In one of my Sierra Leonean WhatsApp groups, someone just said "I know Sierra Leoneans who are part of the fighting (in Ukraine). One of them was planning to send his parents to Mecca with the proceeds from the war. Talk about robbing Satan to pay God!"

After experiencing the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, this news is so distressing. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/30/w...

The Department ‘Anthropology of Politics and Governance’ is offering a postdoc position (m/f/d). recruitingapp-5034.de.umantis.com/Vacancies/52... Deadline: 30 June 2026

What #Ebola protocols? Back from a week #Uganda on Sunday, I sailed through customs @ Dulles Airport w/out one question about where I was coming from, the fresh stamps in my passport or my 8-hour flight from Entebbe to Brussels My latest @ The Africa Report : www.theafricareport.com/419733/us-af...

Call for Papers: #Children #Memory work and Generational Relations in Global Contexts Special issue of Childhood. Abstracts due 1st June 2026 For call details: bit.ly/4dUvVi9 Please share widely!

The evidence of Sierra Leone's new status as the primary trans-shipment hub for cocaine is steadily growing truthmedia.sl/freetown-imp...

#USA_MIA Here's the state of play with #US embassies in #Africa as Frank Garcia prepares to take over the State Dept Bureau of African Affairs later this month My latest for @jeuneafrique.com's The Africa Report w/ graphic artist Erin Conroy: www.theafricareport.com/415891/trump...

Please join us in person or online to hear @jmarshallbeier.bsky.social and @hmberents.bsky.social discuss their research collaboration about images of childhood as technologies of governance. Wed 22 April, 5-6pm Brisbane time (UTC+10), 39a/501. Zoom Rego: www.rolandbleiker.com/news/upcomin...

This Is Just To Say I have turned off the AI features that were in the update and which you were probably hoping to monetize Fuck you they were stupid so unnecessary and so annoying

Same goes for every "genius" academic or scholar.

Since the headline is a bit confusing, the NYT is reporting that on the same day we hit the girl's school in Minab, we also sent a missile full of tungsten steel pellets at a girl's volleyball tournament hundreds of miles away in Lamerd. Twenty one dead. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/29/w...

📢 We are hiring a Professor of Peace and Conflict Research. Application deadline: 26 March! ⬇️ We are seeking an internationally recognised scholar to join our dynamic and supportive research environment in the very livable city of Uppsala, Sweden! 🔗 Apply / Learn more: www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...

Verstoppertje spelen: dat blijft Sierra Leone doen als het gaat om het uitleveren van drugsbaron ‘Bolle’ Jos Leijdekkers. Maar Den Haag wordt ongeduldig, en voert de diplomatieke druk op. Lees hier onze reconstructie van de Nederlandse operatie. 👇

You can help build billionaire-free local news. Repost this -> I give $1 Follow @51st.news -> I give $1 Follow me -> I give $1 Donate -> I match your gift Let's fight misinformation, help good journalists to make a decent living, and stick a big ol' finger in Jeff Bezos' eye.

NEW Q&A | New U.S. Aid Conditions Threaten UN Work on Women, Peace and Security The Trump administration is imposing conditions on U.S. aid that could have profound effects on women and girls. @cristaldowning.bsky.social explains the potential fallout. www.crisisgroup.org/qna/global-u...

I love this new article by Luisa Schneider "Carceral kinship and social sorting: A framework for analyzing differential punishment through kinship ties." journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Edmond Sylvester Alpha’s ability to rebuild trust in #SierraLeone’s election commission is in question after he oversaw part of the disputed 2023 vote and dismissed the #EU’s criticism of opaque tabulation and statistical inconsistencies. africa-conf.com/bio-appoints...

The Department of Education has hung a massive banner honoring a racist college dropout who built a lucrative career out of targeting professors for harassment

My review of Theresa Betancourt's "Shadows into Light: A Generation of Former Child Soldiers Comes of Age" in The Journal of Development Studies is now available online www.tandfonline.com/eprint/ITUSA...

Postdoc alert! I'm looking to appoint a Postdoctoral Fellow in International Relations (2 years) to work on my historically focused ARC project, “Humane Exclusion: How States Justify Excluding Refugees." Please share widely. jobs.anu.edu.au/cw/en/job/56...

ICE Is Detaining Hundreds of Children www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...

