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Ali Kony was supposed to succeed his father Joseph Kony at the helm of the LRA. He acted as the LRA's 'foreign affairs minister', but decided to escape.This is a story about Ali, and what the LRA still means today. My article in @newhumanitarian.bsky.social www.thenewhumanitarian.org/feature/2025...

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"I have love for my father, & I would have liked to have stayed with him" - Joseph #Kony's son Ali: from atop #LRA to limbo in 🇺🇬 His story interweaves with his dad, LRA, & broader patterns of militia/state violence Superb, from @kristoftiteca.bsky.social www.thenewhumanitarian.org/feature/2025...

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Happy to have this piece on Ali Kony out with @newhumanitarian.bsky.social Once in line to succeed his dad Joseph Kony, and considered the 'Foreign Affairs' minister of the Lord's Resistance Army in charge of trading ivory and gold -he decided to escape. www.thenewhumanitarian.org/feature/2025...

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Update: he hasn't slept.

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Looks like there's another long night ahead..#uganda

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Subscribe to @thecontinent.org, excellent (and free!) journalism 👇

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Sad news: James Ferguson passed away stanforddaily.com/2025/02/19/j...

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@kristoftiteca.bsky.social in der IPG ⬇️ www.ipg-journal.de/regionen/afr...

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US sanctions on James Kaberebe #Rwanda home.treasury.gov/news/press-r...

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My latest, for IPS journal : "The war we aren’t watching: Rwanda isn’t in eastern DRC because of an immediate threat — it’s there for the long haul" www.ips-journal.eu/topics/forei...

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Yes... Some other element we should discuss: many of us have criticized "liberal peace-building" (for good reasons), but now we are in times of "post-liberal peace-destruction" - strong men around the globe feel invited to pursue their deadly strategies with impunity...

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Great piece on Rwanda's part in the conflict in Eastern DRC by @kristoftiteca.bsky.social... Of particular interest, this comment that Ukraine and Gaza have shifted "the international response to invasion and annexation" www.ips-journal.eu/topics/forei...

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”#M23 puts much effort in showing its ‘benevolent rebel rule’…to show it’s more capable & effective than #Kinshasa…In the 1st 1/2 of 2024..M23 displaced an estimated 2million people & since the beginning of this year, another 700 000 were displaced” #DRC #Rwanda www.ips-journal.eu/topics/forei...

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#DRC "Our Office has confirmed cases of summary execution of children by M23 after they entered the city of Bukavu last week" OHCHR www.ohchr.org/en/press-bri... #M23 #Bukavu #RDC

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Given #Uganda's recent statements with regards to Eastern #DRC and #M23, here's an @egmontinstitute.bsky.social briefing I wrote mid-last year about Uganda's ambiguous relation with M23 "Uganda’s Chess Game in Eastern DRC: With or Without M23?" www.egmontinstitute.be/ugandas-ches...

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My colleague at U Antwerpen @kristoftiteca.bsky.social detailing in this interview how a large scale redrawing of borders is going on in the Great Lakes region, with Uganda also eyeing Eastern DRC

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Ik gaf een interview aan De Standaard, waarin ik m'n bezorgdheid uit over de schaal van wat er aan het gebeuren is in Oost-Congo. Ik praat vooral over de rol van Uganda, maar dit gaat over een poging tot bredere hertekening Grote Meren: https//www.standaa...

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The UK /FCDO specifically calling out Rwanda for its role in the #DRC conflict www.gov.uk/government/n...

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Ugandan troops around Bunia? To be confirmed..

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My latest for @africa.theconversation.com on the worrying developments in Eastern DRC: coup rumours in Kinshasa, which is increasingly losing control; and Rwanda - & potentially Uganda -further expanding. International pressure key to avoid further escalation theconversation.com/m23-rebels-a...

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Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.

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No more bedtime stories..

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Quoted in this @reuters.com story on the threat of Uganda/Muhoozi to invade Bunia. My concern: "All of this is concerningly similar to 1998 and the Second Congolese war, when there was a similar division of territory among Uganda and Rwanda." reuters.com/world/africa... #DRC #M23

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#Nairobi #soundtracktoacoupdetat

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Extremely worrying developments in the East of #DRC & the Great Lakes region more broadly with threats of #Uganda force commander to take Bunia

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Back to the future in Eastern DRC? Ituri for Uganda, the Kivu's for Rwanda..?

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I'm in The Continent this week talking about the recent Mining Indaba, critical and not-so-critical minerals. It's one of the best publications for Africa news, and it's free to subscribe: bit.ly/TC190

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passionnante plongée dans le système des "roulages" à Kinshasa – et qui reflète un ressenti partagé par beaucoup d'habitants (et anciens habitants...) : "Les recettes réelles de la police de la route sont cinq fois plus importantes que ses recettes officielles provenant des amendes."

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Notre dernier article pour The Conversation sur la « corruption réelle » au sein de la police de la circulation en #Kinshasa #RDC theconversation.com/kinshasa-les...

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"In his new book, John Lechner shows for the first time what went on behind the scenes during the 2019 Khartoum Agreement. Lechner’s book [reveals] that Yevgeny Prigozhin spent more than $1m on securing deals with Central African rebel group leaders" www.africaintelligence.com/central-afri...

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📄𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 by @kristoftiteca.bsky.social & Erik Kennes "A Boomerang or a Turning Point for the EU in Central Africa?" #EU #DRC #Rwanda 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 it here 👉https://bit.ly/40U90ex

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Excellent but concerning article about the Ebola outbreak in Uganda, and in particular about the (deliberate) lack of communication by the national health authorities - largely under pressure from the tourism industry www.aljazeera.com/features/202...

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Nieuwe opinie in De Standaard over de regionalisering van het conflict in Oost-Congo, en een 'back to the future' scenario van de Tweede Congolese oorlog: www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20250...

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Just received this photo from a friend of a warehouse in Kinshasa. These are tuberculosis medications--ALREADY PAID FOR--that aren't being distributed due to the Trump Administration's stop work order. TB treatment is being interrupted in SO many patients around the world. What does that mean? (1/2)

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What an image 👏 @thecontinent.org

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Fascinating presentation of Sam Hickey @globaldevinst.bsky.social at @iobua.bsky.social about his forthcoming book - with Indrajit Roy - on Global Development Politics.

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Cette enquête raconte comment l'entourage du président de l' #Ouganda, l'autocrate Yoweri Museveni, va directement bénéficier du projet climaticide de #TotalEnergies Tilenga-Eacop à coup de millions de $...

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Een nieuwe opinie in @demorgen.be met Erik Kennes (Egmont) over het contraproductieve en doorgedreven transactionele Europese beleid in Centraal Afrika - en dan vooral Congo en Rwanda, en de noodzaak van politieke druk op Rwanda: www.demorgen.be/meningen/eur...

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A blog post in The Conversation (..please ignore the title) on our American Economic Review article on 'real' corruption schemes in the Congolese traffic police, based on years of work, in which we show the negative impact on traffic: theconversation.com/kinshasas-traf

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Jean-Jacques Wondo a été libéré #RDC www.lalibre.be/internationa...

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New opinion with Erik Kennes @egmontinstitute.bsky.social in the @euobserver.com on the need for EU pressure on Rwanda: euobserver.com/africa/arce9...

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Avec Erik Kennes, j'ai écrit un article d'opinion pour Le Soir, sur l'importance d'une pression de l'UE sur le Rwanda. t.co/k8YIB4vefz

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At least 770 killed and 2,880 injured in Goma, eastern DRC, after a week of fighting between government forces and Rwanda-backed M23 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

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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...

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