📄𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 by @nbaymar.bsky.social and @kvlassen.bsky.social
@egmontinstitute.bsky.social
"Why Does Peace Not Come to the DRC?"
#DRC #GreatLakes #Conflict #Peacebuilding #Africa #InternationalSecurity #EgmontInstitute
𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 👉 tinyurl.com/nhk5y2fa
Met @kasperhoffmann.bsky.social en @judithverweijen.bsky.social schreef ik een stuk over de wankele fundamenten van Trump's streven naar een nieuw Pax Americana in Congo. Wie denkt dat de door de VS gefaciliteerde akkoorden vrede zullen brengen, komt alvast bedrogen uit. www.mo.be/opinie/Trump...
Open brief aan de VRT: ‘Jullie hanteren een terminologie die de oorlogstaal normaliseert en banaliseert’
New ILS Report - More than 20 years after the adoption of the Comprehensive and Inclusive Agreement (CIA), war once again threatens regime stability in the DRC. As calls for peace negotiations multiply, it is necessary to take a critical look at the legacy of this power-sharing agreement.
Nouveau rapport ILS - Plus que 20 ans après l'adoption d’accord global et inclusif (AGI), la guerre menace à nouveau la stabilité du régime en RDC. Alors que les appels à négocier la paix se multiplient il est nécessaire de porter un regard critique sur l'héritage de cet accord de partage de pouvoir
The Dutch government decided to stop the regional program for the Great Lakes region. A program that mostly funded important projects in the east of the DR Congo. At a time that east Congo needs our attention most - and which requires a regional approach #DRC
Good morning. The #Netherlands is cutting its #DevelopmentAid by 2.4 billion. 50% cut to #Unicef. #WomensRights, #GenderEquality, #Education, #Climate, you name it. Gone. As a country, we are so wealthy, and yet...We keep cutting taxes for the rich. #Nederland
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De Amerikaanse socioloog Musa al-Gharbi houdt de universitaire elite een genadeloze spiegel voor in zijn boek 'We Have Never Been Woke'. Over politieke correctheid en het gevecht om schaarse eliteposities.
Local sources confirm their presence in several locations
A next phase in the further regional escalation of the conflict. While M23 asks for Burundian troops to leave Congo, Ugandan voices are building a narrative to take action in Ituri
#RDC #Ouganda Message du fils de #Museveni dont les troupes se déploient en #Ituri « Je donne exactement 24 heures à toutes les forces de #Bunia pour rendre leurs armes ! S'ils ne le font pas, nous les considérerons comme des ennemis et les attaquerons. »
These African countries will be hit hardest by Trump’s USAID cuts www.semafor.com/article/02/1...
While we all look at M23 conflict, violent attacks continue to happen in Ituri which are unrelated to M23 and have largely stayed under the radar.
With @judithverweijen.bsky.social I wrote this comment on why the Congo crisis extends beyonds 'conflict minerals'. (version française en dessous de la version angles) www.egmontinstitute.be/congo-crisis...
Het overlijden van “historicus van opleiding, socioloog van beroep en wetenschappelijk activist” Stephen Bouquin dompelt de Belgische linkerzijde in rouw.
"Zijn werk en engagement kunnen ons veel leren over de rol van intellectuelen in de sociale strijd", schrijft @vschelti.bsky.social.
With @judithverweijen.bsky.social I wrote a background piece to the current crisis in DRC. We argue that it cannot be reduced to a quest for resources.
De zucht van Rwanda naar Congolese mineralen als hoofdfactor zien van de recente inval in Oost-Congo, is te kort door de bocht, schrijven Judith Verweijen (Universiteit Utrecht) en Koen Vlassenroot (UGent) in een gezamenlijk opiniestuk.
In moments like these you can always count on Kash
De bezorgdheid is terecht. Maar laten we deze baseren op een accurate analyse.
With the arrival of the #M23 in the city of Goma, the Congo crisis has entered a next stage and level of intensification. Many wonder why this could happen. In an analysis written a few months ago @ethuin.bsky.social and I provide some background.
Important piece on why international response on current crisis around Goma is slow, limited and inaccurate
🔴🇨🇩#RDC : #Goma au bord du précipice. Analyse et perspectives à lire sur 👉 afrikarabia.com/wordpress/wp...
Devant le Conseil de sécurité de l'#ONU, la #RDC demande :
▶️La fin des hostilités par le #Rwanda
▶️Le retrait des troupes rwandaises
▶️Des sanctions ciblées contre les décideurs militaires et politiques rwandais
▶️Un embargo sur les minerais étiquetés Rwanda
🔴#RDC La réunion du #Conseil de sécurité de l'#ONU 🇺🇳sur la situation en RDC a été avancée à ce dimanche 26 janvier à 16h (heure de Kinshasa et Paris).
"Media statement from the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) dated January 25, 2025, detailing their pushback against M23 rebels near Goma, DRC. The document features the SANDF logo (a green shield with gold trim containing a stylized aloe plant) and reports casualties from two days of fighting. The statement announces that 9 SANDF members were lost while successfully preventing rebels from advancing on Goma."
Confirmation from the South African National Defence Force that nine South African soldiers have been killed in intense fighting against M23 over the past few days, and claiming that the group’s advance toward Goma has been halted.
⚠️ Une nouvelle fuite des négociations gouvernementales révèle que l'Arizona envisage de couper 25% des budgets de la coopération au #développement !
🚨 Une telle décision témoignerait d’une logique court-termiste, peu stratégique et contre-productive.
Notre communiqué👉 tinyurl.com/yrxkar23
#Arizona
Now out from behind the paywall: @maricohen.bsky.social
goes long on the crisis facing the field of genocide studies as institutions that emerged from the study of the Holocaust grapple with—or ignore—genocide in Gaza. jewishcurrents.org/can-genocide...
