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Thank you @ukindrc for hosting a crucial discussion on investment in #ConflictPrevention and #peacebuilding in the #DRC, with our ED Nic Hailey.
Preventing violence rather than bearing its costs is even more necessary now, with conflict on the rise and resources dwindling.
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Our Madini team is at the @OECD Forum on Responsible Mineral Supply Chains in Paris this week! We're looking forward to our partner-led session tomorrow on international due diligence requirements and managing supply chain risks in DRC. Learn more ➡️ bit.ly/3QRDrxV
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⚠️ALERT: The conflict in eastern #DRC is exacerbating the humanitarian crisis, with millions displaced and attacks against civilians. Together with @ForumOngiRdc we’re calling for urgent action to protect populations and ensure unhindered humanitarian access: forumongi-rdc.org/post/escal…
Conflict in DRC can only end when leaders in the region deal with its root causes and put DRC’s people and their needs first. (French in thread)
ALT ALERT Escalating conflict in eastern DRC raises concerns for civilian safety and humanitarian access Logo: Forum des ONGI RDC
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Gift link here: wapo.st/495Z83M
There’s a storm coming. We all know it. And yet Americans are pretending that everything is normal. plus.thebulwark.com/p/theres…
Follow the livestream with participation by my colleague Edwige from the DRC Madini project: A mine of sustainable initiatives for a just environmental transition youtube.com/live/ST-WID8PHzI… via @YouTube
Join me and my colleague Edwige #ParisPeaceForum2023 to discuss the efforts needed to ensure responsible supply chains for #criticalminerals in places like eastern #DRCongo. #intalert
Good piece and important message to policymakers!
Democracy in Africa is not a Western imposition aje.io/q5lr0z via @AJEnglish
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Many have asked: What should Israel do, if not this? Here is a detailed, 5000 word answer based on over a dozen interviews with leading experts vox.com/2023/10/20/23919946/…
In brief: to avoid disaster, Israel needs to scale down its ground campaign and reach out to Palestinians
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As hip-hop turns 50, here are 10 tracks that helped establish German-language hip-hop as a cultural force in Germany... #HipHop50
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ALT Hip Hop 50, German language-playlist. Image shows 10 CD/Vinyl covers
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We usually don't hear directly from villagers on the frontlines of the anti-jihadist war. This by @newhumanitarian corrects that -- a devastating take on the Nigerian military's tactics.
thenewhumanitarian.org/inves… (@newhumanitarian)
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Egypt's husband and wife squash champions bbc.in/441IMHm
😱 Every year someone asks me which African country to send their (white) European or American teenager to to bring development to the continent. I always tell them to send money, but they also always find a way to get their teen to travel. White saviorism is deeply engrained.
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Applications open - Conflict & International Law: A Field-Based Training Course
@EssexHRC presents an in person practical development course for professionals, taught by a leading practitioner in the field of Human Rights and Humanitarian aid.
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ALT Conflict & International Law: A Field-Based Training Course
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#Event
⛏️ Join us on April 27 for an insightful session on the real fiscal governance of the sector and reflect on how taxes and levies can contribute to (in)stability in eastern Congo.
Register on the OECD website to attend the event: bit.ly/40AqJWj
#OECDrbc
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Professional news: my contract at Leiden ends this month so I'm leaving academia. I'm good at my job. I publish a lot (3 books, 21 articles/chapters), got great teaching evaluations and supervised 4 PhDs since finishing my own in 2016. It's not enough though.
