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🚨1 WEEK TO GO | Renewing #Nigeria’s #AntiCorruption Agenda Register: chathamhouse.org/events/all/r... 🗓️19 March 2025 📍Abuja, Nigeria & Online #CHAfrica #Corruption #CollectiveAction

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🌍“Critical and strategic minerals supply chains are a key Trump administration priority and this will be one area of enhanced engagement on the continent” — @chathamhouse.bsky.social’s Alex Vines tells African Business Magazine african.business/2025/03/trad...

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Integrity role models are first adopters of anti-corrupt behaviours – they take on the initial cost of doing the right thing & lower the risk for others — Leena Koni Hoffmann via @theworldtoday.bsky.social 🚨Upcoming event: chathamhouse.org/events/all/r... www.chathamhouse.org/publications...

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💬 #Corruption is a well-discussed issue in #Nigeria but it is really poorly understood. — Dr Leena Koni Hoffmann (@chathamhouse.bsky.social) www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONoN... 🚨Register for our upcoming conference on renewing Nigeria's anti-corruption agenda: chathamhouse.org/events/all/r...

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🚨UPCOMING EVENT | Renewing #Nigeria’s #AntiCorruption Agenda Register↓ www.chathamhouse.org/events/all/r... 🗓️19 March 2025 🕗8:00 – 12:30 GMT | 9:00 – 13:30 WAT 📍Abuja, Nigeria & Online #CHAfrica #Corruption #UnitedAgainstCorruption #AfricaAgainstCorruption | @chathamhouse.bsky.social

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We were delighted to welcome this week Yusuf Tuggar, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria. Hosted by @africaprog.bsky.social, the foreign minister discussed with us 🇳🇬's foreign policy aspirations amid a turbulent and evolving international order. Watch our event: bit.ly/43mwgov

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🚨 Event underway | #Nigeria’s evolving foreign policy and global aspirations with HE Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRfj... #CHAfrica #CHEvents #ForeignPolicy | @chathamhouse.bsky.social

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Join our event today as Honourable Minister Yusuf Tuggar outlines #Nigeria’s foreign policy priorities and the government’s strategy for international engagement Register↓

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🌍 In the latest article of The Continent News, @chathamhouse.bsky.social's Carlos Lopes writes about how the #AfricanUnion can thrive in the new world order. Read: www.thecontinent.org/_files/ugd/2...

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📅UPCOMING EVENT Register: www.chathamhouse.org/events/all/s... At this event, HE Ambassador Yusuf M. Tuggar, #Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, will outline Nigeria’s foreign policy priorities and the government’s strategy for international engagement. #CHAfrica #CHEvents #ForeignPolicy

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📄 In the latest outlook paper from EPC, @chathamhouse.bsky.social's Chris Vandome notes: “2025 will be an important year for South Africa to consolidate domestic democratic power-sharing and continue to pursue inclusive international institutional governance.” Read: www.epc.eu/en/Publicati...

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📅UPCOMING EVENT Register: www.chathamhouse.org/events/all/s... At this event, HE Ambassador Yusuf M. Tuggar, #Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, will outline Nigeria’s foreign policy priorities and the government’s strategy for international engagement. #CHAfrica #CHEvents #ForeignPolicy

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🚨Event today | Members’ question time: #DRC - What does the fall of Goma mean for regional and continental stability? 🕛13.00 GMT | 14.00 WAT | 15.00 CAT 📍Online 📧Send your Qs to [email protected] Register ↓

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🗨️ As the conflict in the #DRC intensifies, I have fears of de facto land grab – behind this is a desire for control of economic assets and regional control of trade routes. — @chathamhouse.bsky.social’s Alex Vines via FRANCE 24 Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...

