Emmanuel Akinwotu

@NPR international correspondent, based in Lagos | [email protected] | Croydon X Ile-Oluji X Lagos Island

[Emmanuel Akinwotu @ea_akin]

Pan-African Village in Cape Coast, Ghana is a 5,000 acre settlement for the ‘African diaspora’. A chief offered ‘free’ plots of land to diasporas who move there. Hundreds have, but it’s come at a cost, especially to local people whose land was taken away https://t.co/uuDjpBtv3k

[Humanitarian Research Lab (HRL) at YSPH @HRL_YaleSPH]

"This is not a camp for armed movements.... this is the house of a displaced person -- an innocent person's blood. This is a hut. This is a cart. this is a home."
Today @ea_akin @NPR covers RSF's attacks on Zamzam IDP camp w/ @RefugeesIntl, @HRL_YaleSPH.
https://t.co/tRUzIzzu85

[Nathaniel Raymond @nattyray11]

Incredibly moving reporting today from @ea_akin @NPR on the deteriorating situation in Zamzam camp, North Darfur, Sudan featuring @HRL_YaleSPH and (most importantly) voices from the ground. Listen:

https://t.co/1bqP7L9jMn

[Cameron Hudson @_hudsonc]

“Chad’s role in Sudan’s war has largely gone without mention. Even when it is discussed, Chad is portrayed as the benevolent host to thousands of Sudanese refugees. While that is true, Chad has become the UAE’s handmaiden in Sudan." @CSISAfrica
https://t.co/A4qkD9xkyx

[Africa Confidential @Africa_Conf]

Desperate for cash in wake of costly election victory, #Chad’s President ‘#Kaka’ has been provided a $500 million loan with a mere 1% interest rate by the #UAE. In exchange, the UAE will expect #Tchad to strengthen its support Sudan’s #RSF.

https://t.co/fN5BIhlDyr

[Shaista Aziz 💙 @shaistaAziz]

.@NesrineMalik’s long read about Wael al-Dahdouh is beautifully written and devastating. It’s testimony to steadfastness and bravery of Palestinan journalists and the Palestinian people who retain their humanity & dignity when the world denies them both.
https://t.co/SYaVhPzYfD

[Yousra Elbagir @YousraElbagir]

Latest UN Fact-Finding Mission report on Sudan:

"Sudan's Rapid Support Forces...are responsible for committing sexual violence on a large scale in areas under their control, including gang-rapes and abducting and detaining victims in conditions that amount to sexual slavery.

[SAPA-Sudanese American Physicians Association @SAPA__Global]

Listen to the powerful witness statements from the SAPA press conference on @NPR along with remarks from SAPA's Media & Outreach Director @MahaArhait as she speaks about the atrocities committed by the RSF in Gezira #Sudan #KeepEyesOnSudan

[Emmanuel Akinwotu @ea_akin]

Our report on a wave of horrific killings by the RSF in Gezira state, east-central Sudan. With eye witness accounts shared by @SAPA_ORG . A shocking 45,000 people have been displaced by the violence in just one week, according to the UN #KeepEyesOnSudan https://t.co/FPMETru2L9

[Mohanad Hashim @moehash1]

The scorched earth policy of the RSF in Al-Jazira is de-populating one of the most fertile areas on earth. The area was famous for having the largest naturally irrigated farming scheme in the world. It has been gutted and ransacked, and now they are ethnically cleansing by force.

[Committee to Protect Journalists @pressfreedom]

🚨 The Committee to Protect Journalists is aware of accusations made by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) against several journalists in Gaza accusing them of being members of militant groups. Israel has repeatedly made similar unproven claims without producing credible evidence. After killing Al Jazeera correspondent Ismail Al Ghoul in July, the IDF previously produced a similar document, which contained contradictory information, showing that Al Ghoul, born in 1997, received a Hamas military ranking in 2007 – when he would have been 10 years old.

[The @DamiElebe]

It's been 4 years since someone said "They can't shoot you if you wave the flag and sing the national anthem!"

RIP to the lives lost 20.10.2020

[Mohanad Hashim @moehash1]

Our report from Omdruman is out . It was the first time I managed to return to Sudan since the war started in April 2023. I went to see my neighbourhood, Al-Hashmab.

[Emmanuel Akinwotu @ea_akin]

We recently spent a few weeks in Sudan to report on the horrific impact of the war. This is our overview from Omdurman, a city near the capital, where so much has been destroyed. On people rebuilding their homes and their lives #KeepEyesOnSudan https://t.co/E9sH6j1Mtm

[Nesrine Malik @NesrineMalik]

‘All the tools at the disposal of those who want the world to act – journalism, protests, outcry and outrage – cannot end this catastrophe, cannot even capture its gravity.’ https://t.co/dzdwyddvSn

[Eleanor Beardsley @ElBeardsley]

⁦What an important and powerful story of a war the world is ignoring. Great work! @ea_akin⁩ https://t.co/LWitSAsDeo

[Emmanuel Akinwotu @ea_akin]

and a 7 minute audio feature and picture essay on life and death at one overwhelmed hospital in Omdurman, where medical staff havent had a salary since the war started. There was constant shelling, then we saw the victims from those attacks rushed in https://t.co/RdSa3XRCJB

[Emmanuel Akinwotu @ea_akin]

We recently spent a few weeks in Sudan to report on the horrific impact of the war. This is our overview from Omdurman, a city near the capital, where so much has been destroyed. On people rebuilding their homes and their lives #KeepEyesOnSudan https://t.co/E9sH6j1Mtm

[Yousra Elbagir @YousraElbagir]

We crossed Halfaya Bridge into newly-liberated areas in Khartoum Bahri where civilians are emerging from a year and a half long RSF seige

Their new relief is underpinned by deep horror - an ongoing reality for thousands still trapped in Sudan's capital.

https://t.co/BG2sTKPuWG

[Hiba Morgan @hiba_morgan]

Major advance by the Sudanese army into Alsouq Alarabi which is considered the heart of the capital Khartoum….the army has also taken control of Mc Nimir bridge which connects Bahri and Khartoum