Andre-M Essoungou

Writer. Int’l Affairs buff. Formerly Reporter & Foreign Correspondent. RT are not endorsements.

[Sanaga Media @MediaSanaga]

Le 2 mars 1972 le #Cameroun est éliminé en 1/2 finale de sa #CAN par le #Congo. C’est le jour le plus noir du foot camerounais. Il est cependant au départ des victoires à venir des Lions, selon @essoungou. À lire https://t.co/dFgezAMECs @SamuelEtoo @LIndomptables

[Andre-M Essoungou @essoungou]

@michaelharriot I happen to come from Cameroon as Dibango. The album was recorded in 1972 for a soccer tournament. The song Soul Makossa was a last minute impro to fill up the album. The words, in Duala language, are an invitation to a lady to dance. Makossa = dance. Sa makossa = come

[Andre-M Essoungou @essoungou]

French and Russian Facebook trolls fight it out in Central African Republic elections | Elections News | Al Jazeera https://t.co/eytFLEJveD

[Le Monde diplomatique 🖋 @mdiplo]

Début juin, Facebook a fermé 446 pages, 96 groupes et plus de 200 comptes Instagram administrés par une société franco-tunisienne qui aurait cherché à influencer, par la diffusion de fausses informations, des élections en Afrique francophone. @essoungou https://t.co/BslNTC9QM3

[Andre-M Essoungou @essoungou]

L’ère des élections multipartites en Afrique, ouverte il y a 30 ans, doit désormais faire face à une menace nouvelle : le risque de manipulation sur les réseaux sociaux ! Lire mon article dans le Monde Diplomatique de septembre ⁦⁦@mdiplo⁩ https://t.co/v0B2gEfa5I

[Ibram X. Kendi @ibramxk]

Seven shots in the back. Seven shots. Seven. In the back. For breaking up a fight. I'm undone.

Shot in front of his children. I'm undone.

As #JacobBlake fights for his life, his kids are fighting off their trauma. I'm undone.

[Andre-M Essoungou @essoungou]

Lovely!

[Andre-M Essoungou @essoungou]

“Des prévisions catastrophistes qui ne se réalisent pas. Une maladie qui accélère sa progression, mais reste moins mortelle que sur les autres continents. Quatre mois après l’arrivée des premiers cas de Covid-19 en Afrique, la menace d’hécatombe promise ne s’est pas concrétisée”

[Dre Joanne Liu @DreJoanneLiu]

Diffusion plus lente, mortalité bien plus faible, en Afrique, le coronavirus joue sa propre partition: à suivre et à tirer toutes les leçons possibles https://t.co/2IYMWcGrqi

[Laurie Garrett @Laurie_Garrett]

I love this. Bringing it all together.
#COVID19
#BlackLivesMatter
#GeorgeFloydProtests

[Solomon King #FreeBesigye @solomonking]

I'm very dark-skinned, even by Ugandan standards and I travel a lot, but the only place I ever feel safe is when I'm in Africa. I love Emirates, but every single transit through Dubai is a nightmare of resolutely ignoring stares, hushed whispers and pointing, sneering adults.

[princess z ✨ @zsatia]

Definition of “use your white privilege to help us” !!

[Jina Moore @itsjina]

As Westerners look at Africa's comparatively low COVID-19 #s, I've been curious abt the theories they use to make sense of that -- and why the rapid, robust response by some African health authorities isn't one of them. (Thanks @RohdeD for a great edit)

https://t.co/u5w2iy0iRh

[Kara Swisher @karaswisher]

It could be that the only ones with real immunity are the tech giants. In this way, Covid-19 has accelerated their rise and tightened their grip on our lives. https://t.co/V30kpL0o9o

[Peter Baker @peterbakernyt]

Started covering the White House in 1996 and it's hard to remember many briefings as grim or sober as this one. The best case scenarios outlined today envision about twice as many dead Americans as the entire Vietnam War or more.

[Andre-M Essoungou @essoungou]

A must-read thread...

[Andre-M Essoungou @essoungou]

Manu Dibango, Soulful Ambassador of African Music, Dies at 86 https://t.co/SBFjYM8F49

[Andre-M Essoungou @essoungou]

via @NYTimes https://t.co/rcs199I05e

[World Economic Forum @wef]

The DCR is 42 days away from being declared Ebola-free, showing how viruses can be fought https://t.co/YEc6CcXG23 #virus #outbreak