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📅 Upcoming event | #DRC - What does the fall of Goma mean for regional and continental stability? Register: chathamhouse.zoom.us/webinar/regi... Join the online event to ask Africa Programme expert Ben Shepherd about the DRC conflict. Send questions in advance to [email protected]

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🌍The #AU joining the #G20 was an important moment that helped the body to gain influence with other regional blocs but this won’t continue if it fails to reform and become more relevant for Africans, stresses @chathamhouse.bsky.social’s Alex Vines via @semafor.com www.semafor.com/article/02/1...

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🎙️New episode of #AfricaAware with @chmenap.bsky.social ↓ www.chathamhouse.org/2025/02/afri... In this episode, Tim Eaton and Lubna Yousef discuss their XCEPT research on how transnational human smuggling has fuelled conflict in Libya.

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The fall of #Goma to Rwandan-backed M23 rebels in late January underlines the return to the #DRC of a model of hybrid cross-border warfare that many hoped had been left in the past, writes @chathamhouse.bsky.social’s Ben Shepherd. www.chathamhouse.org/2025/02/even...

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🗓️Register for our #AUSummit event this week: chathamhouse.org/events/all/r... This event, in partnership with UNDP Africa, examines the experiences gained from peace negotiations on the African continent and the role played by local, regional and international actors. #CHAfrica #CHEvents

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🗓️ Upcoming #AUSummit event with UNDP Africa Register: chathamhouse.org/events/all/r... This event examines the experiences gained from peace negotiations on the African continent and the role played by local, regional and international actors. #CHAfrica #CHEvents

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The decline of #SouthAfrica's military capability has led to previous failures in other peace enforcement efforts. @chathamhouse.bsky.social's Chris Vandome notes "perceptions that this is a force that is deployed but is under-equipped to carry out the mission." www.reuters.com/world/africa...

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Applications to join the Common Futures Conversations community are open! CFC is a @chathamhouse.bsky.social community that connects young leaders and involves them and their ideas in major policy discussions shaping the world today. Apply here by 10 Feb: careers.chathamhouse.org/jobs/5437714...

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With the enduring offensive by M23 in eastern DRC, @chathamhouse.bsky.social’s Alex Vines notes that their ambitions now differ from their aims back in 2012 – namely, their objective to overthrow the Kinshasa administration. Watch his interview with France24: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1z2H...

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📄 Pretoria’s foreign policy focus on multilateralism, development and reforming global governance will be seriously tested by geopolitical division, writes @chathamhouse.bsky.social's Christopher Vandome. www.chathamhouse.org/2025/01/sout...

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This week we were delighted to welcome The Rt Hon David Lammy, Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs of the United Kingdom to Chatham House where he met with African Heads of Mission for a consultation on the upcoming UK government's approach on Africa. #CHAfrica

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🌍The #AU is now a full member of the #G20 — a game-changer for Africa’s global influence. With #SouthAfrica leading the G20 in 2025, can the AU deliver tangible results for #Agenda2063 and Africa’s development? Read @chathamhouse.bsky.social’s Alex Vines’ essay: buff.ly/4gSgHIO

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🌍“The UN warned of a regional conflict last week and there is a real danger it could become this” — @chathamhouse.bsky.social’s Alex Vines on the intensifying violence in the eastern #DRC city of #Goma www.ft.com/content/aa43...

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🌍This year, Africa will be the second-fastest-growing region globally. But persistent problems, including poverty, the effects of climate change, and weak governance, are fuelling widespread social frustration, writes @chathamhouse.bsky.social’s Alex Vines. www.chathamhouse.org/2025/01/afri...

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📄 #US sanctions on the #SAF & #RSF present a critical opportunity – if they are utilized to target the financial networks and political recognition that have sustained the fighting in #Sudan, writes @chathamhouse.bsky.social’s Leena Badri. www.chathamhouse.org/2025/01/trum...

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The #DRC accuses Apple of using minerals sourced from illegal mining. Local communities impacted by illicit mining explore the consequences of a potential victory against the tech giant. Alex Vines discusses the fallout on the DW AfricaLink podcast. 🎙️Listen: www.dw.com/en/congo-sla...

