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@INTPOLITSOCIO is proud to join IA over AI (Intellectual Authorship over Artificial Intelligence), launched today by journals across International Relations.
🔗Read the full statement and see the growing list of signatories: iaoverai.org/
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African ruling and interests actors in countries like Congo/Somalia/South Sudan discovered profits in these countries are located in capturing cargo routes in the outskirts through checkpoints, and NOT in actual industries/countries themselves and never looked back
Former Democratic Republic of Congo leader Joseph Kabila says he's starting a new rebel group that will fold in the M23 movement that now occupies part of the country’s east, posing a fresh challenge to President Felix Tshisekedi bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
I missed this Lunch with the FT interview with Erik Prince. If you ever needed proof of the centrality of 'logistics' in security and politics, look no further than the pitch Prince makes here (over a 10oz steak). ft.com/content/85e95551-5e3b…
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Le JNIM, lui, n'a jamais eu besoin du drapeau. Il n'avait même pas besoin de Kidal, et il n'a pas eu à défendre une ville qu'il ne prétendait pas diriger. La raison est simple : son centre de gravité a changé de place. Il se trouve désormais au centre et au sud du pays, où le gros de ses combattants vient des Peuls, des Dogon, des Bambara, des Soninké, des Sénoufo, des Minianka, des Malinké. Cela suffit à démentir l'idée d'une guerre du Nord, ou d'une guerre d'une seule communauté. Il recrute partout. Son projet ne se lit pas dans des déclarations, il se vit tous les jours : femmes obligées de se voiler, écoles fermées, zakat prélevée, justice rendue par des cadis, routes bloquées, biens et équipements privés incendiés. Le FLA réclame un territoire. Le JNIM, lui, commande déjà . Qu'une colonne entre dans un chef-lieu vide de l'extrême nord ne lui enlève rien. Il pèse sans rien signer et il gouverne sans être nommé.
"Traoré is winning a war of ideas that is separate from whether his policies succeed. The side with the more legible story often beats the side with the better spreadsheet, and his is legible..." coogunmodede.substack.com/p/…
Burkina Faso's 'patriotic support fund' has raised $430m this year in taxes and donations. Money from this fund is dedicated to security spending and also supports the VDP militia. finances.gov.bf/forum/detail…
Snapshots of life in southern Lebanon under occupation. thenationalnews.com/news/men…
Today marks four years since Ibrahim Traoré came to power in Burkina Faso. The ideological parallels to Sankara are mixed, but at this stage IB has made his mark on the country and its place in global consciousness in a similar way. dw.com/fr/burkina-faso-mêbo-…
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"Marine Le Pen pas raciste ? Ça me fait rire"
Lilian Thuram face à @FogielMarcO dans #RTLMatin
The umpteenth editorial in which we’re told that the rights and safety of our Jewish brothers and sisters have to be linked to a political defence of Israel. No thanks. theglobeandmail.com/canada/t…
This piece viscerally shows the violence that is hidden behind the bureaucratic and political talk about 'partnership' in the EU-Mauritania migration deal. africasacountry.com/2026/09/…
Beyond the technical abilities of LLMs, or the reliability of detecting their use, is a broader question: 'AI' is wrecking the trust you have in the text, and the vulnerability you require as a reader to suspend disbelief. bfmtv.com/culture/livres-bd/…











