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Want to make the most out of @midjourney and other image diffusion models w/ us & the AI gurus at @ohnahji? 💡Here's a pro tip: drill down your prompt to use the tool quickly and efficiently! ⚡️ Get the results you need in no time #imageprocessing #deeplearning #productivityhack
One key way to boost your image diffusion model output is with demonyms in your prompts! What… is THAT? 🤣No, Demonyms have nothing to do with demons lol, they describe inhabitants of a place and help create more specific prompts for better results. #demonyms #promptingtips
In this thread we'll focus on West African country demonyms and show you how to use them in your image prompts for better results. Here are 10:
Nigerian 🇳🇬
Ghanaian 🇬🇭
Senegalese 🇸🇳
Ivorian 🇨🇮
Malian 🇲🇱
Beninese 🇧🇯
Guinean 🇬🇳
Liberian 🇱🇷
Sierra Leonean 🇸🇱
Togolese 🇹🇬
#WestAfrica
Nigerian 🇳🇬
Ghanaian 🇬🇭
Senegalese 🇸🇳
Ivorian 🇨🇮
Malian 🇲🇱
Beninese 🇧🇯
Guinean 🇬🇳
Liberian 🇱🇷
Sierra Leonean 🇸🇱
Togolese 🇹🇬
#WestAfrica
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West Africa gets pretty bad coverage in the mainstream media - it’s all Monkeypox, coups and conflicts!
And that includes Senegal.
#Senegal #African #Africa #westafrica #panafricanism
West Africa gets pretty bad coverage in the mainstream media - it’s all Monkeypox, coups and conflicts!
And that includes Senegal.
#Senegal #African #Africa #westafrica #panafricanism
But Senegal’s actually never had a coup and never waged war against its neighbours.
It’s one of the safest places you can visit.
It’s one of the safest places you can visit.
Did you know that it will become the first African nation to host an Olympic event?
The Youth Olympic Games are coming in 2026 - an 18-day bonanza featuring 35 sports.
The Youth Olympic Games are coming in 2026 - an 18-day bonanza featuring 35 sports.
#WestAfrica: THREAD - "Militarized Border Security Will Not Stop the Spread of Extremism into Coastal States."
My latest with @lmcsanders and Jordon Moss for @PolicyCenterNS where we provide some suggestions to avoid/limit the spread to #Benin #Togo #IvoryCoast and #Ghana 1/
My latest with @lmcsanders and Jordon Moss for @PolicyCenterNS where we provide some suggestions to avoid/limit the spread to #Benin #Togo #IvoryCoast and #Ghana 1/
#WestAfrica: Border strategies must enable trade, communication, and travel. Increasing the burden
of legitimate behaviors will make communities more vulnerable, alienate essential allies, and
lead people to see border officers as the enemy. 2/
of legitimate behaviors will make communities more vulnerable, alienate essential allies, and
lead people to see border officers as the enemy. 2/
#WestAfrica: Border security must serve & engage border communities and their leaders. Those who
live in border zones understand local dynamics better than external forces. They have critical information of what is changing, and have the most to lose from extremist influence. 3/
live in border zones understand local dynamics better than external forces. They have critical information of what is changing, and have the most to lose from extremist influence. 3/
HAPPENING NOW: @USAfricaCommand Commander Gen. Stephen Townsend & @CENTCOM Commander Gen. Kenneth "Frank" McKenzie back on #CapitolHill, testifying before the House Armed Services Committee
Joined by @DeptofDefense UnderSec for Policy Sasha Baker
Joined by @DeptofDefense UnderSec for Policy Sasha Baker
#China has made a decision, a deliberate decision to compete w/America in #Africa & win that competition" per @USAfricaCommand's Gen Townsend
"They compete primarily thru economic means & diplomatic means..."
"They compete primarily thru economic means & diplomatic means..."
"The primary thing that concerns me w/#China's military competition in #Africa is that they are seeking, actively seeking a military base on the #Atlantic Coast of Africa" per @USAfricaCommand's Gen Townsend
"That would be bad for America's security..."
"That would be bad for America's security..."
