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Vingt-cinq écolières ont été enlevées par des hommes armés dans la nuit de dimanche à lundi dans l'État de Kebbi, dans le nord-ouest du Nigeria. Ce pays, qui est le plus peuplé d'Afrique, est miné par l'insécurité et les enlèvements contre rançons y sont fréquents.

Two new bills have been submitted to the U.S. Congress to deal with the Cold War-era Jackson-Vanik amendment. 

Lors de sa neuvième visite en France depuis l’invasion russe en 2022, le président ukrainien Volodymyr Zelensky a signé une lettre d’intention avec Emmanuel Macron pour l’achat d’une centaine d’avions de combat Rafale.

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With violence against women and girls escalating to its most brutal expression – sexual assaults and murders of minors – people in Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan are reconsidering the abolition of the death penalty.

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Le reggaeman guinéen Elie Kamano a lancé une alerte dimanche 16 novembre 2025, affirmant que deux de ses enfants ont été enlevés par des hommes encagoulés, à Conakry depuis son domicile.

Dans une publication sur Facebook, l'artiste, ancien soutien du Comité national du rassemblement pour le développement (CNRD) devenu critique du régime, accuse directement le président de la Transition, le général Mamadi Doumbouya, d'être à l'origine de l'opération. L'information est rapportée par nos confrères de Vision Guinée.

Selon le médias, le récit de l'artiste indique que des individus armés ont fait irruption chez lui « à 4h du matin », saccageant sa maison et emmenant trois de ses enfants, avant de laisser revenir le plus jeune. L'aîné et le second seraient toujours entre les mains de leurs ravisseurs, tout comme son jeune frère, gendarme, également porté disparu.

Elie Kamano exige leur libération immédiate, dénonçant une stratégie d'intimidation visant les opposants au régime. « Toute personne qui ose s'opposer à votre pouvoir, vous vous attaquez à sa famille. Vous faites de la Guinée un État policier », accuse-t-il.

Il rappelle que d'autres disparitions, comme celle du père de Babila à Nzérékoré, restent sans réponse, et affirme payer le prix de ses divergences politiques avec la Transition.

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By Ambika Vishwanath and Treesa Shaju
Nov 17 2025 (IPS)

 
Emerging research on the nexus between climate, peace and security (CPS) supports the integration of climate adaptation and mitigation methods to advance sustainable peace. While climate change itself may not be the direct cause of conflict, its cascading effects such as resource scarcity, displacement, and economic stress could become focal points of tension. Although these links remain debated, meaningful responses could have delayed stabilizing effects. Locally driven responses become essential in addressing climate change as a security concern, to mitigate future cycles of conflict. A nuanced CPS framing can support smarter climate action while enhancing security at multiple levels. India’s scalable local models, Germany’s technical expertise, and Australia’s Pacific engagement pose an opportunity for the three countries to collaborate on advancing integrated CPS approaches.

How is this playing out in the Indo-Pacific?

The Indo-Pacific, one of the fastest growing regions from an economic, trade and development standpoint, is facing some of the most complex challenges arising from climate change and geopolitical developments. These are compounded by non-traditional security issues such as rising food, water and health insecurities, the intensity of which often eclipses traditional security concerns for regional policy makers. The COP27 Presidency initiative “Climate Responses for Sustaining Peace” (CRSP), spearheaded a pivot from a climate security nexus towards a climate and peacebuilding nexus that becomes useful to adapt for the Indo-Pacific region. The dichotomy of need, approach and security response provides countries a new potential for innovative engagement across the region.

Innovative approaches require acknowledging that current development models and business as usual will no longer be sustainable. As risks and challenges intensify with global repercussions, new partners must step-up with skills, knowledge and resources for ground up, contextual transformation. Germany, India and Australia have very different historical contexts and regional approaches, yet these growing global powers must respond proactively and in a coordinated manner.

Beyond solely relying on existing multilateral institutions, it is pragmatic to explore new configurations that address gaps left by larger organizations. Smaller groupings working with local actors can deliver ground-up solutions that states can sustain beyond donor cycles/political changes. They are also better equipped to pursue integrated approaches while working towards larger strategic balance and security concerns.

As one of the oldest and largest partners in the region, Australia has committed to being a principled and reliable partner to countries in the Pacific as well as the wider Indian Ocean region. Its 2024 National Defence Strategy, International Development Policy and remarks by senior leadership over the last few years suggest a strong commitment to relationships, with a global security agenda that is (debatably) climate-forward, ranging from disaster response to renewable energy. As a founding member of the India Ocean Rim Association (IORA) and the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF), it remains the largest donor with deep ties and networks despite a chequered legacy.

