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Tanzania election killings: Outcry and calls for international investigations The death toll in election violence, which may run into the thousands, has left the country traumatised.

🇨🇩 Describing the killings as “the worst human rights crisis in Tanzania’s history”, a coalition of African civil society organisations is independently collecting evidence for a submission to the ICC.
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Read our latest analysis of a mass killing near Al Fashir, Sudan. Open source evidence that we reviewed showed that more than 80 people attempting to flee Al Fashir were killed near a berm that the RSF built around the city. www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/11...

Sahel 🇲🇱🇧🇫🇳🇪 MAP: The situation in the Sahel states of Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger and Benin as of September 2025.

This map is a joint production by @warmapper.org and myself

In Kenya, Gen Z Battles Corruption and Police Violence What keeps the Ruto administration running from crisis to crisis remains a complete unwillingness to listen to people and an unswerving commitment to responding to any form of dissent with violence.

Some thoughts from me on youth in revolt in Kenya for @hammerandhope.bsky.social. hammerandhope.org/article/keny...

Lukijan mielipide | Vesiensuojelu on Suomessa säälittävällä tasolla Olisiko vihdoin aika siirtyä vesiensuojelussa vapaaehtoisuudesta velvoittavuuteen?

Tämä on erittäin asiallinen kommentti.

Kun perehtyy maatalouden rahallisesti mittavan ympäristötuen lepsuihin vaatimuksiin, ymmärtää, ettei mitään tapahdu.

Asiantuntijat tietävät mitä pitäisi muuttaa ja vaatia, mutta Suomessa saastuttajalle maksetaan. Poliittinen tahto suojella puuttuu tässäkin.

Rather than always condemning masculinity—we need an alternative that is about protecting, promoting, and empowering. That’s the kind of masculinity I believe in.

Koumboli ravagé, les Mercenaires russes incendient la quasi-totalité des habitations, faisant un mort au passage Ce vendredi matin, les mercenaires russes du groupe Wagner ont procédé à l’incendie massif des habitations du village de Koumboli, situé à 3 km de Zémio sur la route de Mboki. Bilan : presqu’un millie...

Nearly a thousand homes in Koumboli village, in the southeast of the Central African Republic, were reportedly set ablaze by Russian paramilitaries last week. One villager who attempted to flee his compound when it was set on fire was reportedly shot dead
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The Second Emancipation: Nkrumah, Pan-Africanism, and Global Blackness at High Tide by Howard W French In this magisterial account, journalist French (Born in Blackness) revisits the history of the Pan-Africanist movement through t...

Super excited to see this strong pre-release review of my new book by Publishers Weekly. "Weaving a staggering amount of history into a propulsive narrative that recasts the 20th century as a long struggle for liberation, this is a towering achievement." www.publishersweekly.com/9781324092452

Probably the mic, but have you tried the Finnish alternative

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African Migration Trends to Watch in 2025 – Africa Center A preview of migration trends for 2025 including the need for more regional innovation to accommodate intracontinental population movements.

The past year has seen dramatic drops in African irregular migration off-continent: A 54% decline in irregular migration to Yemen (the primary entry point to the Gulf) & 70% downturn in European interceptions of African migrants /1

'Roads full of corpses': terrified Alawites in Syria flee attacks For two days, Rihab Kamel and her family hid terrified in their bathroom in the city of Baniyas as armed men stormed the neighbourhood, pursuing members of Syria's Alawite minority.

@afpnews.bsky.social's Laure Al-Khoury talks to survivors of sectarian massacres on Syrian coast: www.france24.com/en/live-news...

Syyriassa on ollut valtavan verisiä päiviä. Siviilejä on joukkomurhattu. Tilanteen rauhoittaminen ja tekijöiden saattaminen vastuuseen on nyt olennaista.

Samalla on edelleen paljon epäselvyyttä siitä, mitä tarkalleen on tapahtunut. Nyt on hyvin paljon disinformaatiota liikkeellä.

Trump administration says it's cutting 90% of USAID foreign aid contracts The Supreme Court on Wednesday temporarily blocked a judge’s order giving the Trump administration a midnight deadline to release billions of dollars in U.S. foreign aid.

Puhutaan vielä USAID-viraston lopettamisesta. Tällä on turvallisuuspoliittista merkitystä, jota en ole vielä nähnyt valtiojohtomme edes ajattelevan.

