Bram Vermeulen

All things Africa, Middle-East and Turkey. Correspondent, documentarymaker, author. Obsessed with borders.

[Kenneth Roth @KenRoth]

Israeli strikes that killed Reuters video journalist Issam Abdallah and injured six other journalists cannot be dismissed as a “mistake.” Why did Israeli forces attack a clearly identifiable group of journalists in southern Lebanon. https://t.co/3vOKPLRKBv

[Mischa Blok @mischablok]

Over goed en kwaad, over oorlogen die ver weg voelen, maar dichterbij zijn dan je denkt, over de neutraliteit van een journalist, over vertrekken en weer thuiskomen. ‘Als je reist, verlies je een stukje van jezelf’. @bramvermeul bij MISCHA! @NPORadio1 https://t.co/ilRECT4Uz5

[Bram Vermeulen @bramvermeul]

Nu te zien: we kregen ongewone toegang tot de Israelische soldaten die actief zijn in Gaza en de vrijwilligers (incl. Nederlanders) die hen steunen en in de watten leggen. #frontlinie
https://t.co/DHADDmt5xC

[NRC @nrc]

Naast 'Frontlinie' maakt Bram Vermeulen nu ook het praatprogramma 'Bureau Buitenland'. Deze woensdag is zijn reportage te zien over internationale vrijwilligers aan de grens van Israël en Gaza. https://t.co/vtJmYBwbx6

[Leo Lucassen @Leolucassen]

Gesprek over de politieke obsessie met (grip op) migratie, met Romy van Baarsen en Bram Vermeulen, gisteravond bij Bureau Buitenland.

https://t.co/yIYMfZ6MjQ

[💧Mary Kostakidis @MaryKostakidis]

Gideon Levy: an Israeli journalist standing up for Gaza | VPRO Frontlinie - YouTube
Dutch journalist Bram Vermeulen spoke with Gideon Levy a few weeks before the ceasefire. They discuss the destruction of Gaza, recognition of Palestine by European countries, and the ways in which the genocide is denied through daily life in Tel Aviv - where people in the streets can hear the bombs but choose to ignore them.
https://t.co/t0KxY5vZfo

[Thomas van Linge @ThomasVLinge]

President of Madagascar 🇲🇬 appears to have fled the country.

[Bram Vermeulen @bramvermeul]

@redevries @SvenTorfinn Jazeker

[Bram Vermeulen @bramvermeul]

Na bedtijd pas op zender dus hier nog even een link naar ons harde werk van de afgelopen maanden. Hoe Poetins narratief Afrika verovert en jongeren naar het front lokt. Teamwerk van oa @SvenTorfinn, Daphne Wesdorp (Oekraine), Blaise Eyong (Kameroen).
https://t.co/Lv2rwt9oyZ

[Bram Vermeulen @bramvermeul]

@iededevries Dankjewel, Iede.

[Bram Vermeulen @bramvermeul]

@Cebes_ @SvenTorfinn @RnaudBertrand Dank! Gelezen, natuurlijk:)

[Bram Vermeulen @bramvermeul]

Aan het Oekrainse front duiken steeds vaker Afrikaanse soldaten op. We reisden voor #Frontlinie naar Kameroen én Oekraine om te achterhalen hoe de rekrutering werkt. Morgen op tv, vandaag in de krant. https://t.co/rXBRrx24KX

[Reuters @Reuters]

Skateboarding icon Tony Hawk is putting a special board up for auction. It's the one he used to land the first two-and-a-half revolution aerial spin, known as a 900, in competition https://t.co/CtREuD9H4L

[Bram Vermeulen @bramvermeul]

@SjaakDriessen Jazeker

[Athi Mtongana @AthiMtongana]

TRUMP 🇺🇸 TO RAMAPHOSA 🇿🇦

“Our relationship has been, unfortunately, far from Reciprocal.

Starting on August 1, 2025, we will charge South Africa a Tariff of only 30% on any and all South African products sent into the United States, separate from all Sectoral Tariffs.”

[Bram Vermeulen @bramvermeul]

#frontlinie

[Addis Standard @addisstandard]

#Ethiopia's mining boom causes power outage

Ethiopia is seeing growing power supplу problems due to the countrу's crуptocurrencу mining boom. According to a recentlу published 2025 energу forecast for Ethiopia, electricitу consumption bу mining companies will exceed eight terawatt hours (TWh) this уear, equivalent to about З0% of total national demand.

The report was prepared bу the countrу’s Petroleum and Energу Authoritу, which questions whether such use is worthwhile. The crуptocurrencу mining boom began in 2022 after the National Bank of Ethiopia banned crуptocurrencу trading. Authorities saw mining operations as a waу to earn foreign currencу and develop digital infrastructure, but the huge energу consumption theу cause has led to debate about their effectiveness.

Despite Ethiopia’s manу goals and large-scale infrastructure programs, progress in electrifуing the countrу has been slow in recent уears. Almost 50% of the population lacks access to reliable electricitу, and onlу 22% have legal electricitу through a meter. Some 15 million households are still waiting to be connected to the grid.

https://t.co/09722bgBKb

[History ZAR @HistorySAZAR]

Desmond Tutu speaking at Stanford University in 1986.

[New Day @newmeSA1_]

Piers :Ernst tell us about these 142 race laws against whites ?

Ernst Roets :“Struggles & scrambles to find one and talks about something he is not asked about ”

Dan Corder :“Speaks nothing but facts like a true South African compatriot!”🇿🇦🇿🇦

@DanCorderOnAir

[Bram Vermeulen @bramvermeul]

@jameslewis2023 Goede vraag, geen idee. We gaan het uitzoeken en het zsm herstellen.

[Bram Vermeulen @bramvermeul]

49 Afrikaners hebben zojuist Zuid-Afrika verlaten en zijn op weg naar de VS waar ze als vluchtelingen worden opgevangen door de regering Trump. Een Zuid-Afrikaanse collega noemde het hier net ,,een circus”. #frontlinie