Writer and analyst.

Former correspondent. 

 

Combining an academic background in International Security and Human Rights (MA) with seven years of experience as a foreign correspondent, Daaf specializes in a geopolitical analysis from below.

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For his work,  he has travelled all corners of Africa and beyond to cover topics ranging from coups d'état and protest movements to climate change and migration. 

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Among others, he reported on fragile situations and geopolitical trends in the Sahel region, South Sudan and eastern Congo (DRC). Additional fieldwork brought him to Mozambique, Ivory Coast, Mauritania, Ethiopia, Liberia and a dozen other countries. 

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As Europe increasingly finds itself relegated to a secondary role in a shifting world order, Daaf advocates for European adaptability and renewed partnerships with the Global South (or, as he prefers, non-aligned countries). He argues that this requires Europe to uphold international law, to tolerate criticism from non-aligned countries and to abandon its double standards.

 

These observations are woven into his debut book, that was published by Uitgeverij Pluim (August ’25), and play a leading role in his analyses and at The Bright Continent, 

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