Another example of Western reporting that conflates calls for putting corrupt elites on trial and indicting war criminals. The result is an overestimation of the popular support for a war crime tribunal in Liberia. bbc.co.uk/news/world-afr…

Why does Kenya want to lead a police mission in Haiti and what are the prospects of success? Based on our research on police in Kenya, here is the analysis I make with mutahi wahome & Emma Elfversson at the Urban Violence Research Network urbanviolence.org/why-kenya-want…

Join us for the upcoming #Data4Peace 2023 Conference on October 18 at 10:45 Eastern Time where Johan Brosché and I are presenting the new UCDP Conflict Issues Dataset. Register: cic.nyu.edu/events/data-fo… @nyucic

🔨Last Friday, Kate Lonergan Kate Lonergan nailed her dissertation, 'Roads to Repair - Extraordinary and everyday pathways to reconciliation after civil war,' to the wall at UppsalaPeaceConflict. 🎉Please join us in congratulating her!

Worrying. Not even election day and this already seems to be the most violent polls in Liberia since the end of the civil war. frontpageafricaonline.com/news/liberia-v…

A second vaccine against malaria has been approved by WHO. The research behind the vaccine was supported by Sida in collaboration with EDCTP . science.org/content/articl…

Election day in Liberia appears to have been peaceful and large turnout. Great news! frontpageafricaonline.com/news/liberia-e…

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Moving more than one million people across a densely populated warzone to a place with no food, water, or accommodation, when the entire territory of Gaza is under siege, is extremely dangerous – and in some cases, simply not possible.

If this is not war crime, what is it then? Israel has not only bombed thousands of buildings and killed thousands of civilians in Gaza, but also no water, no power, no hospital and no where to go!

I and Professor Alex de Waal have written a debate article entitled "Stop Tax Financing Sudan's war criminals" both an english and Swedish version is available here svd.se/a/pQ2X16/sluta… Thanks for input Emma Elfversson Anders Themner and @sebvanbaalen

En fullständig humanitär katastrof pågår i Gaza. EU tredubblar sitt humanitära bistånd. Men vad gör Sverige, mer än att frysa det långsiktiga biståndet? Diana Janse Act Svenska kyrkan #israel #palestine #gaza

After the Gaza hospital attack Israeli spokesperson claimed responsibility for attack on X and later deleted it. Many sources report this but Western media remains silent. hindustantimes.com/world-news/pal…

Mycket bra förslag av forskarnätverket SweDev för behovet av en ny forskningsstrategi om global utveckling! Sprid! omvarlden.se/opinion/debatt…

Do you want to learn more about why there has been an increase in coups in Africa? Come listen to Shola Omotola on 28/11, who is the 2023 holder of the Claude Ake Visiting Chair. The Reincarnation of Military Coups in Africa. nai.uu.se/news-and-event…

African scholars! Come join our research environment in Uppsala. 3 month sabbatical to focus on your research and network with Nordic scholars and practioners. Please spread the message.

The pilot phase of Universities at Risk is completed! We have coded 1243 contentious student events at universities in West Africa (ECOWAS) 2000-2022: 658 demonstrations, 344 armed clashes involving organized student groups, and 241 attacks against unarmed students. Hanne Fjelde

Can electoral participation socialize ex-warlords into becoming 'good' democrats? To get the answer check out our article in International Studies Review. @MimmiSKovacs Roxanna Sjöstedt academic.oup.com/isr/article/26…