Yvan Guichaoua
@yguichaoua.bsky.social
Political Violence • Sahel Politics • Editorial Board of afriquexxi.info • Chronique Sahel dans Libé • Public appearances and interventions in media: https://bit.ly/2J4mT5I • FR & ENG
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Brilliantly spot on. The cruelty of all this is that these steps are sold to you by your own colleagues turned mid-level managers. Also, some steps may be framed poetically. At Kent-Brussels, we were asked to "prune our teaching portfolio" before being thrown under the bus for good
Beyond a tiny hardcore of rich universities, if you are an employee in UK Higher Ed you will be somewhere on the treadmill/ slippery slope below. You'll recognise exactly which step you are on at this moment. Take a look. 👇
In the UK academic recession, you will be at one of these stages since many unis buy the same cuts model from the same consultancies. It is always the same process:
*Talk of belt-tightening
*Incidental savings (e.g. printing, refreshments)
*Travel budgets cut
*Promotion freeze (1/4)
*Talk of belt-tightening
*Incidental savings (e.g. printing, refreshments)
*Travel budgets cut
*Promotion freeze (1/4)
February 2, 2026 at 11:41 PM
Brilliantly spot on. The cruelty of all this is that these steps are sold to you by your own colleagues turned mid-level managers. Also, some steps may be framed poetically. At Kent-Brussels, we were asked to "prune our teaching portfolio" before being thrown under the bus for good
Brilliantly spot on. The cruelty of all this is that these steps are sold to you by your own colleagues turned mid-level managers. Also, some steps may be framed poetically. At Kent-Brussels, we were asked to "prune our teaching portfolio" before being thrown under the bus for good
Beyond a tiny hardcore of rich universities, if you are an employee in UK Higher Ed you will be somewhere on the treadmill/ slippery slope below. You'll recognise exactly which step you are on at this moment. Take a look. 👇
In the UK academic recession, you will be at one of these stages since many unis buy the same cuts model from the same consultancies. It is always the same process:
*Talk of belt-tightening
*Incidental savings (e.g. printing, refreshments)
*Travel budgets cut
*Promotion freeze (1/4)
*Talk of belt-tightening
*Incidental savings (e.g. printing, refreshments)
*Travel budgets cut
*Promotion freeze (1/4)
February 2, 2026 at 11:41 PM
Brilliantly spot on. The cruelty of all this is that these steps are sold to you by your own colleagues turned mid-level managers. Also, some steps may be framed poetically. At Kent-Brussels, we were asked to "prune our teaching portfolio" before being thrown under the bus for good
The one truth about Germany that will kill all your preconceptions about this country
Punctuality at Germany's much-maligned state railway Deutsche Bahn slumped even further in January. Only about 52 percent of all intercity trains were on time. Critics blame years of under-investment in the network, once a source of national pride.
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February 2, 2026 at 9:48 PM
The one truth about Germany that will kill all your preconceptions about this country
Not making the headlines anymore but the blockade of Bamako continues. And the drivers pay an heavy price. JNIM has executed 15 of them lately
Mali : au moins 15 chauffeurs tués dans une récente attaque contre un convoi de carburant | TV5MONDE - Informations
Afrique
information.tv5monde.com
February 2, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Not making the headlines anymore but the blockade of Bamako continues. And the drivers pay an heavy price. JNIM has executed 15 of them lately
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Dit celui qui déjeune avec le milliardaire technofasciste Peter Thiel :
February 2, 2026 at 11:17 AM
Dit celui qui déjeune avec le milliardaire technofasciste Peter Thiel :
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"War crimes rage out of control". Well this is just a delightful way to start the week. All that was built over decades, collapsing before our eyes. Who is to blame? States. Not the law. States. The problem is politics, it's not the law. #IHL #WarCrimes #InternationalLaw
Internationaal humanitair recht is zo goed als dood, waarschuwen wetenschappers.
