Faten Aggad
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(low activity account - pls follow on LinkedIn). Director @AFPHAfrica . Pan-Africanist. Former Advisor @_AfricanUnion & @AfricanClimateF .
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Humbled to be named as one of the African women Shapers on climate change by the
@EJSCenter
and even more to share the space with those on the list and many more in our line of work.
African women are disproportionately affected by
#ClimateChange
, but are also harbingers of innovative solutions. On
#BiodiversityDay
we highlight
#WomenLeaders
who are playing a pivotal role in shaping
#Africa
's response to this crisis in our new report:
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🧵 The re-writing of recent history by global north activists on the COP27 and its outcome is (to put it mildly) nauseating! It makes one question their independence and how much they're in touch with Global South voices they claim to care about. So to reclaim the space:
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A response that can't be repeated enough. Also, Africa loses $88B+ annualy to outflows involving international actors! Plus, judging by the sheer scale of the recent bribery scandal in the heart of Europe's legislative body, is anyone now saying Europe isn't investable?
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3. The cherry on the cake for many of us was hearing western leaders, one after one, repeating their "disappointment" for the "failure" to secure commitment to 1.5. So to be clear: they need to tell that to themselves, not lecture the global south! Refresh on emission increases:
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@ragipsoylu
@HamdiBaala
Why did he even accept such conditions at a moment his people are being murdered! At THE moment he needs to retain his voice! Accept to be silenced in exchange of a VISA?
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This would be a game changer!
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This is the trend in Africa on transition minerals. The DRC passed a similar law end of 2022. Zimbabwe, too. Good start but do we have plans (incl regional) on how we will approach the processing? (Not rethorical q, really interested in analysis on this).
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...hear a lot about the lack of delivery and no word on who is to blame! So let's say it: the historical polluters have failed us! We could have had a HUGE success had the pressure to deliver on pledges and add to them been duly put on them! Instead, we got empty rhetoric!
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Within 2 weeks after the
#COP27
where industrialised countries (notably the EU, UK and US) lectured the world on emissions targets and 1.5C, this happened: Germany signed a gas deal w Qatar, France rebooted coal-fired plant and UK gave green light for new one. So, a reminder 👇
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THE intervention of the
#ParisSummit
that did it for me. All is said with so much grace. We can keep putting ideas and wild proposals but if the fundamentals that President Hichilema is pointing to aren't addressed, no amount of proposals would help us. Focus!
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A Lisbonne aujourd'hui une parlementaire se rendant compte que je suis Algerienne me parle de son admiration pour le peuple Algerien et sa révolution. Puis, cette phase: "mais ne comptez que sur vous même." Dure réalité. Mais elle est ainsi. Sage conseil.
#Algerie
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1. The 2 weeks in Sharm were a moment; a stop in a journey. The COP27 outcomes need to be evaluated based on the engagement of the actors through that journey! Ignoring that the US and the EU were telling us just a month ago that loss and damage won't happen and then reading...
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The discussion on
#Africa
's access to vaccine is not just a domestic governance issue. It also needs to be positioned in the broader context of international trade and the role of money, which we are not talking about enough. A thread on why 👇
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...that they saved the day is genuinely dishonest and frankly insulting to the work many actors have done to exercise pressure.
2. The geopolitical context had an impact on COP27. From an African perspective (and I'm sure global south), it is the cherry on the cake to...
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Make sure you read this Weekend’s edition of
@thecontinent_
. I have always argued that Africa cannot negotiate without its own data. This is one of the many examples on why. We can’t push for the polluter pays argument without our own data.
But it’s only good news if you let them do the accounting.
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On the news front📢: I'm happy to announce that I have accepted an invitation to join the Editorial Advisory Board of the South African Journal of International Affairs, Southern Africa's only policy-oriented peer reviewed journal produced by
@SAIIA_info
.
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🚨2022 professional news🚨I'm excited to announce that I'll b joining the amazing team at
@AfricanClimateF
as a Climate Diplomacy & Geopolitics advisor. Looking forward to working with the team, ACF's grantees, partners and policy network for a just transition in and for Africa.
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BREAKING Algeria: Army chief of staff calls for the impeachment of Bouteflika in accordance with article 102 of the Constitution
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🧵 On how this is actually a geopolitical loss for the EU.
