Samson Otieno

Photojournalist | Documentary photographer. Email; [email protected]

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

BREAKING NEWS
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2026 #NobelPeacePrize to Navanethem “Navi” Pillay for her efforts to promote peace and international law.

#NobelPrize

[Human Rights Watch @hrw]

Uganda’s electoral commission has declared President Yoweri Museveni the winner of the country's January 15 elections.

But the weeks leading up to the elections were marred by violence and arrests of opposition members, plus a government-imposed Internet shutdown.

https://t.co/Qoy2Elj4mR

[Justin Makangara @justinmakangara]

04.09.25-Kinshasa – Health authorities in the DRC have declared an outbreak of Ebola virus disease in Kasai Province where 28 suspected cases and 15 deaths, including four health workers, have been reported as of 4 September 2025.

The outbreak has affected Bulape and Mweka

[Karali_Pics📸 @karali_pics]

Documentation is not vanity. It’s care. It’s gratitude. It’s preservation. It’s saying to your future self, “Look, you were here. You made it through this. You were soft, strong, silly, trying. You were alive.”

https://t.co/8LLAJMzoo2

[Samson Otieno @otiienosamson]

Eid Mubarak.
#photojournalism

[Justin Makangara @justinmakangara]

Sebastião Salgado’s Vision of the Human Condition ⁦@aperturefnd⁩ ⁦@LOeildelaPhoto⁩ ⁦@otiienosamson⁩ https://t.co/x0Bg9BwUQe

[BBC News Africa @BBCAfrica]

🇰🇪 Last June, blood was spilt at Kenya's Parliament.

To this day, those who spilt it have remained hidden to the world.

But on Monday, #BBCAfricaEye will expose them.

📽️ Subscribe to our YouTube channel now for first access: https://t.co/lpmSQnhbAd

[Justin Makangara @justinmakangara]

@RFIculture @AthiGeleba @FondHirondelle @FdnCarmignac @otiienosamson @EduCannotWait @AmbSuisseRDC @SaffronJONeill @MaiteMorren

[Asha Jaffar Harun @AshaJaffar]

I got accepted to Graduate school last fall and hereby fundraising to achieve the total tuition amount.

Graduate School Support | M-Changa https://t.co/jQVySa9UMD

[Justin Makangara @justinmakangara]

Rwanda, DR Congo peace talks hit snag as mediator Angola calls off meeting https://t.co/c9nNFO6r1f via @AJEnglish @Presidence_RDC

[RFI English @RFI_En]

Kenyan police fired volleys of tear gas Thursday in the capital Nairobi, injuring several journalists, as small groups of protesters gathered on what was billed as a fresh day of action against embattled President William Ruto. https://t.co/U0DBi6aP13 via @RFI_En

[Samson Otieno @otiienosamson]

@edwinoblak @karali_pics Nongwe wewe, ulimlipa

[Justin Makangara @justinmakangara]

A photographer’s journey to the eye of the storm https://t.co/emOW9rcReP via @ft @vii_foundation #VIIinsider @afrikpic @hb_taylor

[Justin Makangara @justinmakangara]

The Pain of Representing Pain: An interview with anthropologist, Arsenii Alenichev — PESTE MAGAZINE ⁦@justinmakangara⁩ ⁦@hb_taylor⁩ ⁦@pateixidor⁩ ⁦@PesteMagazine⁩ ⁦@Sylvientimbwa⁩ ⁦@SwissIonChannel⁩ https://t.co/0x9KWQV3HO

[Samson Otieno @otiienosamson]

Good Friday

[Simon @simonsayzzzzz]

🇰🇪 Kibera Fashion Week through the lens of @luistatophoto #AFP @AFPphoto

[The Times and Sunday Times @thetimes]

Modelling agencies are recruiting young people who have fled war-torn African countries and are living in extreme poverty https://t.co/Q8NelnuteN

[Samson Otieno @otiienosamson]

@Iamjeremy191 Wacha Tu 😂😂

[Michael Hall @AugustEve2012]

See this Instagram post by @otiienosamson https://t.co/rVLPCyBm1t