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Nick Coghlan @nicholascoghlan.bsky.social · 21h

Happier days in Khartoum, #Sudan in 2001 - launching our 50-year-old newly-painted Khartoum One Design, Canada One. One the right: the Blue Nile #Sailing Club's "boat boys", Farouk and Mohammed Bahar.

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Nick Coghlan @nicholascoghlan.bsky.social · 23h

All in Chapter #41....https://www.bloomsbury.com/ca/under-wide-and-starry-skies-9781399413756/

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Nick Coghlan @nicholascoghlan.bsky.social · 23h

💙📚After six years in exile, Napoleon died on the South Atlantic island of St Helena in 1821 and was buried here. #OTD in 1840, his reputation rehabilitated, his body was repatriated to France and now lies in monumental splendour at Les Invalides (Paris).1/2

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Nick Coghlan @nicholascoghlan.bsky.social · 2d

For years it's been a sad but open secret - environmental controls on #SouthSudan's now decrepit oil infrastructure are all but non-existent. With tragic results. www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

Severe Birth Defects Plague South Sudan’s Oil Fields

In 2011, Petronas was warned its South Sudan oil wells may be causing congenital disease. Mercedes-Benz, partner in its Formula 1 team, arranged meetings with the company to press for answers. Over a ...

www.bloomberg.com

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Nick Coghlan @nicholascoghlan.bsky.social · 3d

#Sudan: "...the SAF, the RSF, and their allied militias have, to varying degrees, committed widespread atrocities against children, including killings, sexual violence, forced military recruitment, and the destruction of essential infrastructure such as hospitals and schools." t.co/fblnperAzW

https://raoulwallenbergcentre.org/images/reports/war-on-children-a-world-complicit-Independent-Legal-Analysis.docx.pdf

t.co

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Nick Coghlan @nicholascoghlan.bsky.social · 4d

📚💙#OTD in 1815, the defeated Emperor Napoleon arrives at St Helena to begin his exile, writing in his diary: "It is not an attractive place, I should have done better to remain in Egypt." One of 50 locations featured in "Under Wide and Starry Skies."

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Nick Coghlan @nicholascoghlan.bsky.social · 4d

500 days into the siege, #Sudan's El Fasher is considered "uninhabitable." www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Thousands trapped in El Fasher siege on ‘edge of survival’, says report

The city – the Sudanese army’s last stronghold in the west of the country – has withstood more than 500 days of attacks by paramilitary RSF

www.theguardian.com

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MSF Sea @msfsea.bsky.social · 7d

📢MSF is hiring a Deputy Logistics Coordinator to support Logistics Coordinator in Technical and Supply Chain Management.

Apply here 👉 https://searchandrescue.msf.org/jobs/deputy-logistics-coordinator.html

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Nick Coghlan @nicholascoghlan.bsky.social · 7d

📚💙 Under Wide and Starry Skies: #sailing north inside the Great Barrier Reef 🇦🇺, sunrise.

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Nick Coghlan @nicholascoghlan.bsky.social · 8d

📚💙To Fulford Village Hall on a dark & foggy evening, to hear the legendary @kenroth.bsky.social, ex-Director of @hrw.org . What a life well-spent - and an inspiration to me throughout my career! The night ended with a well-deserved standing ovation from the awed audience of 200. 🙏👏

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Nick Coghlan @nicholascoghlan.bsky.social · 10d

#Sudan: "In a conflict that has already seen both sides commit numerous war crimes... the apparent use of a common industrial chemical as a weapon creates a disturbing precedent." www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...

Disturbing Reports of Sudan’s Military Using Chlorine Gas

The United States government sanctioned General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the head of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Sudan’s de facto head of state, in January 2025, alleging that the SAF had used ...

www.hrw.org

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Nick Coghlan @nicholascoghlan.bsky.social · 10d

It'd a long shot but I'm pleased to be in such distinguished company! #sailing #books

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Nick Coghlan @nicholascoghlan.bsky.social · 11d

🇨🇦 and #Sudan: we're falling short. www.mcleodgroup.ca/2025/10/suda...