1) 35 countries, mainly in Africa and the Caribbean (two key trade regions within the ACP) did NOT sign the agreement (that’s 45% of the ACP membership).
A historic day for the EU and African, Caribbean & Pacific States.
We've signed the new Samoa agreement to better tackle global challenges together.
From climate change to human rights and democracy.
Thank you
@JuttaUrpilainen
for bringing this important agreement to fruition.
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#KhadidjaBenhamou
, extrêmement fière de vous بنت بلادي! Et le sourire... Magnifique de voir la femme algérienne représentée dans sa diversité! Représentez l'Algérie avec la tête haute! Vous le méritez!
#MissPhilippines
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"Not all climate action is climate justice" - Vanessa Nakate articulated this point unambiguously in this interview. This is why an African, and indeed a global South perspective on climate-related action should be put central in international debates.
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Africa as a commodity producer. Not more. The EU has made it clear that, rethoric on industrialisation aside, it mainly wants commodities (hydrogen, critical minerals). Will we make our interests clear and fight for them?
Africa isn’t alone though. Even countries like Brazil 1/3
Germany will support the joint Africa-EU Green Energy Initiative with 4 billion Euro by 2030.
Our clear message to the Compact with Africa countries: Produce green hydrogen - and you will have reliable customers in us!
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With the
#NairobiDeclaration
now approved, some highlights of key affirmations in this declaration.
1. CBDR remains at the centre of Africa’s position.
2. Integration of climate-related trade measures (eg the likes of
#CBAM
) gives finally a clear signal that Africa isn’t happy
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What is it about Kenya gifting the continent with some of the most dedicated climate activists? Meet the
#COP27
youngest delegate: Karen Wanjiru Kimani. She is 9.
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Now that the
#COP27
is done and dusted, the impact of climate change on
#Africa
is not taking a rest. Make sure you read this weekend's edition of
@thecontinent_
with a special on
#Ghana
& stories from
#Algeria
and others. Also with my take on the COP27 outcomes 👇
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So, a turtle 🐢 walks into our session on
@AfricanClimateF
climate finance in Cape Town. I think nature is sending us a message: the world is moving too slowly on climate transition finance 😉 I agree.
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As the
#AU
agrees to "diversify" to include more women and youth, let me say that we need to stop calling it "
#diversity
". It is
#representation
. Psychologically, this will move us from a mentality of favours (to women and youth) to one of a right 2 b @ table.
#TheAfricaWeWant
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Mon nom etait sur une liste des filles qui devaient etre enlever pour epouser des emirs. j'avais 13 ans! Ma tante a recu d "falaqat" devant son fils de 14ans:elle avait refuse d'arreter d'enseigner. Et, oui, mon oncle est un disparu. 90s c t complique!Mais c t surtout ca le FIS!
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The G20 just welcomed AU as its new member. Congratulations to those who have long advocated for it. But we will now need to roll up our sleeves & get to work to ensure that this will ACTUALLY deliver FOR Africa and not become an opening of influence for the interest of others.
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I sometimes hear claims that "no African country" has an underground metro. That's incorrect. Cairo had the first underground metro (1987) and Algiers built one in 2011 (pictured).
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Africa has become acceptable collateral damage to score geopolitical points. My latest piece on the signals we're seeing ahead of the
#COP27
and why they're concerning for the multilateral process all together.
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Facebook 'apology roadshow' will go to Europe, Asia, Australia. Despite the revelations of Cambridge Analytica on election meddling in Kenya and Nigeria, there seems to be no need to apologize to African FB users? Or is it about who FB thinks they're in trouble with?
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@iGaddo
's cartoon says it all! For more details read my accompanying piece in this weekend edition of
@thecontinent_
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🧵Some reflections on the just agreed GST text at
#COP28
.
1. The text is clearly a compromise text. Everyone can claim a win. There’s something for every delegation to take back home. The presidency has in this sense delivered on the spirit of a consensus-based UN process.
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#AfricanMusic
🧵in 2021, the Congolese rumba joined the UNESCO list of world heritage. I was surprised to learn that it was actually the Congolese rumba that was the origin of the Cuban one, not the other way around. So, for my break, I danced through the
#history
of African...
