Reposted by Bertrand de SeissanPhilip Obaji Jr. @philipobaji.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Russia has recruited over 28,000 foreigners to join its military. Among them are foreign students at Russian universities. Sadly, many of these students are Africans pushed to fight in the war in Ukraine. One of the victims in this video was recruited by force from medical school 25624
Reposted by Bertrand de SeissanPhilip Obaji Jr. @philipobaji.bsky.social · 21/01/2026Wagner’s Bloody Legacy in Mali: Torture, Executions, and a Trail of Fear united24media.com/latest-news/...united24media.comWagner’s Bloody Legacy in Mali: Torture, Executions, and a Trail of FearRussian mercenaries in Mali face allegations of extrajudicial killings and torture, raising concerns about human rights violations during operations. 24620
Reposted by Bertrand de SeissanPhilip Obaji Jr. @philipobaji.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Wagner mercenaries are turning West Africa’s gold fields into killing grounds. From Sudan to the Central African Republic (CAR), Russian-backed forces loot, murder, and smuggle gold and other resources to bankroll Moscow’s war in Ukraine. united24media.com/world/how-mu...united24media.comHow Much Gold Is Russia Bleeding from Africa to Fund Its War?Russian-backed forces are turning West Africa’s gold mines into killing grounds. They loot, murder, and smuggle gold to bankroll Moscow’s war in Ukraine. 224199
Reposted by Bertrand de Seissanustadh 🔒 @dragoman.bsky.social · 22/01/2026Anyone tut-tutting about “Church teaching on the right of nations to defend their borders” is going to be remembered in the end as morally equivalent to the anti-abolitionist Catholic bishops who obsessed over “Church teaching on slavery” completely apathetic to the reality of slavery 410320
Reposted by Bertrand de Seissansbmintelligence.bsky.social @sbmintelligence.bsky.social · 22/01/2026🇨🇦#Canada PM, Mark Carney's speech @weforum.org #Davos confirms #Africa's long-held view of a fractured global order. The continent must build pragmatic sovereignty through regional resilience. sbmintelligence.substack.com/p/canadas-ne...sbmintelligence.substack.comCanada’s new reckoning: Navigating geopolitical rupture and African agencyCanada PM's speech at Davos confirms Africa's long-held view of a fractured global order. The continent must build pragmatic sovereignty through regional resilience. 063
Reposted by Bertrand de SeissanAfrica Center for Strategic Studies @africacenter.bsky.social · 30/08/2025Russian actors have played a leading role in seeding and amplifying false narratives around Burkina Faso’s military junta. The junta, in turn, has been among the most vocal supporters of Moscow’s growing security presence in Africa.africacenter.orgA Growing Divergence of Security Narratives in Burkina Faso – Africa CenterSince seizing power in a military coup in September 2022, Burkina Faso’s ruling junta under Captain Ibrahim Traoré has prioritized controlling the narrativ 199
Reposted by Bertrand de SeissanInstitute for Strategic Dialogue @isdglobal.bsky.social · 27/08/2025Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger’s departure from the Economic Community of West African States marked a significant pivot away from the West & toward Russia ⬇️ www.isdglobal.org/digital_disp...isdglobal.orgInvestigation | Pro-Kremlin influencers targeting audiences in the Alliance of Sahel States (AES)After Mali, Burkina Faso & Niger quit ECOWAS under military regimes, it seems they may have pivoted toward Russia with local influencers playing into their geopolitical agenda. 5124
Reposted by Bertrand de SeissanNicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 24/06/2025"Le jeune homme est allongé, nu, sur le sable, en plein désert. Du scotch serré autour du cou. Il bouge à peine, mains ligotées dans le dos. Certains de ses doigts ont été sectionnés. Son oreille gauche, elle aussi tranchée, git à côté de sa tête, dont l’œil gauche est crevé. 83531
Reposted by Bertrand de SeissanEUvsDisinfo @euvsdisinfo.eu · 12/06/2025It calls itself the African Initiative. But it’s run by Russian intelligence and linked to Wagner's #disinfo legacy. Joint findings by Viginum, FCDO and EEAS expose it as a Kremlin FIMI tool, not a news agency. #DontBeDeceived euvsdisinfo.eu/african-init... 0118
Reposted by Bertrand de SeissanVIGINUM @viginum.bsky.social · 12/06/2025#VIGINUM publie avec les contributions de partenaires internationaux, un rapport sur African Initiative, une agence de presse russe, pensée comme l'un des principaux vecteurs de la réarticulation du dispositif d’influence de la Russie en Afrique post-Prigojine ➡️ www.sgdsn.gouv.fr/publications... 02714
Reposted by Bertrand de SeissanNicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 12/06/2025French agency @viginum.bsky.social releases a report, including contributions from the FCDO 🇬🇧 and the EEAS 🇪🇺, on African Initiative, a Russian 'news agency' considered to be one of the main vehicles for the rearticulation of Russia's influence in post-Prigozhin Africa.sgdsn.gouv.fr 1187