#ISIS media campaign showing fighters pledging allegiance to new leader Abu al-Hassan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi is growing
Per @siteintelgroup new photo sets show fighters from:
#Syria
#Afghanistan
#Iraq (inclu. #Baghdad, #Saluhaddin)
#Libya
#Nigeria
#Pakistan
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Per @siteintelgroup new photo sets show fighters from:
#Syria
#Afghanistan
#Iraq (inclu. #Baghdad, #Saluhaddin)
#Libya
#Nigeria
#Pakistan
1/3
Cont. - #ISIS media campaign posting new photos showing fighters pledges to Abu al-Hassan
#Sahel (#BurkinaFaso #Mali #Niger)
Earlier photo releases showed fighters giving bay'ah from:
#ISWAP
#Somalia
#Yemen
#EastAsia (#Philippines, #Indonesia)
#Iraq (#Kirkuk, #Anbar)
#Syria
#Sahel (#BurkinaFaso #Mali #Niger)
Earlier photo releases showed fighters giving bay'ah from:
#ISWAP
#Somalia
#Yemen
#EastAsia (#Philippines, #Indonesia)
#Iraq (#Kirkuk, #Anbar)
#Syria
Per @JihadoScope, #ISIS has issued 18 photo sets to date showing fighters pledging allegiance to Abu al-Hassan:
#Iraq (4)
#Nigeria (3)
#Syria
#Somalia
#Indonesia or #Philippines (for East Asia)
#Yemen
#Afghanistan
#Sahel - #Cameroon / #BurkinaFaso / #Mali / #Niger
#Pakistan
#Iraq (4)
#Nigeria (3)
#Syria
#Somalia
#Indonesia or #Philippines (for East Asia)
#Yemen
#Afghanistan
#Sahel - #Cameroon / #BurkinaFaso / #Mali / #Niger
#Pakistan
Breaking: House Intel Committee posts @ODNIgov's 2022 Annual Threat Assessment, aka the Worldwide Threat Assessment
"#Beijing, #Moscow, #Tehran, & #Pyongyang have demonstrated the capability & intent to advance their interests at the expense of the #UnitedStates & its allies"
"#Beijing, #Moscow, #Tehran, & #Pyongyang have demonstrated the capability & intent to advance their interests at the expense of the #UnitedStates & its allies"
"#China increasingly is a near-peer competitor, challenging the #UnitedStates in multiple arenas—especially economically, militarily & technologically—& is pushing to change global norms & potentially threatening its neighbors" per @ODNIgov report
"#Russia is pushing back against #Washington where it can—locally & globally—employing techniques up to & including the use of force" per @ODNIgov report, compiled w/info available up to January
The coup attempt in #GuineaBissau yesterday came weeks after the military takeover in Burkina Faso and follows last year’s coups in Chad, Guinea, Sudan and Mali.
What drives these more frequent power grabs? The answer is:
it is complicated 🧵
bbc.com/news/world-afr…
What drives these more frequent power grabs? The answer is:
it is complicated 🧵
bbc.com/news/world-afr…
As most of these countries are situated in West Africa, it would be easy to think the drivers of these coups are the same across the board, but the reality is more complex:
The January 2022 coup in #BurkinaFaso followed a growing insecurity in the country, a rise in #jihadist militancy and an increasingly frustrated army, especially after a deadly attack on 14 November 2021 left 53 soldiers dead, the highest death toll ever in one single attack.
Any consideration of a #decolonial approach to #philosophy must engage with #Africana philosophy - but what is often occluded in that is the #Islamic element 1/
@HistPhilosophy with @ChikeJeffers has done an excellent job in introducing many to #Africana philosophy and let’s hope they continue to flourish 2/
A number of works have recently appeared that are relevant to our understanding of the Muslim element in that often focused on #WestAfrica 3/
#HumanTrafficking #German NGO #rescue ship with 800 #migrants aboard asks #Italy for safe port | 5g ago
- The 'charity' vessel SEA-EYE 4 Took onboard another 400 people from a wooden boat on Wednesday night in a seventh rescue operation..
reuters.com/world/ngo-resc…
- The 'charity' vessel SEA-EYE 4 Took onboard another 400 people from a wooden boat on Wednesday night in a seventh rescue operation..
