Manelitux
@manelitux.bsky.social
Antropòleg treballant en Salut Pública i Acció Humanitària / Social anthropologist working in #PublicHealth #WASH #humanitarian.
While media talk about a peace deal between #DRC and #Rwanda, people on the ground don’t seem to believe the war will stop. In my team they expect M23 to keep moving toward Kisangani, with a real risk for Kasaï. If Kalemie falls, the road to Kinshasa is wide open. The risk of an escalation is real.
December 10, 2025 at 7:52 AM
The dismantling of #USAID isn’t just rhetoric. According to available data it has already led to 600.000 deaths, most of them children. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
#GlobalHealth #AidMatters #HumanitarianCrisis
#GlobalHealth #AidMatters #HumanitarianCrisis
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
www.newyorker.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:52 AM
The dismantling of #USAID isn’t just rhetoric. According to available data it has already led to 600.000 deaths, most of them children. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
#GlobalHealth #AidMatters #HumanitarianCrisis
#GlobalHealth #AidMatters #HumanitarianCrisis
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The catch-up immunisation campaign across #Gaza has started.
UNRWA, together with @unicef.org, @who.int & partners, is helping deliver life-saving vaccines and health services for thousands of children who missed essential doses during the war.
#UNRWAworks
UNRWA, together with @unicef.org, @who.int & partners, is helping deliver life-saving vaccines and health services for thousands of children who missed essential doses during the war.
#UNRWAworks
November 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The catch-up immunisation campaign across #Gaza has started.
UNRWA, together with @unicef.org, @who.int & partners, is helping deliver life-saving vaccines and health services for thousands of children who missed essential doses during the war.
#UNRWAworks
UNRWA, together with @unicef.org, @who.int & partners, is helping deliver life-saving vaccines and health services for thousands of children who missed essential doses during the war.
#UNRWAworks
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. ✈️☀️
First flew in the late 1940s in the USSR, reached Africa in the 1960s with independence movements. Aviation relics slowly fading. ✈️☀️
November 5, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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. ✈️☀️
First flew in the late 1940s in the USSR, reached Africa in the 1960s with independence movements. Aviation relics slowly fading. ✈️☀️
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
September 30, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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/...
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...
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
September 15, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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...
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...
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
September 3, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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...
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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
September 1, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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...
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“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...
“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...
July 27, 2025 at 10:34 AM
“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...
“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...
#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...
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
July 3, 2025 at 6:44 AM
#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...
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...
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it's here!
Money, Value, and the State: Sovereignty and Citizenship in East Africa
my book has arrived.
a brief 🧵
Money, Value, and the State: Sovereignty and Citizenship in East Africa
my book has arrived.
a brief 🧵
February 6, 2025 at 2:43 PM
it's here!
Money, Value, and the State: Sovereignty and Citizenship in East Africa
my book has arrived.
a brief 🧵
Money, Value, and the State: Sovereignty and Citizenship in East Africa
my book has arrived.
a brief 🧵
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
June 25, 2025 at 5:20 AM
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...
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.
June 24, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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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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.
bit.ly/4mETgWL
A newly released disease agnostic practical guideline, helps to strengthen public health responses during outbreaks by defining essential terms.
bit.ly/4mETgWL
June 1, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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.
bit.ly/4mETgWL
A newly released disease agnostic practical guideline, helps to strengthen public health responses during outbreaks by defining essential terms.
bit.ly/4mETgWL
As a humanitarian worker, I’m outraged by how distributions are being carried out in #Gaza by the so-called Gaza Humanitarian Foundation #GHF. What we’re seeing violates every standard of safety, dignity, and humanitarian operational procedures. Thread 👇
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Palestinians gunned down while trying to reach food aid site in Gaza, hospital says
Witnesses say Israeli forces opened fire on people near distribution point run by Israel-backed foundation
www.theguardian.com
June 1, 2025 at 9:42 AM
As a humanitarian worker, I’m outraged by how distributions are being carried out in #Gaza by the so-called Gaza Humanitarian Foundation #GHF. What we’re seeing violates every standard of safety, dignity, and humanitarian operational procedures. Thread 👇
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
I’ve seen the reality of the new Israel-backed ‘aid’ for Gaza. It’s nothing more than a deadly PR stunt | Eyad Amawi www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I’ve seen the reality of the new Israel-backed ‘aid’ for Gaza. It’s nothing more than a deadly PR stunt | Eyad Amawi
As an aid worker, I despaired at news of Israeli troops opening fire on people seeking food. This is no answer to our suffering, says Eyad Amawi of the Gaza Relief Committee
www.theguardian.com
May 30, 2025 at 3:20 AM
I’ve seen the reality of the new Israel-backed ‘aid’ for Gaza. It’s nothing more than a deadly PR stunt | Eyad Amawi www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Medical journals like the Lancet have been publishing articles a/b the Gaza Ministry of Health numbers’ reliability since fall 23. Given scale of destruction & recording methods, they were always undercounts. Outside numbers underestimate civilian death b/c they treat all adult men as combatants.
