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Kristof Titeca @kristoftiteca.bsky.social · 4d

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 · 8d

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

Tim Glawion @timglawion.bsky.social · 13d

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

Saskia Bricmont @saskiabricmont.bsky.social · 15d

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

Lucy Gaynor @lucyjgaynor.bsky.social · 18d

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

Egmont Institute @egmontinstitute.bsky.social · 19d

📄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

Yvan Guichaoua @yguichaoua.bsky.social · 20d

Your essential morning read. It's sad we don't have a vaccine against Trumpian horseshit but @vincentfoucher.bsky.social who has been working on Nigeria for many years tries his best

Nigeria-États-Unis. « Certains refusent d’affronter la complexité du réel » - Entretien

Sur quoi reposent les affirmations de Donald Trump selon lesquelles il existerait un « génocide » des chrétiens au Nigeria ? Jusqu’où le président états-unien est-il prêt à aller et pourquoi ? (…)

afriquexxi.info

DeKamerBE @dekamerbe.bsky.social · 21d

De situatie in Oost-Congo – hoorzitting in comm #BuitenlandseBetrekkingen met Marc Pecsteen @belgiummfa.bsky.social, Koen Vlassenroot #ugent, Erik Kennes @egmontinstitute.bsky.social, @kristoftiteca.bsky.social #UAntwerpen, Tshibangu Kalala #Unikin > tinyurl.com/y665sr66 > Live: tinyurl.com/a9v99d3d

Kristof Titeca @kristoftiteca.bsky.social · Oct 14

"Doha's discreet military support for Sudanese Armed Forces" www.africaintelligence.com/eastern-afri...

Sudan • Doha's discreet military support for Sudanese Armed Forces

Qatar, a low-key General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan political and financial backer, also supplies the Sudanese Armed Forces with weapons. Doha's support for Sudan is yet another facet of its proxy war

www.africaintelligence.com

Yvan Guichaoua @yguichaoua.bsky.social · Oct 13

A good day at the office for IB Traoré's masked secret police. All these people were rounded up earlier today in different parts of Ouagadougou, Burkina

Kristof Titeca @kristoftiteca.bsky.social · Oct 13

Joseph Figueira Martin, humanitaire et chercheur, est détenu à Bangui depuis 500 jours sans procès. Menacé par Wagner et victime de désinformation russe, son état est critique. Avec Olivier Vandecasteele et beaucoup d’autres, nous alertons dans @lemonde.fr www.lemonde.fr/afrique/arti...

Centrafrique : « Joseph Figueira Martin est devenu un pion dans un bras de fer géopolitique entre la Russie et l’Occident »

TRIBUNE. Dans une tribune au « Monde », dix-neuf personnalités alertent sur le sort de cet humanitaire et chercheur belgo-portugais qui vient de passer son 500e jour en détention après avoir été enlev...

www.lemonde.fr

Ria Kapoor @riakapoor.bsky.social · Oct 9

I have a new article out.

TLDR: Actively courting deportation by air is a way to claim rights as a stateless person and even as a refugee.

academic.oup.com/past/advance...

Air Travel, Statelessness, and the Rights Claims of Ugandan Asians, c.1973*

Abstract. In the aftermath of Idi Amin’s expulsion of Uganda’s South Asians in 1972, some of those made technically stateless arrived in India unsupported

academic.oup.com

Kristof Titeca @kristoftiteca.bsky.social · Oct 8

Looking forward to read! #DRC

Myfanwy James @myfanwyvjames.bsky.social · Oct 8

New article 'Looking for the local: The Politics of Humanitarian Recruitment in DRC' reveals how aid agencies can fuel social tensions when the 'local' aid category interacts with existing discourses around belonging, authority, and territory muse.jhu.edu/pub/35/artic...

Project MUSE - Looking for the Local: The Politics of Humanitarian Recruitment in DRC

muse.jhu.edu

Myfanwy James @myfanwyvjames.bsky.social · Oct 8

New article 'Looking for the local: The Politics of Humanitarian Recruitment in DRC' reveals how aid agencies can fuel social tensions when the 'local' aid category interacts with existing discourses around belonging, authority, and territory muse.jhu.edu/pub/35/artic...

Project MUSE - Looking for the Local: The Politics of Humanitarian Recruitment in DRC

muse.jhu.edu

Tim Glawion @timglawion.bsky.social · Oct 8

Today it has been 500 days since researcher/humanitarian Joseph Figuera Martin has been unjustly imprisoned in the Centr. Afr. Republic. We call for his immediate release: www.demorgen.be/meningen/hum...
And we must talk about researcher safety!
@kristoftiteca.bsky.social @abi-freiburg.bsky.social

Humanitaire hulpverleners zoals Joseph verdienen bescherming, geen gevangenis

500 dagen is het dat de Belgisch-Portugese hulpverlener Joseph Figueira Martin willekeurig wordt vastgehouden in de Centraal-Afrikaanse Republiek. ‘Mobilisatie doet ertoe’, argumenteren Olivier Vandec...

www.demorgen.be

Silke Goubin @silkegoubin.bsky.social · Sep 29

Ik deel zelden petities, maar de beslissing van de Vlaamse regering om het @iobua.bsky.social stop te zetten is niet alleen kortzichtig, het ondermijnt één van Vlaanderens belangrijkste centra rond internationale samenwerking en goed bestuur... Tekenen jullie ook? #SaveIOB

chng.it/wNxkkfLCBd

Have you seen this petition yet?