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📄 #France was surprised at the speed of its withdrawal from #Chad. It was hoping to reach an agreement to maintain some sort of smaller presence, but now Paris has to go into the fast lane — @chathamhouse.bsky.social’s Alex Vines tells Deutsche Welle www.dw.com/en/why-chad-...

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🌍2024 was historic for peaceful transfers of power following elections across #Africa, writes Alex Vines in our #AnnualReport. We revisit our research highlights and key convenings of 2024 here: i.emlfiles4.com/cmpdoc/4/7/0... #CHAfrica #Africa #YearInReview2024 | @chathamhouse.bsky.social

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📄 Martin Griffiths on #Sudan: There has been little progress on identifying a clear pathway to peace...The talks are halting and insufficient, and mediating states have failed to make both parties take the negotiations seriously. via @theworldtoday.bsky.social www.chathamhouse.org/publications...

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🌍In 2025, #Africa’s voice will be amplified as #SouthAfrica assumes the #G20 presidency. Collaboration with new G20 member, the #AU, offers a chance to advance institutional reform and expand Africa’s inclusion in global governance — @tighistiamare.bsky.social www.chathamhouse.org/publications...

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In the latest Common Futures Conversations (@qeiiacademy.bsky.social) blog, Nosipho Dube reflects on the commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women through cultural diplomacy between the #DominicanRepublic and #SouthAfrica medium.com/@ch_commonfu...

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📄As international assistance in the civil war falters, Emergency Response Rooms and other mutual aid groups are offering millions of Sudanese a humanitarian lifeline – and the glimpse of a non-violent future, writes Kholood Khair for @theworldtoday.bsky.social www.chathamhouse.org/publications...

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📄 In the latest sign of a dramatic deterioration in relations, #Niger's military rulers appear increasingly determined to drive #France out of the uranium mining sector, writes @chathamhouse.bsky.social's @paulmelly.bsky.social for #BBCNews www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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🎥Event – #Rwanda’s regional & foreign policy priorities HE Olivier J.P. Nduhungirehe outlined Rwanda’s foreign policy vision and key factors shaping the country’s international engagement. Watch: chathamhouse.org/events/all/r... #CHAfrica #ForeignPolicy #EastAfrica #GreatLakesAfrica

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“What we’re seeing is a gap between rhetoric and action in terms of real structural changes in #Tanzania’s political system” — @chathamhouse.bsky.social's Fergus Kell on the hinderances to a redefined political space in Tanzania Read: www.dw.com/en/tanzania-...

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📄"Should Trump fail to back the Lobito Corridor project, João Lourenço’s government has other partnership options in #Europe and the #MiddleEast," writes @chathamhouse.bsky.social's Alex Vines in his latest expert comment ahead of #Biden's visit to #Angola. www.chathamhouse.org/2024/11/bide...

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📺Following accusations of aid mismanagement by #Niger’s military leaders, the #EU has recalled of its ambassador. @paulmelly.bsky.social notes Niger’s military government is trying to establish the principle that its legitimacy should be internationally recognised. www.youtube.com/watch?v=np5z...

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📄 OUT NOW – Alemu Asfaw & @chathamhouse.bsky.social’s Ahmed Soliman’s article exploring contested authority and governance within the disputed #Welkait/#WesternTigray zone Read: www.globalpolicyjournal.com/projects/gp-...

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📅Upcoming event | Rwanda’s regional and foreign policy priorities - with HE Olivier J.P. Nduhungirehe, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Republic of Rwanda Register: www.chathamhouse.org/events/all/r... #CHAfrica #CHEvents

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🎙️New #AfricaAware episode | ‘What the #AU’s #G20 membership means for Africa’ In this episode, Prof Carlos Lopes discusses what the #AfricanUnion’s membership means for Africa’s economic and geopolitical influence on the global stage. Listen ↓ soundcloud.com/chathamhouse... #G20Summit #G20Brazil

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