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Borrell's address to the EU's Ambassadors conference yesterday was quite something. It is quite a departure from the conviction of European grandeur (well, still a bit of it). A more reflective political speech. A 🧵on his worldview in quotes (as per his speech) 👇
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There's a lot of talk about Africa's "digital transformation". But, piecemeal discussions have eclipsed the big picture of what is actually at stake! Need to connect the dots to create a coherent framework on
#digitisation
.
My thoughts for
@mailandguardian
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Nothing gets me more excited than Africans (from civil society to governments) organising themselves on international issues and defining an agenda rather than waiting for others to do it for us. The opposite applies! We can be masters of our right to initiative. Let's own that!
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🚨 This is my last day with the
@AfricanClimateF
. It's been a delight to contribute to putting an African foundation on the map & collab with many in a space that is so key for Africa. I will surely miss many colleagues💚News on next "home" will drop later. For now a short break.
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A fantastic piece that explains the EU's own climate finance predicament (and why measures such as tax have become so sexy and an integral element of the EU negotiating positions on climate finance).
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The EU wants to be a global "climate leader" by introducing the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism. But our modelling finds that the CBAM will negatively affect African countries, especially if put in the context of limited energy transition funding
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Happy to share this collection that
@loomnie
and myself had the pleasure of editing. It brings together contributions from African thought-leaders reflecting on Africa-Europe relations.
#AUEU
#ClimateChange
#DigitalTransformation
#migration
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"North Africans have been embracing their Africanness in opposition to Arabness, often citing Arab racism and exclusionary politics as reasons to depart from that historical bond. The current Algerian and Sudanese uprisings have offered some examples."
(THREAD)
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Two maps to kindly ask "analysts" to abstain from a simplified analysis of the UNGA vote. Some with heavy links to Russia voted in favours. Some with heavy links to Russia abstained. Some with minor links to Russia abstained/didnt vote. It is more complex than "Russian footprint"
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Who controls mining activities in Africa?
See more on this new study commissioned by
@AfricanClimateF
on the geopolitics of critical minerals
#CRMs
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@UKPolice_Online
@PoliceNationale
@Europol
I will not share his violent video but screen shots of his face. This individual, apparently residing in Europe, has called online for acid attacks against Algerian women protesting upcoming Friday. Help us apprehend him! Pls
#RETWEEET
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24 African countries now apply the 0.2% levy to finance the
@_AfricanUnion
, with $54million mobilized for the AU peace fund so far.
#AUfinancing
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🧵Some end of week reflections/ my last tweet on the
#UkraineRussiaWar
. As an African:
+ there is a scary generalised return of the "you're with us or against us" framing in the West. Among politicians, academics, activitsts. It's dangerous. It blocks accountability.
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Je suis en colère ce soir. Pour la 1ere fois depuis avoir quitter l'Algerie, Fevrier m'a donne l'espoir de peut-être voir mon fils un jours vivre dans le pays de sa mère. J'ai osé rêver. Mais voilà qu'un octogénaire décide encore d piétiner sur le destin de millions d'
#Alg
érie-ns
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What would a serious reform agenda look like? Over the last 4 months, we consulted African experts and practitioners, listened to many during joint convenings we cohosted with partners at the margins of key meetings. This are the priorities they identified 👇
#ParisSummit
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As a mother of a child with half Dutch heritage, I can’t begin to express the pain! Half of his heritage is the danger apparently!
A quick take on why this happened.
1. 13years of liberal politics: it’s difficult from outside to see how damaged the Dutch socialist system is.
Anti-Islam populist Geert Wilders wins dramatic victory in Dutch election and vows to form governing coalition
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Meet the
@AfricanClimateF
team that will be at the COP27 in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt. Some of our events will be hybrid so make sure you follow the twitter handle of the foundation for more details.
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#EnergyMix
of African countries per region in few visuals. The challenge of the transition is not equal everywhere.
#EnergyTransition
#Africa
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The announcement of
#Junker
that the
#EU
will align to the
#AfCFTA
(and a veiled admission that EPAs failed) shows that when
#Africa
develops its agenda regardless of the noise, partners eventually come around! We need more of that!
