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Communication Scholar. Africanist. CDD Research Fellow. Opinions are my Own. Retweets ≠ Endorsement

United States
Joined March 2012
#IMF GDP growth projection 2024 shows 5 African countries in top 10 including #Niger #Senegal #Libya #Rwanda #cotedivoire #BurkinaFaso and #Benin
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J’exprime ma gratitude à l’ensemble des patriotes et des panafricanistes épris de paix et de liberté, fortement mobilisés ce mercredi 30 avril 2025 à travers le monde pour soutenir notre engagement et notre vision pour un Burkina Faso nouveau et une nouvelle Afrique, débarrassés de l’impérialisme et du néocolonialiste. Votre solidarité agissante et cette démonstration de sympathie sont un ferment qui renforce notre conviction sur la justesse du combat que nous menons pour un monde plus juste et plus équitable. Jamais nous ne courberons l’échine face à l’adversité; nous resterons debout jusqu’à l’émancipation réelle de nos peuples. Avec vous, nous sommes certains que la victoire sur les forces du mal est toute proche. Ensemble et solidaires, nous triompherons de l’impérialisme et du néocolonialisme pour une Afrique libre, digne et souveraine.
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📢 Catch Up on the Conversation: The Sahel Exit & Shrinking Funding Space: Its Implications for West Africa 📢 Missed our live discussion on the Sahel exit and the broader implications of shrinking funding? Don’t worry, you can now listen to the full conversation on X Spaces! 🎙️ Our speakers provided valuable insights into what this means for civil society, governance, and stability in the region. Tune in to stay informed and join the conversation. A huge thank you to our speakers @Yoonu117 @oaaigbe @Lassaneo @WADEMOSnetwork @GEJFoundation 🔗 Listen here: xitter.gq/i/spaces/1YqJDZadjkBKV #CDDWestAfrica #Sahel #FundingCrisis #CivilSociety #Democracy #Governance #Development

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📢 X (Twitter) Space: The Sahelian Exit and the Shrinking Funding Space: Implications for West Africa Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger’s exit from ECOWAS, coupled with shrinking foreign aid, poses serious challenges for governance, security, and development in West Africa. How can the region adapt? Join CDD-West Africa for a critical Twitter Space discussion with top experts on: 🔹 The political, economic, and security impact of the Sahelian exit 🔹 The future of donor funding & sustainability for NGOs 🔹 Gendered implications of these shifts 🔹 Regional solutions for stability & growth 🗓 Date: Thursday, 20th March 2025 ⏰ Time: 4:00 PM WAT 📍 Platform: X (Twitter) Space (@CDDWestAfrica) We’ll be joined by distinguished speakers, including: 💬 Ann Iyonu – Executive Director Goodluck Jonathan Foundation @Yoonu117 💬 Omoruyi Austin Aigbe – Advocacy Officer & ECOWAS Liaison Lead WADEMOS @oaaigbe 💬 Dr. Lassane Ouédraogo – Assistant Professor of Communications at Nazi Boni University @Lassaneo 💬 Mary Okpe – Head of Programs CDD-West Africa @Mokpe2025 Let’s discuss the future of West Africa! Follow @CDDWestAfrica and set a reminder. #WestAfrica #ECOWAS #Sahel #Development #Governance #CDDWestAfrica @wademosnetwork
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April 14, 2014, marks a tragic chapter in our history - the abduction of 276 young female students in Chibok. Join us as we discuss the state of insecurity in educational institutions since the Chibok kidnapping. 🗓️15 April 2024 ⏰6PM - 8PM WAT 🔗xitter.gq/i/spaces/1kvKpvkOagLJE
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👉African drive against corporate tax avoidance wins #UNGA support, being 3rd major Afr. initiative on global issues in 2023, after 👉#Kenya initiated a police mission to Haiti 👉 @AfClimateSummit call for global carbon taxation regime to finance climate adaptation #AfricanAgency
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Press Statement 10 November, 2023 CDD-EAC ahead of the 11 November Off-Cycle Governorship Elections. #PRESSRELEASE #BayelsaDecides2023 #ImoDecides2023 #KogiDecides2023
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Live at the Centre for Democracy and Development Election Analysis Centre, Mrs. Funke Baruwa, a member of the EAC, gave the pre-election press statement ahead of the November 11 Off-Cycle Governorship Elections. #CDDEAC #OffcycleElections
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Priority priority priority matters. Good governance means knowing your priorities. That does not seem to be the case in some political universes #Naja
Do you realise that the Jeep purchased for each National Assembly member (N160m) is equivalent to about 35 years Salary of a University Professor earning N400,000 per month!!!??? What a country ???😡😡😡
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Honored to represent #CDD Director at the CSO Forum in Accra today and tomorrow
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EFF statement on the ongoing escalating violence in Israel 🇮🇱 and Palestine 🇵🇸 is by far the most acceptable I have read since the last several hours
EFF Statement On The Escalation Of The Israel-Palestine Conflict.
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Press Statement 01 October, 2023 Nigeria@63: CDD Extols Citizens’ Resilience, Calls for Urgent Reforms to Deepen Democracy and Deliver Development Read the full statement here: cddwestafrica.org/press-rele… #NigeriaAt63 #happyIndependenceDayNigeria
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Congratulations to Prof Howard @Sudanwannabe for this initiative. Your commitment to study of Africa and the students of Africa is admirable. I am proud to have enjoyed that support in various ways long before you established this grant. 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
The American-based African Studies Association @ASANewsOnline announces the new Mahmoud Mohamed Taha Student Travel Award. Named for a Sudanese religious thinker, anticolonial figure, leader, and engineer, the award was gifted by Dr. Steve Howard.  africanstudies.org/taha-trav…
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Join me and others today as we discuss security and politics. #FailedCoup attempt in #BurkinaFaso
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Happy to share my latest journal article “African Social Movements and the Rise of Neo Pan-Africanism: A Look at UPEC Summit” @AAfrikki @Yenamarre_NTS @NBorso @ globalafricasciences.org/num…
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President Cyril Ramaphosa meets with ⁦@ZelenskyyUa⁩ .#sabcnews ⁦@PresidencyZA⁩ ⁦@PresidencyZA⁩ ⁦@GCISMedia⁩ .
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The Alliance of the Sahel States #ASS L’Alliance des États du Sahel #AES 🇧🇫 🇲🇱 🇳🇪 signed a charter establishing a defence alliance today 09/16/2023
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