giulia paravicini

Sub-Saharan Africa Senior Correspondent @reuters - Nairobi via Addis Ababa, Kinshasa and Brussels - send me tips, leaks and dog pics

[Patrick Heinisch @PatrickHeinisc1]

#US is set to remove sanctions against #Eritrea, according to an internal US gov. document. The note, sent by the @StateDept to several countries, said the US would rescind "on or around May 4" an executive order signed by Biden imposing the sanctions. https://t.co/Nstde4mvUA

[Sonia Rolley @soniarolley]

#RDC : l’équipe de @ReutersAfrica récompensée pour sa couverture des derniers mois sur le conflit au Congo par l’Overseas press club @opcofamerica. Congrats to @DG_Lewis, @giuparavicini et bien d’autres pour ce prix tous médias confondus - https://t.co/4qmwebN5FS

[Geoffrey York @geoffreyyork]

Another landslide is reported at the Rubaya mining site, which produces 15% to 30% of the world's coltan. The last landslide killed more than 200 people. The site in eastern Congo is controlled by the Rwanda-backed M23 militia, which extracts millions of dollars in taxes from it.

[Reuters Africa @ReutersAfrica]

Sudan has accused Ethiopia of allowing drones to be launched from its territory into Sudan to carry out attacks in February and March, the first time it has directly accused its powerful neighbour of involvement in the three-year civil war. https://t.co/YIFRlpA1NL

[Laetitia Bader @LaetitiaBader]

The Ethiopian govt's revocation of @addistandard action risks losing a critical voice in an increasingly hostile media environment, particularly as elections approach & the renewed hostilities loom in northern Ethiopia. https://t.co/NArGFJFrq8

[RSF @RSF_inter]

#Ethiopia: Yesterday, the 🇪🇹 Media Authority revoked the license of the online outlet @addisstandard. This news site has already been singled out by the authorities, who are now more hostile than ever toward the press. RSF calls for the immediate reinstatement of Addis Standard's licence.

[Addis Standard @addisstandard]

News: #Ethiopian Media Authority revokes Addis Standard’s online media registration; Editor-in-Chief disputes claims

The Ethiopian Media Authority (#EMA) has announced the revocation of the online media registration certificate of #Addis_Standard, effective 24 February 2026, citing repeated violations of media ethics, national laws, and what it described as the country’s national interests.

The statement did not specify which reports or actions formed the basis of the decision.

Responding to the EMA’s announcement, Yonas Kedir, Editor-in-Chief of Addis Standard publications, rejected the Authority’s claims, saying the outlet had never received any formal notices of violations.

“The claim that Addis Standard received repeated notices is factually incorrect. At no point has the Ethiopian Media Authority formally notified Addis Standard newsroom of any prior violations or enforcement actions,” he said. He added that the publisher, #JAKENN Publishing PLC, is reviewing legal options to protect its rights and ensure due process is upheld.

Established in 2011 as a monthly magazine, Addis Standard has faced multiple challenges over the years, including scrutiny from government institutions.

In April 2025, Ethiopian police raided the Addis Standard office and the home of one of its senior staff membersl, briefly detaining three managers for several hours and confiscating multiple electronic devices, including laptops, phones, and data storage equipment.

During the Tigray war, in June 2021, Ethiopia’s media regulator suspended Addis Standard…

Read more: https://t.co/QnaltVT57K

[giulia paravicini @giuliaparavicin]

Wow …

[RSF @RSF_inter]

#Ethiopia: an @afpfr journalist was prevented from boarding a flight in Addis Ababa to report on #Tigray. RSF condemns this administrative censorship and violation of the right to inform, and calls on the authorities to end the restrictions imposed on international media.

[Cameron Hudson @_hudsonc]

International media now being blocked from traveling to Tigray to report on mounting mobilization for war. This comes a week after Reuters journalists are expelled from Addis for reporting on ENDF aid to RSF. Addis removing any speed bumps in the fast lane towards war.

[RSF @RSF_inter]

#Éthiopie : un journaliste de l'@afpfr a été empêché d’embarquer à Addis-Abeba pour un reportage au #Tigré. RSF dénonce une censure administrative & une violation de la liberté d'informer, et demande aux autorités de mettre fin aux entraves infligées aux médias internationaux.

[Bloomberg @business]

Ethiopia has canceled accreditation for three Reuters journalists, days after the news agency reported that rebel fighters from neighboring Sudan were training at a secret military camp in the Horn of Africa nation https://t.co/sp6OjEwmWi

[Reuters @Reuters]

Ethiopia revokes accreditation of Reuters journalists https://t.co/bgquYnYWQX https://t.co/bgquYnYWQX

[House Foreign Affairs Committee Dems @HouseForeign]

🚨The UAE is reportedly funding an RSF training camp in Ethiopia.

External support like this only fuels Sudan's brutal conflict. And it's why @RepGregoryMeeks will continue holding all major US arms sales to UAE & any country supporting the RSF or other combatants in this war.

[giulia paravicini @giuliaparavicin]

In #Etiopia c’è un campo segreto per addestrare i paramilitari sudanesi #RSF https://t.co/fdhpfSGZsb our latest @Reuters investigation translated by @Internazionale @readelev

[Addis Standard @addisstandard]

The government of #Ethiopia has declined to renew accreditation for three Addis Abeba-based journalists from #Reuters and withdrawn the accreditation to cover the 39th African Union (#AU) Summit, days after the news agency published an investigative report alleging Ethiopia is hosting a training facility linked to Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (#RSF).

In a written response to #Addis_Standard, a Reuters spokesperson confirmed that the Ethiopian government declined to renew the journalists’ accreditation and also withdrew the outlet’s accreditation for the AU Summit.

https://t.co/p4miGcJyai

[Justin Lynch @just1nlynch]

I appeared on Al Jazeera to discuss the great Reuters investigation by @readelev and @giuliaparavicin, which details an RSF military base in Ethiopia.

[Jeremy Binnie @JeremyBinnie]

We helped with this Reuters story on a suspected RSF training camp in Ethiopia. The location is at 10.413 34.866 with a possible logistics area just to the west on the other side of the river. https://t.co/3gVWjCSgne

[Kenneth Roth @KenRoth]

Ethiopia is hosting a secret camp to train thousands of fighters for the genocidal Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group in neighboring Sudan. https://t.co/6cNDH6UkQl