The World Food Programme said funding shortages were forcing it to cut 'critical assistance' to half a million people in Gaza, just under a quarter of the population. ft.trib.al/ahOBt9a
Walt Kilroy
@waltkilroy.bsky.social
Co-Director, DCU Conflict Institute @dcu-conflict.bsky.social Associate Professor, School of Law and Government Dublin City University Peace, conflict, development, and more
‘We could be facing a dire situation’: Irish aid agencies on the impact on the ground of funding cuts www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...
‘We could be facing a dire situation’: Irish aid agencies on the impact on the ground of funding cuts
International aid is being cut everywhere – what does this mean for the world’s poor and the Irish charities trying to help them?
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For the first time since 2000, when Ethiopia & Eritrea ended their last war, these neighbours now seem poised to engage in frontal combat. Should the two states lock horns, war could also extend across the region. It's not too late to avert an ominous scenario. www.crisisgroup.org/alr/africa/e...
Pulling Ethiopia and Eritrea Back from War | International Crisis Group
Addis Ababa and Asmara are edging closer to a direct conflict, which would cause further mayhem in the troubled Horn of Africa and the Red Sea basin. It is not too late to avert disaster.
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So many important lessons to be learned from the Colombian peace process: inclusion, tackling the causes, and how actors and conflict dynamics evolve. The agreement itself is ambitious, victim-centred, and closely linked to innovative processes of transitional justice. An excellent panel discussion
DCU Conflict Institute@dcu-conflict.bsky.social · 4w agoReally insightful discussions today on 10 years of implementing the Colombian peace agreement. Great inputs from Eamon Gilmore, Angela Ramirez @krocinstitute.bsky.social & Lucía Poveda Galeano. Chaired by Dr Eleanor Williams, and organised by @dcu-conflict.bsky.social in @dublincityuni.bsky.social
🗒️ NEW ANALYST'S NOTEBOOK | South Sudan’s President Jettisons Unity Government and Hardens Grip on Power @jongethon.bsky.social examines how President Kiir’s call for fresh elections aims to weaken his opponents, and may pave the way to worsening armed conflict.
South Sudan’s President Jettisons Unity Government and Hardens Grip on Power | International Crisis Group
Crisis Group expert Daniel Akech examines how President Kiir’s call for fresh elections aims to weaken his opponents, and may pave the way to worsening armed conflict
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🎧 NEW EPISODE | Hold Your Fire! This week, we discuss renewed fighting in northern Ethiopia, the risks of regional escalation and whether diplomacy can still stop the slide into all-out war. www.crisisgroup.org/pod/africa/e...
Back to War in Ethiopia? | International Crisis Group
This week on Hold Your Fire!, Richard speaks with Crisis Group’s Africa director Murithi Mutiga about renewed fighting in northern Ethiopia, how the conflict could unfold, the risks of regional escala...
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Seminar on Mon 5th Oct at 10.00 to mark 10 years since Colombia's peace agreement was signed. Location: X201, Lonsdale Building, DCU Glasnevin Campus Speakers: Eamon Gilmore (former EU rep to Colombia), Angela Ramirez (U of Notre Dame), and Lucia Povenda-Galeano (UCD) #Colombia #transitionaljustice
International humanitarian law has never seemed more important. A timely conference on its role in conflict today organised by the Irish Red Cross @icrc-uk.bsky.social with a keynote speech by Eamon Gilmore #ihl
The CRS Annual Conference 2026 is THIS WEEK! 🎉🏴 8-10 September, Glasgow. Workshops, keynote by Prof. Stathis Kalyvas, Book of the Year Prize, and conference dinner at Glasgow City Chambers. See you there! #CRS2026 #ConflictResearch #Glasgow
It’s hard to maintain hope and optimism at times, but clear analysis and a historical perspective are always useful when dealing with armed conflict. The excellent panelists are providing plenty of that right now at @thecrs.bsky.social @glasgow.ac.uk
Lecture by UN Special Representative on Children and Armed Conflict, Vanessa Frazier, in UCD on Monday 14th September at 5 pm. Registration for staff and students at universities on the island of Ireland: forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/respon...
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A huge congratulations to DCU Alumna Lara Danaher and her mother Sonya Bissett who made history last week after becoming the first mother and daughter to operate a commercial flight together for Aer Lingus! Read more via @news.rte.ie: launch.dcu.ie/4x3rOq4
Pilots become first mother and daughter to fly together
Two Aer Lingus pilots made history earlier this week after becoming the first mother and daughter to operate a commercial flight together for the airline.
