Posts about current events/politics/development in Africa, building better cities, local Washington DC issues, and how biking is the best form of transportation. Live in Ward 8/EOTR. Lover of front porches and #bikeDC.
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Ryan Musser
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Washington will need to “begin treating the continent as a region of genuine strategic value, rather than as expendable at the altar of its Middle East agenda.”
Great piece from @zurilinetsky.bsky.social and @mikewoldemariam.bsky.social on how the US lets Gulf powers wreak havoc on Africa
Gulf states have emerged as a new middle power & Africa is a key component of their foreign policy. US has historically accommodated their adventurism in Africa, failing to protect core US interest of stability across the increasingly important continent
foreignpolicy.com/2026/06/03/a...
An investigation into Cameroon’s gold sector has uncovered more than 200 illegal artisanal mining companies, most of them foreign-owned, particularly run by Chinese nationals.
www.africanews.com/2026/05/14/c...
African governments are trying to tax their way toward stronger states, while much of the population remains informal precisely because the state has historically been weak, says @yinka.bsky.social
www.semafor.com/article/05/2...
@sarahykim.bsky.social at @wamu.org.web.brid.gy has highlighted the closing of my kid’s daycare center and several other affordable sites in Wards 7 and 8: wamu.org/story/26/04/...
At the nearest school to me in Somerville, MA, this is what the drop-off area looked like last Friday.
This is the effect of having neighborhood schools in walkable neighborhoods with streets that are safe to walk, ride, and roll on.
Your school drop-off could look like this too.
Why Washington let its Middle Eastern partners wreak havoc in Africa.
Nearly 200 illegal artisanal gold mining companies, most of them foreign-owned, have been uncovered in central and eastern Cameroon, the mines ministry said Wednesday.
The early learning centers, operated by the United Planning Organization, provide subsidized care for lower-income families, many of them in Southeast D.C. In March, UPO announced it was closing four of its 15 centers in early April, three of them in Wards 7 and 8. Parents had just about a month to find new places, and some are still searching.
We're (now) the older couple on the block that never had kids & has been here for 25+ years, and I can confirm it's not just people with kids who get included in these wonderful communities (at least in DC).
Gulf states have emerged as a new middle power & Africa is a key component of their foreign policy. US has historically accommodated their adventurism in Africa, failing to protect core US interest of stability across the increasingly important continent
foreignpolicy.com/2026/06/03/a...
