The call for 2026 APCG Award Nominations is live! The deadline for nominations is May 1st. Nominate scholars for Best Dissertation, Best Graduate Student Paper, Distinguished Africanist, Best Article and Best Book! www.afpol.org/blog/2026-ap...

2026 APCG Award Nominations

The 2026 APCG Award nominations are now open and due May 1st! Nominate scholars for Best Dissertation, Best Graduate Student Paper, Distinguished Africanist, Best Article and Best Book.

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You can hear my discussion with @tessadevereaux.bsky.social on Mali and the role of JNIM here.

Arthur Snell@snellarthur.bsky.social · 10mo ago

In Mali's capital, the city is surrounded by militants from an Al-Qaeda affiliate. But would the fall of a Russian-backed military govt be worse? And is this inevitable result of cutting aid to the world's poorest nations? I spoke to Tessa Deveraux of #LSE. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...

How and why are JNIM gaining ground in Mali? My latest analysis for @uk.theconversation.com theconversation.com/why-an-armed...

Why an armed group linked to al-Qaida is gaining ground in Mali

Decades of neglect, corruption and state brutality have allowed armed group JNIM to gain the support of Mali’s marginalised communities.

theconversation.com

🚨 Job Alert! We have a fascinating new project running on jihadist insurgencies in Africa, for which three research positions are open. Only five more days left to apply! Details about the three positions 👇

#OpenAccess from the latest issue of @iojournal.bsky.social - The Determinants of Insurgent Gender Governance - cup.org/4jjcejL "I demonstrate that armed groups exploit pre-existing gender grievances, using strategies like punishing domestic violence..." - @tessadevereaux.bsky.social

Dozens more pregnant and postpartum women have died in Texas hospitals since the state banned abortion, our analysis shows. As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.

Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.

ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.

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The New York Times is the first to put out comprehensive estimates on the cost of a year without U.S.A.I.D. and they’re higher than I thought: - 1.65 million deaths from AIDS - 500,000 from lack of vaccines - 550,000 from lack of food aid - 290,000 from malaria - 310,000 from TB

Amanda Marcotte@amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 2y ago

Killing children is by design, I'm afraid. "Pro-natalists" like Musk claim they aren't racist, but their pressure to have children is solely focused on white women, while they back policies that literally kill of non-white children. He's a eugenicist. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

How & why do insurgents challenge gender norms during conflict? Using data on 137 armed groups and two Malian case studies, my new @iojournal.bsky.social article shows how rebels reshape local power relations by regulating gender customs. Read it here: bit.ly/3DIjRRe @polviolencepapers.bsky.social

I've written my thoughts down about one of Trump's many executive orders: condemning South Africa on baseless grounds. South Africa's Expropriation Act does not constitute anything other than a regular piece of legislation. blogs.lse.ac.uk/africaatlse/...

Trump has punished South Africa for something its government has not done

The US president has claimed the South African government is seizing land from white farmers. The reality is much more mundane

blogs.lse.ac.uk

Life-threatening infections in Texas have soared among women losing a pregnancy after the state’s abortion ban. www.propublica.org/article/texa...

Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.

ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.

propublica.org

Heard of the #manosphere? Dr. Mariel Barnes & @sabrinamkarim.bsky.social's new @cpsjournal.bsky.social paper urges the recognition of the revived men's movement as political, and explores when different parts of the manosphere turns violent. #GenderSky #polisky journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

The Manosphere and Politics - Mariel J. Barnes, Sabrina M. Karim, 2025

The revived men’s movement, colloquially the “manosphere,” has recently increased in prominence and influence, and has been connected to numerous instances of v...

journals.sagepub.com

Masters scholarships for Palestinian students at Sussex. Please disseminate? www.sussex.ac.uk/broadcast/re...

University announces new scholarships for Palestinian students

These scholarships will provide fully-funded support for two Palestinian students, with a particular focus on those impacted by the conflict in Gaza

sussex.ac.uk

Just in case you thought that removing DEI criteria would mean that everyone is competing equally: NIH is removing grad students from underrepresented backgrounds from the applicant pool altogether. Their applications will not be considered. Other students, not from these backgrounds, will be.

JOB ALERT: I have two vacancies for fully-funded, 4 year PhD positions in my European Research Council Project “Countering Jihadi Insurgencies in Africa”; one on Nigeria, one on Mozambique. Closing date for applications 15 March 2025, start in Sept. 2025 www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/vacancies...

PhD Positions in Political Science/Conflict Studies/African Studies (two full-time positions)

PhD Positions in Political Science/Conflict Studies/African Studies (two full-time positions, each 1.0 fte)The Institute of Political Science of the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences invites ...

universiteitleiden.nl

In an explainer for @goodauth.bsky.social, I share some historical and contemporary context to martial law in South Korea and Yoon's botched attempt yesterday. goodauthority.org/news/martial...

South Korea's president briefly declared martial law.

President Yoon’s approval rating hit a record low, at just 19 percent, last week. So what's behind his declaration of martial law?

goodauthority.org

jessica.substack.com/p/idaho-will... An appeals court has ruled that Idaho can enforce most of its anti-abortion travel ban, making it the first state in the nation to do so.

Idaho Will Enforce Abortion Travel Ban

12.2.24

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The call for the UCL Conflict & Change PhD Workshop is out! ECRs working on IR, conflict and contentious politics are invited to apply by 8 December. London 24-25 February, 2025. Apply here: conflictandchange.org/phdworkshop2025

PhD workshop - call for papers — Conflict & Change

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ICYMI: I wrote on shifting trends in Africa’s post-coup politics @africa.theconversation.com

Dr. Salah Ben Hammou@salahbhpolisci.bsky.social · 2y ago

🚨Pleased to share my latest article, co-authored with @drpowell.bsky.social, over at The Conversation. We unpack a concerning trend among Africa's recent military coups. The norm against military rule is dying - armies are clinching to power. 🧵below. 1/ theconversation.com/gabons-coup-...

It is an absolute shame that Anthony Bourdain is not alive for this moment