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A historic decline in foreign aid: Preliminary 2025 ODA data Official development assistance dropped by 23.1% in 2025, the largest-ever annual contraction.

Reading with dismay, not because aid is perfect, or even always helpful, but because war and meanness are so much worse. www.oecd.org/en/data/insi...

Of course no one from *checks notes* Sudan or Afghanistan could be in genuine danger.

On #UrbanRadar this month, we talk to Hannah Sender & Mariam Bazzi about the effects of seemingly endless military violence in #Lebanon on housing for displaced people.

We also consider the #Beirut Urban Lab’s wider work, including tracking ‘urbicide’ in Gaza.

Plus our usual monthly news radar…

Ik sprak in dit mooie - maar deprimerende - artikel van @noellehabraken.bsky.social in De Standaard over de vluchtelingencrisis (of eerder financieringscrisis) in Uganda.

Update: he's been released / il a été libéré #RCA #CAR #Wagner

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Centrafrique: arrestation d'un humanitaire français de MSF par des mercenaires russes Le gouvernement centrafricain accuse un travailleur humanitaire français de Médecins sans frontières (MSF) « d'activités subversives ». François Zamparini, employé dans un camps de réfugiés en RDC, a été arrêté, mercredi 4 mars, par des mercenaires russes à Zémio, juste de l'autre côté de la frontière, en Centrafrique, alors qu'il était en réunion avec des autorités locales de cette zone en proie à un conflit intercommunautaire sanglant depuis plusieurs années.

Centrafrique: arrestation d'un humanitaire français de MSF par des mercenaires russes

@adamsandor.bsky.social gave me permission to post this here. This type of conversation is becoming ubiquitous in our field. We can't let this go on

Joseph Kony: how a Ugandan war criminal and his soldiers have evaded capture and endured for decades Joseph Kony and his Lord’s Resistance Army have relied on borderlands and declining political will to avoid detection.

Joseph Kony & the LRA are still out there: in their smallest form ever, but still surviving. In this piece for @theconversation.com, I argue why this is the case: borderlands &lack of political interest: theconversation.com/joseph-kony-...; based on this article: www.researchgate.net/publication/...

Joseph Kony: how a Ugandan war criminal and his soldiers have evaded capture and endured for decades Joseph Kony and his Lord’s Resistance Army have relied on borderlands and declining political will to avoid detection.

Joseph Kony & the LRA are still out there: in their smallest form ever, but still surviving. In this piece for @theconversation.com, I argue why this is the case: borderlands &lack of political interest: theconversation.com/joseph-kony-...; based on this article: www.researchgate.net/publication/...

Between the ghetto and the establishment: Our new article explores the dilemmas facing Bobi Wine’s National Unity Platform as it moved from protest to party politics in authoritarian #Uganda, and the challenges/frustrations this creates. Open access! #Bobiwine #NUP www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Between the ghetto and the establishment: Our new article explores the dilemmas facing Bobi Wine’s National Unity Platform as it moved from protest to party politics in authoritarian #Uganda, and the challenges/frustrations this creates. Open access! #Bobiwine #NUP www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

À Goma, les civils coincés entre une autorité armée et un État absent - Parti pris Le directeur des Grands Lacs de l’International Crisis Group revient ici sur les conséquences d’une implantation durable du M23, soutenu par le Rwanda. Prise entre les menaces du groupe armé et (…)

"En évitant une annexion formelle ou une présence officiellement revendiquée (..), Kigali limite les coûts diplomatiques tout en maximisant les gains stratégiques." Article excellent de Richard Moncrieff dans @afriquexxi.bsky.social afriquexxi.info/A-Goma-les-c...

Uganda after Museveni

‘Uganda after Museveni’, w/ Alan Boswell & @kristoftiteca.bsky.social on @crisisgroup.org’s ‘The Horn’ podcast.

Uganda after Museveni | International Crisis Group This week on The Horn, Alan speaks with Kristof Titeca, professor at the University of Antwerp, to talk about the aftermath of Uganda’s election and what will happen when President Yoweri Museveni lea...

I spoke on The Horn, the podcast of the International Crisis Group, on 'Uganda after Museveni': Uganda's political future, and the 'succession/transition' question: www.crisisgroup.org/pod/africa/u...

Arrests and red tape: How Burkina Faso’s junta is throttling humanitarian aid Military rulers are tightening control through access bans, legal threats, and control of data.

Burkina Faso’s military junta is tightening control over relief groups, introducing new rules and detaining aid workers, even as humanitarian needs remain extremely high in the country.
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Uganda after Museveni | International Crisis Group This week on The Horn, Alan speaks with Kristof Titeca, professor at the University of Antwerp, to talk about the aftermath of Uganda’s election and what will happen when President Yoweri Museveni lea...

