The African Geopolitical ATLAS 2025

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 informationand therefore perceived realitiesis constructed through the intertwining of power dynamics colonial legacies in framing African state actors and struggles for legitimacy impose ones 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 AUTHORSMIREILLE EZA is a jurist 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 HERV LANKAND is an independent political analyst specialising in peace security and development in Francophone West Africa.ABOUT STAKE EXPERTSStake 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.stakeexperts.comlinkedin.com/company/stake-experts/