More Iranian officials killed. Deeply troubling how warfare is being reduced to extrajudicial killings and politically motivated assassinations. Not just military targeting, but political elimination. All this technology, yet the logic looks closer to a mafia-style power struggle.

First 6 Days of Iran War Cost U.S. $11.3 Billion, Pentagon Says

That's about half of what it cost for USAID for a whole year www.nytimes.com/live/2026/03...

Three days ago, Israel ordered the south evacuated. Two days ago, they did the same to the southern suburbs. That’s more than one million people. Some, the most vulnerable, are sleeping rough by the sea or on sidewalks. Today, it is raining. War harms the poor the most.

These days I can’t stop watching Al Jazeera (maybe trying to guess where I’ll be deployed next). US officials sound like a stream of inconsistencies, loose arguments and obvious lies. you can almost feel the disbelief in the room. Israeli officials are more direct. But what they say is horrifying.

It is not only about #oil. A full blockade of the Strait of Hormuz + airspace would empty fresh food shelves in 1–2 weeks across the Gulf states and cities. Almost nothing is produced locally. Shortages and rationing would hit fast.

I was born in an Iranian prison. My parents were held in their jails. My uncles lie in their mass graves. Nothing you can tell me about the crimes of the Iranian regime that I haven't lived in blood and bone. That doesn't mean I want my people bombed, maimed, killed, their homes in ruins. If your vision of liberation comes only through the destruction of innocent lives, then it's not freedom you're after. Sahar Delijani, Iranian author

I am pro Iranian people. I stand with them against their own government’s repression AND against the imperial violence in the form of bombs dropped from the sky from Israel & the US who have already killed hundreds.

I support neither imperialism or dictatorship.

Sahar Delijani said it best:

Impact of two decades of humanitarian and development assistance and the projected mortality consequences of current defunding to 2030: retrospective evaluation and forecasting analysis ODA funding has played a decisive role in reducing preventable mortality across LMICs over the past two decades, and the abrupt withdrawal of this support threatens to cause millions of avoidable deat...

New Lancet Global Health study warns that continued cuts to humanitarian & development aid could cause up to 22 million extra deaths by 2030, including more than 5 million children. After 20 years of progress, we’re now undoing it. Aid saves lives. Cuts cost lives. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

this is so silly and W started it. State actors are not terrorist organizations. Terrorist means non-state actor. State actors are war criminals. Immense legal and diplomatic wrongs flow from confusing the two, including preemptive wars

Iran accused of ‘campaign of revenge’ as doctors arrested for treating protesters US state department calls for the release of all detained healthcare workers as at least one arrested surgeon reported to be at risk of execution

Imagine applying to Israel the exact language Western governments use with #Iran:
“Tsahal added to terror list organizations”, “release prisoners and protect healthcare workers”, “respect civil rights”, “pressure linked to a nuclear deal”.
Would consistency be too much to ask?
#EqualTreatment

Fuente? 😵

I always struggled to understand what pushed Stefan Zweig to end his life. Today, living in a time when bad guys seem to be winning everywhere and shitty values are rising all around us, I start to understand the feeling. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

While media talk about a peace deal between #DRC and #Rwanda, people on the ground don’t seem to believe the war will stop. In my team they expect M23 to keep moving toward Kisangani, with a real risk for Kasaï. If Kalemie falls, the road to Kinshasa is wide open. The risk of an escalation is real.

#COP30 showed us that you don’t need a U.S. delegation to sabotage a climate conference. Other countries’ lack of political will, combined with an army of lobbyists, can do the job just fine. #COP30ODG

The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.

The dismantling of #USAID isn’t just rhetoric. According to available data it has already led to 600.000 deaths, most of them children. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
#GlobalHealth #AidMatters #HumanitarianCrisis

The catch-up immunisation campaign across #Gaza has started.

UNRWA, together with @unicef.org, @who.int & partners, is helping deliver life-saving vaccines and health services for thousands of children who missed essential doses during the war.

#UNRWAworks

Two Antonov An-2s rotting under the sun in Katanga.
First flew in the late 1940s in the USSR, reached Africa in the 1960s with independence movements. Aviation relics slowly fading. ✈️☀️

Today I passed by #Lumumba ’s house in #Kinshasa. No sign, no landmark, nothing to show this place where history changed — not only for #Africa, but for the world.

