The African Geopolitical ATLAS 2025 - Conflicting Information Conflicted Realities

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Summary

In this edition of the ATLAS, Stake experts challenges the dominant assumptions on information, such as the central role of the internet as a “neutral” tool for information dissemination or the realist theoretical perception of states as sole players or power brokers in the information space. Instead, using specific perspectives and case studies from African scholars and practitioners, this volume points out a conflictual intersection of subjectivities in the information space, whereby information and, therefore, perceived realities is constructed through the intertwining of power dynamics, colonial legacies in framing African state actors, and struggles for legitimacy impose one’s subjective “truth” over others. Hence, although this volume acknowledges some structural representation surrounding key concepts such as access, reach, and dissemination of information, it does so from the standpoint of seeing them as necessary fuels and tools that conflictual intersections of subjectivities.

Our Guest Authors: Mireille Eza is a lawyer and diplomat by profession, an international cooperation practitioner, and a deeply committed pan-Africanist thinker. Dr. Georgette Djoufan Fotsing is a scholar specialising in International Relations, Peace and Security, and Gender Studies, holding a Ph.D. from IRIC. Wendyam Hervé Lankoandé is an independent political analyst specialising in peace, security, and development in Francophone West Africa.

About Stake experts: Stake experts is a research consultancy firm that accompanies organisations to smoothly simplify the process of researching and addressing conflict and security risks in the African context. We specialise in developing and implementing early warning systems, conducting in-depth field research, and translating complex data into actionable insights for our partners. Our expertise facilitates improved conflict-sensitive and research-driven programming in volatile regions in the Sahel and West Africa.

Available since: 05/05/2025.

Print length: 232 pages.

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