Robert Uniacke

Senior Analyst @SHAPE_NATO | North Africa and Sahel politics and security | MA @CCASGU | 🇬🇧@ipswichtown in 🇧🇪 | Views solely mine, RT ≠ endorsement.

[Robert Uniacke @RobertUniacke]

Thrilled to announce my first publication in a peer-reviewed journal. It's about how authoritarian governments in the Gulf seek to shape debate in the online space. If you have thoughts/feedback, please do not hesitate to reach out! https://t.co/QQPey4Pax8

[Darran Marshall @DarranMarshall]

Ireland will not broadcast the #Eurovision this week - and instead of the final, RTÉ will air a repeat of the Father Ted Eurovision episode A Song for Europe https://t.co/py9cuAzwuF

[Rida Lyammouri @rmaghrebi]

#Mali: so much said about external support to justify the deadly ambush against #Wagner. Based on little I know about the insurgency in the #Sahel, militarily doesn’t take much to cause that much harm to state forces and PMCs, especially when latter are unfamiliar with the area.

[Andrew Lebovich @tweetsintheME]

This article sums up many of the thoughts you hear among folks in Niger about the US military presence: https://t.co/W40u65H5TL

[Basha باشا @BashaReport]

In my live interview with @AJEnglish, we discussed the aftermath of a series of missile and drone attacks originating from #AnsarAllah #Houthi-controlled areas in #Yemen, which targeted vessels in the Red Sea. On Sunday, a @USNavy destroyer intercepted drones during a sustained attack in the #RedSea. The Bahamas-flagged bulk carrier Unity Explorer, the Panamanian-flagged bulk carriers Number 9 and Sophie II were targeted by missiles and drones.
#اليمن
#الحوثي
#غزه
#البحر_الأحمر
#فلسطين
#اسرائيل

[Navanti Group @NavantiGroup]

#Picoftheday Landscape view of the Bab al Mandab Strait in #Yemen
The Houthi forces' leader has ordered his troops to find and target #Israeli vessels in the Red Sea and the Bab al-Mandab strait ... continue reading: https://t.co/2lk9vyRLYp by @NavantiNews

[Navanti Group @NavantiGroup]

Russia is moving to upgrade its covert presence in Libya through a defense accord with eastern military leader Khalifa Haftar, according to Bloomberg. The deal may include training, air-defense systems, and a naval base on Europe’s southern doorstep. https://t.co/9LDxvMBQnf

[Kristian Ulrichsen @Dr_Ulrichsen]

Strikingly strong language for Oman

[Navanti Group @NavantiGroup]

An information blackout obscured recovery operations in crisis-hit #Derna #Libya this week. Communications were cut and journalists were asked to leave after locals protested over authorities’ failures that led to the flooding’s catastrophic death toll.
https://t.co/veYLSlXUZY

[Navanti Group @NavantiGroup]

#Picoftheday: Central Bank of #Yemen in Sana’a.
Peace talks between the #Houthis and #SaudiArabia wrapped up Tuesday in #KSA, in what was the first public official visit to #Riyadh by a #Houthi delegation since the war erupted in 2015. https://t.co/saKfAx2TCe

[Basha باشا @BashaReport]

#Thread A significant diplomatic effort for #Yemen's peace in September: @brett_mcgurk, and @SafiraLeaf, visit #Riyadh #SaudiArabia, while Crown Prince #MBS traveled to #Muscat where the Sultan of #Oman plays a pivotal role bridging #Houthis and #KSA
#اليمن #السعودية #مسقط

[Robert Uniacke @RobertUniacke]

Important point made here that central #Derna will effectively be uninhabitable for the foreseeable future, not just due to the large-scale destruction of homes and infrastructure, but also the very high risk of further flooding after the failure of the two dams in Wadi Derna.

