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  1. “The early, large-scale evidence found that abruptly ending aid triggered higher spikes of (armed battles, riots, and ) in the same areas that previously received higher aid per capita. This suggests that sudden (rather than gradual) cuts undermined democratic governance and precipitated civil unrest.”

    science.org/doi/10.1126/scienc

  2. : Satellite imagery from Friday 25 April show the damage and destruction to parts of the infrastructure inside the former MINUSMA military base in , meanwhile used by and , following the attack by and .

    Coordinates: 18.418225, 1.413964

  3. #Mali: Satellite imagery from Friday 25 April show the damage and destruction to parts of the infrastructure inside the former MINUSMA military base in #Kidal, meanwhile used by #FAMa and #AfricaCorps, following the attack by #FLA and #JNIM.

    Coordinates: 18.418225, 1.413964

  4. #Mali: Satellite imagery from Friday 25 April show the damage and destruction to parts of the infrastructure inside the former MINUSMA military base in #Kidal, meanwhile used by #FAMa and #AfricaCorps, following the attack by #FLA and #JNIM.

    Coordinates: 18.418225, 1.413964

  5. #Austria’s counter-intelligence can do little: under Austrian law, #espionage cannot be prosecuted unless it is carried out against national interest. Despite the #DSN’s recommendations, Vienna has shown little interest in expelling diplomats or taking other measures against Russian operatives.

    The DSN provided the government with a list of people it knows operate #Russia’s secret signals #intelligence stations in #Vienna.”

    giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle

  6. A North Dakota judge has said he will order @greenpeace to pay damages to pipeline company Energy Transfer expected to total $345m in connection with protests against the #Dakota Access #oil pipeline from nearly a decade ago, a figure the environmental group contends it cannot pay.

    The long-awaited order is expected to launch an appeal process in the North Dakota supreme court from both sides.

    #DAPL #ETP #NoDAPL

    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/f

  7. “On February 14, a #Bayraktar #TB3 launched from the ship’s ski-jump deck, located and engaged a designated surface target with #Roketsan MAM-L precision-guided munitions, and recovered aboard—completing the first full ship-to-target combat cycle for a carrier-based #drone in #NATO history.”

    navalnews.com/naval-news/2026/

  8. Seems that the Islamic State’s #Sahel Province (#ISSP) commando, responsible for the attack in in #Niamey a few days ago, was mainly aiming to destroy the country's military #drones, as those hinder their movemements significantly.

    mondafrique.com/limage-du-jour

  9. Seems that the Islamic State’s Province () commando, responsible for the attack in in a few days ago, was mainly aiming to destroy the country's military , as those hinder their movemements significantly.

    mondafrique.com/limage-du-jour

  10. Seems that the Islamic State’s #Sahel Province (#ISSP) commando, responsible for the attack in in #Niamey a few days ago, was mainly aiming to destroy the country's military #drones, as those hinder their movemements significantly.

    mondafrique.com/limage-du-jour

  11. Since last week, #Sunoco LP, one of Kelcy Warren's companies, controls around one-fifth of Germany's tank farm capacity and fuel logistics, including access to #NATO airports and pipelines.

    Kelcy Warren is a U.S. billionaire, big donor to the #MAGA movement, and considered a close confidant of US President Donald #Trump.

    spiegel.de/wissenschaft/kelcy-

  12. Insanely problematic.

    “It will ultimately be five times the size of London and bring irreversible environmental consequences, worsen greenhouse gas emissions and reverse the south-east Asian country’s progress over the past decade in slowing #deforestation for #palmoil production.

    A former general is overseeing the project, and five battalions have been placed in #Papua to support the government’s food security initiatives in the province.”

    ft.com/content/27a6bd42-aa95-4

  13. issued an arrest warrant today for anti-Western activist Kemi for “inciting rebellion” after he supported a foiled coup last weekend.

    macaubusiness.com/benin-issues

  14. #Benin issued an arrest warrant today for anti-Western activist Kemi #Seba for “inciting rebellion” after he supported a foiled coup last weekend.

    macaubusiness.com/benin-issues

  15. #Benin issued an arrest warrant today for anti-Western activist Kemi #Seba for “inciting rebellion” after he supported a foiled coup last weekend.

    macaubusiness.com/benin-issues

  16. Four drones struck the oil platform at Moscow's largest offshore field in the Caspian Sea, owned by a subsidiary of Russian oil giant . As a result of the attack, the oil and gas production flow from more than 20 wells was allegedly stopped.

    kyivindependent.com/ukraines-s

  17. Four drones struck the #Filanovsky oil platform at Moscow's largest offshore #oil field in the Caspian Sea, owned by a subsidiary of Russian oil giant #Lukoil. As a result of the attack, the oil and gas production flow from more than 20 wells was allegedly stopped.

    kyivindependent.com/ukraines-s

  18. Four drones struck the #Filanovsky oil platform at Moscow's largest offshore #oil field in the Caspian Sea, owned by a subsidiary of Russian oil giant #Lukoil. As a result of the attack, the oil and gas production flow from more than 20 wells was allegedly stopped.

    kyivindependent.com/ukraines-s

  19. “As they have in other African countries, the Russian mercenaries quickly established a reputation for massacring innocent civilians alongside the Malian army, and jihadist activity expanded at an even quicker pace.”

