It’s a privilege to be working with Bridget Conley and Dyan Mazurana on the intersection of starvation and sexual & gender-based violence. Here we introduce a series of insightful pieces from attendees of a conference hosted by @worldpeacefdtn.bsky.social worldpeacefoundation.org/blog/introdu...

Introduction to blog series on Gender Based Violence & Starvation - World Peace Foundation

This essay introduces the key ideas and challenges involved in examining SGBV and starvation, and introduces the nine essays in the series.

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In 2026, WPF is deepening its work on #conflict, #accountability, and #peace by connecting research, advocacy, and analysis to confront how violence is sustained and normalized. Join us to learn about the systems that drive harm and how they can be dismantled to create non-violent futures.

Professor Alex de Waal authors, "The War that Outgrew Sudan," on the role of outside players in the Sudanese Civil War. @foreignaffairs.com @worldpeacefdtn.bsky.social www.foreignaffairs.com/sudan/war-ou...

The War That Outgrew Sudan

Middle East rivalries are turning a local war into a regional crisis..

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Produced by Hamed Al Ghaithi—a student at @fletcherschool.bsky.social, the podcast Metamorphosis features Executive Director Alex de Waal on the war in #Darfur, the use of #starvation as a weapon, and why the #humanitarian response keeps falling short. 🔗 Listen here: shorturl.at/HzEFF

[#4] The War in Darfur with Alex de Waal – Hamed Al Ghaithi

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This year, our most read essay was “Who Is the World’s Greatest Famine Criminal?”, which explores #famine as a man-made crime and analyzes the leaders whose policies and actions caused the greatest starvation deaths in the last 150 years. 🔗 Revisit the full essay here: shorturl.at/T8kNj

Who is the World’s Greatest Famine Criminal? - World Peace Foundation

Who, in the last 150 years, has murdered the largest number of people by starvation and ranks as the greatest famine criminals?

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Alwande Khumalo (@armstradect.bsky.social) talks about why young people in South Africa are fed up with the status quo & how they are exposing #corruption & demanding #accountability. Read it here: shorturl.at/Gx2K2

The younger generation is fed up with corruption: interview with Alwande Khumalo  - World Peace Foundation

South African social justice activist Alwande Khumalo discusses her work exposing corruption and why her generation is demanding change.

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2025 was a year of deepening wars, escalating authoritarianism & resurgent famine. In this context, WPF & its partners published ten major reports, confronted #famine in #Gaza & #Sudan, exposed #corruption in the global #armstrade & documented community-centered pathways beyond mass #incarceration

A recent Al Jazeera English piece shows how EU migration funding and lax arms-export oversight empowered warlords in #Sudan. European money and weapons continued to flow into the conflict, deepening instability and humanitarian need. Read more here: www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...

How Europe’s migration policy and arms empowered Sudan’s warlords

European migration funding strengthened Sudanese paramilitaries, while weak export oversight allowed the flow of arms.

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Our latest blog by explores how #displacement is rarely voluntary when faced with famine within #Darfur. War, climate collapse, economic collapse & instability push entire communities to relocate, not for dreams or opportunity, but simply to stay alive. Read more here: shorturl.at/BQ7o9

Moving for Survival: Oral Histories of Famine and Labour Migration in the Darfur–BeG Borderlands  - World Peace Foundation

This blog post adopts a bottom-up approach to analysing recurrent famines in the Darfur–Bahr el Ghazal borderlands of southwestern Sudan

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Germany exported #arms to Israel throughout 2024, even as #Gaza raged on. According to new customs data revealed by @shadowworldinv1.bsky.social, Berlin shipped roughly €3.7 million in armoured-vehicle components & another €4.3 million worth of arms & ammunition Learn more here: shorturl.at/6hCNg

New Briefing: Germany supplied fighting vehicle parts and other arms to Israel throughout 2024 - Shadow World Investigations

For the first time, data analysed by Shadow World Investigations (SWI) reveals exports of arms and weapons components from Germany to Israel occurred throughout 2024. Germany does not publish its real...

