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What does #famine look like? People in Al‑Fashir ground oilseed cake to survive, hospitals reduced to dressing wounds with mosquito nets, starvation replaced markets and kitchens. It’s a powerful reminder: famine isn’t an abstraction.

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Voices from al-Fashir - World Peace Foundation
Famine in al-Fashir is man-made. Strikes on markets, hospitals, public infrastructures, and shelters were all the result of human decisions.
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December 3, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Professor Alex de Waal authors "How Trump’s Pledge To Tackle Sudan Atrocities Could Play Out" for BBC. @worldpeacefdtn.bsky.social

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Donald Trump pledges to tackle Sudan atrocities - what difference can he make?
The war is being fuelled by regional powers and the US president may have some leverage over them.
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December 3, 2025 at 2:14 PM
What holds a political system together, and what tears it apart? In fragile states, political finance, not just resource rents, may drive the ebb and flow of power. Our new analysis shows why

Read more here from our partnership with @peacerep.bsky.social: worldpeacefoundation.org/blog/rents-a...
Rents and Political Settlements - A Hopeless Muddle? - World Peace Foundation
Aditya Sarkar discusses whether a change in rent flows can explain the evolution of political settlements in the Horn of Africa.
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December 2, 2025 at 8:05 PM
“Could see the blood on the ground from space”

In this @vox.com's Today, Explained clip, Alex de Waal describes the massacres by the RSF in El Fasher, #Sudan —shelling, attacks on hospitals, executions & sexual violence carried out & filmed by paramilitary fighters.

Listen at the link in our bio
November 26, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Jared Miller examines what #accountability means inside transactional and #corrupt political systems, using #Nigeria as a case study. His research shows both the potential of grassroots engagement and the limits posed by elite political marketplaces.

Read here: shorturl.at/hOUD8
Building Peace and Accountability in Transactional Political Systems - World Peace Foundation
Local dialogues can build coalitions and reduce conflict, but Nigeria’s transactional system and elite-driven elections block accountability.
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November 25, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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Professor Alex de Waal analyzes the two generals in the middle of Sudan's civil war, starting at (2:37). @vox.com @worldpeacefdtn.bsky.social

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Can Trump help Sudan?
Podcast Episode · Today, Explained · 11/19/2025 · 27m
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November 25, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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In an interview with ABC News, Professor Alex de Waal discusses how Sudan's paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces, gets its weapons. @worldpeacefdtn.bsky.social

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Is the UAE involved in Sudan's war? - ABC listen
Sudan is the world's largest humanitarian crisis but its civil war is being fuelled by weapons flown in from other countries.
www.abc.net.au
November 17, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Out this week, a must-read book from our partners William Hartung & Ben Freeman of @quincyinst.bsky.social on #militaryspending – The Trillion Dollar War Machine: How Runaway Military Spending Drives America Into Foreign Wars and Bankrupts Us at Home

Find it here: bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
The Trillion Dollar War Machine: How Runaway Military Spending Drives America Into Foreign Wars and Bankrupts Us at Home
How Runaway Military Spending Drives America Into Foreign Wars and Bankrupts Us at Home
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November 13, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Media Round-Up: Insights From Executive Director Alex de Waal on #Sudan & #Ethiopia

Exeuctive Director Alex de Waal continues to engage with global media the crisis in Sudan, the anniversary of the war in Tigray, and the geopolitical dynamics at play.
November 12, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Authoritarian regimes use identity, fear and gendered narratives to draw lines between the “us” and the “them” to create opportunities to seize power.

Read the full essay here: shorturl.at/4iNKL

#gender #authoritarianism
Interrogating the Authoritarian Frame: Boundaries of Belonging - World Peace Foundation
Authoritarians pose groups of people as the cause of societal problems, then prescribe exclusion of those peoples and enforced norms.
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November 11, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Recommended listening:

The MyTERN podcast by our friends at @tuftsprisoninitiative is about life before, after & during after incarceration using persaonal storytelling to reveal the systems of racial, gender and economic injustice that shape our lives.

