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Re-posting here as well our report from Goma as the city buried its dead www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/w...

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Muhsin Hendricks, a South African credited by some as being the world’s first openly gay imam, was shot and killed in South Africa on Saturday. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/w...

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Lake Kivu & Mount Nyiragongo, Congo & Rwanda 🛥️🌋🇨🇩🇷🇼

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Kagame who a week ago said he didn’t know whether Rwandan troops were in eastern Congo, now calls their presence “obvious.” www.jeuneafrique.com/1657080/poli...

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A small sample of programs affected by Trump’s aid freeze across the world 🌍 Full story ⬇️ www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/w...

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Today is West Africa's "Brexit" day www.nytimes.com/2025/01/29/w...

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🧵 Some recent stories on the ongoing crisis in eastern Congo, as Rwanda-backed M23 rebels say they have captured Goma www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/w...

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"People had nowhere to go but Goma. Then on Monday morning, M23 announced it had captured Goma." www.nytimes.com/card/2025/01...

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M23 says it is in control of Goma. The airport is closed, and negotiations are ongoing with UN to evacuate staff (MONUSCO) and re-establish humanitarian access. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/w...

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🇨🇩 More than 400,000 people displaced in eastern Congo since the beginning of the year, according to UNHCR www.barrons.com/news/over-40...

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Sharp escalation of violence in eastern Congo this week: - USAID staff evacuated from Goma, as M23 closes in - town of Saké controlled by M23 as of Thursday evening, per UN sources - more than 230,000 people displaced in North and South Kivu since start of 2025 www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/w...

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Libya is ramping up deportations of Sub-Saharan Africans. Over 600 Nigerien men were recently deported, and at least two died upon returning to Niger. Reports of mistreatment in Libyan prisons include beatings and guards pouring melting plastic on a man. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/w...

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Back from a week of holidays in Tunisia where among other things I discovered this very cool project on satellite imagery and new forms of political domination (1st pic) www.paulmesnager.com/geography-of...

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"Our door is open." Why some in Africa are optimistic about Trump coming back to the White House. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/27/w...

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Russia keeps pushing the claim that the U.S. is setting up “biolabs” in Africa. Earlier this year I reported on Russian-driven disinformation against efforts to stop the spread of malaria in Burkina Faso 🇧🇫 www.nytimes.com/2024/10/14/w...

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"The virus’s spread [in Kinshasa] has drawn a response far less robust than that for mpox outbreaks in other parts of Congo. Yet it poses a significant threat: to the people who live there, to the rest of the country and to the world beyond." www.nytimes.com/2024/12/23/h...

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The Final Days of the Assad Regime www.nytimes.com/2024/12/21/w...

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🇳🇪 Civilian deaths in Niger have nearly doubled since the military took power in July 2023, compared with the 18 months that preceded it. And over the past six months, it has recorded the highest number of deaths among the AES countries — Burkina, Mali. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/22/w...

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"Sub-Saharan Africa dangerously lacks air pollution monitoring infrastructure, making it difficult for policymakers to act with the urgency and effectiveness necessary." africanarguments.org/2024/12/how-...

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Worst air quality in the world today: Dakar 🇸🇳📍

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Important story from my colleagues Alissa Rubin & Diego Ibarra Sanchez on the plight of women migrants left behind by their Lebanese employers who fled Israeli bombing in September. "Women from Sierra Leone are among the worst off of Lebanon’s migrants." www.nytimes.com/card/2024/12...

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148 Chinese nationals and 645 others arrested for cyberfraud and romance scams in Lagos punchng.com/148-chinese-...

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Situation getting nastier between Mali and Barrick | "If shipments remain suspended, Barrick will be compelled to suspend operations, further impacting the viability of this critical economic driver for Mali."

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Important story from @elianpeltier.bsky.social with powerful pix by Arlette Bashizi on the deteriorating situation in Burkina Faso – happening quickly, with hundreds of thousands of people at risk, with very little international attention www.nytimes.com/2024/12/15/w...

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I went to northern Côte d'Ivoire this fall to interview refugees from Burkina Faso. Most of the three dozen people I spoke with told me the same thing: the state-backed militia known as the VDP forced them to flee by evicting them or killing their relatives. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

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💽 Today’s listen: Gili Men, Baaba Mall 🇸🇳, remixed by Auntie Flo

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“As Sudan burns and its people starve, a gold rush is underway.” by @declanwalsh.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2024/12/11/w...

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Massas Boulos, Trump’s Middle East advisor pick, has been described as a billionaire. Records from his companies in Nigeria, where he says that he’s amassed most of his wealth, clearly show that he isn’t. Great scoop from Ruth Maclean & team www.nytimes.com/2024/12/12/w...

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📚🇳🇬 Just finished ‘The Road to the Country’ by Chigozie Obioma. One of my favorite books of the year. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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Humanitarian response, peace building, democracy and gender equality. Struggling to see what's new in this Sahel strategy from Norway. www.regjeringen.no/contentasset...

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"There are so many things about this virus we don’t know. Here are some of them." Powerful reporting from @stephanienolen.bsky.social on the first signs of the mpox epidemic in rural DRC, and all the challenges and unanswered questions that remain. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/07/h...

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John Dramani Mahama wins Ghana's presidential election after his main opponent, Mahamudu Bawumia, conceded defeat. Officials results haven't been released yet but Bawumia said he had conceded "to avoid further tension and preserve the peace of our country." www.nytimes.com/2024/12/08/w...

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🇬🇭 What to know about Ghana's election: "Ghanaians voting on Saturday are confronted with a choice familiar to Americans: Return a one-term former president to office, or promote the vice president, at a time when anger over the economy is widespread." www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/w...

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Reuters (as well as Malian News sources) reporting that an arrest warrant has been issued for the head of Barrick Gold, ratcheting up pressure again after several arrests of senior Barrick figures, as well as other arrests: www.reuters.com/world/africa...

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"The 32.5% luxury tax imposed on foreign sanitary pads in Ghana creates a significant barrier for athletes earning less than 300 cedis (£15.40) from their day jobs and nothing from their clubs."

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