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Soudan : plus d’un millier de morts dans un glissement de terrain qui a décimé un village du Darfour

De 'r' van kRuidnoot is weer in de maand!

Welkom in de bieb in Wageningen morgen om meer te horen over Congo: bblthk.op-shop.nl/4013/wagenin...

Ah bon!

"Wie sjoeën ós Limburgs is", vrij naar Harry Bordon. www.volkskrant.nl/columns-van-...

Food for thought! I imagine you can conduct the same study in a European context and come to a similar conclusion @wakkerdier.bsky.social @partijvoordedieren.nl

Kom vanmiddag naar het 𝗟𝗲𝗶𝗱𝘀 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗲 over de conflicten in #Congo 🇨🇩 ⏱️ 𝟭𝟳:𝟬𝟬-𝟭𝟴:𝟭𝟱 (inloop 16:45) 📍 Centrale Bibliotheek 𝗕𝗽𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗖, Nieuwstraat 4, Leiden 🎤 @jacobscarolien.bsky.social (@leidenlaw.bsky.social) & Lidewyde Berckmoes (@ascleiden.bsky.social, @unileiden.bsky.social)

www.climares.nl will start in May; a large research consortium studying climate resilience in diverse African contexts and co-creating knowledge∞action networks. The first 4 PhD positions are now open, 7 more will follow. Focus on DRC, Morocco, Mozambique, Senegal and Uganda 1/3

ℂ𝕠𝕟𝕘𝕠’𝕤 𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕘𝕖𝕥𝕖𝕟 𝕠𝕠𝕣𝕝𝕠𝕘? 𝔾𝕖𝕨𝕖𝕝𝕕, 𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕣𝕒𝕝𝕖𝕟 𝕖𝕟 𝕞𝕒𝕔𝕙𝕥 Er is momenteel veel aandacht voor het geweld in #Congo. Waar gaan deze conflicten over en is er een oplossing mogelijk? Kom 11 maart naar het Actualiteitencollege met @jacobscarolien.bsky.social & Lidewyde Berckmoes @ascleiden.bsky.social

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🎧: Sudanese-born writer and broadcaster @yassmin.bsky.social joins this week’s episode of the Prospect podcast. Sudan’s war has been called the “worst humanitarian crisis in the world”. And yet, media coverage is staggeringly low. www.youtube.com/watc...

The situation in the US 🇺🇸 is serious, with the constitutional and political order rapidly changing. KIM LANE SCHEPPELE (kimlanelaw.bsky.social) explains in our editorial what has happened in the past few weeks and what is at stake. verfassungsblog.de/trumps-count...

Lots to be said about the conflict in Congo. It's important not to lose sight of the impact the conflict has on people who experience it firsthand. I wrote about it for the Leiden Law Blog: www.leidenlawblog.nl/articles/the... @leidenlaw.bsky.social

Most reporting on the M23 crisis in DR Congo is using mistaken framings, suggesting the conflict is purely driven by a desire to plunder the region’s rich mineral resources. Opinion from @judithverweijen.bsky.social and @ethuin.bsky.social: ⬇️

Wat fijn dat er ondernemers zijn die op deze manier naar de wereld kijken. Mooi tegenwicht voor een kabinet dat weinig op heeft met naastenliefde! Afas-oprichters schenken honderden miljoenen euro’s van hun vermogen aan goede doelen: ‘Wij hebben genoeg’ www.volkskrant.nl/economie/afa...

Die eskalierenden Kämpfe im Nordosten der DR #Kongo haben neue Fluchtbewegungen ausgelöst. Schon jetzt leben über 7 Mio. #Binnenvertriebene im Land - mit die meisten weltweit. @jacobscarolien.bsky.social berichtet im Report Globale #Flucht 2024 über deren Alltag. go.uos.de/qwvE6

Voor iedereen die wat meer wil begrijpen van hetgeen er in Congo gebeurt:

#DRCongo There is still intense fighting and weapon fire in several neighbourhoods according to a colleague who is there. Goma is chaotic with looting on an industrial scale in the centre. There's also local FBook reports of shelling around the Gisenyi border post.

🇨🇩 Eastern DRC's conflict worsens as the government teams up with armed groups to fight M23, sparking concerns about lasting peace. theconversation.com/drc-has-crea... #DRC #Politics

“I suggest that research storytelling is particularly well suited to community-based participatory research, as we explore methods to present findings in ways that are more culturally appropriate to the communities in which the research takes place." www.developmentresearch.eu?p=2096

Oh, the academic joy of moving a folder from 'proposals' to a real and existing project folder! #climares

Come work as a PhD researcher in Leiden, you'll be partly based at our VVI Institute for Law, Governance, and Society, and partly at the wonderful African Studies Centre! Interested in legal pluralism in Africa? growinresearch.eu/apply/

Notre blog est désormais disponible en français aussi: issblog.nl/2024/12/17/v...