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What does #famine look like? People in Al‑Fashir ground oilseed cake to survive, hospitals reduced to dressing wounds with mosquito nets, starvation replaced markets and kitchens. It’s a powerful reminder: famine isn’t an abstraction. Read more here: worldpeacefoundation.org/blog/voices-...

Voices from al-Fashir - World Peace Foundation

Famine in al-Fashir is man-made. Strikes on markets, hospitals, public infrastructures, and shelters were all the result of human decisions.

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Professor Alex de Waal authors "How Trump’s Pledge To Tackle Sudan Atrocities Could Play Out" for BBC. @worldpeacefdtn.bsky.social www.bbc.com/news/article...

Donald Trump pledges to tackle Sudan atrocities - what difference can he make?

The war is being fuelled by regional powers and the US president may have some leverage over them.

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What holds a political system together, and what tears it apart? In fragile states, political finance, not just resource rents, may drive the ebb and flow of power. Our new analysis shows why Read more here from our partnership with @peacerep.bsky.social: worldpeacefoundation.org/blog/rents-a...

Rents and Political Settlements - A Hopeless Muddle? - World Peace Foundation

Aditya Sarkar discusses whether a change in rent flows can explain the evolution of political settlements in the Horn of Africa.

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“Could see the blood on the ground from space” In this @vox.com's Today, Explained clip, Alex de Waal describes the massacres by the RSF in El Fasher, #Sudan —shelling, attacks on hospitals, executions & sexual violence carried out & filmed by paramilitary fighters. Listen at the link in our bio

Jared Miller examines what #accountability means inside transactional and #corrupt political systems, using #Nigeria as a case study. His research shows both the potential of grassroots engagement and the limits posed by elite political marketplaces. Read here: shorturl.at/hOUD8

Building Peace and Accountability in Transactional Political Systems - World Peace Foundation

Local dialogues can build coalitions and reduce conflict, but Nigeria’s transactional system and elite-driven elections block accountability.

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Professor Alex de Waal analyzes the two generals in the middle of Sudan's civil war, starting at (2:37). @vox.com @worldpeacefdtn.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

Can Trump help Sudan?

Podcast Episode · Today, Explained · 11/19/2025 · 27m

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Who Arms Africa? Over the next twelve months, this series from our partners at the @armstradect.bsky.social exposes how corporations profit from war in Africa. Learn more here: corruption-tracker.org/who-arms-afr...

The Corruption Tracker is exposing the arms trade as one of the most corrupt businesses in the world, affecting almost any region. Yet, the impacts of both arms sales and corruption are often ignored, or even excused, especially when it comes to the African continent. From Russian mercenaries to Emirati money to European weapons and militaries, some African countries have had to bear much foreign intervention even in supposedly postcolonial times.

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In an interview with ABC News, Professor Alex de Waal discusses how Sudan's paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces, gets its weapons. @worldpeacefdtn.bsky.social www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Is the UAE involved in Sudan's war? - ABC listen

Sudan is the world's largest humanitarian crisis but its civil war is being fuelled by weapons flown in from other countries.

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Out this week, a must-read book from our partners William Hartung & Ben Freeman of @quincyinst.bsky.social on #militaryspending – The Trillion Dollar War Machine: How Runaway Military Spending Drives America Into Foreign Wars and Bankrupts Us at Home Find it here: bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

The Trillion Dollar War Machine: How Runaway Military Spending Drives America Into Foreign Wars and Bankrupts Us at Home

How Runaway Military Spending Drives America Into Foreign Wars and Bankrupts Us at Home

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Media Round-Up: Insights From Executive Director Alex de Waal on #Sudan & #Ethiopia Exeuctive Director Alex de Waal continues to engage with global media the crisis in Sudan, the anniversary of the war in Tigray, and the geopolitical dynamics at play.