International law meant to limit effects of war at breaking point, study finds
Report covering 23 conflicts over last 18 months concludes more than 100,000 civilians have been killed as war crimes rage out of control
www.theguardian.com
February 2, 2026 at 8:47 AM
"War crimes rage out of control". Well this is just a delightful way to start the week. All that was built over decades, collapsing before our eyes. Who is to blame? States. Not the law. States. The problem is politics, it's not the law. #IHL #WarCrimes #InternationalLaw
Inside a multi-village settler-soldier pogrom in Masafer Yatta
Inside a multi-village settler-soldier pogrom in Masafer Yatta
As settlers set homes ablaze and looted livestock across three villages for over five hours, Israeli soldiers blocked ambulances, arrested victims, and even took part in beatings. This is how it unfolded.
www.972mag.com
February 2, 2026 at 6:29 AM
Inside a multi-village settler-soldier pogrom in Masafer Yatta
C'est vrai du maintien de l'ordre, de la politique environnementale, de l'aide au développement ou, ici, de la santé publique - qu'est-ce que nos pays font de *qualitativement* différent de Trump?
Inquiétudes face à un « recentrage stratégique » de Santé publique France par le gouvernement
Le ministère de la santé a annoncé, vendredi, que plusieurs missions de l’agence seraient transférées à l’Avenue de Ségur, suscitant « émotion », « colère » et « inquiétude » en interne.
www.lemonde.fr
February 1, 2026 at 8:31 PM
C'est vrai du maintien de l'ordre, de la politique environnementale, de l'aide au développement ou, ici, de la santé publique - qu'est-ce que nos pays font de *qualitativement* différent de Trump?
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Israel bombed tents in Gaza today, killed at least 30 people including children, and the death toll is likely to rise
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Children and police officers among at least 30 killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza
Deadly attacks launched day before border crossing due to open as part of ceasefire deal
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Israel bombed tents in Gaza today, killed at least 30 people including children, and the death toll is likely to rise
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Funny that no one from the UoKent has been interviewed for this piece. Might have helped understand that Matt knows that he's lying
‘It’s about ego’: Matt Goodwin’s journey from far-right expert to firebrand Reform candidate | Reform UK | The Guardian
Anti-immigration activist is contesting poll in borough where he previously researched far-right extremism
www.theguardian.com
February 1, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Funny that no one from the UoKent has been interviewed for this piece. Might have helped understand that Matt knows that he's lying
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Good morning. These institutions, built over decades, are flawed, but we'll miss them when they're gone. Scary to think where we got to. #UN
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
UN risks 'imminent financial collapse', secretary general warns
António Guterres says the international body could run out of money by July due to members' unpaid fees.
www.bbc.com
February 1, 2026 at 8:48 AM
Good morning. These institutions, built over decades, are flawed, but we'll miss them when they're gone. Scary to think where we got to. #UN
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
US envoys to Israel blocked early warning of 'Apocalyptic Wasteland' in Gaza | Reuters
US envoys to Israel blocked early warning of 'Apocalyptic Wasteland' in Gaza | Reuters
U.S. Agency for International Development staffers in early 2024 drafted a warning to senior officials in Joe Biden’s administration: Northern Gaza had turned into an “Apocalyptic Wasteland” with dire shortages of food and medical aid.
www.reuters.com
February 1, 2026 at 2:49 AM
US envoys to Israel blocked early warning of 'Apocalyptic Wasteland' in Gaza | Reuters
Grosse charge contre le Grand Continent, qu'en lecteur occasionnel pas spécialement attentif, je ne voyais pas sous ce jour très problématique
« À l’heure de la circulation numérique des idées et de la destruction provoquée volontairement ou non de l’espace public, le confusionnisme apparaît comme la nouvelle modalité de la propagande. » Par Sylvain Bourmeau @sylvainbourmeau.bsky.social.
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Les ingénieurs de la confusion - AOC media
Lundi, Peter Thiel triomphait à Paris : Académie le matin, ministre des affaires étrangères l'après-midi. Cette consécration du milliardaire trumpiste résulte de logiques sociales convergentes :…
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January 31, 2026 at 10:21 AM
Grosse charge contre le Grand Continent, qu'en lecteur occasionnel pas spécialement attentif, je ne voyais pas sous ce jour très problématique
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Yesterday, the Burkinabè authorities announced the dissolution of all political parties and the repeal of the legislative framework governing them, along with the transfer of their assets to the State.