reuters.com/world/ngo-resc…
#German rescue boat with 800 #migrants reaches #Sicilian port | Nov 7
- #SeaEye said the vessel #SeaEye4 was assigned to the port of #Trapani
Many of the passengers came from countries in #WestAfrica, #Egypt or #Morocco...
khaleejtimes.com/world/german-r…
- #SeaEye said the vessel #SeaEye4 was assigned to the port of #Trapani
Many of the passengers came from countries in #WestAfrica, #Egypt or #Morocco...
khaleejtimes.com/world/german-r…
#Trapani, 847 #migrants of the German «#SeaEye4» landed. Another 308 are pending | 2d ago
- On the same days another charity ship, the #OceanViking, with 308 #migrants on board, was placed awaiting assignment of a port near #Lampedusa.
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- On the same days another charity ship, the #OceanViking, with 308 #migrants on board, was placed awaiting assignment of a port near #Lampedusa.
italy24news.com/News/254158.ht…
I seriously think the @ECMWF West African Monsoon simulation model is simply broken. Every day the 24 hour it looks the same. Very loopy.
Here are the GZ 20.00 19.00 18.00 and 17.00 model runs for 10 days accumulated precipitation.
Here are the GZ 20.00 19.00 18.00 and 17.00 model runs for 10 days accumulated precipitation.
GFS same four runs...
KMA same four runs...
#afcfta was meant to facilitate and unify African states through trade. But in #westAfrica , regional tensions have already shown it won't be an easy feat. Report by @tofeayeni
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theafricareport.com/47795/nigeria-…
@TheAfricaReport The head of Nissan's operations in Africa tells The Africa Report that the African free trade deal could unlock major investments in automobile manufacturing on the continent, which has big potential as a market. Report by @PhillipXolisa
theafricareport.com/47918/afcfta-k…
theafricareport.com/47918/afcfta-k…
@TheAfricaReport Ten years on and gyrations around #Kenya 's #Constitution continue
theafricareport.com/47687/kenyas-c…
theafricareport.com/47687/kenyas-c…
#ISIS has released the anticipated audio recording featuring its top spokesman Abu Hamza al-Qurashi, titled, “So Narrate [to them] Stories [of the past] so Perhaps They Will Reflect.”
Abu Hamza criticizes Islamic scholars who “misguide” people and preach against #ISIS, saying that they’ll “regret” supporting “tyrants” while they condemn the mujahideen. Typical stuff here.
Abu Hamza condemns the recent peace accords between Israel and UAE and Bahrain, as well as Saudi Arabia opening air space, refuting old conspiracies about #ISIS being a creation of Israel.
Building Plan Approval in Abuja: Requirements and Guide.
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Be sure of the specific use of the space before embarking on plan preparations as it must be consistent with the land use plan of the area.
Proper title for the land must be collected from Abuja Geographical Information System (AGIS).
Apply for building plan approval through The Department of Development Control.
Apply for building plan approval through The Department of Development Control.
NEW REPORT 📰 The Added Value(s) of #Agroecology: Unlocking the potential for transition in West Africa 🌱
🌍 West #Africa has all the ingredients to become a “global frontrunner in agroecology,” according to experts at IPES-Food. Discover why!
👉 ipes-food.org/pages/Agroecol…
🌍 West #Africa has all the ingredients to become a “global frontrunner in agroecology,” according to experts at IPES-Food. Discover why!
👉 ipes-food.org/pages/Agroecol…
Latest report by IPES-Food points to #WestAfrica’s “path to resilience and the #SDGs” through #agroecology. 🌿
➡️ ipes-food.org/pages/Agroecol…
@FAOSDGs @futureoffoodorg @oxfamwestafrica @FSCluster @FoodSystems @UNBiodiversity @AndreaLearned @CivilEats @UnescoChairFood
➡️ ipes-food.org/pages/Agroecol…
@FAOSDGs @futureoffoodorg @oxfamwestafrica @FSCluster @FoodSystems @UNBiodiversity @AndreaLearned @CivilEats @UnescoChairFood
The report underlines the vast challenges facing West African @FoodSystems today: temperatures rising 1.5 times faster than global averages; 70-80% of the population living on less than $2 a day; & #COVID19 threatening to plunge millions more into poverty and #foodinsecurity.