Reposted by Bertrand de SeissanPhilip Obaji Jr. @philipobaji.bsky.social · 15/04/2025Witnesses in the Central African Republic told me some time ago that Russian paramilitaries carried out a series of gruesome killings that involved slaughtering several women and removing their stomach and intestines. www.thedailybeast.com/wagner-group...thedailybeast.comPutin’s Private Army Accused of Most Heinous Massacre YetWitnesses are pointing a finger at the Wagner Group over a series of gruesome killings that allegedly involved disemboweling several women. 65820
Bertrand de Seissan @bdeseissan.bsky.social · 09/04/2025To, ba damuwa. Lokacin da muka sake magana, za mu yi magana a harshen Hausa. 🤞🏻 010
Reposted by Bertrand de SeissanYarno Ritzen @yarnoritzen.com · 19/03/2025REVEALED: Russia's use of non-existing journalists/experts in francophone Africa as part of an influence campaign. In 'Africa's Ghost Reporters', we reveal a campaign that has impacted over a dozen francophone countries, with more than 200 articles published in local media. 🧵 24941
Reposted by Bertrand de SeissanVIGINUM @viginum.bsky.social · 07/02/2025VIGINUM publie ce jour un nouveau rapport sur les « Défis et opportunités de l’intelligence artificielle dans la lutte contre les manipulations de l’information ». A retrouver ici ➡️ www.sgdsn.gouv.fr/publications... 05842
Bertrand de Seissan @bdeseissan.bsky.social · 06/02/2025Le bonheur c'est d'avoir trouvé l'endroit qui sert le miyan taushe parfait, avec un équilibre irréprochable entre épinard, courge et arachide, pimenté juste ce qu'il faut. ❤️ 000
Reposted by Bertrand de SeissanAstropierre @astropierre.com · 03/02/2025Après analyse (et contrairement à ce qui avait été titré à l'époque) l'infime radioactivité au Césium 137 détectée dans le sable saharien qui s'était déposé en métropole suite à un épisode atmosphérique en mars 2022, ne provient pas des essais nucléaires français en Algérie dans les années 60. 1/2 516860
Bertrand de Seissan @bdeseissan.bsky.social · 03/02/2025Découverte du jour : la différence entre maniyyaci/mahajjaci (pl. maniyyata/mahajjata), personne qui a l'intention (= niyya) d'effectuer le hajj, et alhaji (f. hajiya, pl. alhazai), personne qui l'a effectué. #haoussa 000
Bertrand de Seissan @bdeseissan.bsky.social · 14/01/2025Le très joli idéophone "din-din-din" qui sonne comme les ricochets d'un caillou sur l'eau et évoque la permanence, l'éternité. #haoussadujour (Membres permanents : "masu kujerun din-din-din".) 010
Reposted by Bertrand de SeissanJean-Noël Barrot @jnbarrot.bsky.social · 03/01/2025Retour sur ma mission à Damas, avec @abaerbock.diplo.de. Voici ce que j’ai vu. Voici ce que j’ai dit. 1/8 24518
Reposted by Bertrand de SeissanAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 26/12/2024Exposure of a Russian project in Africa www.state.gov/the-kremlins...state.govThe Kremlin’s Efforts to Spread Deadly Disinformation in Africa - United States Department of StateToday, the U.S. Department of State’s Global Engagement Center is exposing Russia’s intelligence services for providing material support and guidance to “African Initiative,” a new information agency ... 3422102
Reposted by Bertrand de SeissanAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 26/12/2024Thanks to the Republican Congress, and a tsunami of lies from Musk and others, the only US agency dedicated to tracking and exposing Russian and Chinese propaganda around the world ceases to exist www.france24.com/en/live-news...france24.comUS agency focused on foreign disinformation shuts downA leading US government agency that tracks foreign disinformation has terminated its operations, the State Department said Tuesday, after Congress failed to extend its funding following years of Repub... 29158523052
Bertrand de Seissan @bdeseissan.bsky.social · 28/12/2024Tiens, quelqu'un s'est donné la peine de commencer à traduire sur Wikipédia en haoussa un long article consacré à Françoise Hardy ! 🥰 ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3...ha.wikipedia.orgFrançoise Hardy - Wikipedia 010
Reposted by Bertrand de SeissanSam (ABeardedPanda) @abeardedpanda.bsky.social · 08/12/2024There's something deeply ironic about how the Westerners who espouse slogans like "power to the people" are the most likely to believe that the only agency that exists outside of the United States of America is the Central Intelligence Agency 638758
Bertrand de Seissan @bdeseissan.bsky.social · 30/11/2024The simple evocative beauty of the Hausa word "ɗis" (ɗ being a voiced alveolar implosive), = "drip/drips" in English. 🥰 000
Bertrand de Seissan @bdeseissan.bsky.social · 30/11/2024Masar Bauchi: A taste of northern goodness (Daily Trust) ❤️ dailytrust.com/masar-bauchi...dailytrust.comMasar Bauchi: A taste of northern goodness - Daily TrustMasa is a local delicacy in northern Nigeria that is staple in many households with recipes varying across communities. In Bauchi State, this food has transcended local kitchens, finding its way onto ... 020
Bertrand de Seissan @bdeseissan.bsky.social · 26/11/2024The latest issue of The Republic on "Reimagining Nigerian heritage" looks incredible! 🤩 010