The #Nobel #Peace Prize keeps sinking lower. Giving it to someone who’s called for military insurrection and foreign intervention against their own country is as absurd as when they gave it to Obama or the EU

Here’s the full text of Trump’s 20-point plan to end Israel’s war on Gaza The White House says its proposal would end the war on Gaza immediately if both sides accept.

The most shocking part of Trump’s 20-point “peace” plan is its total disregard for democracy and Palestinians’ right to vote. No elections are planned. Palestinians will be governed indefinitely by others — including the old metropole. #politicalrights www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/...

No, una protesta pacífica no pasa a ser violenta por cortar un evento deportivo o por tirar unas vallas, según el derecho internacional Amnistía Internacional concluye que la concentración propalestina que acabó con la suspensión de la Vuelta "fue eminentemente pacífica". Según el Comité de los Derechos Humanos de la ONU, una protesta...

Don’t let them curtail the right to protest.
Under international law, a peaceful protest doesn’t become “violent” just for disrupting a sporting event or removing barriers.
#RightToProtest #HumanRights www.eldiario.es/desalambre/n...

UNRWA chief: ‘Gaza is becoming the graveyard of international humanitarian law’ With famine declared and nearly 63,000 dead in less than two years, Philippe Lazzarini condemns the international community’s failure to act against Israel’s impunity

Gaza is becoming the graveyard of international humanitarian law. We have made the Geneva convention[s] almost irrelevant. What is happening and being accepted today in Gaza is not something that can be isolated; it will become the new norm for all future conflicts english.elpais.com/internationa...

The Tangled Legacy of the Man Who Led Africa’s Liberation

A lovely review of what sounds like an essential new book from Howard W. French (@hofrench.bsky.social). Gift link: Jennifer Szalai (@jenszalai.bsky.social), "The Tangled Legacy of the Man Who Led Africa’s Liberation" (NYT; #skystorians) www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/b...

“Why use airdrops when you can drive hundreds of trucks through the borders?,” Juliette Touma tells @nytimes.com
“It’s much easier, more effective, faster, cheaper.”

Lift the siege, open the gates and guarantee safe movements and dignified access to people in need.

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/25/w...

Evaluating the impact of two decades of USAID interventions and projecting the effects of defunding on mortality up to 2030: a retrospective impact evaluation and forecasting analysis USAID funding has significantly contributed to the reduction in adult and child mortality across low-income and middle-income countries over the past two decades. Our estimates show that, unless the a...

#USAID funding helped prevent 91.8 million deaths (35.2M under 5) from 2001–2021.
Now, steep cuts could cause 14M more deaths by 2030 — 4.5M of them children.
Aid saves lives. Cutting it costs them.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

it's here!

Money, Value, and the State: Sovereignty and Citizenship in East Africa

my book has arrived.

a brief 🧵

US to give $30m to Gaza Humanitarian Foundation despite violent and chaotic rollout of food distribution Grant makes US a direct backer of aid organization that reportedly has collaboration with Israeli government

I’ve overseen many aid distributions—some funded by #USAID, some in #Gaza. No deaths, no major incidents, always with attention to vulnerable people and human rights. What’s happening now—exposing civilians to death at aid points—is deliberate and unnecessary. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

So the main outcome of the US-Israel war on Iran’s nuclear program? Iran likely quitting the NPT, advancing its nuclear program without IAEA oversight, and deciding it needs nukes—because multilateral orgs couldn’t/didn't protect it from a non-compliant NPT state. Great job, folks.

During an outbreak, what does “contact tracing” mean?

A newly released disease agnostic practical guideline, helps to strengthen public health responses during outbreaks by defining essential terms.

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Those responsible are not humanitarian actors.
They are perpetrators, and they must be held accountable.
#NotInOurName #HumanitarianEthics #Gaza

Mix this with the presence of weapons and no community role, and you create a recipe for violence, chaos, and death. This is not humanitarian aid—it’s disaster by design.
#InternationalHumanitarianLaw