📸 OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP
📸 OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP
January 30, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Yesterday, the Burkinabè authorities announced the dissolution of all political parties and the repeal of the legislative framework governing them, along with the transfer of their assets to the State.
📸 OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP
📸 OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP
Here's a critique raised by our colleague Mercy Fekadu Mulugeta against the piece @wlacher.bsky.social and I have written for @dissentmag.bsky.social, which we try to address (under Mercy's text)
A Crisis of Conflict Resolution, Not Conflict Studies - Dissent Magazine
A response to “The Demise of Conflict Studies” from our winter issue, followed by a reply by the authors.
dissentmagazine.org
January 30, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Here's a critique raised by our colleague Mercy Fekadu Mulugeta against the piece @wlacher.bsky.social and I have written for @dissentmag.bsky.social, which we try to address (under Mercy's text)
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Anyone who paid attention knew that there was no doubt about the official number from the GHM being an undercount due to its historically conservative approach and due to inability to keep pace with the actual death rate. IDF now admits, like it did in 2021 and 2014, that it has an accurate record.
I cannot tell you how much doubt was consistently directed at the Gaza Health Ministry’s casualty numbers and how much pressure was put on news organizations to couch those numbers as unreliable.
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
IDF accepts Gaza Health Ministry death toll of over 71,000 Palestinians killed in the war
Although Many International Experts Have Accepted the Health Ministry's Data as Reliable, and Even Conservative Relative to the True Death Toll, Israel Had Refused to Accept the Health Ministry's Coun...
www.haaretz.com
January 29, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Anyone who paid attention knew that there was no doubt about the official number from the GHM being an undercount due to its historically conservative approach and due to inability to keep pace with the actual death rate. IDF now admits, like it did in 2021 and 2014, that it has an accurate record.
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Hier, j'ai reposté ce super article qui explique comment l'IA générative ré-écrit littéralement l'histoire en fusionnant des sources réelles. Logique d'effacement du vrai terrifiante, applicable évidemment au présent puisque désormais chaque événement est représenté...
«What historians call the ‹perpetrator perspective,› evident in many Nazi photos and films, simply cannot be generated by AI. Instead, these images reveal the prompt behind them: visualizations of generic descriptions.» #GenericPastness www.jpost.com/opinion/arti...
Perception of the Holocaust reshaped by AI-generated images | The Jerusalem Post
For some time now, AI-generated Holocaust images have been flooding social media.
www.jpost.com
January 29, 2026 at 8:37 AM
Hier, j'ai reposté ce super article qui explique comment l'IA générative ré-écrit littéralement l'histoire en fusionnant des sources réelles. Logique d'effacement du vrai terrifiante, applicable évidemment au présent puisque désormais chaque événement est représenté...
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And this prompts the question of which military deliveries Russia&China had carried out since the 2023coup d'état (Russian anti-aerial system in 2024), but also what US forces had left behind at base 101.MANPADS+radars are still there, a few cannons, not enough to be dealing w many kamikaze drones
Looks like it was an attack of kamilaze drones against jets and army drones
January 29, 2026 at 10:35 AM
And this prompts the question of which military deliveries Russia&China had carried out since the 2023coup d'état (Russian anti-aerial system in 2024), but also what US forces had left behind at base 101.MANPADS+radars are still there, a few cannons, not enough to be dealing w many kamikaze drones
Hier, j'ai reposté ce super article qui explique comment l'IA générative ré-écrit littéralement l'histoire en fusionnant des sources réelles. Logique d'effacement du vrai terrifiante, applicable évidemment au présent puisque désormais chaque événement est représenté...
«What historians call the ‹perpetrator perspective,› evident in many Nazi photos and films, simply cannot be generated by AI. Instead, these images reveal the prompt behind them: visualizations of generic descriptions.» #GenericPastness www.jpost.com/opinion/arti...