I spoke on The Horn, the podcast of the International Crisis Group, on 'Uganda after Museveni': Uganda's political future, and the 'succession/transition' question: www.crisisgroup.org/pod/africa/u...

📄𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 by @kristoftiteca.bsky.social & @salvgio.bsky.social
@egmontinstitute.bsky.social

"Beyond the jihadist label: Understanding the ADF’s multilayered violence"

#EgmontInstitute #DRC #GreatLakes #ConflictAnalysis #SecurityPolicy #ArmedGroups #Africa

𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 👉 tinyurl.com/55ascyz6

Iran Protest Death Toll Could Top 30,000: Local Officials According to two senior officials of the country’s Ministry of Health who spoke with TIME.

"As many as 30,000 people could have been killed in the streets of Iran on Jan. 8 and 9 alone, two senior officials of the country’s Ministry of Health told TIME—indicating a dramatic surge in the death toll."

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En Ouganda, l'Internet coupé en amont de la présidentielle et des législatives du 15 janvier Dernier jour de campagne avant la présidentielle et les législatives du jeudi 15 janvier en Ouganda, ce mardi a été marqué par la coupure de l'accès à Internet dans tout le pays. Lors du scrutin, Yoweri Museveni, le président sortant au pouvoir depuis 40 ans, brigue son septième mandat consécutif. Il a pour principal adversaire Bobi Wine. 

En Ouganda, l'Internet coupé en amont de la présidentielle et des législatives du 15 janvier

Four Congolese soldiers raped & beat 17-year-old “Marie” in eastern #DRC. She made it to a health center, but they had no PEP kits due to the abrupt cuts to US aid. Marie later found out she was pregnant & HIV positive.

Read more: www.hrw.org/news/2026/01...
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📄𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 by @kristoftiteca.bsky.social and Almontaser Belah Mhmood
@egmontinstitute.bsky.social

"The Danger of Simplifying Sudan’s War"

𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 👉 tinyurl.com/3r9cbfvm

DOJ admits it has still not released 99% of Epstein files, violating law The DOJ said it is still reviewing millions of Epstein files, after previously claiming it completed the review in July

This is very bad news for Greenland

En Ouganda, un scrutin sans enjeu mais un avenir incertain - Analyse Le président Yoweri Museveni et son parti, le NRM, remporteront probablement les élections présidentielle et législatives du 15 janvier. Mais le pays s’interroge sur la suite, à commencer par la (…)

En #Ouganda, un scrutin sans enjeu mais un avenir incertain afriquexxi.info/En-Ouganda-u...

En Ouganda, un scrutin sans enjeu mais un avenir incertain - Analyse Le président Yoweri Museveni et son parti, le NRM, remporteront probablement les élections présidentielle et législatives du 15 janvier. Mais le pays s’interroge sur la suite, à commencer par la (…)

La président de l' #Ouganda Yoweri #Museveni et son parti, le NRM, remporteront probablement les élections du 15 janvier. Mais le pays s’interroge sur la succession de l'autocrate de 81 ans. Si son fils est sur les rangs, rien n’est encore joué. Par @kristoftiteca.bsky.social et @foreignpolicy.com

"University administrators understand exactly what’s happening, and proceed anyway. As long as enrollment numbers hold and tuition checks clear, they turn a blind eye to the learning crisis while faculty are left to manage the educational carnage in their classrooms"

(PDF) Kony 2025: The Survival of the Lord’s Resistance Army in the Car–Sudan–DRC Borderlands Purchased PDF | Nearly forty years after its emergence, and despite a range of international efforts, Joseph Kony and the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) continue to... | Find, read and cite all the research you n...

Second, the #LRA’s persistence is not only about adaptability on the ground, but also about fluctuating regional and international political will—repeatedly undermining efforts to finally close this chapter. www.researchgate.net/publication/... END

Why? First, the #LRA embedded itself in local & transnational border economies, cultivating ties with a shifting mix of armed groups and state actors. Yet these same borderlands have also generated new vulnerabilities, from disrupted trade networks to defections www.researchgate.net/publication/...

Kony 2025: The Survival of the Lord’s Resistance Army in the Car–Sudan–DRC Borderlands Abstract. Nearly forty years after its emergence, and despite a range of international efforts, Joseph Kony and the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) continue t

Joseph #Kony and the #LRA are still out there, close to 40 years after they emerged. In this briefing for African Affairs, I explain why this is the case: "Kony 2025: The Survival of the Lord’s Resistance Army in the Car–Sudan–DRC Borderlands" academic.oup.com/afraf/advanc... (1/n)