While the rest of the world seems to have reverted to the logic of national #sovereignty, the #AU has demonstrated an impressive level of #internationalism. My ⁦⁦blog post on the #AU’s fight against #corona ⁦@_AfricanUnion⁩ ⁦@AfricaCDC⁩

Abseits internationaler Aufmerksamkeit herrscht im Sudan eine humanitäre Katastrophe. Auf dem #PRIFblog hebt @ldfuhrmann die Bedeutung sudanesischer Zivilgesellschaft zur Bewältigung der Krise hervor und kritisiert das Fehlen internationaler Hilfe.

Scholarships for outstanding talents from low- and middle-income countries to conduct your PhD research with us at @ZEFbonn. Application deadline: 31 August. Get ready for an inspiring journey. How to apply: https://t.co/e8usM4z9uW

🎯 Centering citizens' experiences of #ECOWAS interventions, I presented ongoing @PRIF_org #PhD research @MIASA_UG conference "Regional Governance as Experience". MERCI to conv. @_witt_antonia, Juliana Appiah, Densua Mumford, and host Université Omar Bongo, Libreville, Gabon!

Great opportunity! 💥👇

Talk on pan-Africanism, Decolonize University, Goethe University, Frankfurt.

If you want to read more on it: 👉 Report on local perceptions of AU/ECOWAS interventions in #Burkina Faso https://t.co/vTi7RaunZt 👉 Report on local perceptions of AU/ECOWAS interventions in The #Gambia https://t.co/zpn2aeFJVG (8/8)

Unfortunately not with us but still with us were @schnabel_simone, Adjara Konkobo,@OBah2022, @jallow_kara, and many more who have been part of and immensely contributed to the @dfg_public research project @PRIF_org (7/8)

With Susanne Schroeder, Head of Cooperation @GERinNigeria and the #ECOWAS support cluster @gizNIG_ECOWAS we talked about the implications of our research for intern. partners of #ECOWAS and how to integrate citizens‘ perspectives into policy planning, making, and evaluation (6/8)

Alumni and current fellows of the @fes_nigeria Open Minds Young Voices program shared their views on #ECOWAS and gave us an inspiring demonstration that the younger generations are ready to (re)imagine regional integration. (5/8)

We held a meeting with Nigerian and regional civil society and discussed how #ECOWAS can realise its aim of being an “ECOWAS of the people” as well as civil society’s contribution to regional peacemaking @wacsof_foscao (4/8)

We were received by Dr Cyriaque Agnekethom, Director PK and Regional Security @PeoplesECOWAS and exchanged on the policy implications of our research for #ECOWAS @ecowas_cedeao (3/8)

We met with colleagues from @IpcrNigeria to discuss the need for more research on local perceptions of #ECOWAS and #AU interventions and how to practically implement it (2/8)

It’s a wrap! A big thank you to @fes_nigeria and @FES_PSCC for an insightful and enriching week of research dissemination in #Abuja with my great team @saitmatty, @birchinger, and Dr Amado Kaboré 👇 (1/8)

Thank you Dr Cyriaque Agnekethom, Director Peacekeeping and Regional Security, for receiving us @ecowas_cedeao and for a very constructive discussion about local perceptions of #ECOWAS interventions & the practical implications of our @PRIF_org @dfg_public research! @fes_nigeria

Never before have there been so many armed conflicts around the globe. New data from UCDP at @UU_Peace out today - a record-high number of 59 state-based armed conflicts recorded in 2023. https://t.co/kxKlRXvMHc

Everything set @fes_nigeria! Today we are discussing local perspectives on #AU and #ECOWAS interventions with Nigerian civil society and partners of FES @FES_PSCC @wacsof_foscao

A huge thanks to our long standing partner @IpcrNigeria for receiving our guests @_witt_antonia, @saitmatty, @birchinger and Amado Kaboré, who are in Nigeria to share the findings of their research on local perspectives on #AU and #Ecowas interventions.

Perfect start into a whole week of engagements in #Abuja including @ecowas_cedeao @PeoplesECOWAS

Thank you @IpcrNigeria for receiving us today and for a great discussion on our research on local perspectives on #AU and #Ecowas interventions - with @saitmatty, @birchinger, and Amado Kaboré. And big thanks to our hosts @fes_nigeria!!

Are you interested in #AU, #ECOWAS and other regional actors‘ interventions? There is a job opportunity in my team @PRIF_org 👇