Noé Michalon

Award-losing journalist, #EastAfrica correspondent for @Africa_In_EN | PhD cand. @portsmouthuni | Fellow @Opendiplo | Alumni @SciencesPo @UniofOxford. Views=own

[Amnesty Kenya @AmnestyKenya]

Twaha Mwaipaya, a Tanzanian national, was reportedly abducted at around 2pm today in Kamulu, Machakos County, by individuals travelling in three vehicles, including a Toyota Land Cruiser hardtop.

He was travelling by taxi to visit friends. Anyone with information on his whereabouts is urged to reach out immediately. Authorities must urgently establish his whereabouts and ensure his safety.

Please share widely. #FreeTwahaMwaipaya

[Maria Sarungi Tsehai @MariaSTsehai]

🚨‼️ABDUCTION IN NAIROBI‼️
Twaha Mwaipaya - Tanzanian activist was abducted a short while ago in Makuru in a Toyota White HardTop by armed plain clothes men
@NPSOfficial_KE @AmnestyEARO @thekhrc @OHCHR_ESARO @citizentvkenya
#FreeTwahaMwaipaya

[Noé Michalon @nmchl]

Astounding story. And yet this morning we were reporting that Mahmoud Ali Youssouf planned to attend the Russia - Africa summit next week in Moscow. https://t.co/ijBQviKkYh

[Cameron Hudson @_hudsonc]

Amazing account of the Russian GRU break-in of an AU official residence in Addis being used by the AU Chairperson and his family... https://t.co/cXIJIEkrOU

[Cameron Hudson @_hudsonc]

Amazing account of the Russian GRU break-in of an AU official residence in Addis being used by the AU Chairperson and his family... https://t.co/cXIJIEkrOU

[Eiad Husham @EiadHusham]

The de facto SAF government’s amendment to Article 51 of the Criminal Code expands the scope of the offence of waging war against the state to include media and electronic publishing. We could all be at risk of facing the death penalty simply for reporting.

#KeepEyesOnSudan

[Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @DrTedros]

Science gives us hope. Today, in Bunia #DRC, the first participants were vaccinated in a new #Ebola vaccine trial called TUMAINI, which means “hope” in Swahili.

There is currently no approved vaccine against the Bundibugyo virus causing the outbreak. This trial will help us understand whether any of the vaccine candidates designed for Bundibugyo virus work.

In the meantime, the existing Everbo vaccine (licensed for use in preventing other Ebola virus disease) will be tested.

@WHO is supporting this DRC-led effort to find answers and save lives.

[Ahmed Mohamed ((ASMALi)) @Asmali77]

Captured on camera. The moment the building in Eastleigh collapsed this afternoon. Several feared dead.

[Noé Michalon @nmchl]

@GuledWiliq @Africa_In_EN If you indeed were reading our story you'd see the facts reported are much more recent than 2024. We're exposing companies & actors you didn't mention in what still looks like an interesting work, which I'll read with curiosity. Thanks.

[Noé Michalon @nmchl]

🚨While the US & the French operate military bases in Djibouti, Djiboutian companies w/ ties to the government are supporting the Houthis logistics.
US-sanctioned LNG tankers are linking the country to Ras Isa, the main Houthi port in Yemen.
@Africa_In_EN
https://t.co/w3qqMVyznl

[Noé Michalon @nmchl]

🚨 After withdrawing from the race for the UN SG position, former Senegal president Macky Sall will actually seek the presidency of the Francophonie int'l organisation. https://t.co/eTVIyWd5Hd

[Noé Michalon @nmchl]

@AusbelMumbere True, same applies for Kiir

[Noé Michalon @nmchl]

🚨17 Heads of state have already confirmed their attendance to the Russia - Africa summit. Among them, East Africa is well represented: William Ruto 🇰🇪 Samia Suluhu 🇹🇿 Yoweri Museveni 🇺🇬 Salva Kiir 🇸🇸 and Evariste Ndayishimiye 🇧🇮
By @JihadGillon
https://t.co/kuEp0jamSh

[Noé Michalon @nmchl]

🚨A non-public decision from the March summit will also stir controversy: from Dec 2027, every member state will be free to choose the method to designate the EALA members.
Which should disrupt the balance between ruling & opposition parties, women & youth representation.

[Noé Michalon @nmchl]

The East African Community is facing a new crisis: Tanzania had to pay 100% of their yearly contribution because other countries (except 🇺🇬) are yet to start paying theirs ⤵️
https://t.co/XeqLh9doRq

[Noé Michalon @nmchl]

Kenya is yet to pay its contribution because there are ongoing negotiations on the allocation of nearly 70 vacant positions within the bloc.
In May, 🇺🇬🇰🇪🇹🇿 also released some funds in emergency to give the EAC a lifeline.

[Noé Michalon @nmchl]

The East African Community is facing a new crisis: Tanzania had to pay 100% of their yearly contribution because other countries (except 🇺🇬) are yet to start paying theirs ⤵️
https://t.co/XeqLh9doRq

[𝗗𝗿 𝗔𝗵𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗞𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗶, 𝕆𝔾𝕎 @DrAhmedKalebi]

There is no established evidence that the deceased patient or his family knew he had Ebola. An imported case does not mean the family knowingly brought an Ebola patient into Kenya.

First and foremost, WHO reports that he had been unwell for about a month and had received treatment at several hospitals in DRC. His reported care included facilities in Bondo and Kisangani before he travelled to Kenya via Uganda. Whether those hospitals tested him for Ebola is not publicly established. Had he tested positive, isolation would have been expected.

Crucially, WHO considers it likely that his original illness was something else and that he acquired Ebola later while seeking care. Being sick for a month does not mean he had Ebola for a month.

The family bringing him to Kenya was consistent with seeking further treatment for an illness that had persisted despite medical care.

According to reporting of Africa CDC’s briefing, he travelled through Beni and crossed into Uganda through Kasindi on 1 October, before flying from Entebbe to Nairobi on 3 October. Uganda reported a normal temperature at Entebbe, and he also passed screening in Nairobi. A relative took him directly to Nairobi Hospital, where he was isolated. He tested positive on 5 October and died that night.

Passing screening does not rule out infection. The subsequent infections among relatives and healthcare workers show that transmission occurred, but cannot establish exactly when he acquired Ebola or whether he was at peak infectiousness on arrival.

At this point, the focus should be on how an unwell traveller from an outbreak-affected country passed successive screening points, and how healthcare workers became infected despite reported isolation. What precautions were taken from the outset, and where did they fall short?

Those questions demand answers.

Publicly vilifying a bereaved family, some of whose members are now battling the same disease, does nothing to answer them or protect the public.

#Ebola #EbolaKE

@daktari1 @SokoAnalyst @MOH_Kenya @WHOKenya @WHO

[Noé Michalon @nmchl]

@NileLedger True, and Kenya lost the advance it had a few years ago in this domain. Now the demand is slowly overtaking the supply, which leads to more power imports from Ethiopia

[Noé Michalon @nmchl]

Very tough times ahead

[Moe @moneyacademyKE]

EPRA has sharply increased fuel prices for the October 15 to November 14, 2026, period.

— Super petrol up by Sh12.9 to Sh226.9 per litre
— Diesel up by Sh9.9 to Sh226.9 per litre

[Noé Michalon @nmchl]

Kenya detects second Ebola case

[Noé Michalon @nmchl]

🚨🇹🇿 While Tanzania is in talks for a sponsoring contract with FC Barcelona, they also have engaged discussions with Paris FC, in Ligue 1, since Paul Makonda's visit to the French capital city in July.
https://t.co/d1nB4MDnhi