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Manelitux @manelitux.bsky.social · 12h

Two Antonov An-2s rotting under the sun in Katanga.
First flew in the late 1940s in the USSR, reached Africa in the 1960s with independence movements. Aviation relics slowly fading. ✈️☀️

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Manelitux @manelitux.bsky.social · 8d

Today I passed by #Lumumba ’s house in #Kinshasa. No sign, no landmark, nothing to show this place where history changed — not only for #Africa, but for the world.

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Manelitux @manelitux.bsky.social · 26d

The #Nobel #Peace Prize keeps sinking lower. Giving it to someone who’s called for military insurrection and foreign intervention against their own country is as absurd as when they gave it to Obama or the EU

Manelitux @manelitux.bsky.social · Sep 30

The most shocking part of Trump’s 20-point “peace” plan is its total disregard for democracy and Palestinians’ right to vote. No elections are planned. Palestinians will be governed indefinitely by others — including the old metropole. #politicalrights www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/...

Here’s the full text of Trump’s 20-point plan to end Israel’s war on Gaza

The White House says its proposal would end the war on Gaza immediately if both sides accept.

www.aljazeera.com

Manelitux @manelitux.bsky.social · Sep 15

Don’t let them curtail the right to protest.
Under international law, a peaceful protest doesn’t become “violent” just for disrupting a sporting event or removing barriers.
#RightToProtest #HumanRights www.eldiario.es/desalambre/n...

No, una protesta pacífica no pasa a ser violenta por cortar un evento deportivo o por tirar unas vallas, según el derecho internacional

Amnistía Internacional concluye que la concentración propalestina que acabó con la suspensión de la Vuelta "fue eminentemente pacífica". Según el Comité de los Derechos Humanos de la ONU, una protesta...

www.eldiario.es

Manelitux @manelitux.bsky.social · Sep 3

Gaza is becoming the graveyard of international humanitarian law. We have made the Geneva convention[s] almost irrelevant. What is happening and being accepted today in Gaza is not something that can be isolated; it will become the new norm for all future conflicts english.elpais.com/internationa...

UNRWA chief: ‘Gaza is becoming the graveyard of international humanitarian law’

With famine declared and nearly 63,000 dead in less than two years, Philippe Lazzarini condemns the international community’s failure to act against Israel’s impunity

english.elpais.com

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John Raimo @johnraimo.bsky.social · Sep 1

A lovely review of what sounds like an essential new book from Howard W. French (@hofrench.bsky.social). Gift link: Jennifer Szalai (@jenszalai.bsky.social), "The Tangled Legacy of the Man Who Led Africa’s Liberation" (NYT; #skystorians) www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/b...

The Tangled Legacy of the Man Who Led Africa’s Liberation

www.nytimes.com

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UNRWA @unrwa.org · Jul 27

“Why use airdrops when you can drive hundreds of trucks through the borders?,” Juliette Touma tells @nytimes.com
“It’s much easier, more effective, faster, cheaper.”

Lift the siege, open the gates and guarantee safe movements and dignified access to people in need.

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/25/w...

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Manelitux @manelitux.bsky.social · Jul 25

So no evidence of systematic theft by the Palestinian militant group Hamas of U.S.-funded humanitarian supplies. All GHT operation is based in absolutely nothing. www.reuters.com/world/middle...

Exclusive: USAID analysis found no evidence of massive Hamas theft of Gaza aid

The internal U.S. government analysis challenges the main rationale that Israel and the U.S. give for backing a new armed private aid operation.

www.reuters.com

Manelitux @manelitux.bsky.social · Jul 3

#USAID funding helped prevent 91.8 million deaths (35.2M under 5) from 2001–2021.
Now, steep cuts could cause 14M more deaths by 2030 — 4.5M of them children.
Aid saves lives. Cutting it costs them.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Evaluating the impact of two decades of USAID interventions and projecting the effects of defunding on mortality up to 2030: a retrospective impact evaluation and forecasting analysis

USAID funding has significantly contributed to the reduction in adult and child mortality across low-income and middle-income countries over the past two decades. Our estimates show that, unless the a...

www.thelancet.com

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Kevin Donovan @kevindonovan.bsky.social · Feb 6

it's here!

Money, Value, and the State: Sovereignty and Citizenship in East Africa

my book has arrived.

a brief 🧵

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Manelitux @manelitux.bsky.social · Jun 25

I’ve overseen many aid distributions—some funded by #USAID, some in #Gaza. No deaths, no major incidents, always with attention to vulnerable people and human rights. What’s happening now—exposing civilians to death at aid points—is deliberate and unnecessary. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

US to give $30m to Gaza Humanitarian Foundation despite violent and chaotic rollout of food distribution

Grant makes US a direct backer of aid organization that reportedly has collaboration with Israeli government

www.theguardian.com

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Manelitux @manelitux.bsky.social · Jun 24

So the main outcome of the US-Israel war on Iran’s nuclear program? Iran likely quitting the NPT, advancing its nuclear program without IAEA oversight, and deciding it needs nukes—because multilateral orgs couldn’t/didn't protect it from a non-compliant NPT state. Great job, folks.

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WHO @who.int · Jun 1

During an outbreak, what does “contact tracing” mean?

A newly released disease agnostic practical guideline, helps to strengthen public health responses during outbreaks by defining essential terms.

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