Professor Alex de Waal discusses the likelihood of a ceasefire in Sudan. @npr.org @ayesharascoe.bsky.social @worldpeacefdtn.bsky.social www.npr.org/2025/11/09/n...

Trump is making diplomatic efforts to end Sudan's civil war. What's at stake?

The Trump administration is pushing for a ceasefire in Sudan. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Sudan scholar, Alex de Waal, about the challenges in bringing an end to the conflict.

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Authoritarian regimes use identity, fear and gendered narratives to draw lines between the “us” and the “them” to create opportunities to seize power. Read the full essay here: shorturl.at/4iNKL #gender #authoritarianism

Interrogating the Authoritarian Frame: Boundaries of Belonging - World Peace Foundation

Authoritarians pose groups of people as the cause of societal problems, then prescribe exclusion of those peoples and enforced norms.

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Recommended listening: The MyTERN podcast by our friends at @tuftsprisoninitiative is about life before, after & during after incarceration using persaonal storytelling to reveal the systems of racial, gender and economic injustice that shape our lives. #podcast #massincarceration

Professor Alex de Waal quoted in a piece on the devastation of El Fasher, Sudan, at the hands of the paramilitary group RSF. @theguardian.com @rachelmsavage.bsky.social @elenamorresi.bsky.social @worldpeacefdtn.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

A Sudanese massacre foretold: the grim familiarity of the RSF’s rampage through El Fasher

Atrocities unfolding in El Fasher since it fell to paramilitary forces follow a bleak pattern seen in Rwanda, Liberia and Sudan itself, including lack of international action

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The lecture — How to Hide a Famine: Holodomor as History and Heuristic — will shed light on how the Holodomor served as a precursor to further instances of genocidal state violence & #famine denialism 🗓️ November 10 | 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM 📍In-person & online via Zoom Register here: shorturl.at/1kJEB

How to Hide a Famine - The Holodomor as History and Heuristic

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Before standardized systems for classifying #famine existed, early hunger maps offered a way to visualize food insecurity. Mapping hunger has served both to mobilize public compassion and to exert control, shaping how famine is understood, addressed & remembered. Read more here: shorturl.at/iW1ep

Years of deliberations on autonomous weapon systems (AWS) have yielded limited progress. The resulting landscape is one of complexity, sensitivity & growing urgency. @sipri.org is hosting a webinar on the possible future for multilateral policy on AWS on Nov 10 Register here: shorturl.at/UUoiW

SIPRI Webinar: Towards Multilateral Policy on Autonomous Weapon Systems

SIPRI is pleased to invite you to a public webinar on possible directions for multilateral policy on autonomous weapon systems (AWS), following the publication of a new SIPRI report on this topic.

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Professor Alex de Waal analyzes the paramilitary group RSF, which now controls half of Sudan’s territory, and its leader, Hemedti. @worldpeacefdtn.bsky.social www.bbc.com/news/article...

Sudan conflict: Who is RSF leader Mohamed Hamdan 'Hemedti' Dagolo?

Mohamed Hamdan Dagolo will either lead a breakaway state or seek to take control of the whole country, Sudanese say.

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Media Round-Up: #Sudan in Crisis Across global media this past week, Executive Director Alex de Waal offers insight into Sudan’s deepening crisis — from #famine and aid blockades to the escalating violence in #Darfur. 🎙️ Podcast | The Rest is Politics podcasts.apple.com/sr/podcast/l...

Labour’s Tax Timebomb, Climate Backsliding, and Sudan’s Forgotten War

Podcast Episode · The Rest Is Politics · 05/11/2025 · 51m

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Join us! We’re hiring a Research Program Lead – Future of Peace. If you’re passionate about global policy research & advancing peace, this role offers an exciting platform to shape the future of conflict resolution & international cooperation. Apply: jobs.tufts.edu/jobs/22456?l...