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Tim Glawion @timglawion.bsky.social · 4h

Today it has been 500 days since researcher/humanitarian Joseph Figuera Martin has been unjustly imprisoned in the Centr. Afr. Republic. We call for his immediate release: www.demorgen.be/meningen/hum...
And we must talk about researcher safety!
@kristoftiteca.bsky.social @abi-freiburg.bsky.social

Humanitaire hulpverleners zoals Joseph verdienen bescherming, geen gevangenis

500 dagen is het dat de Belgisch-Portugese hulpverlener Joseph Figueira Martin willekeurig wordt vastgehouden in de Centraal-Afrikaanse Republiek. ‘Mobilisatie doet ertoe’, argumenteren Olivier Vandec...

www.demorgen.be

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Yvan Guichaoua @yguichaoua.bsky.social · 1d

This is a fantastic achievement. Congrats, Nina, for producing the most comprehensive book to date on the foreign intervention in the Sahel. What makes this work so precious, among other things, is the unique body of evidence it relies on, collected year after year in multiple Sahelian countries

Nina Wilen @ninawilen.bsky.social · 16d

👉 Look at that! 😊

Today the electronic version of my book:

⭐ "Securitizing the #Sahel. Analysing External #Interventions and their Consequences"⭐

is published on-line with @oxunipress.bsky.social!

#security #defense #military #Niger #Mali #Burkina #Chad #France #UN #EU #US

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Global Development Institute @globaldevinst.bsky.social · 8d

We at GDI are immensely disheartened to hear that @iobua.bsky.social has been informed by the Flemish government that their core funding will not be renewed.

If you would like to show your support and take action, you can sign this petition: bit.ly/46uCzYj

IOB - Institute of Development Policy @iobua.bsky.social · 14d

The Flemish government’s unexpected decision not to renew IOB’s agreement puts €2.64M funding, 32 jobs, key programmes and global partnerships at risk. Support us! https://bit.ly/saveIOB

#saveIOB #developmentpolicy #developmentpolicy #iobcommunity

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Silke Goubin @silkegoubin.bsky.social · 8d

Ik deel zelden petities, maar de beslissing van de Vlaamse regering om het @iobua.bsky.social stop te zetten is niet alleen kortzichtig, het ondermijnt één van Vlaanderens belangrijkste centra rond internationale samenwerking en goed bestuur... Tekenen jullie ook? #SaveIOB

chng.it/wNxkkfLCBd

Have you seen this petition yet?

Save our school and the reputation of Flanders

chng.it

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EADI @eadi.bsky.social · 9d

Stand with our member and conference partner @iobua.bsky.social!

IOB - Institute of Development Policy @iobua.bsky.social · 9d

The IOB funding cut threatens students, global collaboration, and Flanders’ international role. Help us defend it! #saveIOB 💙 Sign our alumni's petition: https://chng.it/8DhtrFSBpm

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Kristof Titeca @kristoftiteca.bsky.social · 11d

A few of our alumni started a petition to save the IOB. Please sign/share! www.change.org/p/save-our-s...

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marnixbeyen.bsky.social @marnixbeyen.bsky.social · 13d

If there is one institute at the @uantwerpen.be truly committed to collaborating with partners from the Global South, it is the @iobua.bsky.social. In times of geopolitical change, we need an institute like this more than ever, but the Flemish government does not seem to understand that. #saveIOB

IOB - Institute of Development Policy @iobua.bsky.social · 14d

The Flemish government’s unexpected decision not to renew IOB’s agreement puts €2.64M funding, 32 jobs, key programmes and global partnerships at risk. Support us! https://bit.ly/saveIOB

#saveIOB #developmentpolicy #developmentpolicy #iobcommunity

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Kristof Titeca @kristoftiteca.bsky.social · 12d

Thanks Marnix!!

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Kristof Titeca @kristoftiteca.bsky.social · 12d

We're still very much in shock here at the @iobua.bsky.social: the Flemish government decided to cut all of our our core-funding, with only 3 months of financing left (and after a particularly positive evaluation of our institute) #saveIOB blog.uantwerpen.be/iob/iob-unde...

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Lucy Gaynor @lucyjgaynor.bsky.social · 15d

“a national security threat that has been an instrument for lawfare” - #US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, on the #ICC

The Court has allegedly paid salaries until the end of 2025 in advance, as it braces for institution-wide #sanctions from the #Trump government

www.reuters.com/world/europe...

Exclusive: US could hit entire International Criminal Court with sanctions soon

The United States is considering imposing sanctions as soon as this week against the entire International Criminal Court, putting the court's day-to-day operations in jeopardy in retaliation for investigations of suspected Israeli war crimes.

www.reuters.com

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Kristof Titeca @kristoftiteca.bsky.social · 16d

Please sign this petition for the release of Joseph Figueira Martin, a humanitarian who's been arbitrarily detained (for close to 1,5 years..) and tortured in the Central African Republic. petitions.protecthumanitarians.org/en/petitions...

Sign the Petition: Free Joseph Figueira Martin! Humanitarian arbitrarily detained and tortured in the Central African Republic

Sign the petition to protect those who risk their lives to save others.

petitions.protecthumanitarians.org

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Kristof Titeca @kristoftiteca.bsky.social · 16d

Reminder: next Tuesday there's Mich Thill's book presentation on the Congolese police - online, so feel free to join!

