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Jacob Goldberg

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🔎 Investigating abuses of power in the aid sector
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Bangkok, Thailand 6oldberg.com Joined May 2012
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Over the past few weeks, the UN’s @UPEACE has faced a leadership crisis, culminating in the resignation of longtime rector Francisco Rojas Aravena.

@newhumanitarian spoke to current and former students and faculty members as the crisis unfolded.

thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2026/10/2…
www.thenewhumanitarian.org Inside the leadership crisis at the UN’s peace university UPEACE’s longtime rector has resigned amid student protests.
Jacob Goldberg @6oldberg
The UK government was aware for years of his history of self-harm and suicide attempts before moving him to Eswatini, where his arrival was publicly condemned by a local politician.

thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2026/09/1…
www.thenewhumanitarian.org British-held asylum seeker dies by apparent suicide in Eswatini KP spent two years in a legal limbo after a British authority granted him international protection.
Jacob Goldberg @6oldberg
Facing a rise in anti-LGBTQ sentiment in Africa, @OxfaminAfrica told staff not to proactively advocate for LGBTQ rights – even withholding funding from a local partner until they altered their website. They've since retracted the guidelines. thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2026/06/1…
www.thenewhumanitarian.org “Avoid using the term”: Oxfam in Africa retracts LGBTQ censorship guide The move comes as anti-LGBTQ legislation advances across the continent, fuelled by a powerful interfaith coalition backed by the US Christian right.