#Nigeria has finally reformed its Cybercrimes Act, including an infamous section used to prosecute the press. My latest with Al Jazeera English explains:

- How the law may still be used to target journalists

- What it could mean for ongoing prosecutions

aljazeera.com/opinions/2024/…

IS-Mozambique shows off its dawa activity in different parts of NE Mozambique

Troubling reports of attacks on Abuja-Kaduna highway in the past week after a long stretch w/o a major incident thanks to improved security measures. Pray whatever security gaps are quickly remedied

By the age of 30 you should be in at least a dozen WhatsApp groups that you mute but refuse to leave despite knowing deep down you’ll never read or interact with them again

Via AP: Since 2000, 141 Mexican journalists and other media workers have been slain, at least 61 of them in apparent retaliation for their work, the Committee to Protect Journalists says. All but a handful of the killings and abductions remain unsolved.

Police arrested four Chinese citizens who were engaged in illegal mining operations in Karu area of Nasarawa state few kilometers away from the country’s capital city Abuja. The foreigners were arrested with large quantity of lithium and other minerals in the area.

I've read about powerships but never seen one until now.

This is the MV Osman Khan, one of the world's biggest, supplying power to the grid in Takoradi, Ghana.

Chad nationalized Exxon's major oil assets in March 2023, *after* the U.S. company sold its operations in Chad to a UK company, Savannah Energy, in late 2022.

This news is over a year old, with some key details conveniently left out.
apnews.com/article/exxon-…

A thread of some photos I've found online recently

First one is of Kings African Rifles (Ugandan / Kenyan / Tanzanian infantry) in Somali in 1941

📸: H J Clements/Imperial War Museums via Getty Images

The Burkina Faso military summarily executed at least 223 civilians, including at least 56 children, in two villages on February 25, 2024, Human Rights Watch said today. To date one of the worst war crimes ever conducted in the country. hrw.org/news/2024/04/2…

From CNN - New evidence challenges the Pentagon’s account of a horrific attack as the US withdrew from Afghanistan cnn.com/2024/04/24/wor…

First image's out of zurmi zamfara state of the burnt MTN station by bandits.... Airtel has a limited coverage in the city,

A great conference and a chance to reconnect with/meet some great people. Also, Edinburgh’s easily one of my favorite cities, and the weather was (unexpectedly) beautiful this week.

Let’s do it again!

Starting panel 9 of our conference on security in Africa with panel on peacekeeping and international interventions w/ presentations by Anne Flaspöler, Jutta Bakonyi, James Barnett, Saleh Bala, @giuliaPiccolino, & Sophia Birchinger, chaired by Thabani Mutambasere.

It’s #NationalParkWeek !

(Kogi) state capture

Alarm bells are ringing about alFashir, here’s why: The city avoided the fate of other Darfur capitals after local leaders brokered a truce enforced by the Juba armed groups early in the war.

Even then, 220 people were killed in the crossfire of limited skirmishes.

Edo state, where some of Nigeria’s earliest campus cults formed, sadly continues to experience high levels of such violence. During a brief trip to UNIBEN during an ASUU strike year I was told cults were in de facto control of parts of campus

After a reported assassination attempt earlier this month, former Janjaweed leader and Hemedti rival Musal Hilal aligns with the SAF against the RSF. Adds to the 🔥 in North #Darfur and the simmering fight for El Fasher

Exactly my impression when looking at #ISWAP . With time, the relation has deepened. Habib Yusuf now reportedly sits on the ISIS shura.