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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...

Exclusive: USAID analysis found no evidence of massive Hamas theft of Gaza aid The internal U.S. government analysis challenges the main rationale that Israel and the U.S. give for backing a new armed private aid operation.

So no evidence of systematic theft by the Palestinian militant group Hamas of U.S.-funded humanitarian supplies. All GHT operation is based in absolutely nothing. www.reuters.com/world/middle...

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

What we see in Gaza is the exact opposite:
• People are forced to move long distances in desperation
• Crowds are formed deliberately, without control or dignity
• Beneficiaries are not consulted—just managed, often with armed oversight
#DoNoHarm

When we organize aid distributions, there are basic principles we follow. Among them:
• Aid should be distributed near the point of consumption
• Crowds must be avoided
• Communities must be involved in lists and distribution plans
#HumanitarianStandards #Sphere #WASH

Palestinians gunned down while trying to reach food aid site in Gaza, hospital says Witnesses say Israeli forces opened fire on people near distribution point run by Israel-backed foundation

As a humanitarian worker, I’m outraged by how distributions are being carried out in #Gaza by the so-called Gaza Humanitarian Foundation #GHF. What we’re seeing violates every standard of safety, dignity, and humanitarian operational procedures. Thread 👇
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

I’ve seen the reality of the new Israel-backed ‘aid’ for Gaza. It’s nothing more than a deadly PR stunt | Eyad Amawi As an aid worker, I despaired at news of Israeli troops opening fire on people seeking food. This is no answer to our suffering, says Eyad Amawi of the Gaza Relief Committee

I’ve seen the reality of the new Israel-backed ‘aid’ for Gaza. It’s nothing more than a deadly PR stunt | Eyad Amawi www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Medical journals like the Lancet have been publishing articles a/b the Gaza Ministry of Health numbers’ reliability since fall 23. Given scale of destruction & recording methods, they were always undercounts. Outside numbers underestimate civilian death b/c they treat all adult men as combatants.

The Economist says that the Gaza health ministry's death toll, criticized by some as inflated and as Hamas propaganda, might actually undercount the death toll (it could be as much as double).

Israel plans to control aid distribution in Gaza with U.S. contractors Aid agencies say the plan runs counter to humanitarian principles, is logistically unworkable and could put Gazans and workers at risk.

Another step toward turning #Gaza into a concentration camp: private security contractors now overseeing aid distribution and crowd control. This is not humanitarian aid—it’s containment.

www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

A year ago, jour pour jour, I entered Gaza. Days later, Israel destroyed the Rafah crossing. No humanitarian response was possible—aid wasn’t allowed in. One year later, the situation hasn't improved. This is a crime, and someone will have to answer for it. #Gaza

Books from African authors and authors of African descent to look forward to in 2025 (Updated) Here’s your list of 2025 books from authors on the continent and in the Diaspora, sorted by month. There’s absolutely no way I could list every book that’s coming, but here’s what I think is notabl…

Have you checked back for updates? 👀

Books from African authors and authors of African descent to look forward to in 2025 (Updated) hararereview.wordpress.com/2025/01/04/b...

Malnutrition treatments halted in Ethiopia due to underfunding, WFP says The World Food Programme suspended malnutrition treatment for 650,000 malnourished women and children in Ethiopia this week due to severe funding shortages, the U.N. agency said, with millions more at risk of losing access to aid.

Just landed in #Ethiopia again after 3 weeks — and this is what I find. Lifesaving malnutrition treatments halted due to underfunding. This is what poor decisions based on dumb ideas lead to: people dying from preventable causes.
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#GlobalHealth #FundingMatters #AidCutsKill

'We will just die in silence': US aid cuts hit Ethiopia's fragile Tigray region Aid agencies distributing U.S. food aid in Ethiopia's war-affected Tigray region say they have had to stop feeding millions of people because of the Trump administration's restrictions on foreign aid.

We will just die in silence': US aid cuts hit Ethiopia’s fragile Tigray region #USAID #Tigray #Ethiopia apnews.com/article/ethi...

The Next Flu Pandemic Could Be Worse Than Covid If We Don't Heed History COVID and the 1918 flu pandemic gave us playbooks on how to prepare for the next pandemic. But we aren’t using it.

www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...

Eye before the storm

🚨 #Tigray Update: TDF rebels, led by Debretsion Gebremichael, have reportedly seized Mekele City Hall, the radio station, and Alula Aba Nega Airport (MQX/HAMK) from IRA loyalists under Getachew Reda, who has fled the capital. Armed checkpoints set up around the city. Casualty figures unknown.