Save our school and the reputation of Flanders

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IOB - Institute of Development Policy @iobua.bsky.social · Sep 29

The IOB funding cut threatens students, global collaboration, and Flanders’ international role. Help us defend it! #saveIOB 💙 Sign our alumni's petition: https://chng.it/8DhtrFSBpm

Kristof Titeca @kristoftiteca.bsky.social · Sep 27

A few of our alumni started a petition to save the IOB. Please sign/share! www.change.org/p/save-our-s...

Kristof Titeca @kristoftiteca.bsky.social · Sep 25

Thanks Marnix!!

Kristof Titeca @kristoftiteca.bsky.social · Sep 25

We're still very much in shock here at the @iobua.bsky.social: the Flemish government decided to cut all of our our core-funding, with only 3 months of financing left (and after a particularly positive evaluation of our institute) #saveIOB blog.uantwerpen.be/iob/iob-unde...

IOB - Institute of Development Policy @iobua.bsky.social · Sep 24

The Flemish government’s unexpected decision not to renew IOB’s agreement puts €2.64M funding, 32 jobs, key programmes and global partnerships at risk. Support us! https://bit.ly/saveIOB

#saveIOB #developmentpolicy #developmentpolicy #iobcommunity

Lucy Gaynor @lucyjgaynor.bsky.social · Sep 23

“a national security threat that has been an instrument for lawfare” - #US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, on the #ICC

The Court has allegedly paid salaries until the end of 2025 in advance, as it braces for institution-wide #sanctions from the #Trump government

www.reuters.com/world/europe...

Exclusive: US could hit entire International Criminal Court with sanctions soon

The United States is considering imposing sanctions as soon as this week against the entire International Criminal Court, putting the court's day-to-day operations in jeopardy in retaliation for investigations of suspected Israeli war crimes.

www.reuters.com

Kristof Titeca @kristoftiteca.bsky.social · Sep 22

Please sign this petition for the release of Joseph Figueira Martin, a humanitarian who's been arbitrarily detained (for close to 1,5 years..) and tortured in the Central African Republic. 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

Kristof Titeca @kristoftiteca.bsky.social · Sep 22

Reminder: next Tuesday there's Mich Thill's book presentation on the Congolese police - online, so feel free to join!

IOB - Institute of Development Policy @iobua.bsky.social · Sep 3

📅 30 Sept, 12:30h (online) | Join the launch of our 2025–26 GLAC Seminar series! Michel Thill presents The Police, the State & the Congo Cop, with discussant Kristof Titeca. Register 👉 https://loom.ly/ggUXyVw
#GLACSeminar

Nina Wilen @ninawilen.bsky.social · Sep 22

👉 Look at that! 😊

Today the electronic version of my book:

⭐ "Securitizing the #Sahel. Analysing External #Interventions and their Consequences"⭐

is published on-line with @oxunipress.bsky.social!

#security #defense #military #Niger #Mali #Burkina #Chad #France #UN #EU #US

Yvan Guichaoua @yguichaoua.bsky.social · Sep 19

C'est pas pour faire nos intéressants mais @afriquexxi.bsky.social raconte des histoires qu'on ne lit pas ailleurs. Passionnant papier de @lowcausse34.bsky.social // À Johannesburg, la vie brutaliste de Ponte City

Afrique du Sud. À Johannesburg, la vie brutaliste de Ponte City - Histoire

Inauguré il y a cinquante ans, l’un des bâtiments les plus emblématiques de la capitale économique sud-africaine est en vente aux enchères. Marquant l’apogée du régime d’apartheid, la tour (…)

afriquexxi.info

Kristof Titeca @kristoftiteca.bsky.social · Sep 19

Ik schreef voor de @volkskrant.nl over waarom het cynisch is dat het WK wielrennen in Rwanda plaatsvindt, en waarom het sportswashing is: www.volkskrant.nl/columns-opin...

Opinie: Rwanda gebruikt WK wielrennen om zijn donkere kant te verdoezelen

Het sportevenement is een schoolvoorbeeld van sportswashing: sport dient om de aandacht af te leiden van het autoritaire karakter van het Rwandese regime en de actieve rol van het Afrikaanse land in d...

www.volkskrant.nl

Kristof Titeca @kristoftiteca.bsky.social · Sep 18

Proud supervisor here!

IOB - Institute of Development Policy @iobua.bsky.social · Sep 18

👏 Congrats to Alfred Mukengere, winner of the 2025 Prize for Global Research of @provincieantwerpen.bsky.social!
His study on the M23 conflict in Eastern #DRCongo shows that minerals fuel violence, but that the roots lie in exclusion, discrimination, and politics.
📽️ youtu.be/DTOwQsOdn64

Alfred Mukengere (IOB, UAntwerpen), winner of the 2025 Prize for Global Research of the Province of Antwerp.

IOB - Institute of Development Policy @iobua.bsky.social · Sep 18

👏 Congrats to Alfred Mukengere, winner of the 2025 Prize for Global Research of @provincieantwerpen.bsky.social!
His study on the M23 conflict in Eastern #DRCongo shows that minerals fuel violence, but that the roots lie in exclusion, discrimination, and politics.
📽️ youtu.be/DTOwQsOdn64

Kristof Titeca @kristoftiteca.bsky.social · Sep 18

I wrote for @foreignpolicy.com as to why, on why, after nearly 40 years of rebellion, and 20 years of #ICC arrest warrants, the #LRA's Joseph #Kony still has not been caught: foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/16/j...

Why Hasn’t Joseph Kony Been Caught?

The Ugandan warlord recently went on trial in absentia, but he continues to elude a decades-long international manhunt.

foreignpolicy.com

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