Aris Dimitrakopoulos

Journalist focusing on conflict and foreign affairs
Reporting from West Africa and the Sahel

[Aris Dimitrakopoulos @ArisDimitrako]

In December, I traveled to the Farchana refugee camp in eastern Chad, where injured Sudanese refugees urgently need surgery & healthcare.

I reported for @globeandmail how the US aid freeze is threatening critical medical support & putting lives at risk.
https://t.co/GkZ6GFCgN3

[POLITICO @politico]

Trump is portraying the Western Hemisphere as America’s natural sphere of destiny after decades of distracted globalism, building on the frameworks left by Monroe, McKinley and Roosevelt, writes Thomas P.M. Barnett.

https://t.co/5bJzenq9nK

[Younis Tirawi | يونس @ytirawi]

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https://t.co/JQaRKmr2RY

[Aris Dimitrakopoulos @ArisDimitrako]

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[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

Four Al Jazeera staff, including reporter Anas Al Sharif, were killed in an Israeli attack on a tent for journalists outside the main gate of Gaza's al-Shifa hospital https://t.co/MMKatjgeAa

[The Globe and Mail @globeandmail]

Wounded Sudanese refugees in Chad brace for impact of U.S. foreign-aid cuts https://t.co/0lsQ2sJDe9

[The Libya Observer @Lyobserver]

The House of Representatives decided today to form a technical committee to study the Libyan-Turkish agreement signed by the former Government of National Accord, headed by Fayez al-Sarraj, on November 27, 2019, regarding the demarcation of the maritime borders between the two countries.

[Aris Dimitrakopoulos @ArisDimitrako]

Spillover of the Sudan war into Tchad?

[Alwihda Info @alwihdainfo]

🔴 #Tchad : L'Etat-Major Général des Armées porte à la connaissance de l'opinion qu'un groupe armé en provenant du Darfour a été intercepté par nos éléments au poste frontalier de Bahaï. Ces éléments ont été désarmés et sont actuellement sous le contrôle de nos forces.

[Kathimerini English Edition @ekathimerini]

Research presented at a press conference Friday by experts representing the Tempe Victims Association indicates that the freight train involved in the Tempe collision was carrying illegal flammable materials.
https://t.co/SpPcY8WL3A

[UNICORN RIOT @UR_Ninja]

Last year, activists occupied a forest in Germany next to Tesla's Gigafactory aiming to prevent it from expanding.

Local residents have been forced to ration their water as the factory uses mass amounts of water.

See a short film from the occupation:
https://t.co/AlF8OD5opG

[Kathimerini English Edition @ekathimerini]

Russian cybercriminal Alexander Vinnik was released by the US on Thursday and is expected to arrive in Russia within the coming hours, according to a statement from his lawyer, Arkady Bukh.
https://t.co/UxyW8jtxhF

[Kathimerini English Edition @ekathimerini]

A Greek in the Darfur border crisis
https://t.co/VKkzGsR9c1

[michelawrong @michelawrong]

Congratulations are due Sky News for getting a journalist on the ground in Goma so fast. She's doing excellent work keeping the outside world updated on a fast moving situation, in spite of the considerable risks.

[Alwihda Info @alwihdainfo]

#Tchad : La vidéo de l'attaque du Palais présidentiel dévoilée

[Kathimerini English Edition @ekathimerini]

Mr Bitcoin, US-Russia prisoner swap talks, and hackers’ go-to lawyer https://t.co/zWS5hK3tVk

[BBC News (World) @BBCWorld]

Nearly 70% of Gaza war dead are women and children, UN says https://t.co/4f30gQ1zRw

[UNICORN RIOT @UR_Ninja]

NEW: Lebanese Communists’ History of Armed Resistance Against Israeli Invasions

In November 2023, just as the current conflict between Hezbollah and Israel in southern Lebanon was beginning, with the Shi’ite group joining the conflict in solidarity with the Palestinians in Gaza, Unicorn Riot met with the General Secretary of the Lebanese Communist Party, Hanna Gharib, at the party’s headquarters in Beirut.

“This party is one of the founders of Resistance against this Zionist entity,” stated Gharib.

Full story: https://t.co/FNcGywOg66 via @ArisDimitrako

[Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt @FranceskAlbs]

Palestine - and now Lebanon - have become a space "without civilians". All terrorists, deserving to die. Men, women, kids.
This monstruosity must end.

[UNICORN RIOT @UR_Ninja]

As Israel bombs Lebanon, we look back at our past coverage by contributor @ArisDimitrako, where he visits with displaced Lebanese on the southern border.

[Nektaria Stamouli @nstamouli]

In the country famous for inventing democracy, there’s a sense it is fraying.
#Predatorgate, #Tempi and #Pylos
Cover-ups, botched investigations and a general feeling of impunity set alarm bells ringing.
https://t.co/ww5MoxFtwL

[Aris Dimitrakopoulos @ArisDimitrako]

Same thing happened with Hezbollah when they killed al-Musawi in 1992.

[Ragıp Soylu @ragipsoylu]

Let’s kill the moderate leader of Hamas so a hawk can replace him