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Publication: Sand Mining, Non‐Farm Employment and a Local Labour Force in Rural Bangladesh

Published with Magnus Hatlebakk and Mohammad Atique Rahman in the Journal of International Development

New Publication: River Sand Commodity Chains in Ethiopia: Governance, Stakeholders, and Socio-Ecological Implications

The report explores the stakeholders involved, governance structures, and socio- ecological impacts of sand mining in the Alage and Sankura districts of Ethiopia.

New article: Conflits à l’Est du Congo, repenser la centralité des minerais

Rethinking the centrality of minerals for conflicts in the DRC, this article is part of a special issue in Alternatives Sud on the reproduction of predations in Congo.

New article: Rural Radicalism and the Tactic of Third-Party Leverage

How Acholi Peasants Drew a UN Agency into Their Struggle against Land-Grabbing by the Ugandan State

New article: Rural Radicalisms and the Politics of Order: Authority, Precarity, and Globality in Africa

This special issue traces new forms and practices of rural radicalism.

New Book Chapter Publication: “Democratic Republic of the Congo” in Africa Yearbook Vol. 20

Two dynamics dominated the political and social context in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. One was the electoral process, and the second dynamic was the further intensification of the conflict with the Rwandan-backed M23 in North Kivu Province.

BOOK REVIEW by Christoph Vogel

Disrupted Development in the Congo: The Fragile Foundations of the African Mining Consensus. Author: Ben Radley Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023, 224 pp., ISBN: 9780192849052 (hardback); ISBN: 9780191944321 (e-book)

New Publication: Fragile Victory: Can Bangladesh’s Interim Government Avoid the Pitfalls of the Past?

Bangladesh's interim government faces tough challenges in restoring democracy amid the fallout from Sheikh Hasina's regime collapse and the delicate balance of power.