As Europe looks to expand its borders further - with deals struck or being considered in Tunisia, Egypt, Mauritania, and Senegal – @guypeterson_ and I went to Agadez, the sort of ground-zero for these policies that build a wall far beyond the EU's borders

"The assault on the town of Darul Jamal, which hosts a military base on the Nigeria-Cameroon border, raises raises questions about Nigeria's push in recent years to close down IDP camps and return displaced people to the countryside"

Chinese firms pay the price of jihadist strikes against Mali junta via @afp

RT @Usmaan_Aali: L’Union des routiers du Sénégal qui annonce l’enlèvement par les groupes armés de l’ouest du #Mali, de 6 travailleurs 🇸🇳d….

RT @WFP_Nigeria: ✈️ In our effort to improve efficiency & reduce costs, we have made the difficult decision to end the @WFP_UNHAS fixed-win….

RT @AFP: Marieme Ndiaye emerges from her igloo-shaped house in Senegal's capital, its 1950s space-age aesthetic in sharp contrast with boxy….

"Designed by a California architect; implemented by French colonial authorities; lived in by Senegalese -- the dwellings saw only lukewarm success" in their heyday. But now their dissapearance is sparking calls for preservation, via @becca_milfeld

Absolutely bonkers story on the state of the Nigerian economy by @Tonyevill3, where people desparate for as little as $20 USD fall victim to shady loan apps that will harass your entire phone contacts list if you're late

RT @bucephalus424: Gambling company subsidizing public infrastructure truly is some late Roman imperial type morbid symptom.

Texas 🤝 Katsina state

RT @VincentFoucher: Also, I wonder about IS plans for attacks in Europe, though. Hasn't that ship sailed already? Yes, IS will endorse chea….

RT @VincentFoucher: #ISWAP now funding IS in Iraq. A testimony to ISWAP's state-building in the NE of Nigeria, and notably to its fiscal….

RT @StartArchiving: In 1974, ads like this one positioned Omo as part of Nigeria's cultural beauty: agbadas sharper, whites whiter, confide….

The prices at this Abuja print shop fluxuate depending on whether the power grid ("light") is on or they have to run the generator

RT @cj_teague: On the topic of Ohio State still winning, last week our story on OSU as the most recession-proof program in the country got….

finding out there is such a thing as a "cookware lobbyist" who tries to prevent PFAS bans, and I can only imagine how much money there is in that. I picked the wrong career.

gonna start retweeting cincinnati photo dumps the way i retweet mauritania and mali photo dumps.

From jihadists instituting communications blackouts to people stealing batteries for their solar set-ups in the face of the ever-creaking power grid: Nigeria's telecoms towers are under attack, @Tonyevill3 reports

A boat capsized off the coast of Mauritania earlier this week, killing at least 49 people, with around 100 likely missing, officials told AFP on Friday

RT @Baakouu: Fleuve Niger

"US contractors at a Gaza aid centre interrogated a source of Middle East Eye journalist Mohamed Salama seeking information about his identity and whereabouts before he was killed"