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10 Jan, 6 tweets, 4 min read
Pretty fascinating story... Traditional king in Mlomp (Ziguinchor region, southern Senegal) sets market prices for a number of goods, apparently for local produce. So curious to know more, #Casamance & #Senegal heads. xibaaru.sn/oussouye-le-ro…
I assume it is an attempt to protect local agriculturists from traders. The king acts as a de facto union organiser...
Fascinating that Diola kingships, often been disregarded, are gaining traction. In a way, the Diola have found their marabouts - decades ago, the Murid khalif general had intervened to get better prices for groundnut farmers, among whom he counted many follower
Curious to see how the Senegalese state will react to that. I suspect that kind of move could be seen as a breach of the free market... Curious to see how exactly the king can enforce this decision, what tools he can rely upon.
Also curious about where the inspiration comes from. Could it be the cashew pricing in neighbouring #GuineaBissau? The legacy of colonial and early post-colonial price control?
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8 Jan
Finally getting down to reading one of the recent rare reports on #GuineaBissau - on its part in the global cocaine trade and that part's part in its politics. globalinitiative.net/analysis/cocai… (thanks to @FrancoisPatuel) (a Portuguese version is available too)
It makes for a sad read, I must say. And it echoes with what I have been hearing this last year. Now as before, some networks within the military and the military-controlled Guarda Nacional keep the Judiciary Police at bay and protect the trade.
Either these military leaders vouch for the traffickers, or the traffickers bring on board a number of civilian politicians and officials too. I did not know that the son of Interior Minister Botché Candé was the head of one Bissau's police corps...
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28 Jun 20
This is big. Hearing from two different sources of an other major overhaul of the #ISWAP command. Khalifa steps down as wali, replaced by Ba Lawan. Abu Musab al Barnawi (not dead!) as amir ul jaysh. Krimima new head of the sharia. Abubakar Mainok head of finance.
I dunno for amir amniyya and amir hisbah. Any one has the rest of the line-up?
So it seems the two main factions have reached a deal, trying to get every one on board... Impressive how that organisation can handle very VERY serious internal tensions (until the next internal purge, I guess).
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5 Jul 19
Hearing a fascinating account of #ISWAP operations in the area of the Komadugu-Yobe... a few weeks back, a Kanuri village on the Nigerian side of the river was attacked by Fulani herders. @Pastoralist1 @alouibrahim92 @FulanNasrullah @jhjezequel
Subsequently, since the Nigerian state was not providing security, dozens of young men from that village decided to join #ISWAP, to get protection. In Nigeria as elsewhere, chaos and state weakness are opportunities for jihadi governance projects.
This (specific) case goes against the general idea of a systematic Fulani/Jihadi association, which a number of people cling to in Nigeria and elsewhere. Local configurations are key.
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