Sudan’s “War of Atrocities” and Canada: Action Needed - The McLeod Group

McLeod Group guest blog by Rita Morbia, October 8, 2025 A War of Atrocities. Sadly, this title of the latest report by the UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for the Sudan is only too a...

www.mcleodgroup.ca

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Nick Coghlan @nicholascoghlan.bsky.social · 11d

Colombian mercenaries in #Sudan. 🇨🇴 President Petro has spoken up against the practise (and has a lot else on his plate) but emphatic action is needed at home: airport arrests should not be hard to do. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Nick Coghlan @nicholascoghlan.bsky.social · 12d

Autumnal fog in Trincomali Channel as the sun comes up this morning over BC's Coast Mountains; you can hear the ships' foghorns.

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Nick Coghlan @nicholascoghlan.bsky.social · 13d

📚💙 Not a shocking conclusion here, but I *am* shocked to learn that only 20% of readers finish the non-Mystery books they embark upon! Signs of the times - "back in the day" I was brought up to finish any book I'd started 😣 writestats.com/why-mystery-...

writestats.com

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Nick Coghlan @nicholascoghlan.bsky.social · 13d

As the ICC (after 20 yrs!) finally gives a guilty verdict on Ali Kushayb (#Darfur). legitimate criticism of the delay. But the ICC (like the UN) is only as good as its members want it to be. 🇺🇸 is seeking to kill it; and even once-keen 🇨🇦 seems tepid. theconversation.com/why-is-canad...

Why is Canada quiet on the International Criminal Court while recognizing Palestine?

Despite Canada’s historic support for the International Criminal Court, Mark Carney’s government has yet to defend it against attacks by the U.S. Why?

theconversation.com

Nick Coghlan @nicholascoghlan.bsky.social · 14d

Haven't done a jigsaw since I was a kid - this 500-piece painting (🇲🇽 artist Jose Maria Velasco) was harder than I thought it would be🫤. To help, found a photo of the same mountain - Orizaba; 5747m - which I climbed back in 1994.

Nick Coghlan @nicholascoghlan.bsky.social · 14d

Favourite books of 2025...
shepherd.com/bboy/2025/f/...

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Nick Coghlan @nicholascoghlan.bsky.social · 17d

📚💙 The short list here is not exactly short (😜) but I'm nevertheless thrilled to make it as a nominee, for Under Wide and Starry Skies! www.maritimefoundation.uk/awards/marit...

The Maritime Foundation Award

The Maritime Foundation Award for Best Book has been presented annually since 2001 recognising significant public engagement with maritime issues.

www.maritimefoundation.uk

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Nick Coghlan @nicholascoghlan.bsky.social · 17d

As 🇺🇸 seems to be waking up to the #Sudan crisis, some excellent insights here and pragmatic recommendations on what's needed next. www.crisisgroup.org/africa/sudan...

All Eyes on the Quad: How the U.S. and Its Partners Can Push for Peace in Sudan | International Crisis Group

On 12 September, the United States, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates announced a breakthrough roadmap for ending the catastrophic war in Sudan. With the initiative already flagging, th...

www.crisisgroup.org

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Nick Coghlan @nicholascoghlan.bsky.social · 19d

The grim plight of El Fasher, #Sudan: "More leaders worldwide now feel confident to pursue their aims militarily, without expecting significant pressure on them, while middle powers are exporting their interests and rivalries." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The Guardian view on catastrophe in Darfur: The world has looked away, but Sudan’s civilians can’t wait any longer | Editorial

Editorial: A brutal war has been fuelled by outside powers. Diplomatic efforts must be intensified

www.theguardian.com

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Nick Coghlan @nicholascoghlan.bsky.social · 20d

Between a war and a failed state....twice-displaced #SouthSudan-ese refugees in limbo, as international aid cuts bite. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Nick Coghlan @nicholascoghlan.bsky.social · 21d

www.bloomsbury.com/ca/under-wid...

Under Wide and Starry Skies

Cast off the lines and discover 50 of the most fabulous off-the-beaten-track sailing destinations on our planet.If you own a sailing boat, chances are that you'…

www.bloomsbury.com

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Nick Coghlan @nicholascoghlan.bsky.social · 21d

📚💙Sailing Canada One in happier times, on the Blue Nile at Khartoum, #Sudan. Perhaps the Least Travelled, these days, of all the destinations featured in "Under Wide and Starry Skies - Fifty #Sailing Destinations in Seas Less Travelled"

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