Perception of the Holocaust reshaped by AI-generated images | The Jerusalem Post
For some time now, AI-generated Holocaust images have been flooding social media.
www.jpost.com
January 29, 2026 at 8:37 AM
Hier, j'ai reposté ce super article qui explique comment l'IA générative ré-écrit littéralement l'histoire en fusionnant des sources réelles. Logique d'effacement du vrai terrifiante, applicable évidemment au présent puisque désormais chaque événement est représenté...
Something going on at Niamey airport rn
January 29, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Something going on at Niamey airport rn
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«What historians call the ‹perpetrator perspective,› evident in many Nazi photos and films, simply cannot be generated by AI. Instead, these images reveal the prompt behind them: visualizations of generic descriptions.» #GenericPastness www.jpost.com/opinion/arti...
Perception of the Holocaust reshaped by AI-generated images | The Jerusalem Post
For some time now, AI-generated Holocaust images have been flooding social media.
www.jpost.com
January 28, 2026 at 11:27 AM
«What historians call the ‹perpetrator perspective,› evident in many Nazi photos and films, simply cannot be generated by AI. Instead, these images reveal the prompt behind them: visualizations of generic descriptions.» #GenericPastness www.jpost.com/opinion/arti...
Venez, les Bruxellois
January 28, 2026 at 11:48 AM
Venez, les Bruxellois
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« Je me suis trompé sur ce pays » reconnaît amèrement le chercheur qui avait expliqué « être tombé amoureux de la Russie il y a vingt ans ». Cet amour est mort dans l’hôpital pénitentiaire de Toula puis dans l’isolement de la cellule de Lefortovo. « J’avais une image romantique. C’était un mirage »
Laurent Vinatier après sa détention en Russie : « J’ai été un pion, un objet, un otage, un prisonnier politique »
Pris dans le bras de fer entre Moscou et Paris, le chercheur français a été libéré le 8 janvier après dix-neuf mois derrière les barreaux. Pour « Le Monde », il revient sur la vie en prison : « Ce qui...
www.lemonde.fr
January 27, 2026 at 7:51 PM
« Je me suis trompé sur ce pays » reconnaît amèrement le chercheur qui avait expliqué « être tombé amoureux de la Russie il y a vingt ans ». Cet amour est mort dans l’hôpital pénitentiaire de Toula puis dans l’isolement de la cellule de Lefortovo. « J’avais une image romantique. C’était un mirage »
'En pleine salle d’audience, un juge assesseur aurait demandé à une mère accompagnée de son fils de 4 ans : « Qui est le père de l’enfant ? » Cette dernière se serait effondrée' Et ce n'est qu'un exemple dans un torrent d'abominations
🔴 Info Les Jours. Un rapport de la CGT révèle des propos discriminatoires tenus par les juges de la Cour nationale du droit d'asile. À lire ici.
« Les Africains, c’est des sauvages » : des juges du droit d’asile en roue libre
Info « Les Jours ». Un rapport de la CGT que « Les Jours » ont obtenu relate les propos racistes, sexistes et homophobes tenus par des juges de la CNDA envers des demandeurs d’asile.
lesjours.fr
January 28, 2026 at 10:18 AM
'En pleine salle d’audience, un juge assesseur aurait demandé à une mère accompagnée de son fils de 4 ans : « Qui est le père de l’enfant ? » Cette dernière se serait effondrée' Et ce n'est qu'un exemple dans un torrent d'abominations
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"Despite its name, however, the Board of Peace is not intended to resolve conflict. Rather, it is a form of authoritarian conflict management, subduing war through repressive means." @danaelkurd.bsky.social foreignpolicy.com/2026/01/27/t...
Trump’s Board of Peace Will Help Strong Countries Dominate Weak Ones
In Gaza, it will legitimize Israeli land grabs and ethnic cleansing.
foreignpolicy.com
January 27, 2026 at 7:07 PM
"Despite its name, however, the Board of Peace is not intended to resolve conflict. Rather, it is a form of authoritarian conflict management, subduing war through repressive means." @danaelkurd.bsky.social foreignpolicy.com/2026/01/27/t...