Alain Antil

A historic decline in foreign aid oecd.org/en/data/insigh…

This @LatamData chart reminds us that there are alternative sources for rare earths if you don't trust the Chinese supply. Brasil is the second largest potential player bit doesn't produce anything so far. This raises environmental questions and deals with global supply chain concerns. Not an easy balance atm.

Inequality in #Africa is not a single story—it’s a complex reality shaped by history, institutions, and economic structures. This book examines the trends, challenges, and solutions across the continent: wrld.bg/la3r50UR1QQ

Ethiopia 🇪🇹 If most of African countries did what Ethiopia did, African lives would change rapidly The Italian company, Webuild, that was contracted by Ethiopia to construct Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam at a cost of $5 billion didn't just build the dam. Webuild constructed roads, two major bridges, fully equipped hospital that will provide free health care, sport facilities, water treatment plant and an entire village that will accommodate 20,000 people in Benishangul-Gumuz. However, the most fascinating part isn't even the above. Webuild trained 25,000 Ethiopians during the construction on operation, maintenance and repairs of the dam. Those are 25,000 jobs created by a single project making it the second in the continent after Dangote refinery which employs 135,000. GERD is expected to generate $1 billion per annum through power sales and tourism. Ethiopia just hit 3 birds with one stone. Infrastructure, employment and revenues.

🇨🇳China quiere controlar África a través de sus grandes inversiones en puertos. 🚢Infraestructura hoy, influencia mañana, poder naval pasado mañana. 👇El Índico y el Atlántico africano ya no son espacios neutrales: son nodos estratégicos de Pekín.

99% of 🇬🇧 data transmission, accounting for £1.15 trillion, relies on just 60 undersea cables 🌊 Following Defence Secretary @JohnHealey_MP’s announcement of 🇬🇧 month-long tracking of 🇷🇺 surveillance of undersea cables, this map from our #GeopoliticalAtlas visualises this critical infrastructure. 🔗 geostrategy.org.uk/research/brita…

Rectification de l'infographie

Côte d'Ivoire 🇨🇮 Union Européenne 🇪🇺 France 🇫🇷 🔌☀️ 269 milliards FCFA pour booster l’énergie ivoirienne ! La Côte d’Ivoire lance le programme WASUNA (Water & Sun Alliance) : un grand plan pour réhabiliter 6 barrages hydroélectriques majeurs (Ayamé 1&2, Kossou, Taabo, Buyo, Fayé) et développer le solaire + stockage par batteries. 🎯 Objectifs ambitieux : ➡️ Prolonger la vie des barrages de 20 à 30 ans ➡️ Renforcer la production solaire à Soubré et Gribo-Popoli ➡️ Améliorer la stabilité du réseau électrique 👥 Impact attendu : une électricité plus fiable pour près de 9 millions de personnes, moins de coupures et une transition vers 45 % d’énergies renouvelables d’ici 2030. Un pas de plus vers la souveraineté énergétique avec le soutien de l’AFD, l’Union Européenne et la BEI. 💬 Pensez-vous que la Côte d’Ivoire peut réellement atteindre 45 % d’énergies renouvelables d’ici 2030 ? Est-ce réaliste ? #EnergieCI #WASUNA #TransitionEnergetique #CôteDIvoire #Solaire

South Africa 🇿🇦 exported R10.1 billion ($590 million) in defence equipment and munitions, nearly three times the R3.6 billion ($210 million) exported the previous year. The National Conventional Arms Control Committee approved 582 permits to 42 countries. Munitions accounted for R4.8 billion, including a R3.3 billion order from Germany. Other buyers were Turkey, Kenya, France, and the UAE. Europe took 42% of exports, the Middle East 23%, Africa 20%, Asia-Pacific 12%, and the Americas 3%. Deliveries included over 130 armoured vehicles, two naval vessels to Tanzania, and aircraft to Iraq, DRC, and Mozambique. South Africa has Africa’s largest defence industry and ranks among the world’s top 20 arms exporters.

South Africa🇿🇦 generated $550 million from defence exports in 2025, selling weapons, ammunition, and military equipment to 42 countries, including France🇫🇷, Turkey🇹🇷, and the UAE🇦🇪. The largest export share went to Europe, with munitions making up the bulk of the transactions—Germany🇩🇪 was the top buyer, ordering around $180 million worth of shells. Armoured vehicles and aircraft were exported widely within Africa, with Kenya🇰🇪, Ghana🇬🇭, and Malawi🇲🇼 among the major vehicle buyers, while aircraft were sold to Iraq🇮🇶, DRC🇨🇩, Mozambique🇲🇿, and the UAE🇦🇪. South Africa is nearly unique in Africa as a significant arms exporter, while most other African countries remain major importers of weaponry, mainly from Europe🇪🇺, China🇨🇳, Russia🇷🇺, and the United States🇺🇸.

"This report is the first visual evidence that allegations [of Ethiopia enabling RSF in Blue Nile] are true. In fact, it's worse than first feared. Not only are the Ethiopians assisting the RSF, they're doing it from an Ethiopian army base" @nattyray11 middleeasteye.net/news/exclusive…

No day goes by without US& president Trump in the news, shaking up the world. Underreported, however, are the deals his administration does w/ African countries, mostly focussing on health policy&the data involved. 🙏to @Africa_DataHub & @ThinkGlobalHlth @kaskongo @KasUganda

🇪🇹 La police a annoncé l’arrestation du chef d’un réseau de trafic d’êtres humains dans le Tigré, au nord de l’Éthiopie. Il serait impliqué dans le trafic de milliers de personnes originaires de la Corne et de l’Est de l’Afrique depuis 2018.

Dans le cas américain, cette dynamique prend une forme particulièrement autodestructrice : elle conduit une puissance structurellement dominante à se percevoir comme faible, et donc à adopter des comportements qui sapent activement sa propre position stratégique.

CENTRAFRIQUE | Arrêté en mai 2024, le chercheur belgo-portugais Joseph Figueira Martin était détenu à la prison du camp de Roux, à Bangui, en partie contrôlée par les paramilitaires de Wagner. Il a été libéré le 7 avril, après une médiation de Lisbonne. ➡️ l.africaintelligence.fr/YR6

À l’heure où certains imaginent déjà l’Iran devenir l’Ukraine de Washington, je propose un cadre interprétatif pour mieux comprendre la politique de Trump à l’aune de la Russie de Poutine. Nouvel article : « Le miroir toxique de la Russie ». urlr.me/qn5zb8 🧵

Cinematic moments in Japan🇯🇵

Je viens de voir cette vidéo, elle est incroyable ! Lever de soleil au Japon 🇯🇵

10 ans du @Timbuktuacps : Conférence #Lyon « Le #soufisme : une école d’humilité pour mieux vivre ensemble ? », 24/04 18:30 @villedelyon @grandlyon @aliounetine16 #islam ifcm-lyon.org/event/conferen…

The special issue of CADERNOS DE ESTUDOS AFRICANOS, from Iscte - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, dedicated to the centenary of Amílcar Cabral, which I organized with Almada Santos and Pedro Vaz Goulart, is finally available online in its entirety. Anyone interested can download it at: revistas.rcaap.pt/cea/issue/view…