48 days!!
There is nothing better than getting that Airbnb count down to your trip. Like YES, it is 57 days to my trip. Thanks for the wonderful reminder.
September 13, 2025 at 11:38 AM
48 days!!
Warm greetings from the Global Africa Hydrogen Summit in Winndhoek! We are seeking practical solutions to decarbonise some of the world’s hardest to abate sectors.
September 11, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Warm greetings from the Global Africa Hydrogen Summit in Winndhoek! We are seeking practical solutions to decarbonise some of the world’s hardest to abate sectors.
There is nothing better than getting that Airbnb count down to your trip. Like YES, it is 57 days to my trip. Thanks for the wonderful reminder.
September 4, 2025 at 10:07 AM
There is nothing better than getting that Airbnb count down to your trip. Like YES, it is 57 days to my trip. Thanks for the wonderful reminder.
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With drones and systems with concerning levels of autonomy being used in Somalia, Mali, Burkina Faso and other states across the continent.
Ishmael Bhila explains why #AfricanStates need to speak up to #StopKillerRobots at this week’s UN meetings in Geneva #UNCCW
Ishmael Bhila explains why #AfricanStates need to speak up to #StopKillerRobots at this week’s UN meetings in Geneva #UNCCW
September 2, 2025 at 1:28 PM
With drones and systems with concerning levels of autonomy being used in Somalia, Mali, Burkina Faso and other states across the continent.
Ishmael Bhila explains why #AfricanStates need to speak up to #StopKillerRobots at this week’s UN meetings in Geneva #UNCCW
Ishmael Bhila explains why #AfricanStates need to speak up to #StopKillerRobots at this week’s UN meetings in Geneva #UNCCW
Employment can be such an out of body experience
September 3, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Employment can be such an out of body experience
The UN’s group of governmental experts meet this week once again to discuss the question of what must humanity do with autonomous weapons systems.
September 2, 2025 at 4:52 PM
The UN’s group of governmental experts meet this week once again to discuss the question of what must humanity do with autonomous weapons systems.
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Turkey has emerged as a leader in the unmanned aerial vehicle market, controlling 65% of global UAV sales. This includes supplying Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, & Sudan, and negotiations are underway for an artillery and drone assembly plant in Uganda.
Mapping Gulf State Actors’ Expanding Engagements in East Africa – Africa Center
Gulf state actors are expanding their engagements in in East Africa as they compete for influence—reshaping the region's security contours.
africacenter.org
September 2, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Turkey has emerged as a leader in the unmanned aerial vehicle market, controlling 65% of global UAV sales. This includes supplying Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, & Sudan, and negotiations are underway for an artillery and drone assembly plant in Uganda.
I managed to blow up my whole life in the short span of one measly weekend in August. At least I did it with style.
August 31, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I managed to blow up my whole life in the short span of one measly weekend in August. At least I did it with style.
“We are too few to be poor”, a statement i keep hearing but life on the ground keeps getting worser for the average Namibian.
August 31, 2025 at 5:56 PM
“We are too few to be poor”, a statement i keep hearing but life on the ground keeps getting worser for the average Namibian.
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We’ll be in the room next week as diplomatic discussions on #AutonomousWeapons begin at #UNGeneva. States will be discussing the Chair’s rolling text – which could form the basis of a treaty. They must maintain the integrity of the text and move toward negotiations. Time is running out. #CCWUN
August 30, 2025 at 10:32 AM
We’ll be in the room next week as diplomatic discussions on #AutonomousWeapons begin at #UNGeneva. States will be discussing the Chair’s rolling text – which could form the basis of a treaty. They must maintain the integrity of the text and move toward negotiations. Time is running out. #CCWUN
This week, Thompson Chengeta co-organised a workshop on autonomous weapon systems for African Missions to Geneva! What a wonderful opportunity to mobilize buy-in for the development of an African Common Position on autonomous weapons.
August 30, 2025 at 12:34 PM
This week, Thompson Chengeta co-organised a workshop on autonomous weapon systems for African Missions to Geneva! What a wonderful opportunity to mobilize buy-in for the development of an African Common Position on autonomous weapons.
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I finally got around to reading @markkersten.bsky.social 's thoughtful article about genocide being a process not an event. As he says, "genocide is not time-bound", it can unfold over months, years or decades. This is so important to keep in mind in the current sensationalist media environment.
Very glad to see my article, "Genocide is a process, not an event", in the Globe and Mail's print edition this weekend.
It's also available here, online: www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... #Gaza
It's also available here, online: www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... #Gaza
August 18, 2025 at 12:32 PM
I finally got around to reading @markkersten.bsky.social 's thoughtful article about genocide being a process not an event. As he says, "genocide is not time-bound", it can unfold over months, years or decades. This is so important to keep in mind in the current sensationalist media environment.
A new intellectual & communal home!
We're delighted to announce and welcome a diverse group of 30 #emergingexperts to the 2025-2026 English-language Emerging Expert program. See short bios on each at www.forumarmstrade.org/emerging-exp...
August 12, 2025 at 5:41 PM
A new intellectual & communal home!
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"Nigeria cannot be Africa’s economic powerhouse until it can power its houses." | The Economist
August 8, 2025 at 7:06 PM
"Nigeria cannot be Africa’s economic powerhouse until it can power its houses." | The Economist
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1/ "The Week in Arms Trade Publications" now available. If you are not receiving this collection that primarily features reports and articles by Forum-listed experts or their organizations related to arms trade, security assistance, and weapons use, sign up www.forumarmstrade.org/get-on-the-l...
