Hearing of a spectular hike in #Iswap's taxation of fish on parts of Lake Chad. Used to be 3,000 nairas for a carton with a market value of 90,000. Now 30,000.
And the market war goes on. Recent military ops against a fish market near the Lake. Goods destroyed. Some civilians killed. But of course, the business has resumed. Civilians cant do without.
The taxation of cattle stays the same - 1/30 of the herd every year. Since that rate is an Islamic prescription, perhaps it's difficult to change for a moment that claims to adhere to Islamic principles...
for a *movement. Ugh. I hate doing typos on Twitter.

• • •

Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh
 

Keep Current with Vincent Foucher

Vincent Foucher Profile picture

Stay in touch and get notified when new unrolls are available from this author!

Read all threads

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

PDF

Twitter may remove this content at anytime! Save it as PDF for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video
  1. Follow @ThreadReaderApp to mention us!

  2. From a Twitter thread mention us with a keyword "unroll"
@threadreaderapp unroll

Practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @VincentFoucher

Jul 17
Pretty fascinating thread on a "political settlement" built from below in Zamfara state. Some takeaways
First of all, if I am correct, the conflict was opposing certain Fulani bandits and a Muslim farming community from another ethnic group... Highlighting this for those who seem to only notice Muslim on Christian violence...
Second, the insistence (apparently correct) that the Fulani in question are locals, autochthons, reveals that indeed autochthony and the rights attached to it are at stake here.
Read 4 tweets
Jul 16
Hearing about #JASDJ #BokoHaram used to designate not only Islamic courts to implement sharia law, but also a level down, mediators who would try to resolve local conflicts before they were taken to the courts...
As @AdamBaczko and others have shown, part of the edge that territorialised jihadi organisations can have is their capacity to provide cheap and relatively efficient and credible governance.
Yes, #JASDJ and other jihadi structures have not shied from implementing and demonstrating gruesome and gory huddud punishments... But under that, there has been a lot more going on, an attempt to address discrete daily conflicts.
Read 4 tweets
Jun 28
Thanks to @YGuichaoua, I am reading a thoughtful old-ish piece by @hxhassan on the deglobalisation of jihad… Some thoughts and comments, with special reference to sub-Saharan Africa… newlinesmag.com/argument/what-…
Hassan argues Global War on Terror has been good at one thing: making it clear that global jihad was a losing game. And so the Taliban & Jabhat al Nosra have veered away from global jihad. They have refocused on local goals & fights. They have abstained from targeting the West.
Hassan does not put it like this, but it’s the old Stalin/Trotsky thing all over again. Revolution in one country wins. Always. Global revolutionary zeal is just non-politic, prophetic nonsense. Bureaucrats, local guys, managers know that, and in the end, they prevail.
Read 24 tweets
Jun 26
Sur la question de la Casamance et de l'écriture de l'histoire officielle au Sénégal, un exemple intéressant, par un historien dont les sympathies sont évidentes... senego.com/burok-ziguinch…
Nota bene: le papier reproche à Ousmane Sonko de promouvoir une histoire sénégalaise plutôt que casamançaise... De fait, Sonko est dans un rapport compliqué et prudent à la question casamançaise.
Il est de père diola, mais c'est évidemment un Sénégalais (un "Sénégalais de synthèse", comme dirait Macky Sall), né au Nord de parents fonctionnaires d'Etat (dont une mère "nordiste").
Read 7 tweets
Jun 17
Curious how the IS call for hijra to Africa, notably Nigeria, & the comparison they draw to the caliphate's rise in Iraq & Syria will be analysed by academics who think Africa is a minor issue for global jihad, a purely opportunistic front, with no solid evidence of links.
Nigeria has been a testing ground for the IS, and they have tried to replicate the model with other franchises further south. They don't run things centrally, & it has not always worked as they wanted, & the local history of the jihadi organisation has been a MAJOR variable.
But the IS has indeed been up to something in Africa, investing resources and attention. I keep picking signals of visits by IS envoys to Lake Chad at key turning points. In particular, they are trying to sort out continuing "fitna", division, between JAS and ISWAP.
Read 6 tweets
May 24
#Guinea Defence Minister Aboubacar Sidiki Camara ("Idi Amin") is announcing pretty significant reforms in the country's force. It's important, because the military is a key player in Guinean politics. A thread...
President Condé was removed by a coup in last September and the country is led by a military junta under Colonel Doumbouya, the #CNRD.
Here are the key measures, and thoughts about their meaning and potential impact.
Read 29 tweets

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!


This site is made by just two indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3/month or $30/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Don't want to be a Premium member but still want to support us?

Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal

Or Donate anonymously using crypto!

Ethereum

0xfe58350B80634f60Fa6Dc149a72b4DFbc17D341E copy

Bitcoin

3ATGMxNzCUFzxpMCHL5sWSt4DVtS8UqXpi copy

Thank you for your support!

Follow Us on Twitter!

:(