As per @BusinessDayNg's rules, I had written this piece before @ecowas_cedeao kinda agreed to let the #Mali coup plotters get away with it... bit.ly/3blLn4n
So keep that in mind when reading the whole thing. Given BusinessDay's paywall, I’ll only post a small part...
So keep that in mind when reading the whole thing. Given BusinessDay's paywall, I’ll only post a small part...
There are multiple risks involved in permitting military interventions.
There is the risk of Goita’s junta in #Mali shrinking the civic and democratic space if allowed to stay in office without a definite timeline for returning the country to democratic rule.
There is the risk of Goita’s junta in #Mali shrinking the civic and democratic space if allowed to stay in office without a definite timeline for returning the country to democratic rule.
In addition, there is the risk that it is unlikely to honour the timeline if one is eventually reached.
But most importantly for us in #Nigeria, is the risk of contagion.
Coups beget coups.
But most importantly for us in #Nigeria, is the risk of contagion.
Coups beget coups.
🔍 What trends and patterns are there in the use of Small Arms and Light Weapons as a source of #TerroristFinancing? Our series of Situation Reports provide an overview of this key issue, with the latest covering #WestAfrica and the #HornOfAfrica (1/3) icct.nl/publication/ic…
Our second Situation Report highlights the influence of past conflicts on SALW-driven terrorist financing on both local and global terrorist networks in #SouthAsia and #SoutheastAsia (2/3) icct.nl/publication/ic…
Our first Situation Report investigates the use of SALW as a source of #TerroristFinancing in the #MENA region, and features analysis on the impact of the hegemonic rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran on the region (3/3) icct.nl/publication/ic…
👇THREAD: The data on household food consumption recently released by @nigerianstat is GREAT! We computed some estimates & insights from the dataset @sgyemikale (1/6)
(NB: Data & graphs below are estimates we computed from @nigerianstat data and do not reflect official data)
(NB: Data & graphs below are estimates we computed from @nigerianstat data and do not reflect official data)
In 2019, spending on food in #Nigeria was approximately USD 59 billion. Consumers in the geopolitical zones along the #GulfofGuinea account for almost half of national food expenditures...2/6 #foodsystems #fromfarmtotable #urbanization #structuraltransformation #hiddenmiddle
The #foodeconomy (household food expenditures) grew 5.2% per year over 2009-10 to 2019-20 in nominal terms. But the share of food in household spending declined from 65 to 57%...3/6 #structuraltransformation #urbanization #foodsystems #fromfarmtotable #hiddenmiddle #Nigeria
#MuseumsUnlocked #WestAfrica This monument at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg commemorates Anton-Wilhelm Amo (1703-1759), the first person of African descent to teach at a Germany University.
Amo was born near the town of Axim in present day Ghana, and at the age of 4 was taken—either by a slave trader or a missionary (here the historical record is unclear)—to Amsterdam, where was given as a present to Duke Anton Ulrich of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.
Fortunately, the Duke saw fit to educate Amo, instead of forcing him into a life of labor. Amo first attended a grammar school, where he received a classical education, and then the universities of Helmstedt and Halle, where he studied law.
#COVID19 cases in the Indian states as of 16th May 2020.
#IndiaFightsCoronavirus #DailyUpdates
Visit ORF's #COVIDTracker ➡ orfonline.org/covid19-tracke…
#IndiaFightsCoronavirus #DailyUpdates
Visit ORF's #COVIDTracker ➡ orfonline.org/covid19-tracke…
Confirmed #COVID19 cases in #Africa as of 16th May 2020 are 78,194.
