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wlacher.bsky.social
Political scientist with a longstanding interest in violent conflict, Libya and the Sahel. Author, Libya's Fragmentation (2020); co-editor, Violence and Social Transformation in Libya (2023). https://www.swp-berlin.org/en/researcher/wolfram-lacher
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Israeli forces launched intense aerial attacks across the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, killing more than 400 people, according to Gazan officials, breaking a temporary cease-fire with Hamas. nyti.ms/3Rh5HJW

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Respondents who “experienced new pressures or restrictions from their institutions related to the Gaza war has risen to 43% (from 34%)… the percentage citing legal restrictions on their speech more than doubled, from 14% to 30%.” abuaardvark.substack.com/p/academic-s...

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#Gaza als historischer Wendepunkt? Vier Intellektuelle analysieren in ihren neuen Büchern, was der vom Westen ermöglichte Gaza-Krieg für Geschichtsbewusstsein, Erinnerungskultur und jüdische Identität bedeutet. @chawi.bsky.social hat die Neuerscheinungen gelesen👇 qantara.de/node/44324

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Mit den israelischen Luftangriffen hat auch die Berieselung mit Propaganda wieder begonnen. Tagesschau, Dlf, zdf behaupten heute morgen, Israel habe "Stellungen der Hamas" angegriffen. Woher sie wissen, dass es sich nicht um zivile Ziele handelte? Sie wissen es nicht, sie behaupten es einfach.

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Mit den israelischen Luftangriffen hat auch die Berieselung mit Propaganda wieder begonnen. Tagesschau, Dlf, zdf behaupten heute morgen, Israel habe "Stellungen der Hamas" angegriffen. Woher sie wissen, dass es sich nicht um zivile Ziele handelte? Sie wissen es nicht, sie behaupten es einfach.

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Horrifying news from Gaza (AJ puts death toll at 340). Netanyahu's decision to resume mass air strikes buries both hopes for the safe return of the remaining hostages and for an end to the suffering of civilians in Gaza. It clearly shows that Netanyahu never truly intended to honour the ceasefire.

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Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip have killed at least 235 people, according to local hospitals. The toll is based on records from seven hospitals and does not include bodies brought to smaller health centers. Rescuers are still searching for dead and wounded. apnews.com/live/latest-...

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New at FOREVER WARS is a policy proposal to restore the security of Red Sea shipping without war. It is 100% possible today, and indeed for the last 14 months

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For more than a year, my colleague Justin Scheck and I looked into why domestic workers from across East Africa, who are promised jobs and a better life in Saudi Arabia, continued to face abuse, starvation and death. Here's what we found.

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if you are interested in the changing nature of armed conflict in Africa, and #drones in particular, please check out this new @megatrends-afrika.de Podcast with my colleagues @wlacher.bsky.social and @gerritkurtz.bsky.social www.megatrends-afrika.de/publikation/...

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"Only days before, Meloni had secured the release of an Italian journalist who had been kidnapped by Iranian authorities - and there were anxieties that a similar thing could happen to staff at the Italian Embassy in Tripoli." Pretty much as expected. www.politico.eu/article/osam...

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Zum Tag gegen Islamfeindlichkeit lässt die RNZ die hoch umstrittene Islamfeindin Schröter zu Wort kommen. Keine Einordnung, keine Gegenstimmen. Deutscher Journalismus ist mit Schuld an Rassismus und gesellschaftlicher Spaltung. www.rnz.de/politik/poli...

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„Mahmoud is not safe … everyone who helped fashion a moral panic around students fighting to stop the outright annihilation of Palestinians in Gaza bears moral responsibility for that fact. They helped produce and empower a narrative that made it a crime simply to be Palestinian in this country.“

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Darumb erfindt sich mit der geschryfft, das wir frey seyen vnd woellen sein.

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Nie vergessen, welche Politiker das gerechtfertigt, beschönigt, totgeschwiegen oder dafür Waffen geliefert haben.

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Si les Émirats ont continué de livrer du matériel via N’Djamena, Déby aurait décidé de lever le pied dans sa coopération avec Abou Dhabi. Des discussions ont donc eu lieu entre les Émirats et la Centrafrique, qui leur offrirait les mêmes possibilités logistiques www.jeuneafrique.com/1668044/poli...

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All travel banned on Libyans.

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"Bei Forderungen nach Achtung des Völkerrechts handelt es sich nur um verlogene Bemühungen zur Selbstdarstellung. Was Taten betrifft, ist deutsche Nahostpolitik genozidal und pro-ethnischer Säuberung." taz.de/!6071887/

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“By 2050, #Africa will have 159 urban agglomerations with over 1 million inhabitants and 17 megacities with more than 10 million inhabitants” ⬇️ www.oecd.org/en/publicati...

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US and Israel have asked Sudan, Somalia and Somaliland if they'd accept mass transfer of Palestinians from Gaza to their territory. They even approached Sudan, in the middle of brutal war, "with offers of military assistance against the RSF". apnews.com/article/isra...

