João Fusco Ribeiro

🆕Lotfi Sour analyses Russia’s multi-layered strategy in the Sahel through the “Matryoshka” model. The author argues that Russia’s engagement in Sahelian states is not only opportunistic but a deliberate effort to reshape regional power dynamics.

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É doutorado em ser choramingão

Replaying the Second World War | Columbia University Press Oleksa Drachewych argues that Russia’s instrumentalization of its memory of WWII has played a significant role in leading Russian forces to commit similar ... | CUP

Forthcoming in February 2026, my new book Replaying the Second World War: Soviet Parallels and Inspirations for Russian Atrocities in the Russo-Ukrainian War, 2014-25, out with ibidem Press and distributed by Columbia University Press. cup.columbia.edu/book/replayi...

Das Plakat für den Call for Papers.

#CfP Experiencing the Borders: The Long 1940s and Their Legacies in (Eastern) Europe

📌 #Conference in #Lviv | 16-18 September 2026 | organised by @rcu-mws-ukraine.bsky.social, #CenterForUrbanHistoryLviv, @crh.ehess.fr and more

📅 Deadline: 20 April 2026

🔗 www.maxweberstiftung...

Cover of the book "After the Carnations: Social Movements in Portugal Since the 25 April 1974 Revolution", edited by Daniela F. Melo and Paul Christopher Manuel, and published by Liverpool University Press. The cover includes a photo of a rally with people carrying the Portuguese flag and a banner that says "Liberdade" (Freedom).

📖 The book "After the Carnations" includes a chapter by Giulia Strippoli on the role of students both in the 25 April revolution and afterwards. Edited by Daniela F. Melo and Paul Christopher Manuel and published by @livunipress.bsky.social.
👉 www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....

Congrats!

Cinquante ans après le rattachement de Cabinda à l’Angola, les indépendantistes n’ont pas perdu espoir Le Front de libération de l’enclave de Cabinda a déclaré de manière unilatérale, le 2 février, l’indépendance de l’exclave vis-à-vis de l’Angola, mais peine à trouver des alliés au-delà de ses frontiè...

A minha intervenção (análise) neste trabalho de #JudithRenoult , no @lemondefredo.bsky.social #Afrique, sobre #Cabinda e a declaração unilateral de independência de #Angola, feita no passado dia 2 de Fevereiro
www.lemonde.fr/afrique/arti...
@cei-iscte.bsky.social #CINAMIL #CEDESA

Five book covers for titles on the Russian war in Ukraine showing Putin, Zelensky, and soldiers amongst them.

The war Trump boasted he would ‘end within one day’ enters its fourth anniversary this week. Sadly, as Russian missiles pound Ukraine & Putin continues the nuclear sabre-rattling, a workable peace is not in clear sight. Here’s a reading list of books to provide some context:

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New addition

Journal article: Communicating the Russian Threat: Intelligence Agencies’ Public Messaging in Europe by Lotte Nietzman, Peter Schrijver (published 12-11-2025)

https://www.nsf-journal.hr/nsf-volumes/focus/id/1534/p/1

Against a dark green backdrop is a dark blue mockup of a book cover. The author's name: 'Malyn Newitt' is visible at the top in white followed by the title 'Cabo Verde and the Creole South Atlantic' in yellow. The subtitle 'A New History' is also visible in white at the bottom right. There is a large palm tree visible on the right hand side and in the middle there is a building featuring an image of a person with their eyes closed--shown in a black and white effect.

'Cabo Verde and the Creole South Atlantic' by Malyn Newitt is out now 🌟

The first general history of the archipelago available in English, set within a broader regional, oceanic and global tapestry.

'[A] lavishly detailed history' Barry Hatton

Get 20% off w/code NEWITT20 ➡️ tinyurl.com/4mypwpzx

O ano de Angola na União Africana: Diplomacia de pacificação e afirmação; segue Burundi… - CEDESA Eugénio Costa Almeida* Introdução No passado 13 de Fevereiro de 2026, a União Africana (UA) encerrou um dos capítulos mais dinâmicos da sua história recente. A presidência de João Lourenço, Presidente...

O meu ensaio sobre o ano da liderança angolana na União Africana, através do presidente #JoaoLourenco, e publicado pelo #CEDESA.
www.cedesa.pt/2026/02/19/o...
@cei-iscte.bsky.social @cies-iscte.bsky.social #Angola #CINAMIL

Hidden beauty of Zimbabwe's 2.5 billion-year-old 'geological marvel' revealed in striking astronaut photo — Earth from space A 2010 astronaut photo shows off the astonishing scale of the Great Dyke of Zimbabwe, which stretches over 340 miles (550 kilometers). The lengthy structure, which is not actually a dike, is full of e...

Hidden beauty of Zimbabwe's 2.5 billion-year-old “geological marvel”, the Great Dyke of Zimbabwe, which stretches over 550 kilometres, revealed in striking astronaut photo.