[Khalil Elhassi @ElhasseKhalil]

تقديريا.. ربع المدينة ومركزها وقلبها لم تعد صالحة للعيش لاعتبارين: الأول الدمار الشامل للأحياء السكنية والبنية التحتية.. ثانيا وهو الأهم عدم وجود "سد" مع د��ول فصل الشتاء.
ستكون المدينة غير صالحة للعيش شتاء وفي الصيف أيضا دون سدود، ومن المستحيل بناء سدود في زمن قياسي.
إذا أمطرت بغزارة خلال هذه الساعات القادمة ستكون كارثة كبرى مضاعفة، لأن جغرافيا الأودية ستعبر بالمياه من ذات المكان.
في الأثناء تواجه عمليات انتشال الجثث والناجين تعقيدات كبرى خصوصا بعد حلول المساء. بالأمس توقفت كل عمليات الانتشال ليلا لعدم توفر الإنارة والفرق المختصة والخبراء.

[Copernicus EU @CopernicusEU]

#ImageOfTheDay

#StormDaniel causes severe floods in #Libya 🇱🇾

➡️At least 5,200 casualties have been reported and 8,000 people are still missing

The flooded areas🟦after Daniel's passage through the Libyan desert are visible when comparing the #Sentinel2 images of↙️2 &↘️12 Sept

[Robert Uniacke @RobertUniacke]

Today's satellite imagery from Sentinel-2 L2A further confirms the collapse of the upstream dam south of #Derna #Libya and the resulting deluge down the populated river valley.
via @sentinel_hub

[Robert Uniacke @RobertUniacke]

Rainfall figures from BBC meteorologists put this horrific disaster further in perspective: 414mm of rainfall were recorded in Al-Bayda, near #Derna, in the 24hrs from 8am Sunday to 8am Monday. The average annual rainfall in Benghazi is just 270mm. https://t.co/zL1RARhOyv

[Navanti Group @NavantiGroup]

#Libya - A major natural disaster struck eastern #Libya on Sunday, with relief officials fearing at least 10,000 missing and 2,000 confirmed dead in the wake of #StormDaniel. https://t.co/UhFljkwFy2
#ليبيا #إعصار_دانيال

[Anas El Gomati @AGomati]

The devastation is as far as the eye can reach.

#Derna desperately needs international assistance! Estimates are rising into the thousands of dead. #Libya

[Robert Uniacke @RobertUniacke]

Given #Prigozhin's apparent demise, re-upping this Guardian piece on the staying power of Wagner ops in Africa.

"There may be some changes at the top" now takes on new meaning. Could this Russian envoy to #Libya have been warning Haftar what was coming?
https://t.co/KKj5iJpFCX

[Robert Uniacke @RobertUniacke]

Indications are that Hamza's release will only bring #Tripoli brief relief from urban warfare. The blocs and rhetoric are already forming towards another destructive showdown.

A clear reminder that the veneer of stability the #GNU is trying to project outwards is wafer thin.

[Navanti Group @NavantiGroup]

#Picoftheday Red Castle of Tripoli
55 people were killed and 146 were injured in #Tripoli as two powerful militias clashed on 14 and 15 August. https://t.co/ootOPFRsq6
#Libya
#طرابلس #طرابلس_ليبيا #ليبيا

[Robert Uniacke @RobertUniacke]

The UN-owned tanker Yemen (formerly Nautica) comes alongside the FSO Safer off Yemen's Red Sea coast. @UNDP has launched its operation to remove over a million barrels of oil from the decaying supertanker and avert a catastrophic natural disaster.

Imagery from @sentinel_hub

[António Guterres @antonioguterres]

The @UN has begun a complex operation to transfer 1 million barrels of oil from a decaying tanker off the coast of Yemen.

We need to keep working to defuse what remains a ticking time bomb & avoid what would be by far the worst oil spill of our era. https://t.co/36Y3aezKDV

[Robert Uniacke @RobertUniacke]

After the killing of WFP official Moayad Hameidi last week in al-Turbah #Yemen, concerning reports from neighbouring Lahij of an IED attack against NA forces on the Hayjat al-'Abd road - a key artery for aid ops and commerce between Aden and Ta'izz. https://t.co/XdoCcwCwXJ