The IPBES Nexus Report was published today. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Het kabinet hamert nu al zo lang op de zogenaamde ‘asielcrisis’, dat velen daadwerkelijk geloven dat die er is. Voor wie zich wil voorbereiden op de discussies aan het kerstdiner: de veronderstelde problemen en de échte feiten op een rij.

No less than six (!) PhD scholarships announced at our fantastic department. 2 are open calls for anyone (+1 open call for Danish MA’s) and 1 is reserved for Turkish Studies in our Mid East Section. Please spread the word! employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=16...

www.trouw.nl/buitenland/o... Met dank aan de grote oliebedrijven: de vloek van de natuurlijke hulpbronnen in Uganda 🙁. Sterke reportage van Andrea Dijkstra in @trouw.nl

Great PhD opportunity in Antwerp!

The #Belgian state is found guilty, by a Belgian court, of #CrimesAgainstHumanity in the colonial #Congo 5 women, forcibly removed from their mothers as children between 1948-53 and sent to a #Catholic mission, brought the case. www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...

Opportunities for writers and poets for December 2024. #Opportunities #Callouts #Fiction #Poetry #Nonfiction www.writingafrica.com/opportunitie...

This week we launch the Mixed Migration Review 2024, which this year focuses on migration politics. There is still time to join the online launch Dec 5, 2-3:30pm.. Agenda, registration and all info can be found here: mixedmigration.org/mmr2024/ #MMR2024 #migration

Ein neuer kleiner Text von mir zu sozioökonomischer Klasse im Kontext von Flucht in/aus Ostafrika. Im aktuellen Heft von iz3w, das sich mit dem Thema Klasse weltweit auseinandersetzt: www.iz3w.org/artikel/klas...

** Mozambique ** My books with James Currey and Rochester UP are on sale, with a 60% discount -- using Code: BB060 Here: boydellandbrewer.com #Mozambique #Africa #Catholic #Church #Africa #Civilwars #War #Conflict AfroLuso AfriPolsky

Together with Patrick Milabyo and Rachel Katembera I wrote a blog! issblog.nl/2024/11/28/s... ⬇️ We argue that attention for sexual and gender-based violence is important, but often focuses mostly on sexual violence, especially in conflict areas such as eastern DRC. BUT... 1/2

If you missed it, you can watch the archive of our online panel from last week on the politics of the Mozambique uprising. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlSj...

📢I am looking for 2 PostDocs and 1 PhD researcher for my ERC-funded project POLMIG on migrants in Africa: the positions will be for four years, based in Freiburg, Germany - Job ads available here arnold-bergstraesser.de/en/news/call... Deadline 27th December

Thomas Spijkerboer hiring 3 PhD's in migration and international human rights law at Ghent University: www.linkedin.com/posts/thomas...

Have a look at the new IDMC report, analysing displacement trends in Africa in the last 15 years (since the signing of the Kampala Convention): ⬇️

Reken mee met @fernandezamsterdam.bsky.social en zie dat de bezuinigingen op het hoger onderwijs totaal overbodig zijn. 👇

Afrique: Une femme ou une fille est tuée toutes les 10 minutes par son partenaire intime ou un autre membre de sa famille

www.france24.com/en/live-news... RIP Breyten Breytenbach, anti-apartheid activist and much more. Here's one of his poems, written in exile and powerfully expressing feelings that many migrants must have. He ends with a plea that will never become outdated 1/2

Worrying development in South Africa

www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2024... Dutch universities are facing drastic budget cuts, but plans still need to be approved by the Senate. NOW is the time to speak up! That's why there will be a big demonstration in the Hague on Nov. 25. Not based in NL? Please support us and sign the petition⬇️

www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/11... Climate displacement: you clearly see that the regions most affected by the negative impacts of climate change are not the regions that contribute most to climate change. Polluters should address root causes, but also losses and damages #climateinjustice #COP29

Great opportunity for early career researchers in conflict studies

statement van @woinactie.bsky.social Oproep WOinActie aan de universiteitsbestuurders: sluit op 25 november de deuren Op maandag 25 november 2024 (13.00 uur) protesteren medewerkers en studenten van alle Nederlandse universiteiten in Den Haag tegen de bezuinigingen op het hoger onderwijs.

Humanitarians are trying to carve out a role within the climate movement. But there’s a bumpy road ahead. @willrworley reports from #COP29: ⬇️