Tomás Husted

Analyst of African affairs. All views expressed are my own. Retweets, likes, and follows are not endorsements.

[Alexis Arieff @alexisarieff]

If the coup in Niger stands, every country in the Sahel will be led by a military officer or former military officer. Niger will be the 6th African country where the military has seized power since 2020.

[Tomás Husted @tomas_husted]

@jh_barnett @IADS_NG Congratulations! Excited to read :)

[Dr Portia Roelofs @whowhywherewhen]

Bola Tinubu has just been declared Nigeria's President-elect. Here's my pick of academic readings for understanding who he is and what his record as former Governor of Lagos State might mean for Africa's biggest democracy:
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#NigerianElections #NigeriaDecides2023

[Tomás Husted @tomas_husted]

@OgeOnubogu @TheWilsonCenter @AfricaUpClose Congratulations!!

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@MaileyJR @TheSentry_Org @GI_TOC Congratulations!

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@KidanAraya @CSIS @NatSecDiver Congratulations!

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@JessMoody89 @resolvenet Congratulations! Excited to read!

[James Barnett @jh_barnett]

A typically insightful piece from @HumAngle_

The weapons farmers would receive (sans training, mind you) won't do much against bandit armies. But they're a green light to kill unarmed "informants" etc. paving the way for ethnic profiling, score-settling and bandit retaliation

[Tomás Husted @tomas_husted]

@maxbone55 @IFESAfrica @IRI_Africa Congrats!!

[R. Maxwell Bone @maxbone55]

In my latest article for @ForeignPolicy, I examine the concerning clashes between communities across NW Cameroon & the semi-nomadic Mbororo. I demonstrate that these clashes are not about religion, but instead long-standing communal tensions. https://t.co/KaxpYiBN5b

[Tomás Husted @tomas_husted]

@jh_barnett Congrats!

[Tomás Husted @tomas_husted]

The attack on press freedom in #GuineaBissau appears to be growing more brazen…

[Ines Silva @InesRocks]

After Monday's attack on Capital FM radio in Bissau, political analyst Rui Landim has seen is home hit by an armed gang who, he says, shot at his gate & threw tear gas inside his house. Landim said the men wore uniforms from the Rapid Intervention Police (PIR). #GuineaBissau

[Tomás Husted @tomas_husted]

The damage of oil-related disasters in #Nigeria in just the past few months has been horrific
https://t.co/j2lKppEbin

[Tomás Husted @tomas_husted]

@jh_barnett My partner just gifted me Fistful of Shells. Looking forward to comparing notes!

[Tomás Husted @tomas_husted]

"It was the umpteenth time a government official would give such an assurance." 😂
https://t.co/HgQ8k2cHmK

[Fabien Offner @fabienoff]

Presse release : "More than a hundred people from #Cameroon’s Anglophone regions and its main political opposition party, arrested over the past five years for exercising their rights to freedom of expression and assembly, are still languishing in jail." https://t.co/iSnL797oN4

[Sen. Patrick Leahy @SenatorLeahy]

I and others in Washington are concerned with the charges against Olanrewaju Suraju who has been a brave voice against corruption. We look to Nigeria’s judiciary to uphold the rule of law and freedom of expression.

[Tomás Husted @tomas_husted]

@MorganWack @ElectIntegrity Congrats my guy!

[Amnesty International Nigeria @AmnestyNigeria]

Amnesty International is deeply concerned over the invasion of the office of the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) @cislacnigeria by DSS operatives. It is shocking that a law enforcement agency acted without respect for the rule of law.

[ilaria allegrozzi @ilariallegro]

#Cameroon: today we remember the #130disappeared from #Magdeme #Double #FarNorth region. 7 years on, gvt has provided no info on their whereabouts. A thread 🧵1/