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President Connolly underlining the importance of tackling the climate crisis as a matter of urgency, at the annual conference of @dcuclimate.bsky.social in DCU #climate
Very excited to co-organise the online conference and data sprint “Witnessing and Justice in Data-Based Research” with War Sensing project (ENS), the Telegram Archive of War (Center for Urban History) and @dcu-conflict.bsky.social on 31/03-1/04. See details of programme and how to register here:
Online Conference and Data Sprint: Witnessing and Justice in Data-Based Research | conflict-institute
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Congratulations to Angela Garvey, who passed her PhD viva with flying colours in @dublincityuni.bsky.social. Her thesis title is "Expanding the Scope of Harm: Understanding Different Modalities of Violence Against Civilians in South Sudan". @dcu-conflict.bsky.social
Condemning. Condemning again. Condemning louder. 🇸🇩💔 Without action, condemnation is just noise. Sudan doesn’t need words. It needs consequences. The UAE must be stopped. But money buys silence. 💰🤮 🔗 news.un.org/en/story/202...
Sudan: UN rights chief says worse is to come without international action
As the brutal Sudan war shows no signs of ending, UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Monday called on the international community to intervene immediately to stop more mass killings and other flagra...
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Panel discussion next Wednesday (18th Feb) at 14.00 in @dublincityuni.bsky.social looking at US intervention in Venezuela and Greenland. Room CG04. Speakers include Dr Eleanor Williams, @drandrewforde.bsky.social, @kenmcdonagh.bsky.social, Prof Gary Murphy, and @waltkilroy.bsky.social
Many #EarlyCareerScholars never receive the critical training in #Pedagogy & #Teaching they need to navigate the #Academia #Classroom. Join us for an interactive series of workshops on teaching #Peace & #Conflict studies. Register for session four: buff.ly/XKloUou
Reflecting on 20 years since the founding of the Irish Consortium on Gender Based Violence and the ongoing work to tackle #GBV. So important to keep this high on the agenda
Dr David Keane, DELI Member, will speak this week at the UN Forum on Minority Issues at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, presenting a new handbook on Minority Rights Jurisprudence of the UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies, commissioned and published by the Tom Lantos Institute.
Why is Sudan back in the news again? As the country's brutal war takes a new turn, the latest atrocities unleashed on the Sudanese population have been truly shocking. Piece by Dr @waltkilroy.bsky.social, @dcu-conflict.bsky.social, for @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social. Read here: launch.dcu.ie/3WRqtCN
Great to friends and colleagues represented in this Black Voices Exhibition in @dublincityuni.bsky.social recently. Visibility, recognition, and inclusion. And most importantly, their own words as well as their beautiful images
PI Prof @aislingswaine.bsky.social and postdoc @cjnicoson.bsky.social presented about ‘continuums of violence’ in #WPS. Thanks, @dcu-irgs.bsky.social and @dcu-conflict.bsky.social for hosting us as at the October conference 'Conflict, gender and human security – Where are we? Where are we going?'
DCU has conferred the award of Doctor of Philosophy (Honoris Causa) on the Pultizer Prize winning @nytimes.com journalist @declanwalsh.bsky.social. From #Ballina, Co #Mayo, he began his career in the @businesspost.bsky.social and studied at UCD and DCU. Read: launch.dcu.ie/3WiSvXG
Appalling testimony (but not surprising) of the atrocities being committed right now in El Fasher in #Sudan by the #RSF. Meanwhile the UAE escapes scrutiny as its main backer www.bbc.com/news/article...
Sudan war: Survivors of el-Fasher siege tell the BBC about RSF brutality
Harrowing accounts from people who have escaped an RSF assault on the besieged city of el-Fasher.
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Mass killing of civilians seen in Sudanese city of El Fasher now after it is overrun by RSF forces www.bbc.com/news/article...
Sudan conflict: El-Fasher's fall to RSF paramilitary force raises fear of mass killings
The UN says there are credible reports of "summary executions" in el-Fasher.
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Great keynote by Dr Shirley Graham at a conference on #womenpeaceandsecurity 25 years on from #SCR1325, along with other interesting speakers. Organised in DCU by @dcu-conflict.bsky.social and @dcu-irgs.bsky.social
Great panel at the launch of Ireland's Fourth National Action Plan on Women Peace and Security #WPS Intersectionality in action. With well-deserved recognition for outgoing chair of the Oversight Group, Nora Owen. assets.ireland.ie/documents/Fi...
Appreciate Senator Tom Clonan’s review of my new book in The Irish Times. "Unfinished Empire" shows how Russian imperialism has shaped the fate of its neighbours, from the tsarist conquests to Soviet domination and today’s relentless aggression.
