak legal & regulatory mechanisms & energy poverty need to be addressed alongside the menace of IFFs in reducing reliance on fossil fuels…& ensuring energy access for all.” Miracle Okoro
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The UDH is norm, but not fact… As with all normative systems, a system’s reach ought to exceed its grasp. Whats a heaven for?
 
On the commemoration of the 75th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDH) at Johns Hopkins SAIS Full vid here: youtube.com/watch?v=gWfPbN…

A good point by Florence Shako. No successful climate mitigation and aspiration without strengthening financial integrity

The need to fast-track climate finance is urgent and undeniable. However, Parties should also take into account the question of financial integrity in the climate transition. Read more on this from our executive director Florence Shako on Afronomicslaw #ClimateFinance #IFFs ✨

Happy to share my latest blog which is on strengthening the financial integrity of the climate transition by curbing illicit financial flows. With thanks to Olabisi D. Akinkugbe for the participation in this insightful symposium on Afronomicslaw.

Olufunmilola Olabode fola adeleke MK Odeh Magalie Masamba (Dr) Afronomicslaw Chenai Mukumba AfIELN_SIEL Regis Simo Global Financial Integrity Marie-Louise Aren AFRODAD Tax Justice Network Africa Mukupa Nsenduluka Lyla Latif (Dr) Oladiwura Eyitayo-Oyesode Kim Brooks Opeyemi Bello Ashimizo Afadameh #StopTheBleeding Ohio Omiunu SchulichSchoolofLaw Dunia Zongwe Irene Kariuki Rob Currie SamanthaChionesoK Jason Rosario Braganza Luwam Dirar BLOG 1️⃣2️⃣ by Florence Shako

“Climate finance transparency and accountability are critical so as not to fund corruption and exacerbate the existing issue of IFFs.”

Read her interesting blog which draws on #Kenyan example below.

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“Corruption, being a key source of IFFs, poses a significant risk to climate financing and threatens to undermine the global climate transition agenda. In Africa, the problem of IFFs continues to persist and needs to be urgently addressed.” Florence Shako
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Global and regional migration politics have seen a number of issues tacked onto the subject of migration.

In some ways, these issue linkages create entry points to address some of the nuanced aspects of migration; at other times, they blindfold us from seeing other aspects that…

Olufunmilola Olabode fola adeleke MK Odeh Magalie Masamba (Dr) Afronomicslaw Chenai Mukumba AfIELN_SIEL Regis Simo Global Financial Integrity Marie-Louise Aren AFRODAD Tax Justice Network Africa Mukupa Nsenduluka Lyla Latif (Dr) Oladiwura Eyitayo-Oyesode Kim Brooks Opeyemi Bello Ashimizo Afadameh #StopTheBleeding Ohio Omiunu SchulichSchoolofLaw Dunia Zongwe Irene Kariuki Rob Currie SamanthaChionesoK Jason Rosario Braganza BLOG 1️⃣1️⃣ by Luwam Dirar “is an early-stage critical theorization and a call to action for scholars to theorize the relationship between IFFs and migrant rights to development.”

Read her thought 💭 provoking essay below.
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Next, Luwam Dirar proposes an alternative to the contemporary theorization of the relationship between IFFs & Migrant Rights (MR). Contemporary theorization of the relationship btw IFFs & MRs solidified a linear correlation btw human trafficking & IFFs.
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