IOB - Institute of Development Policy @iobua.bsky.social · Sep 3

📅 30 Sept, 12:30h (online) | Join the launch of our 2025–26 GLAC Seminar series! Michel Thill presents The Police, the State & the Congo Cop, with discussant Kristof Titeca. Register 👉 https://loom.ly/ggUXyVw
#GLACSeminar

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Yvan Guichaoua @yguichaoua.bsky.social · 19d

C'est pas pour faire nos intéressants mais @afriquexxi.bsky.social raconte des histoires qu'on ne lit pas ailleurs. Passionnant papier de @lowcausse34.bsky.social // À Johannesburg, la vie brutaliste de Ponte City

Afrique du Sud. À Johannesburg, la vie brutaliste de Ponte City - Histoire

Inauguré il y a cinquante ans, l’un des bâtiments les plus emblématiques de la capitale économique sud-africaine est en vente aux enchères. Marquant l’apogée du régime d’apartheid, la tour (…)

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Kristof Titeca @kristoftiteca.bsky.social · 19d

Ik schreef voor de @volkskrant.nl over waarom het cynisch is dat het WK wielrennen in Rwanda plaatsvindt, en waarom het sportswashing is: www.volkskrant.nl/columns-opin...

Opinie: Rwanda gebruikt WK wielrennen om zijn donkere kant te verdoezelen

Het sportevenement is een schoolvoorbeeld van sportswashing: sport dient om de aandacht af te leiden van het autoritaire karakter van het Rwandese regime en de actieve rol van het Afrikaanse land in d...

www.volkskrant.nl

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Kristof Titeca @kristoftiteca.bsky.social · 20d

Proud supervisor here!

IOB - Institute of Development Policy @iobua.bsky.social · 20d

👏 Congrats to Alfred Mukengere, winner of the 2025 Prize for Global Research of @provincieantwerpen.bsky.social!
His study on the M23 conflict in Eastern #DRCongo shows that minerals fuel violence, but that the roots lie in exclusion, discrimination, and politics.
📽️ youtu.be/DTOwQsOdn64

Alfred Mukengere (IOB, UAntwerpen), winner of the 2025 Prize for Global Research of the Province of Antwerp.

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Kristof Titeca @kristoftiteca.bsky.social · 20d

I wrote for @foreignpolicy.com as to why, on why, after nearly 40 years of rebellion, and 20 years of #ICC arrest warrants, the #LRA's Joseph #Kony still has not been caught: foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/16/j...

Why Hasn’t Joseph Kony Been Caught?

The Ugandan warlord recently went on trial in absentia, but he continues to elude a decades-long international manhunt.

foreignpolicy.com

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IOB - Institute of Development Policy @iobua.bsky.social · 21d

🚴‍♂️ #Rwanda hosts the 2025 #UCIRoadWorldChampionships.
But with its army’s role in the Congo war & ongoing rights abuses — should Belgium boycott?
@kristoftiteca.bsky.social explains on De Universiteit van Vlaanderen (NL podcast).
🎧 https://loom.ly/r9uMUaI

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Kristof Titeca @kristoftiteca.bsky.social · 29d

Please join us for the presentation of Mich Thill's excellent book on the Congolese police 👇

IOB - Institute of Development Policy @iobua.bsky.social · Sep 3

📅 30 Sept, 12:30h (online) | Join the launch of our 2025–26 GLAC Seminar series! Michel Thill presents The Police, the State & the Congo Cop, with discussant Kristof Titeca. Register 👉 https://loom.ly/ggUXyVw
#GLACSeminar

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Kasper Hoffmann @kasperhoffmann.bsky.social · Sep 4

🌍Proud to share our new article in Land Use Policy:
“Everyday Property-Making: Negotiating Land Rights, Precarity and Public Authority in Urban Congo”
📎 doi.org/10.1016/j.la...
#Property #Land #DRCongo #PublicAuthority #Precarity
@crg-ugent.bsky.social @roskildeuni.bsky.social @ucph.bsky.social

Redirecting

doi.org

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Kristof Titeca @kristoftiteca.bsky.social · Sep 3

I've written about the difficulties challenges in the various #DRC peace initiatives, and the bleak outlook.

La Hulotte @nicodm.bsky.social · Sep 3

🇨🇩 "The persistence of conflict in #DRC ’s eastern region isn’t due to a lack of peace initiatives. I argue that some initiatives suffer from flawed design, others from difficult implementation, and some from a combination of both."

💻 @kristoftiteca.bsky.social

theconversation.com/drcs-latest-...

DRC’s latest peace deal is breaking down and it isn’t the first – what’s being done wrong

Sustained diplomacy is needed to make current peace efforts work more effectively in the DRC.

theconversation.com

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Kristof Titeca @kristoftiteca.bsky.social · Aug 30

#RDC: « près de 95 % des ressources théoriquement affectées aux investissements publics servent en réalité à couvrir les dépassements budgétaires des institutions politiques et administratives » 7sur7.cd/2025/08/29/r...