The forced recruitment of Colombian children is both a personal tragedy for hundreds of individuals and their families, as well as a devastating blow to communities across Colombia. The government should make the safety of these children a priority: www.crisisgroup.org/brf/latin-am...

I’m not sure we’ve properly addressed how profoundly disturbing it is that America can largely shrug at the stashing of human beings in giant warehouses.

Yesterday, the Burkinabè authorities announced the dissolution of all political parties and the repeal of the legislative framework governing them, along with the transfer of their assets to the State. 📸 OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP

There are 3,800 kids in ICE custody.

I am recruiting! Two 4-year postdoc fellow positions for 'Technology and the (future) Human in War: jobs.sussex.ac.uk/job/36e1adc2... #jobs #academicjob

📢 We’re Hiring a Professor of Peace and Conflict Research! ⬇️ We are looking for an internationally recognized academic to join our ambitious and supportive research community. 📍 Location: Uppsala, Sweden 📆 Application deadline: 26 March 🔗 Apply / Learn more: uu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

From my brilliant colleague and friend, Susan Erikson. sciencepolitics.org/2026/01/22/t...

María Cárdenas and I are looking for participants + papers for a panel proposal on "Fascist backlashes and conviviality in times of crises" for @europeanisa.bsky.social PEC 2026 in Lisbon. See our abstract below. Please send us your ideas until 10 February!

Another friend put it to me like this: "ICE has made the classic Nazi mistake. They've invaded a winter people in the winter."

Very tempting offer.

If the figures we're getting out of Iran are in the right league, this weekend was, I think, one of the bloodiest state crackdowns of all time. People are talking 12,000-20,000 dead; for comparison Hungary in 1956 was about 2,500, Tiananmen - across country, in multiple cities - probably 1000+

On January 20 at 1 PM, Free DC is calling on everyone to leave work and join us to rally together against this regime and in support of our communities. More details: freedcproject.org/event-list/w...

We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.

Call for session proposals for an interesting looking conference on connections between land governance and peace and conflict studies. submissions due Jan. 12! landportal.org/news/2026/01...

If the DEA had killed 80 innocent Americans in the course of apprehending one drug dealer, there would be riots. But we are so ghoulishly indifferent to the lives and humanity of people abroad that it's barely even part of the conversation.

kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life

*** Please share widely *** Call for Papers: Childhood and Public Memory Editor: J. Marshall Beier Deadline for chapter proposals: 30 April 2026 marshallbeier.com/wp-content/u...

Are you a mid-career #policymaker, #activist, #researcher or #practitioner committed to addressing #inequality? Apply by 16 January 2026 for the fully-funded 2026-27 AFSEE fellowship directed by my colleague Armine Ishkanian at the LSE's III: afsee.atlanticfellows.lse.ac.uk/en-gb/apply

Lots of grumbling in Freetown that it doesn't feel like Christmas at all. Everyone is hard up. "We thank God for life and health, and that's all."

The US Administration has banned Americans from *adopting babies* from much of the African continent. Adopting. Babies. What trait do those babies have that, when they grow up as fully American adults, would make them a threat to our country in any form?

Proud of my host institution this year, the University of Makeni, for this kind of work. unimak.edu.sl/universities...

In Sierra Leone, popular trust in the national electoral commission has dropped by nearly half since 2018, falling from 64% to 34%. Head over to our website to read more: bit.ly/4oYtGMq #SierraLeone #Trust #VoicesAfrica

For Black Studies, Critical University Studies folks: Our AFAS Dept is looking for a postdoc (1 yr, maybe 2) as part of a seminar on “Black Studies, Academic Freedom, and the Future of the American University.” Due Feb 1, details here: apply.interfolio.com/177073

Calling all researchers in forced migration, apply now for the RSC Michaelmas Term (Oct – Dec) 2026 Visiting Fellowship programme & the new Sally Hogg Prize to support applicants from low-income countries or with lived experience of forced displacement. More info: www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/news/the-sal...

Only a few places remain for Professor Dawn Chatty's event focused on education in Palestine. Education under Occupation II Speaker: Mohammed Natsheh, Director of the Hebron International Resource Network Friday 21 November, 4-5pm London and online Register here: bit.ly/education-oc...

Protect the University of California President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program! The PPFP is a critical faculty hiring incentive for the UC system & the Provost plans to end it WITHOUT Faculty Senate input. This is a violation of shared governance & academic freedom! Sign onto the letter👇

As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history. Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX