Philippe M. Frowd

Researching security politics | Borders, migration, data, intl. interventions, Sahel & West Africa | prof @ University of Ottawa

[Philippe M. Frowd @PhilippeMFrowd]

@VincentFoucher This security-development nexus claim also caught my eye: "Cote d’Ivoire appears to have largely halted the group’s advances since boosting its border security and introducing development initiatives across broad swaths of its northern region on the border with Mali since 2020."

[Philippe M. Frowd @PhilippeMFrowd]

If you are an ISA member, do consider joining the new Global Africa Section.

[Philippe M. Frowd @PhilippeMFrowd]

Fascinating look at defensive infrastructures in the Sahel, drawing on satellite imagery & historical precedents. https://t.co/o8tunhRMeC

[intelynx @Intelynx]

🇲🇱 #Mali | Satellite imagery by Jeune Afrique shows Defence Minister Sadio Camara's residence in Kati before and after the SVBIED attack:

[OSINTtechnical @Osinttechnical]

Newly released footage of Malian rebel FPV drone strikes on Russian Africa Corps forces in Kidal over the weekend.

[Andrew Lebovich @tweetsintheME]

As it seems increasingly confirmed that Modibo Koné has also died from his wounds, JNIM managed to kill 2 of the 5 original junta members in Mali, and those were 2 of the most powerful and influential and powerful. Huge reverberations no matter what comes next.

[Andrew Lebovich @tweetsintheME]

The claim also talks explicitly about wanting to remove Russia from the conflict, which I read as trying to push the Russians to not defend or support Mali’s government in exchange for not targeting Africa Corps. New angle to the war.

[Casus Belli @casusbellii]

🚨🇲🇱 Starting a thread here on the massive attacks that started today on malian / russian positions in different cities including ; Bamako - Kidal - Kati and few other locations.

Bookmark it so you keep yourself updated on key informations ⬇️

[Tommy Miles @tommymiles]

I may be alone in this, but I think you can think & write critically about the Burkinabè & other AES govs & leaders while still centering the primary contradictions of failed neoliberal systems, peripheral capitalism. neocolonialism, & françafrique that drives them & their people

[Philippe M. Frowd @PhilippeMFrowd]

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[Philippe M. Frowd @PhilippeMFrowd]

Niger is influenced in part by Burkina Faso's VDP self-defence groups as it creates a legislative framework for its own 'Domol Leydi' volunteer forces. https://t.co/Co5SRkurKw

[Leyla M. Diallo 🇧🇫 @LeylaMariama]

#Burkina: 658 days today since investigative journalist Serge A. Oulon was abducted from his home by men claiming to be from the National Intelligence Agency.
658 days of enforced disappearance.
658 days of anguish for his family.
Is he still alive...?

[Philippe M. Frowd @PhilippeMFrowd]

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[Philippe M. Frowd @PhilippeMFrowd]

If you're a Western news channel granted rare access to interview Ibrahim Traoré, don't send a journalist who doesn't speak French. https://t.co/4aEQehbwM5

[Philippe M. Frowd @PhilippeMFrowd]

In Burkina Faso, prominent people seem to disappear an awful lot. https://t.co/o5YejAKUqz

[Philippe M. Frowd @PhilippeMFrowd]

Periodic reminder that Canada's self-image as a global spectator or benign power obscures our implication in many of the greatest crimes of our time. https://t.co/rJT6NizlzL

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[Philippe M. Frowd @PhilippeMFrowd]

Every university in Gaza was destroyed in the last few years, with very little outcry. No surprise to see the playbook extended further afield. https://t.co/ieob4esxIv

[Philippe M. Frowd @PhilippeMFrowd]

If you haven't yet read Liam Midzain-Gobin's new book 'Settler Colonial Worldmaking', here is a short form of the argument summarizing his talk at uOttawa CIPS last month: https://t.co/watHnYWk2D