West Africa correspondent @nytimes | Croydon X Ile-Oluji X Lagos Island | (only on X when I have to be) | [email protected]
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My last project for @NPR with @mannyjefferson an audio-visual journal of two weeks on the road from Lagos to Abidjan, one of the fastest growing and urbanising regions in the world. On the balance of promise and precarity in these cities apps.npr.org/west-africa-tra…
The last <4yrs at @NPR have been such a privilege, with so many incredible colleagues who I’ll miss
This week, I started as West Africa correspondent for the @nytimes based in Lagos
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I am featured on NPR's wonderful visual/audio project on the Abidjan to Lagos corridor. I speak in the section on Lomé where I discuss the economic history of the Nana Benz. Many thanks to @ea_akin for the interview. Read and listen below! apps.npr.org/west-africa-tra…
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"This is not a camp for armed movements.... this is the house of a displaced person -- an innocent person's blood. This is a hut. This is a cart. this is a home."
Today @ea_akin @NPR covers RSF's attacks on Zamzam IDP camp w/ @RefugeesIntl, @HRL_YaleSPH.
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Incredibly moving reporting today from @ea_akin @NPR on the deteriorating situation in Zamzam camp, North Darfur, Sudan featuring @HRL_YaleSPH and (most importantly) voices from the ground. Listen:
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“Chad’s role in Sudan’s war has largely gone without mention. Even when it is discussed, Chad is portrayed as the benevolent host to thousands of Sudanese refugees. While that is true, Chad has become the UAE’s handmaiden in Sudan." @CSISAfrica
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.@NesrineMalik’s long read about Wael al-Dahdouh is beautifully written and devastating. It’s testimony to steadfastness and bravery of Palestinan journalists and the Palestinian people who retain their humanity & dignity when the world denies them both.
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Latest UN Fact-Finding Mission report on Sudan:
"Sudan's Rapid Support Forces...are responsible for committing sexual violence on a large scale in areas under their control, including gang-rapes and abducting and detaining victims in conditions that amount to sexual slavery.
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Listen to the powerful witness statements from the SAPA press conference on @NPR along with remarks from SAPA's Media & Outreach Director @MahaArhait as she speaks about the atrocities committed by the RSF in Gezira #Sudan #KeepEyesOnSudan
Our report on a wave of horrific killings by the RSF in Gezira state, east-central Sudan. With eye witness accounts shared by @SAPA_ORG . A shocking 45,000 people have been displaced by the violence in just one week, according to the UN #KeepEyesOnSudan npr.org/2024/10/28/nx-s1-516…
Our report on a wave of horrific killings by the RSF in Gezira state, east-central Sudan. With eye witness accounts shared by @SAPA_ORG . A shocking 45,000 people have been displaced by the violence in just one week, according to the UN #KeepEyesOnSudan npr.org/2024/10/28/nx-s1-516…
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The scorched earth policy of the RSF in Al-Jazira is de-populating one of the most fertile areas on earth. The area was famous for having the largest naturally irrigated farming scheme in the world. It has been gutted and ransacked, and now they are ethnically cleansing by force.
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🚨 The Committee to Protect Journalists is aware of accusations made by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) against several journalists in Gaza accusing them of being members of militant groups. Israel has repeatedly made similar unproven claims without producing credible evidence. After killing Al Jazeera correspondent Ismail Al Ghoul in July, the IDF previously produced a similar document, which contained contradictory information, showing that Al Ghoul, born in 1997, received a Hamas military ranking in 2007 – when he would have been 10 years old.
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Our report from Omdruman is out . It was the first time I managed to return to Sudan since the war started in April 2023. I went to see my neighbourhood, Al-Hashmab.
BBC journalist Mohanad Hashim returns to his birthplace, Omdurman in #Sudan to see what has happened to his neighbourhood.
Sudan is facing the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, with millions displaced and many facing famine.
@moehash1 @BBCWorld
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We recently spent a few weeks in Sudan to report on the horrific impact of the war. This is our overview from Omdurman, a city near the capital, where so much has been destroyed. On people rebuilding their homes and their lives #KeepEyesOnSudan npr.org/2024/10/03/120326121…
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‘All the tools at the disposal of those who want the world to act – journalism, protests, outcry and outrage – cannot end this catastrophe, cannot even capture its gravity.’ theguardian.com/commentisfre…
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What an important and powerful story of a war the world is ignoring. Great work! @ea_akin one.npr.org/i/nx-s1-5133541:…
