Daniel Christopher Watson

Research associate at the Conflict, Security and Development Programme at @IISS_org.

[Daniel Christopher Watson @DCWatson14]

Why have we started using the label ‘inter-communal violence’ to describe so much conflict in Africa, and what are the dangers of doing so? My article with @JournalofCW is available for free, explores this in relation to #Nigeria and #SouthSudan. #SSOT

https://t.co/vhsORjqjNy

[Daniel Christopher Watson @DCWatson14]

We are looking for a new Research Analyst to join us in the CSDP team at IISS.

If you have experience and interest in conflict dynamics in Sub-Saharan Africa, we would particularly like to hear from you!

Further details and requirements are listed in the job description.

[IISS News @IISS_org]

We are #hiring! Join our team in London:

💼 Research Analyst, Conflict, Security and Development Programme (CSDP)
📆 Deadline for receipt of applications: 15 July 2026

An opportunity has arisen in the London office for a Research Analyst to join the Conflict, Security and Development Programme.

Apply now: https://t.co/uRIcnHB1YT

[IISS News @IISS_org]

We are #hiring! Join our team in London:

💼 Research Analyst, Conflict, Security and Development Programme (CSDP)
📆 Deadline for receipt of applications: 15 July 2026

An opportunity has arisen in the London office for a Research Analyst to join the Conflict, Security and Development Programme.

Apply now: https://t.co/uRIcnHB1YT

[IISS News @IISS_org]

Since 2012, gold production has risen at both ends of the Sahel, with Mali in the west also becoming a major sub-regional hub for gold exports - including both illicitly produced gold and legitimate exports. Resource-rich areas of Central and East Africa are also assuming an important role in the region’s gold economy and – much like the Sahel – are becoming well integrated into transnational smuggling networks. This changing geography of gold production means that major gold-mining areas increasingly overlap with unstable and conflict-affected regions.

The latest IISS Research report introduces a new matrix framework that benchmarks vulnerabilities and preparedness for tackling illicit gold mining and trafficking across ten countries in the Amazon basin, Southeast Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa.

Find out more: https://t.co/t5B4RSEVOd

[IISS News @IISS_org]

How do international actors engage with non-state armed groups during and after conflict?

The latest IISS Strategic Dossier examines the evolving approaches used by donors and international organisations, with a data-driven analysis of key stabilisation tools including peace negotiation and mediation processes; disarmament, demobiliszation and reintegration (DDR) of ex-combatants, and security sector reform (SSR).

With spotlights on Haiti, Syria, the Horn of Africa and the Sahel, the dossier explores what has worked, what has not, and what these cases reveal about operating in complex conflict environments.

Read the free IISS Strategic Dossier and find out more: https://t.co/3pgSyddkZo

[IISS News @IISS_org]

The 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly convened in September 2025 amidst a profound crisis of multilateralism.

Proliferating armed conflicts and significant reductions in international funding threaten the UN’s capacity to uphold its core mandates of preserving peace, safeguarding human rights and addressing climate change. This has triggered initiatives for wide-scale reform aimed at revitalising global cooperation.

➡️ Read the full analysis by Daniel Watson and Fernanda Rios Herrera: https://t.co/iokqQdHFbH

[Daniel Akech Thiong @jongethon]

Just released! My new book, Climate Shocks and Pastoralist Migration in South Sudan, is officially out now. This open-access work explores the critical link b/n climate change & migration, making it accessible to everyone. Read and download it for free! #ClimateChange #Migration

[MSF East Africa @MSF_EastAfrica]

🔴MSF has published the findings of an internal review into the brutal killing of three of its staff members María Hernández Matas, Tedros Gebremariam Gebremichael, and Yohannes Halefom Reda in central Tigray, Ethiopia, on 24 June 2021.

Read more: https://t.co/BVVj3EwVo4

[Cameron Hudson @_hudsonc]

Tipping points: South Sudan on the brink of collapse? Excellent look at how the world's youngest country descended so quickly into an abyss. https://t.co/Jd4TJL7WCp

[IISS News @IISS_org]

President Kiir faces a growing number of crises in South Sudan, including rising tensions within the regime and regional instability, putting the country at risk of further fragmentation and conflict.

