My new article examines the formation of a local humanitarian class in Goma, and the transformations and tensions that followed. Open access! www.cambridge.org/core/journal... @lseid.bsky.social
While the perpetrators of Gaza’s genocide pose as its saviours, survivors return home – to a wasteland | Nesrine Malik
Myfanwy James
Western leaders attending the Sharm el-Sheikh summit have enabled and sponsored this slaughter. They are in no position to build a Palestinian future, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
Humanitarian agencies have been urged to ‘localise’, shifting power to local actors and addressing North/South imbalances. But what does local really mean? Dr Myfanwy James explores this question for the LSE ID Blog
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🚨New First View Article🚨
"The humanitarian class: Transformation and tension in eastern Congo" by Myfanwy James is now available #OpenAccess on our website!
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There have been growing calls over the last decade for humanitarian agencies to ‘localise’— to address unjust and unequal power relations in the contemporary system by transferring power to local pers...
How do politics and past interventions shape responses to Ebola?
Dr Myfanwy James (@myfanwyvjames.bsky.social) shares insights in The Continent and co-authors a new briefing for those working on the ground 👇
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It is with great sadness that the Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa must announce the passing of our inaugural director, Professor Tim Allen.
You can read more about Tim’s life and legacy, and leave a message of condolence, on our website
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For those interested or involved: together with a collective of social science researchers led by Jules Villa, I contributed to a contextual note on the Ebola outbreak in Ituri #DRC #Ebola : hal.science/hal-05632368
Dr Myfanwy James has been interviewed and quoted in a recent edition of The Continent, an African newspaper, on the latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
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Welcome to Issue 240 of The Continent
The latest Ebola outbreak is the 17th in 50 years, with more than half occurring in the past 5 years. Mining-driven mobility and mistrust are fuelling the spread. Ironically, better containment has limited vaccine trials.
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The humanitarian class: Transformation and tension in eastern Congo - https://cup.org/4uJyQQk
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Kristof Titeca
The Continent
Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR
The New Humanitarian has partnered with five slam poets from eastern DRC, commissioning original works that confront the reality of war and the resilience of Congolese communities facing a brutal insurgency by the M23 rebel group.
These powerful new poems examine the escalating crisis in the east.