India positions itself as the primary security provider for the Indian Ocean region, evolving from a regionally focused Neighbourhood First Policy to a more comprehensive Security and Growth for All in the Region (SAGAR) initiative. It is a founding member of the International Solar Alliance which focuses on climate positive solutions especially for LDCs and SIDS. While India has had a longer history in the Indian Ocean, its engagement with the Pacific Island Countries (PICs) has steadily increased through grants, lines of credit, concessional loans, humanitarian assistance, capacity building, and technical assistance in areas like Health, IT, education, and community development. India’s development cooperation is guided by the principles of South-South cooperation, anchored on low-cost development solutions and non-conditional aid.

While Germany’s engagement in the region has been more recent in comparison, it brings technical knowledge and capacity in climate adaptation, ecosystem-based solutions, and capacity-building initiatives. German universities and research organizations are engaged in developing cutting edge climate tech solutions, which can be contextualised with regional partner countries. For example, the ‘Ensuring climate-resilient access to water and sanitation’ project strengthened rural water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) systems by integrating modern climate-resilient technologies.

Unlikely partners make for innovative engagement

Though minilateral cooperation has tended to proceed ad hoc or with a strict focus on blue economy or marine pollution issues, it offers a nuanced approach to balance traditional security concerns and emerging climate related risks and challenges. While many trilateral and quadrilateral efforts exist, a more efficient streamlining of projects, knowledge and resources can benefit small island countries in the Indian and Pacific Ocean that are often overwhelmed by attention. Many current efforts consume valuable resources while primarily functioning as discussion forums with limited tangible impact on ground. While Germany, India and Australia might seem like unlikely partners, their unique and complementary skills and resources can implement a more nuanced CPS agenda with partners across the Indo-Pacific. Their potential lies in addressing overlooked areas such as smaller projects, research, financing options and capacity building.

One way to begin collaboration is by establishing a trilateral technical cooperation track with the Pacific Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) Hub, a coordinated regional support mechanism for PICs to implement and finance their climate commitments. While Germany and Australia are already among the key financiers, this track could leverage Australia’s regional presence and expertise while Germany and India could offer institutional support on low grade technology, low-cost project design merging modern technology with traditional knowledge. The track could commence with scaled down water security related projects, a key area of concern for many Pacific nations.

Another possibility is expanding the India–Australia Centre of Excellence for Disaster Management to include Germany-based Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) that specializes in technology such as AI for Pandemics and Disaster Risk Reduction. Together, they could jointly develop, and pilot dual-use disaster risk resilience technologies and capacity-building programs tailored for the Indo-Pacific region.

While both India and Germany have ongoing capacity constraints, their technical knowledge can complement Australia’s operations in the Pacific. Ignoring these opportunities risks leaving the region trapped in reactive cycles of crisis management, without solutions that are locally owned and sustainable. Innovative approaches that focus on filling the gaps can address the complex ways in which CPS linkages play out. Moving forward, strategic coordination among partners will be essential to translating these approaches into sustained regional impact.

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Ambika Vishwanath is the Founder Director of Kubernein Initiative and a Principal Research Fellow at La Trobe Asia. She is a geopolitical expert and works at the intersection of emerging security challenges, climate security, and foreign policy.

Treesa Shaju is a Programme Associate at Kubernein Initiative with an interest in the intersection of gender, foreign policy and conflict. She is a 2023 Women of Colour Advancing Peace, Security, and Conflict Transformation (WCAPS) fellow..

This article was issued by the Toda Peace Institute and is being republished from the original with their permission

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This research explores how epistemological dissonance shapes agrarian sustainabilities in Mbeya, Tanzania. Through a case study of smallholder farmers navigating both market-driven and eco-cultural paradigms of sustainability, the research explores how plural epistemologies shape local sensemaking and agricultural decision-making. It demonstrates how farmers reconcile divergent sustainability logics, those rooted in market interpretations of sustainability with those rooted in relational ethics, ecological stewardship, and cultural continuity within agrarian landscapes. Employing hybrid strategies, farmers compartmentalize production, input intensive, market-targeting monocultures co-exist alongside primarily subsistence agroecological systems. These spatial divisions mirror deeper ontological tensions, as farmers articulate pride in market breakthroughs while expressing anxiety about environmental degradation, cultural erosion, and the loss of intergenerational practices. Building on plural sustainabilities literature and epistemologies of the South theories, the paper adds to scholarship reinterpreting sustainability not as a universal, singular paradigm, but a contested, contextually negotiated process. The case of Mbeya illustrates how epistemological dissonance becomes embodied through emotional and cognitive labor, and how hybrid sensemaking enables farmers to navigate conflicting knowledge systems. Rather than viewing hybridity as incoherence, the paper interprets these strategies as acts of situated resilience, adaptation, and resistance. The analysis contributes to political ecology and sustainability studies by foregrounding the ontological multiplicity at play in agrarian transitions and calls for institutional recognition of knowledge pluralism. Ultimately, the paper proposes a shift toward pluriversal sustainability frameworks that integrate both empirical and relational epistemologies, acknowledging that sustainable futures are as much about values and worldviews as they are about technologies and yields.