Read the full analysis by Daniel Watson. https://t.co/KPVc0kUF5q

[John McDonnell @johnmcdonnellMP]

We need to thank ⁦@PeterKGeoghegan⁩ & Democracy For Sale for pursuing this search for the truth about last government’s treatment of disabled people. John Pring’s recent book exposes the deaths caused. Former ministers need to be held to account. https://t.co/EqmNxpyNNd

[Conflict Sensitivity in South Sudan @CSRF_SS]

📢Our December Research Update is out! Including publications on intergenerational and intercommunal violence, rural vs. urban relations, wildlife management, governance and high level diplomacy in #SouthSudan

Check it out: https://t.co/DIFeTUc7wq

@swisspeace
@Saferworld

[IISS News @IISS_org]

OUT NOW: The Armed Conflict Survey 2024 highlights the surging intensity and human cost of armed conflicts worldwide, amid the increasing complexity of actors and dynamics, geopolitical fragmentation, and accelerating climate change.

Read more: https://t.co/ye13IJSseF

[Ferenc Dávid Markó @MarkoFerenc]

I have a new academic essay at @haujournal on the famous Azande witchcraft, based on a decade of fieldwork and almost a dozen trips to Western Equatoria state of South Sudan. I try to unpack social transformation through the changing nature of oracles.

https://t.co/ciXNdlfJS7

[Sussex Global🏳️‍🌈✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿 @SussexGlobal]

🎉EPISODE 4 IS HERE! Forbidden Love

🚀🖖 The Star Trek/International Relations crossover is back!

🎙️✨Check out episode 4 of the podcast series!

🌌Boldly going where IR meets sci-fi. #StarTrek #StarTrekTNG

https://t.co/hZgAnVpw9i

[Conflict Sensitivity Facility (CSF) @CsfSudan]

Al Butana, along with regions like Gadarif, Kassala, River Nile, and Al Jazirah, has historically been at the heart of land grabbing in Sudan, fueling tensions and driving ongoing conflicts.

Discover the impact and future risks here: https://t.co/L7ErbrZqfG

#LandGrabbing

[Sussex Global🏳️‍🌈✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿 @SussexGlobal]

🎉EPISODE 2 IS HERE! Techno-Communism

🚀🖖 The Star Trek/International Relations crossover is back!

🎙️✨Check out episode 2 of the podcast series!

🌌Boldly going where IR meets sci-fi. Stay tuned for more! #StarTrek #StarTrekTNG

https://t.co/WKQsNrtRhN

[Sussex Global🏳️‍🌈✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿 @SussexGlobal]

🎉EPISODE 1 IS HERE!

🚀🖖 The Star Trek/International Relations crossover you’ve been waiting for is here!

🎙️✨Check out episode 1 of our new podcast series!

🌌Boldly going where IR meets sci-fi. Stay tuned for more! #StarTrek #StarTrekTNG

https://t.co/ysvJdB6yob

[Sussex Global🏳️‍🌈✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿 @SussexGlobal]

🚀🖖 The Star Trek/International Relations crossover you’ve been waiting for is here!

🎙️✨ Check out the intro episode of our new podcast series!

🌌 Boldly going where IR meets sci-fi. Stay tuned for more! #StarTrek #StarTrekTNG

https://t.co/ysvJdB6yob

[Atar Network @atarnetwork]

Marhaba!

This is the twelfth issue of Atar English magazine from Sudan Facts Center for Journalism. It comes to you on Monday, after every two weeks.

Read the full Issue (12) pdf:-

https://t.co/fk8AaIGtHB

[European Legal Support Center (ELSC) @elsclegal]

🚨UK prosecutors have DROPPED the case against Amira Abdelhamid, the academic targeted over tweets related to 7 October. 🚨

After @portsmouthuni suspended her and referred her to Prevent, two months later, counterterrorism police raided her home and placed her under arrest.