Region wise #COVID19 cases in Africa are:
▶ #NorthAfrica 25,637
▶ #WestAfrica 22,944
▶ #CentralAfrica 7,437
▶ #EastAfrica 7,486
▶ #SouthernAfrica 14,690
Visit ORF's #COVIDTracker: orfonline.org/covid19-tracke…
Region wise #COVID19 cases in Africa are:
▶ #NorthAfrica 25,637
▶ #WestAfrica 22,944
▶ #CentralAfrica 7,437
▶ #EastAfrica 7,486
▶ #SouthernAfrica 14,690
Visit ORF's #COVIDTracker: orfonline.org/covid19-tracke…
#COVID19 updates from #CoronaTracker
#IndiaFightsCoronavirus #DailyUpdates
For more interesting facts, figures and perspectives from ORF's #COVIDTracker ⮕ orfonline.org/covid19-tracke…
#IndiaFightsCoronavirus #DailyUpdates
For more interesting facts, figures and perspectives from ORF's #COVIDTracker ⮕ orfonline.org/covid19-tracke…
14 countries have so far used some form of #castransfer and #basicincome program as #coronavirus response.
Here is what we know:
1. #Australia: one-time cash payment $750 to seniors, veterans and low-income people
Here is what we know:
1. #Australia: one-time cash payment $750 to seniors, veterans and low-income people
2. #China: expanding Dibao program’s value and coverage for affected families
3. #Hong-Kong: one-off cash injection to all 7M adult residents
4. #Indonesia: expansions of e-food vouchers by 33% for 6 months
3. #Hong-Kong: one-off cash injection to all 7M adult residents
4. #Indonesia: expansions of e-food vouchers by 33% for 6 months
22. United States decided to label #IRGC terrorists. But who are the real terrorists? Who created, trained, armed & financed the worst terrorist groups in the world?
#Hypocrites #DoubleStandards #Liars #Warlords #USRealTerrorists
#Hypocrites #DoubleStandards #Liars #Warlords #USRealTerrorists
1 to 20. United States decided to label #IRGC terrorists. But who are the real terrorists? Who created, trained, armed & financed the worst terrorist groups in the world? 🤨👇🏼
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21. United States decided to label #IRGC terrorists. But who are the real terrorists? Who created, trained, armed & financed the worst terrorist groups in the world? 🤨👇🏼
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1)New#Khorasan Prov vid, the latest in #isis recruitment series “The Best Outcome is for the Pious,” incl. fighters from #India #Pakistan #Kashmir, despite regions recently receiving own provincial designations-showing lack of self-sufficient media offices
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2)The vid also featured fighter “Abu Mujahid al-Farsi (Persian)" who spoke on behalf of fighters in #Iran, and stated, “We say to the Magian government and those who support it: wait for actions and not words...”
3)So far in this campaign, which has been bolstered by troves of coordinated supporting media, #ISIS has released videos from its #WestAfrica #Sinai #EastAsia #Caucasus provs - a troubling scope of mobilizing recruitment following recent reemergence of leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Zamfara in the last 7 days, like the week before it, reveals how the Military and the armed groups are engaged in a cat and mouse game. Human life remains short and brutish, as about 100 people were abducted and over 30 killed in the past week alone.
The state still suffers at the hands of armed men, including areas that witnessed a lull, following Police & Military deployments. The military is not also smiling with many of the people they were deployed to save. So far they have accused hundreds of complicity in the killings.
On Friday, four people were kidnapped in Jangeme along Gusau Magami road. The following day, three persons were also killed and scores abducted on the road to Sabon Birni from Anka by another band of armed men in #Zamfara.
Tomorrow, in Addis-Ababa, the Peace & Security Council (PSC) of @_AfricanUnion meets in emergency on the situation in Sudan under. Nigeria will chair it. It's the 1st meeting of any policy organ of the #AU on the epochal situation unfolding in Khartoum
dailytrust.com.ng/nigeria-assume…
dailytrust.com.ng/nigeria-assume…
Sudan matters to the stability of Africa in a way that arguably no other country does. It is a complex, big, fragile country with borders to the most complex & fragile regions of the continent. The potential for regional stability contagion are huge if Sudan is distressed
Sudan is critical to stability in the #Sahel, North Africa, the #GulfOfAden, the #NileBasin, the #GreatLakes, East Africa; the Horn of Africa, Central Africa & #WestAfrica. There's no other #African country whose wellbeing can so ripple through the continent like Sudan.
