East African Perspective
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East Africa matters globally. From trade & security to climate & culture, we bring you Africa on the world stage. 🎙️ @benjamin_watch & @ThomasLesaffre
Joined March 2025
RWANDA 🇷🇼🇦🇿 AZERBAIJAN The Azerbaijani Parliament has ratified an agreement with Rwanda to establish direct air connections between the two countries. #FactsOnRwanda
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Sudan’s civil war is reshaping the map: SAF clings to the Nile and ports, RSF controls the resource-rich west. Heglig’s capture could tip militia power into a quasi-state, writes Bezawit Eshetu. https://t.co/GHAbd5YLcD
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By the end of 2025, the civil war in Sudan had hardened into a durable east–west cleavage, with the Sudanese Armed Forces retaining control of the Nile valley, Khartoum’s core institutions, and the...
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The Trump administration has openly criticized, threatened, or sidelined several African countries, yet collective African pushback has been notably absent. Eric looks at why African governments and the African Union remain largely silent, whether fear of retaliation outweighs
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This persistent failure to confront apartheid truthfully has created space for dangerous historical revisionism. Racist, white supremacist organisations such as AfriForum and Solidarity and other individuals such as Elon Musk now promote fabricated narratives such as "white
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Parallel peace tracks in Washington-Doha and Luanda-Nairobi have failed to halt violence in eastern #DRC. In ISS Today, Bram Verelst and Said Abdullahi argue for a sequenced approach with Rwandan disengagement as the starting point.
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M23’s advance exposes the limits of current peace efforts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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I had the pleasure of welcoming Prime Minister @narendramodi of India at the National Palace during an official ceremony. We held a productive tĂŞte-Ă -tĂŞte meeting, followed by a bilateral session with our respective delegations, exploring renewed avenues of cooperation that
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Landed in Addis Ababa a short while ago. Honoured by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali’s gesture of welcoming me at the airport. Ethiopia is a nation with great history and vibrant culture. India and Ethiopia share deep civilisational ties. I look forward to engaging with the
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Victor Masondo speaks about making an album while mourning his brother. Not after the grief. Inside it. “It became a very emotional album,” he says, because the studio didn’t pause life. It absorbed it. #AfricanRenaissancePodcast
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Guinea-Bissau has transformed into a criminal state, and we can trace its roots back to the split in Amilcar Cabral’s liberation movement. Catch this hot topic and more on our latest episode. Watch: https://t.co/JNwvpTCOQg
#GuineaBissau #EmbalĂł #CoupPuzzle #WestAfricaPolitics
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🚨 NEW EPISODE 🚨 Ugandan political scientist, columnist & researcher Dr. Fred Golooba-Mutebi ( @FGoloobaMutebi ) joins The Long Form for a candid, unfiltered conversation exploring: 🇺🇬 The battle for Uganda’s political future — Bobi Wine, Museveni, NUP & NRM 🇷🇼 Why Uganda and
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“…many of these endeavors built on what came before them while others ensured the smoothening of future collaborations. This helps frame the CCP-Africa workings as long-term thereby showing just how either of the players values the other,” ✍️@_JKingdom
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2025 was significant as far as China-Africa relations go. For one thing, a major reception was hosted in June in Huan Province to mark twenty five years since the establishment of the Forum on...
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As of 15 December 2025, South Sudan continues to be governed without a national budget for 2025/2026. This is not a technical delay, it is a governance failure of national proportions. #SSOT
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"...Countries rise or sink because of Leadership! And I am glad for these initiatives to build young leaders of values, because... leadership is ultimately about service." Susan Nsibirwa @SueNsibirwa
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China calls for int'l efforts to help Central African countries enhance security capacity https://t.co/QoZF8W9NA0
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15 Countries and Counting. Africa’s Jihadists Fan Out Across the Continent Jihadist groups are now active in more than 15 African countries, and at least 9 major factions carry the flags of either Al Qaeda or the Islamic State. What was once a scrappy Sahelian problem has
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Chairperson of the AU Commission (AUC) strongly condemns deadly drone attack on peacekeeping base in Kadugli, #Sudan. The Chairperson @ymahmoudali of the African Union Commission, H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, strongly condemns the deadly drone attack targeting the United Nations
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The year in movies, as chosen by @drwill20, The Continent’s film critic. https://t.co/nlQY3DNURU
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This week on #africanrenaissancepodcast Dr Mbuyiseni Ndlozi will be in Conversation with Victor Masondo. He speaks about grief, service, and the moment the bass stopped being an instrument and became a cry. #AfricanRenaissancePodcast this Monday at 3pm - https://t.co/QkJL6QJUKr
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🚨NEW EPISODE ALERT 🚨 We grabbed a coffee with Amos Masaba Wekesa a Business man and entrepreneur and we discussed understanding tourism’s economic impact, and developing local tourism infrastructure beyond the brochure.. Listen via https://t.co/ioWQEnmlgq
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