Kristof Titeca

@kristoftiteca.bsky.social

710 followers 340 following 130 posts

Professor @iobua.bsky.social, @uantwerpen.be
Senior Associate Fellow @egmontinstitute.bsky.social

Researching conflict, governance and geopolitics in Central & Eastern Africa

DRC / Uganda

www.kristoftiteca.com

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Egmont Institute @egmontinstitute.bsky.social · 3d

📄𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 by @kristoftiteca.bsky.social and Almontaser Belah Mhmood
@egmontinstitute.bsky.social

"The Danger of Simplifying Sudan’s War"

𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 👉 tinyurl.com/3r9cbfvm

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Matt Browner Hamlin @mattbh.com · 4d

This is very bad news for Greenland

DOJ admits it has still not released 99% of Epstein files, violating law

The DOJ said it is still reviewing millions of Epstein files, after previously claiming it completed the review in July

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Clément Boursin @cboursin.bsky.social · 6d

En #Ouganda, un scrutin sans enjeu mais un avenir incertain afriquexxi.info/En-Ouganda-u...

En Ouganda, un scrutin sans enjeu mais un avenir incertain - Analyse

Le président Yoweri Museveni et son parti, le NRM, remporteront probablement les élections présidentielle et législatives du 15 janvier. Mais le pays s’interroge sur la suite, à commencer par la (…)

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Afrique XXI @afriquexxi.bsky.social · 6d

La président de l' #Ouganda Yoweri #Museveni et son parti, le NRM, remporteront probablement les élections du 15 janvier. Mais le pays s’interroge sur la succession de l'autocrate de 81 ans. Si son fils est sur les rangs, rien n’est encore joué. Par @kristoftiteca.bsky.social et @foreignpolicy.com

En Ouganda, un scrutin sans enjeu mais un avenir incertain - Analyse

afriquexxi.info

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Yvan Guichaoua @yguichaoua.bsky.social · 11d

"University administrators understand exactly what’s happening, and proceed anyway. As long as enrollment numbers hold and tuition checks clear, they turn a blind eye to the learning crisis while faculty are left to manage the educational carnage in their classrooms"

AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself

Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.

www.currentaffairs.org

Kristof Titeca @kristoftiteca.bsky.social · 11d

Second, the #LRA’s persistence is not only about adaptability on the ground, but also about fluctuating regional and international political will—repeatedly undermining efforts to finally close this chapter. www.researchgate.net/publication/... END

(PDF) Kony 2025: The Survival of the Lord’s Resistance Army in the Car–Sudan–DRC Borderlands Purchased

PDF | Nearly forty years after its emergence, and despite a range of international efforts, Joseph Kony and the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) continue to... | Find, read and cite all the research you n...

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Kristof Titeca @kristoftiteca.bsky.social · 11d

Why? First, the #LRA embedded itself in local & transnational border economies, cultivating ties with a shifting mix of armed groups and state actors. Yet these same borderlands have also generated new vulnerabilities, from disrupted trade networks to defections www.researchgate.net/publication/...

Kristof Titeca @kristoftiteca.bsky.social · 11d

Joseph #Kony and the #LRA are still out there, close to 40 years after they emerged. In this briefing for African Affairs, I explain why this is the case: "Kony 2025: The Survival of the Lord’s Resistance Army in the Car–Sudan–DRC Borderlands" academic.oup.com/afraf/advanc... (1/n)

Kony 2025: The Survival of the Lord’s Resistance Army in the Car–Sudan–DRC Borderlands

Abstract. Nearly forty years after its emergence, and despite a range of international efforts, Joseph Kony and the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) continue t

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John Lechner @johnalechner.bsky.social · 21d

A History of Outsourced Violence: The Rise of the RSF, LNA, and Wagner Group

My @smallarmssurvey.bsky.social Situation Update on historic mercenary economies in Sudan, Chad, Libya, and CAR, and how they've been connected for decades

www.smallarmssurvey.org/resource/out...

A History of Outsourced Violence: The Rise of the Rapid Support Forces, Libyan National Army, and Wagner Group

In the war against the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have relied on external backing and regional partnerships that extend well beyond Sudan’s borders. While these relati...

www.smallarmssurvey.org

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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 22d

Manufacturing the age of consent.

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Emmanuel Gamard @emmanuelgamard.bsky.social · 23d

New @crisisgroup.org report: The M23 Offensive

Despite signing peace deals in Washington and Doha, the Congolese army, M23 rebels and Rwandan troops continue to trade fire, with the insurgents and invading soldiers taking more territory as 2025 draws to a close.
www.crisisgroup.org/africa/democ...