This research explores how epistemological dissonance shapes agrarian sustainabilities in Mbeya, Tanzania. Through a case study of smallholder farmers navigating both market-driven and eco-cultural paradigms of sustainability, the research explores how plural epistemologies shape local sensemaking and agricultural decision-making. It demonstrates how farmers reconcile divergent sustainability logics, those rooted in market interpretations of sustainability with those rooted in relational ethics, ecological stewardship, and cultural continuity within agrarian landscapes. Employing hybrid strategies, farmers compartmentalize production, input intensive, market-targeting monocultures co-exist alongside primarily subsistence agroecological systems. These spatial divisions mirror deeper ontological tensions, as farmers articulate pride in market breakthroughs while expressing anxiety about environmental degradation, cultural erosion, and the loss of intergenerational practices. Building on plural sustainabilities literature and epistemologies of the South theories, the paper adds to scholarship reinterpreting sustainability not as a universal, singular paradigm, but a contested, contextually negotiated process. The case of Mbeya illustrates how epistemological dissonance becomes embodied through emotional and cognitive labor, and how hybrid sensemaking enables farmers to navigate conflicting knowledge systems. Rather than viewing hybridity as incoherence, the paper interprets these strategies as acts of situated resilience, adaptation, and resistance. The analysis contributes to political ecology and sustainability studies by foregrounding the ontological multiplicity at play in agrarian transitions and calls for institutional recognition of knowledge pluralism. Ultimately, the paper proposes a shift toward pluriversal sustainability frameworks that integrate both empirical and relational epistemologies, acknowledging that sustainable futures are as much about values and worldviews as they are about technologies and yields.

This research explores how epistemological dissonance shapes agrarian sustainabilities in Mbeya, Tanzania. Through a case study of smallholder farmers navigating both market-driven and eco-cultural paradigms of sustainability, the research explores how plural epistemologies shape local sensemaking and agricultural decision-making. It demonstrates how farmers reconcile divergent sustainability logics, those rooted in market interpretations of sustainability with those rooted in relational ethics, ecological stewardship, and cultural continuity within agrarian landscapes. Employing hybrid strategies, farmers compartmentalize production, input intensive, market-targeting monocultures co-exist alongside primarily subsistence agroecological systems. These spatial divisions mirror deeper ontological tensions, as farmers articulate pride in market breakthroughs while expressing anxiety about environmental degradation, cultural erosion, and the loss of intergenerational practices. Building on plural sustainabilities literature and epistemologies of the South theories, the paper adds to scholarship reinterpreting sustainability not as a universal, singular paradigm, but a contested, contextually negotiated process. The case of Mbeya illustrates how epistemological dissonance becomes embodied through emotional and cognitive labor, and how hybrid sensemaking enables farmers to navigate conflicting knowledge systems. Rather than viewing hybridity as incoherence, the paper interprets these strategies as acts of situated resilience, adaptation, and resistance. The analysis contributes to political ecology and sustainability studies by foregrounding the ontological multiplicity at play in agrarian transitions and calls for institutional recognition of knowledge pluralism. Ultimately, the paper proposes a shift toward pluriversal sustainability frameworks that integrate both empirical and relational epistemologies, acknowledging that sustainable futures are as much about values and worldviews as they are about technologies and yields.

C'est Angélique Kidjo, icone mondial de la musique africaine qui va assurer la présentation des CAF Awards, une grande soirée de distinction des célébrités du football africain, prévue pour ce mercredi 19 novembre 2025 à Rabat au Maroc.

Pour animer les CAF Awards, la Confédération africaine de football (CAF), a porté son choix sur Angélique Kidjo, artiste béninoise reconnue pour sa capacité à faire dialoguer les musiques du monde avec les sonorités africaines. Plusieurs fois récompensée aux Grammy Awards, elle va assurer l'animation de cette prestigieuse cérémonie de la CAF aux côtés de l'humoriste Oualass.
Sont annoncés sur ce grand évènement de la CAF, les plus grandes stars du football africain et mondial. La cérémonie permettra de distinguer le meilleur joueur et la meilleure joueuse de l'année, le meilleur entraîneur de l'année, la révélation de l'année, et plusieurs autres distinctions dans le domaine du football féminin.
Les CAF Awards 2025 se déroulent ce mercredi 19 novembre à l'Université Mohammed VI Polytechnique de Rabat, au Maroc.

