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West & Central Africa correspondent, The New York Times
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Our dispatch from the border between Rwanda and Congo with Guerchom Ndebo: On one side of the lake, lovers glide on canoes and friends ride jet-skis. On the other, two miles away, dead bodies washed ashore and ammunition and discarded weapons littered the water. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/w...
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M23 says it has captured Bukavu www.nytimes.com/2025/02/16/w...
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Inside Goma, after its capture by M23 and Rwanda www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/w...
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🇷🇼 "A conflict that could be tamed with strong international pressure against Rwanda is, instead, spiraling out of control." www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/w...
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🇨🇩 In Kinshasa, protesters have attacked the U.S., French, Belgian, Rwandan and Ugandan embassies today amid fury over rebel violence in the east. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/w...
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♟️ Who are the M23 rebels, and why are they backed by Rwanda? www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/w...
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📸 The fall of Goma, a refuge where hundreds of thousands of people displaced by previous waves of violence had fled to. Photos by Guerchom Ndebo. www.nytimes.com/card/2025/01...
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Some photos from our trip to northern Côte d’Ivoire this fall 🇨🇮
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Free link to our story, with 📸 from Arlette Bashizi www.nytimes.com/2024/12/15/w...
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🇨🇮 Most refugees we met live in dire conditions among local communities. Asylum centers accommodate only 20% of them. The World Food Program has halved a monthly stipend to $7.50 from $15. Refugee children do not go to school. Mental health support for those who fled the violence is nonexistent.
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💥 The VDP's bloody tactics have forced 150,000 Burkinabe citizens to flee to neighboring countries, with Côte d'Ivoire accommodating the largest number of them.
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🇧🇫 Discrimination in the recruitment of VDP (no Fulanis) and total impunity have created the conditions for targeted persecution.
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📈 Acts of violence against local populations involving the militia have more than doubled since Capt. Ibrahim Traoré seized power in Burkina in 2022, according to ACLED data. The militiamen have carried out executions, forced disappearances or looting every six days on average, the data shows.
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