Benedikt Kamski

Commuting between Addis Ababa & Nairobi | Senior Researcher @AbiFreiburg | Horn of Africa | Political Economy

[Crisis Group @CrisisGroup]

NEW BRIEFING | Ethiopia, Eritrea and Tigray: A Powder Keg in the Horn of Africa

The risk of hostilities remains high after the last major war in the area. African states and outside powers should urgently open back channels to defuse tensions.

https://t.co/VpMoIwHHT5

[Alan Boswell @alanboswell]

We are very worried about the Horn. This is our second conflict alert this month. We usually issue one every few years.

[Alan Boswell @alanboswell]

We @CrisisGroup issue conflict alerts very sparingly. When we do it is because we are very worried.

We are very worried about #SouthSudan.

[Lauren Blanchard @LaurenBinDC]

With the FEWSNET website down, its reporting on the spreading famine in Sudan is now inaccessible
https://t.co/GFnYYmFakG

[Fred Harter @FredHarter]

I spoke to former detainees of Eritreas prison system. They described horrendous conditions - crammed into pitch-black underground cells with no room to sleep and guards who subjected them to torture, beatings and other mistreatment.

https://t.co/zeQs3mSEvD

[ABIFreiburg @AbiFreiburg]

🥳 Our first #ALMA-Review Blog of 2025 is out!

Lena Diakite reviewed
"Euro-centrism Versus Afro-centrism: Asouzu’s Response to the Fallacy of Dogma in #African #Identity" by Saheed Anuoluwapo Agunbiade.

Read her analysis here: https://t.co/A8gv8MjYLY

[Africa Research Institute @AfricaResearch]

Fantastic offer - '#Dams, Power and the Politics of #Ethiopia's Renaissance' by @GlobalDevInst's @LaversTom @terrefebiruk @emanufanti and other Ethiopian scholars is OPEN ACCESS.
h/t @jchitchen

[Franzisca Zanker - @[email protected] @FranziscaZ]

📢Looking for 2 PostDocs and 1 PhD researcher for my @ERC_Research project POLMIG: the positions will be for four years, based in Freiburg @AbiFreiburg with research in 🇬🇭🇰🇪🇲🇼🇱🇷. Job ads available here https://t.co/zR7kKp9GtB Deadline 27th December

[Tom Lavers @LaversTom]

New open access (free!) book on the politics of Ethiopian dam building, 'Dams, Power and the Politics of Ethiopia's Renaissance', out now https://t.co/7xXpqGnG6D @terrefebiruk @emanufanti @GlobalDevInst @IPSS_Addis @OUPAcademic

[ABIFreiburg @AbiFreiburg]

📄Read our #ALMA-Fellow @gloriakenyatta 's analysis of the Gen Z protests in #Kenya on ALIGN-Blog:

"A story of intersectional discontent: how youth protests reveal entrenched cultural norms in Kenya"

https://t.co/bqONsPx9pC

[ABIFreiburg @AbiFreiburg]

🤝Die Redaktion des International Quarterly for Asian Studies sucht zum 1.12. eine studentische #Hilfskraft

- 20h/Monat Satz- und Redaktionsassiszenz
- Voraussetzung: InDesign Kenntnisse, Erfahrung in der Redaktionsarbeit erwünscht
- Deadline: 11.11.2024

https://t.co/xi3NmoU7do

[Sajid Nadeem @sajid_nadeem78]

Commercial Bank of Ethiopia has added Value Added Tax (VAT) on its services.

Ethio Telecom & Ethiopian Electric Power raised tariffs this week.

The common man will suffer:
https://t.co/tUpSsgtQWo

[Abel Abate Demissie @Abele_a]

Ethiopian Airlines flight was the last remaining ‘gains’ of the 2018 détente. We are now back to pre July ‘18 era.

[Cameron Hudson @_hudsonc]

Shoutout to @TheEconomist for making #Sudan this week's cover story! Some fantastic reporting from @johnpmcdermott @TomGardner18 on the geopolitical implications of Sudan's current trajectory and what it means for the people. Every article worth a read!

[ABIFreiburg @AbiFreiburg]

🤝Komm ins Team!
Unsere Kolleg*innen von @postcolh22 suchen zum 15.10. bzw. 1.11. zwei studentische Hilfskräfte.

Alle Detail zu Voraussetzungen, Kontakt und Deadlines:
https://t.co/JIS1uEKdEe

[ABIFreiburg @AbiFreiburg]

🤝Komm in's Team!
Wir suchen zum 1.9. eine stud. Hilfskraft als
Assistenz bei der Vorbereitung und Durchführung einer #Konferenz zu #Burundi/Ostafrika am 18./19.
November, die das ABI gemeinsam mit dem ACT gestaltet.

Bewerbungsfrist: 29.7.24 - ⬇️
https://t.co/DiiavkEdni

[AMehler @mehler_a]

Please share widely!

[Adem Kassie Abebe (Dr) @AdamAbebe]

#Ethiopia #Confiscation #UnexplainedWealth #diaspora

There is a lot of panic about a draft law that would allow confiscation of property if owner can't prove legitimate source

- Some think it is mainly intended to silence the #diaspora. But it insidiously applies to everyone-1