this is a great illustration of one of the fundamental insights of democracy — that there is no such thing as "the people" and that majorities are elusive and ever shifting. no election, no decision, is final and treating an election as a final decision is profoundly undemocratic.

Mark Chadbourn@chadbourn.bsky.social · last mo.

A fifth of Leave voters have died.

Hän on löytänyt ystävän!

Hippasen kesyyntynyt härkälintu ihan linnan kupeessa. Tästä on hyvä aloittaa oopperajuhlat 🥰 Saimaa ❤️

Difficult to describe how unusual it is for @icrc.org to speak publicly like this. "Heavy explosive weapons with wide-area effects struck densely populated urban areas, including the capital Beirut, without effective advance warnings." ICRC Outraged by Deadly Strikes in Densely Populated Areas

Lebanon: ICRC outraged by deadly strikes in densely populated areas

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is outraged by the devastating death and destruction in densely populated areas across Lebanon today following intensified military operations.

icrc.org

This is amazing. www.getyourfuckingmoneyback.com

There are currently over 1,780 citizens from the African continent fighting in the Russian army. The African fighters are from 36 different countries spread across the continent, according to the Ukrainian government. www.reuters.com/world/europe...

More than 1,700 Africans fighting for Russia, Ukraine says

More than 1,700 Africans are fighting for Russia in its war in Ukraine, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said on Wednesday, adding that Moscow was using deception to trick them into fighting.

reuters.com

When working on the portion of my dissertation exploring pre-colonial African martial norms, I wished for a resource like this! Fantastic to see this. Will be assigning this to my students.

Pieni empatiaharjoitus. Kuvittele itsesi lapseksi. Poliitikot leimaavat sinut ja perheesi rikkaruohoiksi/loisiksi, leikkaavat sadoiltatuhansilta kaltaisiltasi perustarpeista, teiltä puuttuvat samat kansalaisoikeudet kuin muita suomalaisilta eikä se edes ylitä uutiskynnystä. 1/6

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Pasi Pennanen@pasipennanen.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Kukaan ei näytä kirjoittavan kriittisesti myöskään siitä, että toimeentulotuen asiakkailta on käytännössä riisuttu jo lukuisia kansalaisoikeuksia eikä sekään tunnu riittävän. Mitä tapahtui journalismillemme?

Isäni osti uuden lampun kattokruunuun. Ihmetteli "minkä takia niin helvetin kallis." Mä sanoin, että toi laitetaan kattoon HETI

In 2018–20, the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation generously funded my research on Syrian armed groups, looking at why some factions grew while others fell apart. A year after Assad's ouster, we revisit the project to see what it might tell us about Syria's new rulers: www.hfg.org/insights/ref...

One Year Later: Reflections on How Syrian Opposition Groups United to Oust Assad - HFG

This month, Syrians at home and abroad had, for the first time in a long while, cause for national celebration. In the capital city of Damascus, and in immigrant enclaves around the world, jubilant Sy...

hfg.org

🇨🇩 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. buff.ly/Mw7n6Fz

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.

thenewhumanitarian.org

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...

Geolocating Darfur Killings of Those Escaping Al Fashir - bellingcat

Warning: Contains written descriptions of extreme violence including murder. All graphic footage has been omitted. A Bellingcat investigation has identified and verified the exact location of a mass k...

bellingcat.com

Bellingcat@bellingcat.com · 9mo ago

Social media footage and satellite imagery show killings as Rapid Support Forces took over Al Fashir (El Fasher). Bellingcat geolocated one incident on the city’s outskirts and showed it to the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions 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

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

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.

hammerandhope.org

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.

Lukijan mielipide | Vesiensuojelu on Suomessa säälittävällä tasolla

Olisiko vihdoin aika siirtyä vesiensuojelussa vapaaehtoisuudesta velvoittavuuteen?

hs.fi

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.

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 corbeaunews-centrafrique.org/urgent-koumb...

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...

corbeaunews-centrafrique.org

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

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...

publishersweekly.com

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

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.

africacenter.org

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

'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.

france24.com

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.

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.

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.

apnews.com

Hesari oli ystävällinen ja julkaisi mielipidekirjoitukseni työttömyydestä.

Lukijan mielipide | Jouduin työttömäksi, nyt minua ei kunnioita enää kukaan

Tuntemattomat ihmiset kokevat asiakseen kertoa, kuinka työttömän tulisi ottaa itseään niskasta kiinni.

hs.fi

Innolla odotan, että Tavio pysäyttää nyt kaupan Yhdysvaltoihin ja alkaa neuvottelemaan yhdysvaltalaisten pakkopalautuksista. maailmankuvalehti.fi/2024/08/maai...

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 👇🏼

The New Humanitarian@newhumanitarian.bsky.social · last yr.

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: ⬇️

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. 1/2

📝 Read the full policy brief here: https://buff.ly/4fcWflh @ecfrafrica.bsky.social

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.

buff.ly