Mark Bohlund

Senior Credit Research Analyst @ REDDIntelligence, Ex-Africa Economist, Bloomberg, IHS

[Mark Bohlund @Markbohlund]

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[Cameron Hudson @_hudsonc]

UAE's Sky News Arabia split from Sky raises issue of media, power in Gulf. https://t.co/7eGhmXBYC4

[Mark Bohlund @Markbohlund]

Great essay by Swedish historian Kristian Gerner who recently passed.

https://t.co/5mTj39RfhZ

[Karim Sadjadpour @ksadjadpour]

RIP Marjane Satrapi, a brilliant mind and a wonderful soul, gone far too soon. Like many Iranians she remained dedicated to her homeland despite decades in exile:

“I call Iran home because no matter how long I live in France, and despite the fact that I feel also French after all these years, to me the word ‘home’ has only one meaning: Iran.”

“No matter how much I am in love with Paris and its indescribable beauty, Tehran with all its ugliness will in my eyes forever be the ‘bride’ of all cities around the world.”

https://t.co/yu63M4aorC

[MR OLAWALE QUADRI 🇳🇬 @QualityQuadry]

🚨 5 minutes video of Zadok Yohanna.

He was sold to AIK 🇸🇪 in August last year for €750k from Ikon Allah Football Academy 🇳🇬.

10 months later, clubs are begging AIK 🇸🇪 to sell Zadok for a club record fee of about £20M.

This will be the biggest transfer in the history of Nigeria Football for an 18-year-old player.

[Mark Bohlund @Markbohlund]

Maverickian? "the fundamental rupture is between a view grounded in international law, state sovereignty and the UN Charter on the one hand, and “the law of the jungle” on the other — meaning “chaos, violence and war as a substitute for foreign policy”." https://t.co/ILjoNUD6Qa

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Moodys cuts #Mali Caa2 outlook to - "Grants have declined to 0.1% of GDP in 2025 from 3.3% in 2020, while external financing fell from 3.1% of GDP in 2019 to 0.5%. Liquidity pressures are evidenced by payment arrears on external debt, albeit at low levels" https://t.co/m3bw9Q1pod

[Mark Bohlund @Markbohlund]

Guess the player. Hint; he could score a goal or three and only player to have played for all three main Madrid clubs.

[Mark Bohlund @Markbohlund]

@sidlowe That was a great piece. Thanks Sid and Manu.

[Engelsberg Ideas @EngelsbergIdeas]

The risks and rewards of Vietnam’s strongman era | Imran Shamsunahar
(@AsiaAnalyst47)

https://t.co/h9t7cAo4q4

[Jason Mosley (@jasonmosley.bsky.social) @africaupdate]

Excellent from Claire Wilmot on the 'Gold Rush' in Tigray, connections to the war economy and effects on civilians https://t.co/mzhAkaSHzn
Complements well and expands our understanding from a couple of recent analyses:
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[Mark Bohlund @Markbohlund]

@acsifferlin @nytimes Any correlation/causality or purely coincidental? 😀

[Mark Bohlund @Markbohlund]

#Mozambique's FX reserves fall back sharoly to lowest level since November 2023 after early repayment to the IMF. Still scratching my head over that one.. Data from Banco de Mocambique via @CEICData1

[Mark Bohlund @Markbohlund]

"New evidence that suggests services can generate real productivity and welfare gains but benefits are local and uneven. The challenge is to make service-led growth more productive and inclusive while preserving opportunities in other sectors." https://t.co/6Ca2hVZgrr

[Mark Bohlund @Markbohlund]

The 1805–06 Trafalgar crisis was triggered when Europe was cut off from Latin American silver, the main form of international liquidity at the time. The resulting shortage of safe assets led to severe disruptions in banking, credit and trade across Europe. https://t.co/AgqPDO34V6

[Cameron Hudson @_hudsonc]

"Emirati interventions in Africa shows that the UAE has not, to date, been a reliable partner for conflict prevention and resolution. Rather, the country acts as a spoiler whose interventions exacerbate local conflict dynamics, entrench war economies and drive state fragmentation." Important new look at the UAE destabilizing approach to power projection in Africa, with the argument that it does not align with German/European interests in Africa. Calls for a suspension of strategic partnerships with UAE. https://t.co/4CKerKJYX5

[Gita Gopinath @GitaGopinath]

A painting of the end of meritocracy: A meeting of the two largest economies and not one woman at the table.

[Nesrine Malik @NesrineMalik]

Calls are getting louder to investigate the UAE for its role in Sudan's war, demanding that governments say what they have so far refused to: that the UAE has earned its place among the ranks of the world’s outlaws.

This week's column

https://t.co/TcwN5NZD8P

[Declan Walsh @declanwalsh]

For its role in Sudan's war, "the UAE has earned its place among the ranks of the world’s outlaws." By @NesrineMalik https://t.co/8c5t2zF1QQ

[Charlie Robertson @CharlieTTEcon]

Wondering how the bots will respond to Bloomberg reporting the poor performance of UAE / Dubai assets vs Oman