The M23 Offensive: Elusive Peace in the Great Lakes | International Crisis Group

Parallel peace talks between the Congolese government and Rwanda and the M23 rebels, respectively, have yielded welcome agreements. But as these negotiations have proceeded, the battles in the eastern...

www.crisisgroup.org

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Egmont Institute @egmontinstitute.bsky.social · 26d

📄𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 by @kristoftiteca.bsky.social & Yotam Gidron
@egmontinstitute.bsky.social

"Will Uganda’s ‘Open-Door’ Refugee Policy Hold? Aid Cuts and Rising Anti-Immigration Sentiments"

#Uganda #Refugees #ForcedDisplacement #MigrationPolicy #HumanitarianCrisis
𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲👉 tinyurl.com/evrkmay6

Reposted by Kristof Titeca, Éric Morier-Genoud

Peter Bofin-Kilusungu @swahilistreet.bsky.social · Dec 10

A religious war? Jihadist attacks on Christians in Mozambique - @emorier.bsky.social sets out clearly why talk of religious war is wrongheaded and dangerous www.hoover.org/research/rel...

A religious war? Jihadist attacks on Christians in Mozambique

Christians are being killed in northern Mozambique. A jihadi insurgency that began in 2017 conducts regular attacks against the state and its population. It has already killed thousands of Mozambicans...

www.hoover.org

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Yvan Guichaoua @yguichaoua.bsky.social · Dec 9

Believe the testimonies included in this piece. An NGO worker specialised in mental health I interviewed today told me that 8 out of 10 refugees who left Mali for Mauritania since the Russian deployment suffer from serious mental health issues. This is a deliberate campaign of terror. This is Russia

As Russia's Africa Corps fights in Mali, witnesses describe atrocities from beheadings to rapes

The Associated Press has spoken to over 30 refugees from Mali who say they witnessed beheadings, rapes and other abuses committed by Africa Corps, a new military unit under Russia's direct command.

apnews.com

Reposted by Olivier Sterck, Kristof Titeca

IOB - Institute of Development Policy @iobua.bsky.social · Dec 9

🌍 Are you passionate about tackling inequality, climate change, migration, or global governance?
Join our Online Info Session on 15 December.
🔗 Register: https://www.uantwerpen.be/development-studies
#globaldevelopment #sustainabledevelopment #studyabroad #internationadevelopmentstudies

Kristof Titeca @kristoftiteca.bsky.social · Dec 8

My latest on #Uganda 's 2026 elections, which echo 2021 — frozen donor programmes, and escalating repression towards the opposition. But the deeper story is a regime in its late phase, where succession and internal fragmentation now overshadow the ballot itself. democracyinafrica.org/beyond-the-b...

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Emmanuel Gamard @emmanuelgamard.bsky.social · Dec 8

Peaceful protesters plan to take to the streets again in Tanzania tomorrow, just weeks after the police went on a murderous rampage, executing hundreds of people.

We @crisisgroup.org urge the authorities to stop the repression and instead start listening.
www.crisisgroup.org/africa/tanza...

Tanzania: Preventing Another Massacre | International Crisis Group

Campaigners in Tanzania are planning peaceful protests on 9 December, weeks after police killed hundreds in a brutal post-election crackdown. Authorities must desist from yet more wanton violence. Loo...

www.crisisgroup.org

Adrian Monck @amonck.bsky.social · Dec 7

From the @wsj.com chief foreign correspondent

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Prof Nic Cheeseman @fromagehomme.bsky.social · Dec 5

Kristof Titeca continually writes some of the most interesting and thought-provoking analysis on Uganda, so you really want to hear his thoughts on the upcoming elections.

democracyinafrica.org/beyond-the-b...

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Marielle Debos @debos.bsky.social · Dec 5

Tu as un peu de sous? Tu veux soutenir la presse indépendante? Un media sur l'Afrique avec des journalistes et lecteur·ices du continent? C'est @afriquexxi.bsky.social et c'est ici 👇
afriquexxi.info/Changez-le-r...

Changez le regard sur l’Afrique. Soutenez Afrique XXI.

FAIRE UN DON À AFRIQUE XXI C’EST SOUTENIR UNE INFORMATION LIBRE, CRITIQUE ET INDÉPENDANTE DES POUVOIRS POLITIQUE ET FINANCIER EN FRANCE ET SUR L’ENSEMBLE DU CONTINENT AFRICAIN. ET TOUJOURS EN (…)

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German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) @giga-hamburg.de · Dec 5

Are you an African scholar looking to publish your #research?
Apply for @miasa-ug.bsky.social Publishing Workshop and get in-depth feedback from editors @africaspectrum.bsky.social & Contemporary Journal of #AfricanStudies.

➡️ Apply now by 19 Dec: www.giga-hamburg.de/en/press/cal...