#podcast #massincarceration
November 10, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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The lecture — How to Hide a Famine: Holodomor as History and Heuristic — will shed light on how the Holodomor served as a precursor to further instances of genocidal state violence & #famine denialism

🗓️ November 10 | 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
📍In-person & online via Zoom

Register here: shorturl.at/1kJEB
How to Hide a Famine - The Holodomor as History and Heuristic
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November 7, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Before standardized systems for classifying #famine existed, early hunger maps offered a way to visualize food insecurity. Mapping hunger has served both to mobilize public compassion and to exert control, shaping how famine is understood, addressed & remembered.

Read more here: shorturl.at/iW1ep
November 7, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Years of deliberations on autonomous weapon systems (AWS) have yielded limited progress. The resulting landscape is one of complexity, sensitivity & growing urgency.

@sipri.org is hosting a webinar on the possible future for multilateral policy on AWS on Nov 10

Register here: shorturl.at/UUoiW
SIPRI Webinar: Towards Multilateral Policy on Autonomous Weapon Systems
SIPRI is pleased to invite you to a public webinar on possible directions for multilateral policy on autonomous weapon systems (AWS), following the publication of a new SIPRI report on this topic.
www.sipri.org
November 6, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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Professor Alex de Waal analyzes the paramilitary group RSF, which now controls half of Sudan’s territory, and its leader, Hemedti. @worldpeacefdtn.bsky.social

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Sudan conflict: Who is RSF leader Mohamed Hamdan 'Hemedti' Dagolo?
Mohamed Hamdan Dagolo will either lead a breakaway state or seek to take control of the whole country, Sudanese say.
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November 5, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Media Round-Up: #Sudan in Crisis
Across global media this past week, Executive Director Alex de Waal offers insight into Sudan’s deepening crisis — from #famine and aid blockades to the escalating violence in #Darfur.

🎙️ Podcast | The Rest is Politics
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Labour’s Tax Timebomb, Climate Backsliding, and Sudan’s Forgotten War
Podcast Episode · The Rest Is Politics · 05/11/2025 · 51m
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November 5, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Join us! We’re hiring a Research Program Lead – Future of Peace.

If you’re passionate about global policy research & advancing peace, this role offers an exciting platform to shape the future of conflict resolution & international cooperation.

Apply: jobs.tufts.edu/jobs/22456?l...
November 4, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Five years after the outbreak of war and three years after a truce, #Tigray still suffers.

Tigray deserves a fresh start. The time is right for new leadership rooted in legitimacy, transparency & service to the people.

Read more: shorturl.at/FCOWk
Tigray: Time for a New Leadership - World Peace Foundation
Years after the signed peace agreement, Tigray remains defeated as it's leaders have descended into petty infighting and finger pointing.
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November 3, 2025 at 3:26 PM
“I’d be very surprised if there’s anything less than 50,000 nontrauma deaths” - Executive Director Alex de Waal in a recent interview with the @nytimes.com about the potential death toll in #Gaza.

Read the full piece here: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/o...
Opinion | What Happened in Gaza Might Be Even Worse Than We Think
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October 31, 2025 at 3:59 PM
We’re proud to sponsor “A Conference on Academic Freedom on the U.S. Campus,” happening tomorrow!

Scholars & practitioners will explore how academic freedom intersects with climate research, humanitarianism, Israel/Palestine, and race and colonialism

Register here: tinyurl.com/TuftsAFConfe...
October 30, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Our partners at @shadowworldinv1.bsky.social are reporting that the UN Security Council has reportedly been given information linking UK-made arms to combat zones in #Sudan.

See more here: www.instagram.com/p/DQXCuVcjNj...
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October 29, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Cellphone footage from inside Alabama’s prisons reveals a humanitarian crisis hiding in plain sight in "The Alabama Solution" documentary:

www.themarshallproject.org/2025/10/10/a...

#massincarceration #thealabamasolution #CriminalJustice #prisonreform
‘The Alabama Solution’: A Humanitarian Crisis in Grainy Detail
Here are five takeaways from the documentary exposing abuse and neglect that is all too common in U.S. prisons.
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October 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM