Emmanuel Akinwotu

West Africa correspondent @nytimes | Croydon X Ile-Oluji X Lagos Island | (only on X when I have to be) | [email protected]

[Emmanuel Akinwotu @ea_akin]

My last project for @NPR with @mannyjefferson an audio-visual journal of two weeks on the road from Lagos to Abidjan, one of the fastest growing and urbanising regions in the world. On the balance of promise and precarity in these cities https://t.co/IHPzAVtB5H

[Emmanuel Akinwotu @ea_akin]

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@OumarKBa @nytimes thank you!

[Emmanuel Akinwotu @ea_akin]

The last <4yrs at @NPR have been such a privilege, with so many incredible colleagues who I’ll miss

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@davidfolkenflik @NPR thanks, David!

[Emmanuel Akinwotu @ea_akin]

@NPRKelly @NPR thanks so much!!

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@ronkelawal @briticoyemo thank you!🙏🏿

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@OreOgunb @nytimes 🫶🏿🫶🏿

[Marius Kothor, Ph.D. @MariusKothor]

I am featured on NPR's wonderful visual/audio project on the Abidjan to Lagos corridor. I speak in the section on Lomé where I discuss the economic history of the Nana Benz. Many thanks to @ea_akin for the interview. Read and listen below! https://t.co/lWoKw5Z20v

[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.