Prof. Awet T. Weldemichael

#rscBRAVOsrc to #CollegeofNewScholars Member @Prof_Awet @queensu. He is a scholar of Northeast Africa and island Southeast Asia with a focus on contemporary history and political economy. He is a former refugee goatherd turned professor and award-winning author of several books.

I am standing to be Secretary-General because I believe this is a moment to act with greater urgency: to act earlier, bring people together across difference, and drive the work forward until it produces concrete results. That is how we rebuild trust in the United Nations and ensure it delivers meaningful change for the people it exists to serve. My vision: lananusseibeh.org

Why Ghana flagged and declined to sign the new USA Health Compact Agreement. President Mahama disclosed that Ghana flagged several issues in a health compact proposed by the U.S. as a replacement for USAID funding. JDM explains 👇🏽

You’ve simply repeated one of dictator Afwerki’s favorite falsehoods. What do “white people” have to do with Somaliland’s demand for recognition? Somalilanders have struggled for more than 60 years to restore their independence. In fact, few, if any, African countries,including your own bankrupt Eritrea,had a stronger legal and historical case for independence than Somaliland.

Somaliland’s political, historical, and legal case for recognition meets a threshold that no other territory in Africa - not even Eritrea and South Sudan - could attain. You May have other legitimate arguments against its recognition, but this is not one of them. #Somaliland

If you ever want other side of the Arday story hateful bigot and friend of Arday, Kehinde Andrews will never disappoint

Garowe Online Exclusive | Analysis: The New Security Agreement Between Puntland and the United States Garowe Online spoke with Samira Gaid, a regional security analyst, to discuss the new security agreement signed yesterday between the Puntland and the United States Government. In this exclusive audio interview, she examines the significance of the agreement, its potential impact on Puntland’s security sector, and what it could mean for counterterrorism efforts against ISIS and Al-Shabaab. The discussion also explores the strategic implications of the agreement for U.S. security cooperation in Somalia and the Horn of Africa, the opportunities it creates for Puntland’s security institutions through training, intelligence sharing, and capacity building, as well as the challenges Puntland should consider as the agreement is implemented. 🎧 Listen to Samira Gaid’s full audio analysis below. #Somalia

من القروض إلى الموانئ والمعادن، هل تكتفي الصين بتمويل التنمية في أفريقيا، أم تقدم نموذجًا مختلفًا لتبني نفوذها الاقتصادي بعيدًا عن الأضواء؟ في حلقة جديدة من #شؤون_أفريقية على الشرق بلومبرغ نقرأ الوجه الآخر للشراكة بين الصين وأفريقيا، وكيف أعادت هذه الشراكة رسم موازين النفوذ في القارة، وهل تمثل فرصة تنموية لأفريقيا، أم بداية مرحلة جديدة من الاعتماد على قوة دولية صاعدة؟ خديجة حبيب

Excellency, Allow me, at the outset, to welcome the more measured and analytical tone of your intervention. On the substance, a number of clarifications need to be made. First, the submission of the candidacy of H.E. Macky Sall was carried out by the Government of the Republic of #Burundi, in full compliance with the relevant provisions of the United Nations Charter. Established practice recognizes the prerogative of Member States to put forward candidatures, which are subsequently considered within the United Nations process. In this regard, no State is legally precluded from submitting a candidacy. You are certainly aware of this. Second, the Decision in question cannot be reduced to an individual initiative of the Chairperson of the @_AfricanUnion (AU). It emanates from a meeting of the AU Bureau, duly convened through Note Verbale referenced CCP/OSC/A/A1/052.03.26. The Bureau, a properly mandated organ, deliberated and acted within its prerogatives. It is therefore inaccurate, as I have indicated, to portray this process as a unilateral decision by the Chairperson of the Union. Third, it is important to recall that, pursuant to Article 6 of the Constitutive Act of the African Union, “the Assembly is the supreme organ of the Union.” As such, it remains sovereign in its decisions, including in matters relating to the endorsement of candidatures, and cannot be absolutely bound by subsidiary procedural mechanisms. Fourth, the role of the Ministerial Committee on African Candidatures within the International System is fully acknowledged and remains essential for continental coordination. However, practice shows that certain candidatures have, at times, been advanced outside a strictly sequential application of this mechanism. In fact, recent practice within a major international organisation demonstrates that, in the context of a re-election, a candidacy was not submitted by the State of nationality of the candidate, but was rather supported and carried forward by three African States, including #Rwanda. This precedent underscores the flexibility inherent in international practice, whereby the sponsorship of candidatures may be assumed by third States in light of prevailing political circumstances. Fifth, the recourse to a silence procedure does not, in itself, constitute a breach of #AfricanUnion rules and regulations. On the contrary, it is an established working method within the African Union, regularly used to facilitate decision-making between formal sessions, including on sensitive matters. In the present case, the silence procedure was not initiated unilaterally by the Chairperson of the Union, but, like I said, followed a meeting of the Bureau duly convened and mandated to consider the matter. It therefore reflects a collective process, not an individual decision. Moreover, the silence procedure does not preclude consultation or discussion. On the contrary, it provides Member States with an opportunity to express objections within a defined timeframe. Accordingly, while it is essential to uphold the rules, it is equally important to take into account the reality of institutional practice, as well as the margin of initiative afforded to Member States. The debate on #Africa-n candidatures deserves to be conducted with legal rigor, but also with political discernment and in a spirit of continental unity. I thank you