    "#Wagner temporarily helped push back militants in some areas but civilian casualties surged, increasing fourfold in the year after Wagner’s arrival in 2021”, according to @ACLED data.

    #Mali #Sahel #JNIM #AfricaCorps #Russia

    bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

  20. Maxim Timchenko, CEO of #Ukraine's largest private energy company #DTEK, said that the war has accelerated the company's shift into decentralized energy assets like #renewables, as a way to strengthen Ukraine's energy security.

    "Renewables are no longer just about sustainability -- they are about #resilience. Decentralized energy assets like wind turbines, solar panels and battery storage are not only harder to destroy, but also faster to fix," he said.

    spglobal.com/commodity-insight

  21. Aided by the cracking of two encrypted messaging platforms, #SkyECC and #Encrochat, stricter border controls and inspections at major ports, European officials seized a record 419 metric tons of #cocaine in 2023, ... roughly the weight of a fully loaded Boeing 747.

    Law enforcement … believe almost one third of Europe’s cocaine is now routed through West Africa’s Gulf of Guinea, and they expect that to rise to half by 2030.

    occrp.org/en/feature/faq-why-a

  22. "The negotiations took several weeks to finalise because they stalled over certain conditions imposed by the #JNIM jihadists. These conditions included the delivery of several tonnes of weapons and the release of fighters detained in Malian prisons. These conditions were ultimately included in the agreement. As a result, at least 20 tonnes of weapons and ammunition were transported with the help of traders belonging to the Toubou community operating in #Chad and #Libya

    jeuneafrique.com/1736091/polit

  23. New internal financial data and emails between #Amazon personnel and their Israeli corporate and governmental clients show that Amazon has consistently provided software to both #Rafael and #IAI in 2024 and 2025. 

Rafael purchased artificial intelligence technologies made available through Amazon Web Services, including the state-of-the-art large language model Claude, developed by #AI startup Anthropic.
    #Israel #Gaza

    theintercept.com/2025/10/24/am

  24. “… the suspects were involved in large-scale drug #trafficking operations from South America to Europe, primarily targeting the port of #Antwerp, Belgium, where their organisation had a strong presence. The criminal network specialised in smuggling vast quantities of #cocaine by concealing #narcotics within #maritime cargo, often with the help of front companies, particularly within the fruit industry.”

    #Europol #drugs #camorra #mafia

    europol.europa.eu/media-press/

  25. Hamadine Driss Ag Mohamed, son of #Abeibara’s village chief, told AP that Malian soldiers and fighters from the Russian mercenary group #Wagner had killed 46 civilians.

    “The Malian and Wagner soldiers executed old men and shepherds and stole everything they found in the camps such as money and valuable jewelry”.

    #Mali #FAMa #Sahel #HumanRights #Russia #PMC

    apnews.com/article/mali-violen

  26. “We have not encountered such a scale of personnel purges here since the fall of communism in 1989,” said Tomáš Olšovský, the former director of the Záhorie Protected Landscape Area. “Tomáš #Taraba aims for only one thing — the complete paralysis of the functioning of nature protection in #Slovakia.”

    politico.eu/article/tomas-tara

  27. #Climate obstruction across #Europe: an overview of the key players behind this obstruction, their methods, and the main messages they use to delay climate action.

    Good work and cooperation here from #CAAD and @ClimateSSN

    caad.info/climate-obstruction

  28. Another great investigative piece from #BBCEye.

    “Col Alenezi, who went into exile in the UK last year, says the clearance order he was to enact was for al-Khuraybah, 4.5km south of #TheLine. The villages were mostly populated by the Huwaitat tribe ... He said the April 2020 order stated the Huwaitat was made up of "many rebels" and "whoever continues to resist [eviction] should be killed, so it licensed the use of lethal force against whoever stayed in their home".

    bbc.com/news/world-middle-east

  29. President López Obrador read aloud from an email from the #NYT’s bureau chief for #Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. She had requested comment for an article revealing that U.S. law enforcement officials had for years been looking into claims that allies of Mr. López #Obrador met with and took millions of dollars from drug cartels.

    In addition López Obrador publicly recited her phone number.

    #doxxing #narco #drugs #cartels

    nytimes.com/2024/02/22/world/a