NEW EPISODE - The #Moscow Playbook: How #Sovietunion & #Russia Used, #Abused, and Transformed #Sports in the Hunt for #Power with @beastofberglund.bsky.social

Listen here 🎧 coldwarconversations.com/episode443

#olympics #doping #sportsscience #Coldwar

📕Buyisile Ntaka reviews @falo2.bsky.social "Quasi-Armies and State-building in Africa", highlighting its rich historical analysis and its insightful explanation of the complex relationship between state-building and military institutions in Central Africa.

#OpenAccess

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« Chaque fois que je retire de l’argent, ça me rappelle qu’on est en guerre » - Economie Depuis les vastes conquêtes territoriales de l’AFC/M23 dans l’est de la République démocratique du Congo, la ville de Goma est coupée du reste du pays. Sans banques ni commerce avec Kinshasa, les (…)

Depuis les conquêtes territoriales du #M23 dans l’est de la #rdcongo, #Goma est coupée du reste du pays. Sans banques ni commerce avec #Kinshasa, les habitant·es,
impacté·es par le départ d'entreprises et des taxes en
hausse, paient les pots cassés...
#Rwanda #RDC #economie #Afrique #Kivu

Can the Archive Make a Monster of a Historian? A historian who pays full attention to their sources can’t help but be transformed into a monster...

contingentmagazine.org/2025/12/31/c...

Read the new #OpenAccess article by @davidwilsonhist.bsky.social on #fishing and #law in #Ghana:

bit.ly/45CFld3

‘Fishing for Profit?’ Socialist Bloc Inroads in Decolonised Spaces: The Case of Polish Fishing Co-Operation in Senegal, 1960–85 This article examines Socialist Poland’s fishing co-operation with Senegal between 1960 and 1985. Poland had the second largest Eastern Bloc fishing fleet with a worldwide reach. From the early 197...

My article about Polish Socialist fishing engagement in Senegal during the Cold War has now officially got a volume and issue number, so that means another 50 free copies to download, fill your boots! www.tandfonline.com/eprint/8BBEK...

Algérie, Angola, Mozambique... Un cheminement décolonial commun L’année 2025 a marqué le cinquantième anniversaire de l’indépendance de l’Angola et du Mozambique vis-à-vis du Portugal. L’histoire de leurs guerres respectives de libération nationale reste peu (…)

L’année 2025 a marqué le cinquantième anniversaire de l’indépendance de l’ #Angola et du #Mozambique vis-à-vis du #Portugal. L’histoire de leurs guerres respectives de libération nationale reste peu connue du grand public, tout comme le rôle important qu’y a joué l’ #Algérie.

‘Down with Racism!’ The MPLA’s Response to Dissidence in the Shadow of Apartheid The last years of the anti-colonial struggle in Angola by the People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) were marked by internal battles in which challengers to the leadership of Agostin...

New article out from SA Historical Conference panel re-evaluating global anti-apartheid activism. I examine how MPLA in power in #Angola used its alignment against apartheid in order to conflate all its critics as imperialist & to silence internal debates re race. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

E mesmo assim o encantador de burros vai espernear e fazer birra que a derrota foi injusta.

Montenegro é neutral entre a democracia e o autoritarismo, dando a liderança da direita a Ventura O derrotado da noite é Montenegro. E a sua neutralidade, na segunda volta, entrega a Ventura da liderança da direita, em vez de o acantonar no espaço antidemocrático. É uma escolha de consequências es...

O derrotado da noite é Montenegro. E a sua neutralidade, na segunda volta, entrega a Ventura da liderança da direita, em vez de o acantonar no espaço antidemocrático. É uma escolha de consequências estruturais, recolocando o PSD e acelerando a reconfiguração da direita.

Que realidade paralela é esta em que eu concordo com a Le Pen?

People in need in northern #Mozambique
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#conflict #insurgency #Africa #ISIS AfricanJihad
From "Humanitarian Programme Cycle 2026", issues on 29 December 2025

Construction of Sasol One.

📢📢New article! How did apartheid South Africa weather the 1973–74 oil crisis? Despite sanctions, no oil reserves, and global recession, the immediate impact was limited. This article explores why, and how the crisis was turned into political capital.

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Apply by Friday, 19 December, for a chance to participate in the @miasa-ug.bsky.social Publishing Workshop! 👇

I have a new article in the Journal of Early Modern History about the Jesuits and their role as agents of the Inquisition in Angola.

It is now available as an advance article: brill.com/view/journal...

My new open access article is out now! It continues my research into the Polish People's Republics' engagements with Francophone West Africa during the Cold War. Enjoy! resgestae.uken.krakow.pl/issue/view/802

Congresso Internacional dos 50 anos da Independências Africanas na FLUL, que incluiu várias comunicações interessantes, e onde apresentámos um paper focado nas ligações do MPLA com o mundo comunista durante a descolonização.

Apresentação do livro "The Liberation of Portuguese Africa" | IHC O livro editado por Pedro Aires Oliveira, Fernando Tavares Pimenta e Aurora Almada e Santos vai ser apresentado na FLUL por Marissa Moorman.

📘 O livro "The Liberation of Portuguese Africa, 1961-1975", editado por Pedro Aires Oliveira, Fernando Tavares Pimenta e Aurora Almada e Santos vai ser apresentado na FLUL, no âmbito do Congresso Internacional Independências Africanas, por Marissa Moorman.
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