New NGO statement calling for a new approach in the Sahel to prioritize protection of civilians.

Register for CWS - War Studies online conference next week, organized by CWS colleague Kerstin Carlson. Our PI @chiara_defranco will open the conference on day 2 and chair a panel on "Child soldiers and other unlikely fighters."

One of Protex's researchers Linnéa Gelot just presented a talk on Peace Operations and Capacity-building in the age of COVID-19, very interesting! Check it out 👇

"the analysis of stabilization in Mali..shows that while..flexibility & complexity may be required traits of global governance, they can pose challenges to accountability and serve to write off the responsibility of intervention actors" International Peacekeeping tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108…

Protex PI @chiara_defranco and her co-authors Florian Otto and Christoph Meyer just won the #ISAICOMM Best Book Award for their book "Warning about War" What an excellent achievement! Congrats from the rest of the Protex team! 👏

Thanks to Saferworld for hosting an excellent event and push for #TurningTheTide and provide a forum for discussing strategies for transforming securitization in the #Sahel.

As post-election violence continues in CAR, sexual violence is on the rise as well. 👉“Sexual violence was already present, but we noticed a rise in the amount of cases over the past weeks, certainly linked to the recurrence of violence.” thenewhumanitarian.org/photo-feature/…

Growing opposition against France mission as more civilians are killed by e.g. national forces than extremists: "Many Sahelians, especially Malians, don’t understand why Barkhane’s mandate focuses on counter-terrorism and not protection of civilians." issafrica.org/iss-today/g5-s…

Our new report (with Tom FA Watts) published in collaboration with Drone Wars finds that ways of using air defence systems have incrementally diminished human control over the use of force – and how this matters for the debate on #autonomousweapons

Last week the #ICC trial against two Anti-balaka leaders began and was transmitted in Bangui, sparking a little hope for justice among some victims. However, many steps are yet to be taken and the current outbreak of violence makes this process even harder thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/2021/…

"The EU will this year change the way it funds African peace and security. The changes are likely to have big implications, for the AU Commission" Brussels’ ability to now finance lethal equipment is causing some concern that weapons fall into wrong hands. issafrica.org/iss-today/eu-p…

Interesting event coming up next week on climate change and conflict in the #Sahel and the #EU's climate-security nexus!

The situation in the Central African Republic remains urgent and many civilians fleeing violence are locked at the border of DRC where humanitarian aid have a difficult time reaching out.

Another compelling reason why climate change is an issue of #security. In the #Sahel "climate change is not an opinion, it is a reality. The rainy seasons are growing shorter and the dry seasons are longer, lasting up to 9 months." worldbank.org/en/news/immers…

What better time to check out Nina's chapter on #feminist #peace than today on #InternationalWomensDay! 👇💪

Finally some good news for CAR! The first #ICRC convoy carrying critical aid arrived in the country and received immediate approval by all parties to the conflict to deliver #humanitarianaid icrc.org/en/document/ce…

It is hard not to give in a ride on the wave of memes on the #SuezBLOCKED, especially when seeing this👇🙃

New interesting piece on gendered threats to POC displaying that much is yet to be learned: "Missions’ approaches to gendered threats to the protection of civilians are at most coordinated rather than substantively coherent." ipinst.org/2021/02/un-pea…

Looking much forward to take a closer look at this exciting new publication! #FeministPeace routledge.com/Routledge-Hand…

Thrilled to announced that our PI @chiara_defranco just won #ISA annual best book award!🥳