When I tell people children are being slaughtered, and they want to know which children before moving into outrage mode or justification mode - that mentality, that conditional humanity, is exactly the problem.

Three people killed - two foreigners and one Ugandan - in #Uganda's Queen Elizabeth National Park. Authorities pin the attack on the #ADF: monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/na…

“Engaging Congolese political and civil society leaders in regional matters is essential” The new report "Regional Solutions to Regional Problems?" Conflict Research Group ( #ProPaixII project) delves into regional dynamics in the Eastern DRC crisis. . #DRCInsight gicnetwork.be/the-great-lake…

Final days to apply ! Ghent Global Studies Center is looking for a new coordinator. Come and join us.

De vergeten crisis in Congo: ‘Op 100 meter van een VN-post worden vrouwen verkracht, kinderen vermoord, jongeren ontvoerd’ ift.tt/KefPHD7

The #DRC is heading to the polls today to decide on the re-election of incumbent president Tshisekedi. The ballot happens under the pressure of the conflict in the East, and the memory of the contested 2018 elections. We discuss this, and more, in the new dossier ISPI

Now open: Call for participants: Summerschool on fieldwork in violent environments (16-19 September) - CRG in collaboration with Mats Utas and David Mwambari crg-ghent.be/call-for-parti…

REMINDER that the deadline for applications approaches! APPLICATION DEADLINE: June 1, 2024 "Contemporary practices of capturing violence and violent capture" Call for participants: Summer school on fieldwork in violent environments - CRG crg-ghent.be/call-for-parti…

What Congo's latest elections tell us about its political stakes and how to move beyond the unproductive and normative assessment of their ‘good’ or ‘bad’ organization. - Read our analysis GICNetwork (with Ithiel BATUMIKE M. and Aymar N. Bisoka) Conflict Research Group gicnetwork.be/elections-are-…

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Voici la traduction de notre analyse sur les défis du Président Tshisekedi et de son nouveau gouvernement. Avec Aymar N. Bisoka et Ithiel BATUMIKE M.

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SUBMISSION DATE EXTENDED! Call for participants:Summerschool on fieldwork in violent environments - CRG crg-ghent.be/submission-dea… We are pleased to announce that the deadline for submission to the Summer School on Fieldwork in Violent Environments has been extended until June 15.

Final days to register for our summer school on contemporary practices of capturing violence and violent capture Conflict Research Group

Join us for our first Conflict Café on shifting security landscapes in the Sahel with the excellent speakers Nina Wilén Yvan Guichaoua (yguichaoua.bsky.social) and Lassané Yameogo. The conflict cafés are jointly organized by REFRACT and Conflict Research Network - West Africa (see poster for registration). Conflict Research Group

Old ‘peace-building’ schemes are obsolete in a country that is seeing new and ever-changing political and conflict dynamics. — write Koen Vlassenroot & Christoph N. Vogel for #AJOpinion ⤵️ aje.io/2ngs2u

EVENT: Negotiating Gender in Fragile and Conflict- Affected Settings - CRG crg-ghent.be/refract/ to register, click 👇👇👇docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI… María Martín de Almagro Koen Vlassenroot

#RDC #Rwanda M23 : Les réponses internationales restent incohérentes pour stopper l’escalade du conflit, tribune Christoph N. Vogel Koen Vlassenroot Le Monde - lemonde.fr/afrique/articl…

Est de la RDC : « Les réponses internationales restent incohérentes pour stopper l’escalade du conflit » lemonde.fr/afrique/articl…

‘De wereld blijft falen in Oost-Congo’ via MO*magazine mo.be/nl/opinie/de-w…