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Das Schreiben legt außerdem zwei Alternativen zur Unterstützung der Ukraine vor: bilaterale Zuschüsse der Mitgliedstaaten sowie die Mittelbeschaffung über gemeinsame EU-Schuldenaufnahme.

The first EU Parliamentary Democracy Forum will examine contemporary threats to democratic governance and explore best practices to increase resilience.

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The first EU Parliamentary Democracy Forum will examine contemporary threats to democratic governance and explore best practices to increase resilience.

Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

The first EU Parliamentary Democracy Forum will examine contemporary threats to democratic governance and explore best practices to increase resilience.

Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

The first EU Parliamentary Democracy Forum will examine contemporary threats to democratic governance and explore best practices to increase resilience.

Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

Le Premier ministre polonais Donald Tusk a dénoncé, lundi 17 novembre, un « acte de sabotage sans précédent » après la découverte de rails endommagés par une explosion sur une voie ferroviaire menant vers l'Ukraine. Aucune victime n'est à déplorer, mais l'axe est crucial pour le transit de l'aire militaire et humanitaire vers l'Ukraine. Varsovie soupçonne la Russie d'être derrière ces dégradations.

Passé sous les radars médiatiques ces derniers mois, le Mali est revenu au cœur de l'actualité suite à la pression croissante des djihadistes sur Bamako et sur la junte. Quel est l'état de la menace ? Risque-t-elle de s'étendre au Sahel ? Qui peut la contenir ? Quel est le projet des djihadistes du Jnim ? Parlons-en avec Djenabou Cissé, chercheuse spécialiste du Sahel à la Fondation pour la recherche stratégique, Stéphane Ballong, chef du service Afrique de France 24, et Wassim Nasr, journaliste France 24, spécialiste des réseaux djihadistes.

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How gender shape people’s experiences of climate change and security risks was in focus at the “Resilient Futures: Linking Climate, Gender and Security” event organized by the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities (OCEEA) on 3 November 2025 in Vienna. The event featured findings of a research study on the gendered dimensions of climate-related security risks in the OSCE area conducted by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) and commissioned by the OSCE.

“The intersection of gender and climate action lies in the OSCE’s mandate,” said Bakyt Dzhusupov, Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, during his opening remarks. “In the landmark Ministerial Council Decision from 2021, the OSCE’s 57 participating States joined consensus to intensify co-operation to strengthen climate resilience, adaptation, and mitigation, emphasizing the effective involvement of women in decision-making, and the meaningful participation of women and also of girls, where appropriate.” Speaking about Finland’s priorities as OSCE Chair in 2025, Kimmo Laukkanen, Deputy Head of Mission at the Permanent Mission of Finland to the OSCE, stressed the country’s long-standing commitment to promoting gender equality and climate security.

Turning to the findings of the recent study, Bárbara Magalhães Teixeira, researcher at SIPRI, underlined the need for systematic research and policy integration. She explained how gender roles and inequalities shape people’s experiences of and responses to climate-related security risks. Recognizing these dynamics can make climate and security policies more effective and equitable, she said.

The event also featured a panel discussion with Teixeira, Ambassador Brian Flynn, Permanent Representative of Ireland to the OSCE; Silvia Sartori, independent International Gender, Energy, and Climate Expert, Sofiia Shevchuk, independent Researcher; and Tanja Jakobi, Director of the Public Policy Research Center in Serbia. The discussion was moderated by Thomas Ritzer, Senior Climate Change and Security Adviser at the OCEEA.

Participants discussed how women’s leadership, inclusive decision-making, and targeted support can enhance resilience and stability in the face of climate change. They also exchanged experiences and good practices from across the OSCE region, including on integrating gender perspectives in environmental governance, energy security, and disaster risk reduction.

” Understanding the relationship between peace and security, gender, and climate change is crucial — not only to gain deeper insights into their impacts but also to ensure our responses are targeted where they are needed most,” said Ambassador Flynn “We look forward to seeing how the OSCE and participating States use the conclusions of this research to advance gender-sensitive approaches to climate, peace, and security.”

Highlighting OSCE’s activities in Central Asia, Sartori emphasized how  “the Organization enables people — and women in particular — to act as change makers and multipliers, driving the energy transition, generating new livelihoods, improving the wellbeing of families, while also strengthening self-confidence and creating new role models.”

The event was the culmination of a series of regional dialogues, workshops, and international forums on gender, climate change and security, held throughout 2025. Their outcomes will feed into the development of a toolkit for policymakers expected to be published in 2026.

These activities are part of the OSCE’s extrabudgetary project, “Strengthening responses to security risks from climate change in South-Eastern Europe, Eastern Europe, the South Caucasus, and Central Asia”, which is implemented by the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities implemented in partnership with adelphi and in close collaboration with the OSCE field operations. It is funded by Andorra, Austria, Czechia, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States.