Kila kitu na wakati yake… 📚 My book, Conflict Minerals Inc. is out now with Hurst and Oxford University Press. Reviewers say it’s “lucid, compassionate and personal”, and a “devastating and essential reading.” Here is to a few pictures and key points. 🧵

RT @SDJ_AFP: Depuis que l’AFP a été fondée en août 1944, nous avons perdu des journalistes dans des conflits, nous avons eu des blessés et….

RT @ligodipatient: Les conflits dans les Kivu en RDC: décryptage d’une crise à six dimensions

RT @ethuin: Out in @WorldDevJournal and based on long-term ethnography and original material, my piece on “nonconventional logistics”—which….

Out in @WorldDevJournal and based on long-term ethnography and original material, my piece on “nonconventional logistics”—which is how #Rwanda’s #FDLR rebels call their elusive, violent enterprise to sustain insurgency in eastern #Congo. Free download at

A true giant has moved on. Rest in power, Professor Mudimbe….

RT @Mlimani_: #ConflitColtanCliché : On parle souvent de guerre de minerais au Congo, qu'est ce qu'on en sait?. Ce livre de @ethuin qui tot….

Aberrant de voir des députés inconscients d’extrême droite parler d’un “massacre” qui n’a eu lieu uniquement sur Fox News avec des fausses photos y attribuées, puis encore de confondre M23 et ADF. Tout à fait sage que Bruxelles s’abstienne de commenter de telles bêtises.

As we witness the poison of hate, racism and othering gain ground across the globe these days, 7 April is a harrowing reminder of how the world failed in the face of evil 31 years ago. Never again shouldn’t be a mere slogan. #Kwibuka.

Je ne suis pas très étonné que Marine, Jordan et les autres héritiers SS mentent aux français•es, ils le font chaque jour, mais il aurait été souhaitable qu’un premier ministre ne mente pas.

First really cool Economist headline since I was born in 1391.

Pour comprendre les guerres, les étudier est aussi un bon début, car cela permet d’éviter les raccourcis trompeurs. Une gauche engagée est cruciale, nous avons plus besoin que toujours aujourd’hui, mais l’engagement se nourri aussi d’une analyse critique et sérieuse.

RT @ABisoka: "The war in the DRC is associated with a paradoxical loss that goes beyond the regional framework to raise essential questions….

A true privilege back then to host the Amani Itakuya series with your contribution alongside 50 others—researchers, diplomats, activists etc. Worth checking out in an era where misinformation and extremism often blurs our views….

On this day in 2017, Michael J. Sharp and Zaida Catalán were assassinated while investigating war crimes in Congo’s Kasai region. Most people behind this political murder enjoy impunity until today, just as much as others involved in killings in the region for over three decades.

It’s tasteless, unethical and a proof of utter analytical poverty to weaponize the murder of my colleagues Michael and Zaida for unconnected, misleading and amateurish political lobbying.

Another monument walked on — RIP 🌹.

Germany — Today is a good day to vote against Nazis, and anyone abetting or supporting them.

“[…] Against this backdrop, the current escalation seems increasingly reminiscent of the turmoil and regional conflagration of the 1990s.”. One year ago, in @NewLeftReview.

RT @ethuin: This morning, M23 entered #Bukavu and took control of key locations including the governor’s residence and Ruzizi 1 border cros….

In parallel, heavy gunfire was reported inside Uvira this morning and the situation along the RN5 stretch leading northwards towards Kamanyola and Bukavu remains tense. One of Bukavu’s most appreciated police commanders was killed by militia while retreating.