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NEW: Mauritanian security forces committed serious human rights violations between 2020 and early 2025 against migrants and asylum seekers.

In a new report, HRW documents abuses by the Mauritanian police, coast guard, navy, gendarmerie, and army.
Mauritania: Years of Migration Control Abuses
Mauritanian security forces committed serious human rights violations between 2020 and early 2025 against largely West and Central African migrants and asylum seekers, often when they were seeking to leave or transit the country, Human Rights Watch said...
www.hrw.org
August 27, 2025 at 2:27 PM
What’s unfolding in Africa, particularly in the Sahel and Sudan, isn’t just a wave of misinformation; it’s a shift in how some people understand authority, leadership and belonging. The content being shared online is shaping perceptions in real time, especially among younger audiences.
Africa’s AI Strongmen
Fake videos of celebrities singing the praises of military leaders have gone viral, tapping into people’s political disaffection across the continent
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August 27, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Just got round to watching Mario Draghi's speech in Rimini in the original Italian. It is easily the most important speech on Europe so far this year and I hope someone (@grandcontinent.bsky.social?‬) publishes it in English and other EU languages soon.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMME...
Mario Draghi’s Full Speech: Europe’s Harsh Reality — Powerless on the Global Stage! -ITALIAN-
YouTube video by EU Debates | eudebates.tv
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August 24, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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"Es tracta, any rere any, de maximitzar l’arribada de turistes per facilitar que quadrin els comptes de l’economia espanyola i batre rècords d'ocupació i de PIB global, a través d’un creixement incessant d'oferta i a costa d’un deteriorament dels indicadors de qualitat de vida"
L'economia balear, 'fàbrica d'Espanya'
Ho deia l’historiador Jordi Nadal referint-se a l’economia catalana en vista de la seva industrialització i modernització del segle XIX. A hores d'ara, al segle XXI, potser podríem dir que el turisme ...
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August 22, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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”Why the EU plan for the return of irregular migrants is only half an answer”

My op-ed in @euobserver.com today.
The European Commission has proposed a tougher system for removing irregular migrants, which includes many controversial elements. But as it only addresses the output side of the return system, it is unlikely to solve the EU’s long-standing problems with low return rates and enforcement failures.
Why the EU plan for the return of irregular migrants is only half an answer
The European Commission has proposed a tougher system for removing irregular migrants, which includes many controversial elements. But as it only addresses the output side of the return system, it is unlikely to solve the EU’s long-standing problems with low return rates and enforcement failures.
euobserver.com
July 18, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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Abhijit Banerjee entrevistado por Lluís Amiguet
July 18, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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The great Benghazi blunder: How a Libyan warlord humiliated Brussels.

Europe’s mission to tackle migration flows from North Africa became a fiasco in a row over a photo opportunity.
The great Benghazi blunder: How a Libyan warlord humiliated Brussels
Europe’s mission to tackle migration flows from North Africa became a fiasco in a row over a photo opportunity.
www.politico.eu
July 12, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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This is a beautifully written L piece, which not only subsumed in a food culture of great detail, but also taught me stuff. Plus: great recipes.
Some appropriate Sunday reading from the pasta issue by Niki Blasina, who is also to thank for commissioning lots of this issue while I was lying on a sun lounger in the garden* for much of last month on.ft.com/3SPDQRM

* technically, recovering from surgery…by lying on a sun lounger
How did ‘Sunday gravy’ become a sacred sauce for Italian Americans?
[FREE TO READ] Forget the bonds of religion, language or place — it’s pasta that unites immigrant families
on.ft.com
May 25, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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Amazing on-the-ground reporting from Gambia.

Trump State Dept. Leaned on African Nations to Help Musk’s Starlink. “Maximum pressure” @josh-kaplan.bsky.social @justinelliott.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social and Brett Murphy
The Trump Administration Leaned on African Countries. The Goal: Get Business for Elon Musk.
The State Department has intervened on behalf of Musk’s satellite internet company in five developing nations. In Gambia, U.S. diplomats have lobbied and browbeat at least seven government ministers a...
www.propublica.org
May 15, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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Muchas gracias, Juan.
Clarificador @daniel-innerarity.bsky.social La confrontación entre las ideas liberales y republicanas de la libertad: la no intromisión frente a la interacción con otros. www.lavanguardia.com/opinion/2025...
May 11, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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Vuelvo a compartir este artículo como reflexión global de todo ahora mismo. Enumera lo mínimo para ver el calado de lo que está haciendo Trump ‘for real’, y la importancia de la reacción a todos los niveles. Hay que responder y limitar cada una en su parcela. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/o...
May 10, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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When it's the one day of the year where national media will talk about Europe for 30 seconds
May 9, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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La paradoja liberal es justo esto: hasta qué punto estamos dispuestos a vulnerar ppios liberales como la protección de derechos y el Estado de derecho para, supuestamente, proteger la democracia liberal… 🤦🏽‍♀️
March 11, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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Brussel·les obre la porta a retornar migrants a centres fora de la UE. Ho analitza @blancagarcesmas.bsky.social al #Més324: "És una solució que obre la porta a polítiques il·liberals. El tema de les deportacions és molt sensible, perquè implica una limitació de drets fonamentals"
Més 324 - Blanca Garcés: "És terrible la reforma per deportar els migrants irregulars fora de la UE" - 3Cat
La investigadora del Cidob i especialista en migracions considera una victòria de l'extrema dreta que la Comissió Europea proposi una normativa restrictiva, per desincentivar l'arribada d'immigrants a...
www.3cat.cat
March 12, 2025 at 10:46 AM