#europeAfrica
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Bensallah, 4 Juillet 2019: l'armee ne participera pas au dialogue.
AGS, 10 juillet 2019: je veux des élections présidentielles dans des brefs délais.
On comprend que vous voulez rester au pouvoir, mais faites le avec intelligence au moins!
#Algerie
#Yetna7aw_Ga3
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🧵Much is being said about the "massive" increases in
#renewable
investments around the world. It is correct. But the growth is uneven - extremely. Almost half of the investments are in China, according to the latest
@business
Energy Transition Investment Trends
#EnergyTransition
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Make sure you start your week with this masterpiece of an answer! Speaks for many, beyond India.
"No, India is not sitting on the fence." Watch Jaishankar sharply criticise Europe's outlook towards Asia while defending India's foreign policy...
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#BookRecommendations
from last 6 months.
1. Howard French's Born in Blackness. By challenging common narrative that Iberian explorers weren't trying to find "a way around Africa", but rather a way into it, it deconstructs & reconstructs narrative on the place of Africa in history
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"It is easy to do
#diversity
tokenistically...Far from addressing institutional racism, this superficial approach... can in fact work to mask it."
#AidToo
#AntiRacistInAid
My latest for
@africaarguments
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“We need to remain focused on what high emitters do at home after they had made their messianic speeches at Cops, ” Faten Aggad, of the African Climate Foundation".
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Such a powerful piece by
@CelestinMonga
. So powerful that I can't pick a passage to highlight here. Just read the full piece! via
@BrookingsInst
@ir_ramdoo
@mukundigeorge
@MichelleNdiaye1
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Addis 🇪🇹, I love you. But what your high altitude does to my system makes me wonder if our love is mutual 😫
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The trolls r active at key moments (I was called a B, french agent, French sperm, traitor, etc.) last night alone!
First excellent podcast on this issue by
@BBCWorld
with
@FakeNewsDZ
. Sadly despite requests,
@facebook
and
@twitter
refuse to investigate.
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Let's go! Let me illustrate this. The thread will also deal with the "nexus" (I'm being fancy ;)) between racism, misogyny and the development aid sector. I am here sharing my personal experience. But I invite others to do the same using
#aidtoo
@africasacountry
Seems an opportune time to share this ...The “Problem” Woman of Colour in the Workplace.
#aidtoo
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Yet, investments in Africa's renewable energy represent only 2% of the total global investments since 2010.
#EnergyTransition
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For a long time, whenever I said I'm Algerian, people said "Nigerian?". Thanks to a DNA test, I now no longer have to correct that coz I'm apparently 9.2% Nigerian, Nija, hello!
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Ghana to lose €90m per annum to EU-ETS shipping carbon tax.
This is precisely why ex ante impact assessments are needed before African countries blindly back carbon levies and do so without a proper reform of tax redistribution… great analysis 👇
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AU Commissioners will in future be recruited competitively. A bold decision to ensure that positions are held by best candidates.
#AUReforms
#TheAfricaWeWant
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If you are an African who calls North Africans "those Arabs", you are as ignorant about the continent you claim to speak for as the North Africans claiming they're not African. Please, people, keep emotions under control when commenting on what's happening in Tunisia.
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J'allais me retenir sur la "resolution" du parlement européen. Mais bcp s'excitent par un texte vide donc: dans d déclarations politiques, ce qui n'est pas dit est aussi important que ce qui est écrit. Rien, Nada, Nothing, sur la légitimité des revendications du peuple.
#Algerie
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A sweet soul just dropped this at my door. I've been craving
#injera
the last few days thanks to the posts of
@GetachewSS
but I have no idea how to make it or where to even get the ingredients. Problem solved :)
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Years back, I wrote this piece. Years later, the "Africanisation" of Northern organisations and the UN system is still sexy ≠ system change. There's continuity: the practice of sidelining Africans with the ACTUAL expertise to position non-Africans
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Thanks for hosting us
@Cop27P
for this important reflection on concrete and measurable results for a just energy transition in Africa ahead of
#COP27
.
@AfricanClimateF
remains a dedicated partner for a sustainable and equal future for
#Africa
. Bonus: a beautiful view of
#Cairo
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Me to dad: "I feel like taking some time off next year."