The Economist says that the Gaza health ministry's death toll, criticized by some as inflated and as Hamas propaganda, might actually undercount the death toll (it could be as much as double).
May 11, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Medical journals like the Lancet have been publishing articles a/b the Gaza Ministry of Health numbers’ reliability since fall 23. Given scale of destruction & recording methods, they were always undercounts. Outside numbers underestimate civilian death b/c they treat all adult men as combatants.
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The Economist says that the Gaza health ministry's death toll, criticized by some as inflated and as Hamas propaganda, might actually undercount the death toll (it could be as much as double).
May 10, 2025 at 11:33 PM
The Economist says that the Gaza health ministry's death toll, criticized by some as inflated and as Hamas propaganda, might actually undercount the death toll (it could be as much as double).
Another step toward turning #Gaza into a concentration camp: private security contractors now overseeing aid distribution and crowd control. This is not humanitarian aid—it’s containment.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
Israel plans to control aid distribution in Gaza with U.S. contractors
Aid agencies say the plan runs counter to humanitarian principles, is logistically unworkable and could put Gazans and workers at risk.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 4, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Another step toward turning #Gaza into a concentration camp: private security contractors now overseeing aid distribution and crowd control. This is not humanitarian aid—it’s containment.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
A year ago, jour pour jour, I entered Gaza. Days later, Israel destroyed the Rafah crossing. No humanitarian response was possible—aid wasn’t allowed in. One year later, the situation hasn't improved. This is a crime, and someone will have to answer for it. #Gaza
April 30, 2025 at 10:53 AM
A year ago, jour pour jour, I entered Gaza. Days later, Israel destroyed the Rafah crossing. No humanitarian response was possible—aid wasn’t allowed in. One year later, the situation hasn't improved. This is a crime, and someone will have to answer for it. #Gaza
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Books from African authors and authors of African descent to look forward to in 2025 (Updated) hararereview.wordpress.com/2025/01/04/b...
Books from African authors and authors of African descent to look forward to in 2025 (Updated) hararereview.wordpress.com/2025/01/04/b...
Books from African authors and authors of African descent to look forward to in 2025 (Updated)
Here’s your list of 2025 books from authors on the continent and in the Diaspora, sorted by month. There’s absolutely no way I could list every book that’s coming, but here’s what I think is notabl…
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April 26, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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Books from African authors and authors of African descent to look forward to in 2025 (Updated) hararereview.wordpress.com/2025/01/04/b...
Books from African authors and authors of African descent to look forward to in 2025 (Updated) hararereview.wordpress.com/2025/01/04/b...
Just landed in #Ethiopia again after 3 weeks — and this is what I find. Lifesaving malnutrition treatments halted due to underfunding. This is what poor decisions based on dumb ideas lead to: people dying from preventable causes.
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#GlobalHealth #FundingMatters #AidCutsKill
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#GlobalHealth #FundingMatters #AidCutsKill
Malnutrition treatments halted in Ethiopia due to underfunding, WFP says
The World Food Programme suspended malnutrition treatment for 650,000 malnourished women and children in Ethiopia this week due to severe funding shortages, the U.N. agency said, with millions more at risk of losing access to aid.
www.reuters.com
April 22, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Just landed in #Ethiopia again after 3 weeks — and this is what I find. Lifesaving malnutrition treatments halted due to underfunding. This is what poor decisions based on dumb ideas lead to: people dying from preventable causes.
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#GlobalHealth #FundingMatters #AidCutsKill
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#GlobalHealth #FundingMatters #AidCutsKill