August 8, 2025 at 3:58 PM
1/ "The Week in Arms Trade Publications" now available. If you are not receiving this collection that primarily features reports and articles by Forum-listed experts or their organizations related to arms trade, security assistance, and weapons use, sign up www.forumarmstrade.org/get-on-the-l...
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AI military systems are spreading fast:
🇺🇸 Sensor-to-shooter chains
🇩🇪 Bio-robotics & microdrones
🇹🇷 Armed quadrupeds
🇨🇳 Loitering munitions, anti-UAS lasers
But accountability is still lagging behind.
Read more in our latest #news briefing: automatedresearch.org/news/news-br...
🇺🇸 Sensor-to-shooter chains
🇩🇪 Bio-robotics & microdrones
🇹🇷 Armed quadrupeds
🇨🇳 Loitering munitions, anti-UAS lasers
But accountability is still lagging behind.
Read more in our latest #news briefing: automatedresearch.org/news/news-br...
August 4, 2025 at 7:56 AM
AI military systems are spreading fast:
🇺🇸 Sensor-to-shooter chains
🇩🇪 Bio-robotics & microdrones
🇹🇷 Armed quadrupeds
🇨🇳 Loitering munitions, anti-UAS lasers
But accountability is still lagging behind.
Read more in our latest #news briefing: automatedresearch.org/news/news-br...
🇺🇸 Sensor-to-shooter chains
🇩🇪 Bio-robotics & microdrones
🇹🇷 Armed quadrupeds
🇨🇳 Loitering munitions, anti-UAS lasers
But accountability is still lagging behind.
Read more in our latest #news briefing: automatedresearch.org/news/news-br...
Reposted by Suzie Shefeni
The African Union has an opportunity to become a more effective, influential, and institutionally sound continental political union. But the size of the undertaking is considerable and complex.
Our Spotlight breaks down the history, challenges, and achievements of the AU.
africacenter.org/spo...
Our Spotlight breaks down the history, challenges, and achievements of the AU.
africacenter.org/spo...
Overcoming Challenges to Reform the African Union – Africa Center
African governments and citizens must decide what kind of union Africa needs to meet its aspiration of a regional body that advances peace.
africacenter.org
August 4, 2025 at 6:32 PM
The African Union has an opportunity to become a more effective, influential, and institutionally sound continental political union. But the size of the undertaking is considerable and complex.
Our Spotlight breaks down the history, challenges, and achievements of the AU.
africacenter.org/spo...
Our Spotlight breaks down the history, challenges, and achievements of the AU.
africacenter.org/spo...
Watching the stories coming out of the 2025 Liberation Movements Summit, what strikes me most is the sheer fetishism that Southern Africa has for the past. We are disembodied and nostalgic, it is a dangerous thing to be.
July 29, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Watching the stories coming out of the 2025 Liberation Movements Summit, what strikes me most is the sheer fetishism that Southern Africa has for the past. We are disembodied and nostalgic, it is a dangerous thing to be.
From VUCA to BANI! ⭐️
July 22, 2025 at 9:30 AM
From VUCA to BANI! ⭐️
I am thankful for the ability to love and be loved, I have been witnessing a small butterfly blossoming and I hope I do it right this time.
July 21, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I am thankful for the ability to love and be loved, I have been witnessing a small butterfly blossoming and I hope I do it right this time.
Universal access to power is not purely about grid extension. Its about sustainable and decentralised power systems as well.
July 21, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Universal access to power is not purely about grid extension. Its about sustainable and decentralised power systems as well.
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Here. This managed to ignite my utter loathing of tech bros enough for me to write this.
othermeans.io/p/get-your-f...
othermeans.io/p/get-your-f...
July 6, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Here. This managed to ignite my utter loathing of tech bros enough for me to write this.
othermeans.io/p/get-your-f...
othermeans.io/p/get-your-f...
The New York Times interview with Peter Thiel is so interesting to me on so many levels. Most starkly, it highlights how insidious wealth can be. The irony of the entire anti-risk rant is that Thiel stands the most to benefit from an erosion of existential risk as an academic field & tool of enquiry
June 30, 2025 at 8:57 AM
The New York Times interview with Peter Thiel is so interesting to me on so many levels. Most starkly, it highlights how insidious wealth can be. The irony of the entire anti-risk rant is that Thiel stands the most to benefit from an erosion of existential risk as an academic field & tool of enquiry
President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah’s first 100 days have passed.
But the first hundred days is a political measurement tool taken without any criticality and transplanted into African politics. How useful of a tool is it? Or is it another example of isomorphic mimicry?
theissue.com.na/nnns-first-1...
But the first hundred days is a political measurement tool taken without any criticality and transplanted into African politics. How useful of a tool is it? Or is it another example of isomorphic mimicry?
theissue.com.na/nnns-first-1...
NNN's first 100 days: Stuck on the runway - The Issue
...since inauguration on 21 March 2025 as ‘Bumpy take-off marks Netumbo's first 100 days’...
theissue.com.na
June 30, 2025 at 4:22 AM
President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah’s first 100 days have passed.
But the first hundred days is a political measurement tool taken without any criticality and transplanted into African politics. How useful of a tool is it? Or is it another example of isomorphic mimicry?
theissue.com.na/nnns-first-1...
But the first hundred days is a political measurement tool taken without any criticality and transplanted into African politics. How useful of a tool is it? Or is it another example of isomorphic mimicry?
theissue.com.na/nnns-first-1...