Call for Applications: MIASA Publishing Workshop

The Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) Publishing Workshop for African scholars, jointly organised by Africa Spectrum and the Contemporary Journal of African Studies, will take pl...

www.giga-hamburg.de

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OxfamBE @oxfam.be · Dec 2

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"I.p.v. te vragen of enorme fortuinen moreel te verantwoorden zijn, prijst EA miljardairs die hun geld ‘effectief’ besteden. Doneren wordt een morele vrijbrief die vragen over belastingontwijking, marktmacht of uitbuiting neutraliseert."
www.demorgen.be/meningen/waa...

Waarom ‘effectief goeddoen’ ons moreel armer maakt

Kristof Titeca is professor aan de Universiteit Antwerpen (Instituut voor Ontwikkelingsbeleid). Hij geeft kritiek op het fenomeen effectief altruïsme.

www.demorgen.be

Kristof Titeca @kristoftiteca.bsky.social · Nov 28

I've written in @foreignpolicy.com about #Uganda's forthcoming elections, and how the main question is not who will be the next President, but what happens in a post-Museveni future: foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/27/u...

Uganda’s Fixed Election Belies an Uncertain Future

President Museveni will be reelected in January. But the country is wondering what comes next.

foreignpolicy.com

Reposted by Peter Schöttler, Kristof Titeca, Laura McAtackney

History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · Nov 27

Why has Eastern Europe been absent from studies of decolonial history?

In our latest podcast, Oksana Dudko (@oksanadudko.bsky.social) and Anna Hájková (@ankahajkova.bsky.social) discuss Ukrainian history in an age of invasion.

Teaching Eastern Europe Through a Decolonial Lens

Why has Eastern Europe been absent from studies of decolonial history?

www.historyworkshop.org.uk

Kristof Titeca @kristoftiteca.bsky.social · Nov 21

Together with Olivier Vandecasteele, and in light of the EU-AU summit next week, I wrote an op-ed for the @euobserver.com, asking for the release of Joseph Figueira Martin, who's been sentenced to 10 years of forced labor in #CAR #letJoego euobserver.com/africa/ar88d...

EU-AU summit must see release of European humanitarian hostage

As leaders gather for the European Union-African Union Summit in Angola, we urge them to press for the immediate release of humanitarian Joseph Figueira Martin.

euobserver.com

Kristof Titeca @kristoftiteca.bsky.social · Nov 18

This investigation in @the-independent.com provides an excellent update on the influence of #Familywatchinternational in Africa (..and I'm quoted in it): www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Inside the US evangelical push into Africa in vacuum left by Trump’s aid cuts

As Donald Trump's aid cuts leave African health programmes scrambling, The Independent pieces together events at a number of conferences where American religious organisations are looking to move in t...

www.independent.co.uk

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Tim Glawion @timglawion.bsky.social · Nov 13

New (and alerting) article we wrote on the upcoming elections in the Central African Republic. Pls share and discuss - let's keep all eyes on CAR!
@democracyinafrica.bsky.social @abi-freiburg.bsky.social @kristoftiteca.bsky.social @enripicco.bsky.social

democracyinafrica.org/continuities...

Continuities and Ruptures Ahead of the December 2025 Elections in the Central African Republic | Democracy in Africa

democracyinafrica.org

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Saskia Bricmont @saskiabricmont.bsky.social · Nov 11

Libérez Joseph Figueira Martin!

Ce travailleur humanitaire a été condamné à 10 ans de prison en République centrafricaine, après avoir été arrêté et torturé par des mercenaires #Wagner. Son état de santé se dégrade, et il est urgent de le libérer

petitions.protecthumanitarians.org/en/petitions...

Sign the Petition: Free Joseph Figueira Martin! Humanitarian arbitrarily detained and tortured in the Central African Republic

Sign the petition to protect those who risk their lives to save others.

petitions.protecthumanitarians.org

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Lucy Gaynor @lucyjgaynor.bsky.social · Nov 7

A “strategic-advisory firm” based in Mayfair, #London, led an intelligence operation to find “evidence” to undermine the credibility of the woman who accused #ICC prosecutor Karim #Khan of sexual assault.

It was allegedly commissioned by state officials in #Qatar
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...

Revealed: Qatar-linked intelligence operation targeted ICC prosecutor’s alleged victim

Exclusive: Woman who accused Karim Khan of misconduct was subject of covert operation involving two British private intelligence firms

www.theguardian.com

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Egmont Institute @egmontinstitute.bsky.social · Nov 7

📄𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 by @kristoftiteca.bsky.social
@egmontinstitute.bsky.social

"Why Sudan’s conflict is escalating — and becoming harder to stop"

#Sudan #HornOfAfrica #ConflictAnalysis #Geopolitics #Peacebuilding

𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 👉 tinyurl.com/cj6kwpu9

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