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"Bei Forderungen nach Achtung des Völkerrechts handelt es sich nur um verlogene Bemühungen zur Selbstdarstellung. Was Taten betrifft, ist deutsche Nahostpolitik genozidal und pro-ethnischer Säuberung." taz.de/!6071887/

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Fascinating investigtion into the mercenary outfits Congo hired to fight the Rwandan-backed M23 rebel group. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

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„In den vergangenen Jahren rangierte Deutschland auf einem der vordersten Plätze. Jetzt ist es aus der Spitzengruppe herausgefallen und landet auf Platz 27, hinter Ländern wie Slowenien, Panama, Italien, Spanien und Österreich.“ www.spiegel.de/panorama/bil...

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When you're so comfortably aligned with Staatsraison that you can't see that what you're saying is "The US government is weaponizing anti-antisemitism against universities — come work in Germany, which has totally destroyed its global reputation among intellectuals by pioneering this strategy."

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US embassy in Niger now advertising the services of certain private companies

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"European officials have also cited Russia’s growing influence in eastern Libya as a reason to increase engagement with Haftar. “What we don’t do in the East, Russia will do,” said EU Ambassador to Libya Nicola Orlando, according to minutes of an October 2024 meeting at IRINI's headquarters."

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Depuis quelques années maintenant, je refuse de regarder les videos de massacre en provenance du Sahel. Cette série je l'ai vue. Elle dépasse tout en matière de cruauté; elle dit une chose sans la moindre équivoque: le massacre de civils au Burkina est totalement normalisé, routinisé 1/

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Utter nonsense. The small Russian presence in Libya couldn't shape migrant movements there even if it wanted to. Misleading to link the rise in migration from eastern Libya in 2022 to Italy elections. Oh, the principal source here is an ex-associate of Marsalek. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/03...

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"Mir sagen Whistleblower aus der Polizei, dass es gerade bei Palästina-solidarischen Demos von oben die Ansage gebe, Gewalt anzuwenden." Wir sehen das auch in unserer Forschung. In HH ist bei Protesten ebensooft Polizei präsent wie in Berlin—dieses Ausmaß an Repression ist aber nur in B zu sehen.

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"European officials have also cited Russia’s growing influence in eastern Libya as a reason to increase engagement with Haftar. “What we don’t do in the East, Russia will do,” said EU Ambassador to Libya Nicola Orlando, according to minutes of an October 2024 meeting at IRINI's headquarters."

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Die Türkei exportiert zunehmend Drohnen, die weltweit in Konflikten eingesetzt werden – teils in völkerrechtswidrigen Angriffen. Dabei kommen offenbar auch deutsche Bauteile und Know-how zum Einsatz:

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🔴 Thales équipe des drones de combat israéliens depuis 2018 Nouvelles révélations @disclosengo.bsky.social sur les ventes d'armes de la France à Israël, factures confidentielles à l'appui disclose.ngo/fr/article/v...

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#Libya’s post-2011 trajectory has been defined by the entrenchment of armed groups within state structures, raising a critical puzzle: how have militias wielded state power while remaining autonomous from it? In my contribution to this volume, I take the first steps in unraveling this paradox

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Really powerful piece of writing on a deeply worrying situation in Tigray

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By the Trump administration's own admission, US greencard holder Mahmoud Khalil is not accused of breaking US law.

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In our newest SWP-podcast episode @gerritkurtz.bsky.social and @Wlacher.bsky.social @mtafrika.bsky.social explain how drone usage has the potential to shift the balance of military power between state forces and insurgents in armed conflicts in Africa. www.swp-berlin.org/publikation/...

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A nuanced and thoughtful piece by @denistull.bsky.social, @wlacher.bsky.social and @gerritkurtz.bsky.social on the impact of drones on warfare in Africa, unpacking the variables that affect the impact of drones... A note on Chad and more on #BokoHaram www.megatrends-afrika.de/en/publicati...

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Great team work by @mtafrika.bsky.social

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Libya and Iraq share some striking parallels, yet they have rarely been considered alongside each other. We are embarking on a comparative analysis of state formation under conditions of fragmented central authority. This collection is the first step in this process. library.fes.de/pdf-files/bu...

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Our recent @mtafrika.bsky.social Policy Brief examined whether the proliferation of combat drones is changing the balance of power in African conflicts. Our conclusion: only under very specific circumstances. By contrast, the consequences for civilian harm are straightforward, as this report shows.

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Angeblich "Illegale Migration" bekämpfen wollen, aber legale Wege (Familiennachzug, freiwillige Aufnahmeprogramme) beenden, damit jeder, der kommt, "illegal" ist. Genau mein Humor.

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Libya and Iraq share some striking parallels, yet they have rarely been considered alongside each other. We are embarking on a comparative analysis of state formation under conditions of fragmented central authority. This collection is the first step in this process. library.fes.de/pdf-files/bu...

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"Der Journalismus hat sich von der AfD treiben lassen", fasst @aagro.bsky.social im @altpapier.bsky.social das Medienversagen in der sogenannten Migrationsdebatte zusammen. Aus lauter Scheu vor dem Stempel "links-grün-versifft" haben viele Medien rechtsradikale Deutungsmuster übernommen.

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