This is the most alarming story I've worked on in a while. The French billionaire Vincent Bollore, described as 'the French Rupert Murdoch', is trying to bring Africa's biggest broadcaster - MultiChoice, that's DStv, ShowMax and SuperSport - into his 'right wing media empire'.

Over 390 bodies reportedly showing 'signs of torture & summary executions, & potential instances of people buried alive', including those of women and children have been discovered at Nasser and Al Shifa hospitals in Gaza. ohchr.org/en/press-relea…

Israel has ramped up its attacks in southern Gaza's Rafah and hit Gaza City while crippling humanitarian aid operations across the besieged enclave, as ceasefire talks ended without a deal ⤵️ aje.io/cc3ova

EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT! 📢
We're introducing an annual virtual conference starting Jan 2025 *in addition* to our annual in-person conference.
Submissions open May 14
Check out the call and more now: virtualconference.bisa.ac.uk
#VirtualBISA2025 Simon Rushton BISA PGN RIS Eur Jnl Int Sec

We are pleased to announce that our joint DSA / EADI study group on ' #PoliticalEconomy and #PoliticalEcology of #Land , #Labour and #Food ' is now live !
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Mihika Chatterjee Development Studies Association EADI CAS Edinburgh School of Social & Political Science Edinburgh Centre for Development Studies BathUni SPS

Anyone who values democracy and human rights should be greatly alarmed by the way in which Western governments and university leaders are trampling over our fundamental rights and freedoms to prevent people from speaking out against genocide.
theguardian.com/education/arti…

After a second night of abhorrent police violence against our protest, a group of us UvA Amsterdam staff are releasing this letter to our leadership. My students deserve better: Across Europe, university leaders are demonstrating patience, empathy, and are listening to demands.

Mass murderer accompanied by mass clearances of Palestinians from their homes. Israel is truly the most morally bankrupt state in the world.

'The conflict in Sudan is 𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐬. In the hunger crisis, they eat least and last, and are too often subjected to sexual violence. We stand with Sudanese women. #StandWithSudan '

⚡️Read Sudanese Women Statement: 👇
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Eight months into a genocide of the Palestinian peoples and the world watches as the catastrophic destruction of Gaza goes on.

And now the forced evacuation of #Rafah .

There are 1.4 million people in Rafah.
Where will they go?

This is apocalyptic.

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“Who must we become to live in the utopia we’re going to create? Think not what are we willing to die for, but what are we willing to live for every day?”- Margo Okazawa-Rey of SF State

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Feminist Peace Initiative GGJ Josef Korbel School University of Denver IGLI: Inclusive Global Leadership Initiative MADRE Women Cross DMZ

The head of the WFP has warned that northern Gaza is experiencing a 'full-blown famine' and that it is 'moving its way south' aje.io/fzdgxl

UN experts deeply concerned over ‘scholasticide’ in Gaza | OHCHR ohchr.org/en/press-relea…

The agreements signed by some African governments to provide indentured labour that subverts the Palestinian struggle leads us here. Get your people back home.

BREAKING: The Department of Education has announced that Columbia University University is under federal investigation for anti-Palestinian discrimination and harassment. Palestine Legal is representing four Palestinian students and Columbia UniversitySJP.

We send our solidarity to the many thousands of university students and staff across the world who are taking a stand against their institutions' complicity in Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza.

Full statement 👇

🚨🚨🚨 #PublicationAlert
I am delighted to share that my article : #RacialCapitalism & #women ‘s horticultural #labour in #Senegal has been published by JPS . Please share with those you think might be interested. CAS Edinburgh School of Social & Political Science Edinburgh
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