👉Based on work @PRIF_org 👉Building on a previous @dfg_public project by @_witt_antonia with @saitmatty and Omar M Bah 👉Drawing on field research with @jallow_kara @mariamaconeh and many more.

Zooming into #VAD2024 from #GuineaBissau 🇬🇼 Thank you for making it possible @ClusterAfrica and for hosting this panel on peripheral perceptions on coups @timglawion @lots2tweet & Andreas Mehler.

@PRIF_org @DAAD_Germany For our latest view on Guinea-Bissau, see Wilson's and my #PRIF Blog 👇

🙏 @PRIF_org and @DAAD_Germany for making this possible!

🇬🇼 #BomDia da #GuinéBissau! Over the next three months I'll be here to study how #citizens experience the @ecowas_cedeao #interventions. 🤝 Happy to connect if you're around! 🎉 Amilcar Cabral's 100th birthday was definitely a good start - despite turbulent weather & politics.

It’s been three years since Mamadi Doumbouya took power in #Guinea, on 5 September 2021. I have a short piece just out with a colleague in @africaarguments. https://t.co/u9h8UsIiI0 A thread. 1/17

Sinal de Alerta para Novos Conflitos? Wilson Pedro Té e eu observamos uma polarização social crescente nesta crise política atual na #GuinéBissau Após uma alegada tentativa de golpe de Estado em 2023, o país assistiu a protestos nos últimos meses. #PRIFblog

Merci for #EISAPEC24 in #Lille ☀️ First @europeanisa conference with two presentations on (1) de-centering IR concepts through ordinary language interviewing, and (2) citizens' experiences of #ECOWAS interventions. 🤝 @PRIF_org @DAAD_Germany

How emancipatory is participatory action research? Thanks to the twitterless team from Uni Erfurt for organising a great discussion on the potential & limits of PAR as way of doing research differently!! #EISAPEC2024

📢 Vacancy: Are you interested in working with a dynamic team that is engaged in shaping & informing multilateral policy making with a focus on the AU? Do you have strong analytical skills & work experience on African issues? This may be for you: 👉Senior Researcher:

Call for Application! In partnership with @GIZAfricanUnion, we are inviting young women aged 18-35, to apply for a six-month mentorship program on Youth, Peace and Security Agenda. Apply through this link: https://t.co/SNHqZf6QK2 #GMBWomen4Peace #GMBYouth4Peace

📢📔 #Call for book chapters! Do you want to contribute to the book 'Global South Researchers in #DevelopmentStudies: Positionality, Power, and Vulnerability'? Send in your abstracts before 31 October 2024. 🔗 More information: https://t.co/F8o1B9l39c #Research

Where to #GuineaBissau? #Protests in Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda, and others have kept governments in suspense for weeks. Bringing the emerging political crisis in #GuineaBissau on the radar, our #PRIFblog discusses coup narratives, protests and restrictive government reactions.👇👇

Did you know that support for democracy in Africa is far higher than in Asia and Latin America? Fascinating new report from @afrobarometer demonstrates the strength of democratic resilience as well as challenges. My latest for @TheAfricaReport https://t.co/zFbN1MMGrj

Following an alleged coup attempt in 2023, Guinea-Bissau has witnessed mass protests in recent months. @birchinger and Wilson Pedro Té discuss the current political situation and contextualize opposing readings of the coup attempt on #PRIFblog. https://t.co/TtA1oHVZSc

“As a survivor of FGM myself, the last few months of fighting to make sure that the law against FGM/C is not repealed in The Gambia have been very difficult and re-traumatic. Survivors like myself were forced to relive our experiences. We were forced to come out and share our

👇 1. Go & read my interview with @BaldehF on #Gambia |ns' fight to uphold the #FGMban #hearthevoices 💪 2. Go & follow e.g. @BaldehF @JahaENDFGM @SafeHands4Girls @WomenInLiberat1 @NgbvGambia @GPtoEndFGM 🤝Jerejef!

In July, a bill threatening to repel the ban on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) in the #Gambia was successfully rejected. Sophia @birchinger talked to @BaldehF, one of the leading activists for upholding the ban. Read the interview on #PRIFblog https://t.co/W2xKfSH9rL

#Gambia votes to KEEP ban on #FGM “This is a significant win for women and girls in The Gambia but also beyond,” quoted in the New York Times. Reversal would've been devastating, including “pariah status.” Thanks, @ruthmaclean! Read ⏩: https://t.co/08aDz2ntra #EndFGM220

What a historical and memorable day for survivors of #FGM‼️ We were at the National Assembly to witness the consideration stage of the Women’s Amendment Bill 2023, a procedure to scrutinize, evaluate, accept or reject the clauses of the Bill. We are happy to announce that the