Viraston tuhoaminen on ollut testiajo Yhdysvaltain irtautumiselle kansainvälisestä yhteistyöstä. Ketju seuraa.

Lukijan mielipide | Jouduin työttömäksi, nyt minua ei kunnioita enää kukaan Tuntemattomat ihmiset kokevat asiakseen kertoa, kuinka työttömän tulisi ottaa itseään niskasta kiinni.

Hesari oli ystävällinen ja julkaisi mielipidekirjoitukseni työttömyydestä.

Innolla odotan, että Tavio pysäyttää nyt kaupan Yhdysvaltoihin ja alkaa neuvottelemaan yhdysvaltalaisten pakkopalautuksista.

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Ruutukaappaus artikkelista: Kehitysyhteistyö aiotaan myös ehdollistaa niin, että Suomi ei tue maita, jotka tukevat Venäjän hyökkäyssotaa Ukrainassa. Maiden pitää myös ottaa vastaan Suomesta palautettavat kansalaisensa. ”Kestäviä paluita ja palautuksia” varten kaavaillaan jopa rahastoja. Ehdollistaminen on herättänyt kysymyksiä jo aiemmin, sillä on epäselvää, mitä kirjauksilla tarkoitetaan ja mihin maihin niillä viitataan. Esimerkiksi YK:n äänestyksissä vain harva maa on suoraan tukenut Venäjää. Palautussopimuksista Suomi on neuvotellut pitkään Somalian ja Irakin kanssa, mutta niitä ei selonteossa mainita suoraan.

Innolla odotan, että Tavio pysäyttää nyt kaupan Yhdysvaltoihin ja alkaa neuvottelemaan yhdysvaltalaisten pakkopalautuksista.

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Mainstream discourse on conflict in eastern #Congo overemphasizes the role of natural resources. This precludes a more solid and thorough analysis overall. @judithverweijen.bsky.social and I explain how and why 👇🏼

Mun mielestä Ahtisaari I ois paras nimivaihtoehto. Sitten aletaan uhittelemaan Tukholmaa sillä. Vaaditaan Haaparandan luovuttamista Suomelle koska raja vuotaa vaarallisia nuuskatuotteita

So we’re all referring toTeslas as “Hitlermobiles” from now on, right?

The deterioration of security under military rule in the Sahel has resulted in fatalities spiking threefold since 2020. In Niger, fatalities linked to extremist groups are projected to jump 60 percent in 2024.
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Material world: How Europe can compete with China in the race for Africa’s critical minerals The EU faces a massive uphill struggle to secure critical raw material supply chains – and its efforts may even be undermining the bloc’s de-risking objectives by indirectly helping Chinese companies.

📝 Read the full policy brief here: https://buff.ly/4fcWflh
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EU leaders warn Donald Trump not to meddle with Europe’s borders Comments from German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French foreign minister follow US president-elect’s Greenland threats

‘“The international far right, which we have been denouncing for years, is led by the richest man on the planet and is openly attacking our institutions,” said Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, in a speech to mark 50 years since the death of … Franco’ www.ft.com/content/1dfd...

Merrick Garland failed miserably in delivering justice for Trump’s numerous crimes. The absolute LEAST he can do is release Jack Smith’s report so the American people will learn the facts. Publishing the results of special counsel investigations is the norm — burying the truth would be indefensible.

The Not-So-Frivolous Debate About Alcohol in Syria It is neither premature nor petty to raise the question of drink, which strikes at the core of discussions about the nature of the new Syrian state

Historically, alcohol consumption in the Middle East — including during Islamic rule — was an accepted facet of daily life.  But modern Islamist movements have weaponized alcohol bans as symbols of moral superiority.

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Sweetening the Deal for Cocoa Producers Pan-African collectives are finding new ways to boost the bargaining power of farmers supplying the chocolate industry

“The Global North will always win at this point, and that’s why we want to own the whole supply chain.”

Here’s how Pan-African farmers are fighting to boost their bargaining power while supplying the chocolate industry.

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Erinomainen koonta Assadin syrjäyttäneestä Ahmed al-Sharaasta

The minister responsible for women's empowerment (the only female minister in the transitional government) also said "I urge women not to surpass the priorities of their inherent nature as created by God, her nurturing role in the family"🙄

This is becoming the mainstream, consensus position in the global humanitarian / human rights community. It should be recognised and treated as such. Not just in the general discourse, but by policymakers above all. They have a specific obligation to prevent genocide. Active facilitation is criminal