Central Africa Director at Human Rights Watch. Husband. Dad. New Englander. Bo-Sox fan. UNC/SOAS/UoE. Re-tweets not endorsements. Views expressed are my own.
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F1 has announced a race in #Rwanda. While the continent deserves a race, a look at Rwanda's flagrant disregard for human rights, both internal and across the region, raises a question: Does @F1 have a real due diligence program? New dispatch for @hrw hrw.org/news/2026/10/16/f1s-…
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Time has passed but the memories of our work in the Central African Republic have not faded. This is a reminder of why we do this work, and why we need a strong International Criminal Court despite US efforts to destroy it.
In 2013 @Bolopion of @hrw went to Bangui #Centrafrique and met with the Seleka. They denied any wrongdoing. 13 years later a high ranking Seleka has been convicted by the #ICC. The long road to justice continues in Central Africa. hrw.org/news/2026/10/01/a-lo…
In 2013 @Bolopion of @hrw went to Bangui #Centrafrique and met with the Seleka. They denied any wrongdoing. 13 years later a high ranking Seleka has been convicted by the #ICC. The long road to justice continues in Central Africa. hrw.org/news/2026/10/01/a-lo…
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How are terrorist organizations in Africa using AI? As I explain to @LaCroix, it’s much more than just propaganda and deepfakes.
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Why would Al-Shabaab republish a Western war-game?
Three days ago @timkmak at the Arsenal asked: what if Somali militias had drones in 'Black Hawk Down'?
A day later, Al-Shabaab's own site had it up in Arabic, drone graphics and all (though they did edit out certain passages) 1/6
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#CentralAfricanRepublic: ICC Verdict in Seleka Commander Case
As the first ICC verdict against a high-level Seleka commander, the judgment against Said is a significant milestone in the fight against impunity for serious crimes in CAR, @LewisMudge @hrw
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There has been a pretty significant increase in JNIM and FLA’s use of kamakaze drones over the past 2 months. Accuracy also seems to have improved.
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We had discussed this in our report on drone warfare in the Sahel last year. I still wonder if a condition of the support and training was that the FLA cannot transfer that knowledge to JNIM - as they have pulled off several milestones that JNIM still hasn't demonstrated.
This report by CNN is a true bombshell - a first explicit confirmation that Ukrainian operatives are in Mali, embedded within the FLA militants in the North, performing an advisor role. 15 Ukrainians are supposed to be hosted by the Tuaregs. edition.cnn.com/2026/09/12/a…
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25 years after 9/11, what is the state of jihadist leadership globally? It was a pleasure speaking with @sid_abu from @alhurranews alhurra.com/en/39472
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Full story in EN and FR 7/7 :hrw.org/news/2026/07/27/dr-c…
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Documented impacts on local communities. One villager said, "We smell a lot of smoke; we experience nausea and headaches." Another added, "When it rains heavily and the water rises, oil spills next to it." 6/7
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New evidence indicating that the Congolese Government does not conduct adequate pollution monitoring and that Perenco is withholding pollution data from the public. 5/7
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The first independent measurements of the distance between Perenco's gas flaring sites and nearby villages, documenting one location where flaring occurred less than 80 meters from homes. 4/7
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Serious maintenance failures increase the risk of oil leaks according to experts and industry workers. One said: "There is no regular maintenance of the pipes, and they only clean the big pipes, not the small ones. In case of high heat, the density decreases and it explodes."
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Exclusive footage from inside Perenco's new "waste treatment" facility shows that the company carried out open-air burning of oil paraffins—one of the worst forms of oil waste treatment and a practice prohibited under Congolese law. 2/7
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NEW: As the Congolese Government finalizes an environmental audit of French-British oil firm Perenco's operations in the DRC, newly obtained evidence on the company's oil operations has been published by @hrw today. 1/7
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Last week I joined a dedicated group of Congolese civil society leaders to call on the US Congress & White House to keep the pressure on all parties to the peace accord to protect civilians, support justice & accountability.
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#RDC: 9 ans plus tard, la condamnation du Col. Mambweni pour crime de guerre marque la première fois qu'un tribunal reconnaît la responsabilité d'un officier supérieur dans la planification des assassinats des experts de l'ONU Zaida Catalán & Michael Sharp hrw.org/fr/news/2026/06/29/c…
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#DRC: 9 years on, the war crime conviction of Col. Mambweni for orchestrating the assassinations of UN experts Zaida Catalán & Michael J. Sharp marks the first time a court recognized the responsibility of a senior military officer in planning the murders. hrw.org/news/2026/06/29/war-…
