📄𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 🧵(1/5) Africa is experiencing a (re)turn to authoritarian rule and armed conflict in the midst of global power competition, mirroring similar tendencies globally #Africa #Coups Nina Wilén Egmont Institute LSE Blogs bit.ly/47foNax

En #Afrique, les juntes perdent leur bras de fer avec les djihadistes: "C'est une question de temps avant qu'il n'y ait un nouveau coup d'#État" #Sahel #Mali #BurkinaFaso #Niger via La Libre Hubertleclercq Nina Wilén lalibre.be/international/…

🧵(2/5) One reason for the new coup wave is exactly that: the long history of coups creating a self-fulfilling precedent. The more coups a state has experienced, the more likely it is to see more #Africa #Coups Nina Wilén Egmont Institute LSE Blogs bit.ly/47foNax

Three factors are behind the recent wave of coups in #Africa | Africa at LSE #Sahel via Egmont Institute & Nina Wilén blogs.lse.ac.uk/africaatlse/20…

🧵(3/5) A second reason is the military institution’s central position in the states which have experienced coups. This is partly a legacy from the colonial period when relatively strong security forces served the colonail purposes #Africa #Coups Nina Wilén Egmont Institute

🧵(4/5) Finally, potential plotters are encouraged by the prospect of impunity as a consequence of the current global power competition #Africa #Coups Nina Wilén Egmont Institute LSE Blogs bit.ly/47foNax

🧵(5/5) The recent coup wave in Africa has reinforced the democratic decline the region witnessed over the past few years, which was further entrenched during the Covid-19 pandemic #Africa #Coups Nina Wilén Egmont Institute LSE Blogs bit.ly/47foNax

A collective failure. The Guardian: “Gender equality stalling or going backwards for 1bn women and girls.” “‘Dismal’ lack of progress leaves women and girls facing litany of abuses – with no country on track for equality” theguardian.com/global-develop…

⏮️In case you missed it, new blog by @wilennina this week Egmont Institute LSE Blogs Three factors are behind the recent wave of coups in Africa egmontinstitute.be/three-factors-…

The U.S. paying its UN bills in full and on time would not only position the UN to help humanity tackle its most pressing challenges, but it would also send a powerful signal that the U.S. walks the talk when it speaks of a rules-based int’l order. [1/4] cic.nyu.edu/resources/the-…

#Niger🇳🇪- On board was Chief of Staff of the Libyan🇱🇾 Army, Lt. General Al-Haddad, he met his counterpart Brigadier Gen. Barmou. They talked about the security & migration situation at the shared border & "the increase in attacks on🇳🇪 by armed groups operating from 🇱🇾 territory."

"for only the third time in the past 20 years, the #UN has declared a full-blown #famine.... ..it may prove the worst anywhere in the world since millions starved to death during China’s Great Leap Forward in the late 1950s and early 1960" #Sudan economist.com/briefing/2024/…

"But the collapse of #Sudan, at the intersection of #Africa & the Middle East, with seven fragile neighbours and some 800km of coast on the turbulent Red Sea, has alarming geopolitical consequences, too...The war sucks in malign forces from the region" economist.com/briefing/2024/…

"Local affiliates of African Initiative in West Africa's #Sahel region have been actively involved in community outreach efforts aimed at boosting #Russia’s image...In #Burkina...“friendship lessons” in schools where students are taught about Russia..." lnkd.in/esSV8WvH

"Across 24 countries in West & Central #Africa, more than 14,364 schools have closed due to armed violence...an increase from 2023 when 13,200 #schools were closed...#Girls face heightened risks of forced marriage & exploitation..#gender..inequalities" nrc.no/news/2024/sept…

“A #woman ’s voice is deemed intimate & should not be heard singing, reciting, or reading aloud in public. It is forbidden for women to look at men they are not related to...” Nope, it is not in fictional #Gilead, it is in #afghanistan2024 apnews.com/article/afghan…

Why have the #Sahel juntas shifted #security partners from Western actors to #Russia? ➡️ In our new RUSI article, Jack Watling & I identify 3 drivers: ◾️Sovereignty ◾️Empowerment ◾️Regime security #Sahel #Russia #military ➡️ Open access: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Assessing the Causes of Strategic Realignment in Sahelian States, Nina Wilén and I write for RUSI on great power competition in the Sahel: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Western actors gave explicit support for the re-establishment of the state which implicitly entailed supporting -often corrupt- governments in place, yet failed to prevent regime change #Russia #Sahel Jack Watling Nina Wilén RUSI Egmont Institute tinyurl.com/y9d7697h

From the perspective of the military juntas, maintaining engagement with the Western partners thus also risks their bid to stay in power, due to the limited results against enemies #Russia #Sahel Jack Watling Nina Wilén RUSI Egmont Institute tinyurl.com/y9d7697h