Dad (panicked): "not sure that's good. Your job is..."
I cut him: "dad, not to be a stay home wife. I was thinking slow down consulting and focus on my PhD".
Dad (cheerful): "Ah, Tell me more." 😂😂 😂
#PhDdad
@Kenzaggad
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@EbbaKalondo
@TofferSchmidt
@GermanyDiplo
@ABaerbock
@_AfricanUnion
@BMZ_Bund
Cultural sensitivity trainings are needed for some diplomats! God...that even when the issue is flagged, people still don't see the problem with it and try mansplain as if some of us are not clued up about current policy debates in their countries. Got it but still problematic
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Meet my exhausted look as I speak to issues that excite me: why climate diplomacy matters and why we need to think of Africa differently? Interviewed by the lovely
@CReneeMendy
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Some context:
- Africa attracts only 2% of global investments in renewable energy
- The total installed cost for wind in Africa is the highest in the world
- Cost of capital for African countries is prohibitive + interest rates increasing
All with unmet climate finance targets
Africa has enough wind to power itself 250 times over.
We have so many solutions. Implement them.
#ActOnClimate
#climate
#energy
#renewables
#renewableenergy
#greennewdeal
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Next week, we are in
#Gabon
for the Africa Climate Week
#ACW2022
👇 Make sure to join. More details available through
@AfricanClimateF
.
@AfDB_Group
@DevReimagined
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If Hoekstra is confirmed to replace Timmermans, it would mean that the new EU climate chief:
1. is an ex-Shell
2. as per a parliamentary investigation early this year was opposed to stopping gas exploitation in the North of the Netherlands (he still wanted to get money out)
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There is a lot of talk about
#gas
and
#Africa
's just transition. We've done the maths, spoke to multiple stakeholders and prepared a consolidated analysis. Join the
@AfricanClimateF
team on 27 October for the launch of the report and the discussion:
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Similar call made by
#Ukrainian
embassy in
#Algeria
. Besides its illegality and the risk of African countries having to deal with returning combatants, the question is to fight where after the trainings? Was the choice of these countries innocent? This is truly a dangerous move!
Senegal condemns a Facebook post by Ukraine’s embassy calling for Senegalese volunteers to join its fight against Russia.
Recruitment of volunteers and mercenaries is illegal in Senegal and punishable by law, the ministry says.
🔴 LIVE updates:
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"But when [loss and damage is] recast as a matter of liability and compensation, rather than a gift, it becomes much more controversial."
The story of "development aid" all over again! A rather undiplomatic 🧵 for my standards 😋 👇
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👏👏
#Africa
got Gold (Kenya) and silver (Algeria) for the 1500m world athletics championship yesterday. What a race by Charuiyot too.
#AthleticsWorldChamps
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🧵Today,
#BRICS
foreign ministers meet in South Africa. While attention will be on the geopolitics and the presence of Russia MFA, I will be watching out for the outcome on the expansion of the BRICS (due to its own possible geopolitical ramifications). The visual reflects...
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decision 2 merge political affairs and peace and security portfolios of the
@_AfricanUnion
. Hopefully that will put an end to an excessive focus on PSOs and strengthen work along other areas. This will also allow alignment with UN's reforms as orgs work 2gether.
@CedricdeConing
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Parenthood gives u unexpected gifts🩷I was working till late yesterday prepping 4 a Masterclass i'm giving. As I opened my doc this morning, I saw this from my son (I assume he wrote it this morning b4 going to school) transl: "Ryan wishes you good luck" - with a smiley,I guess:)
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Putting this back here (source:
@DevReimagined
) and asking:*why are we struggling in Africa while Russia and Ukraine on all fronts are BY FAR not the pre-dominant providers?* We need to shift the discussion to the structural issues underpinning the current crisis.
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"Africa was the main reason Transsion broke into the top five of the world’s phone makers for the first time last year".
There power of betting on Africa as an opportunity - rather than a "risk"...
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Some of those who have opposed the motion have now indicated that they will give the doses they received with Africa once they finish vaccinating their population. In other words: they will share their leftover. What Africa needs is a fair system not leftovers!
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