Sarah Fluck

Africa Correspondent at Swiss Public Radio SRF @srfnews. MSc African Politics via @SOAS, BA Journalism via @IAM_Winterthur and @mazluzern.

[Emmet Livingstone @L4ingstone]

M23 rebels are stuck for money and increasingly, trying to tax NGOs in the occupied territories in eastern Congo.

There’s pushback. But in some cases, NGOs are paying out. My latest for the @newhumanitarian: https://t.co/5SY9bOm3CJ

[Abdi 🇪🇹 @Abdrezak1584333]

🇪🇹 Arsenal Celebrations
At 1:00 AM, the streets of Addis Ababa 🇪🇹 erupt.
A sea of red, unstoppable energy @Arsenal fans own the night.

[BBC News (World) @BBCWorld]

BBC uncovers the Ugandan scammers abusing dogs to elicit donations from animal lovers https://t.co/2BGTqcN59f

[SRF News @srfnews]

Junge Männer aus Afrika reisen nach Russland, angelockt von Jobversprechen. Wenig später stehen sie an der Front in der Ukraine. Einige kommen zurück. Viele nicht.
https://t.co/Bg01cVP8UB

[Reuters Africa @ReutersAfrica]

The military spokesperson for the M23 rebel group, Willy Ngoma, was killed in an army drone strike in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday, a regional diplomat, a senior rebel official and a Western adviser to the government said. https://t.co/FI4SrYmTza

[Aubrey Hruby @AubreyHruby]

if you are interested in mineral corridors in Africa, check out my newest report launched last week at mining indaba in Cape Town: https://t.co/jJUzstTpRy

[Crisis Group @CrisisGroup]

NEW BRIEFING | Ethiopia, Eritrea and Tigray: A Powder Keg in the Horn of Africa

The risk of hostilities remains high after the last major war in the area. African states and outside powers should urgently open back channels to defuse tensions.

https://t.co/VpMoIwHHT5

[New York Times World @nytimesworld]

A clandestine drone operation in Egypt offers new evidence of how the civil war in Sudan — racked by famine, atrocities and thousands of deaths — is morphing into a theater for high-tech drone warfare driven by the interests of rival foreign powers. https://t.co/xUHmqnwxks

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

🚨HUMAN SECURITY EMERGENCY🚨
El-Fasher has fallen to RSF. HRL finds evidence of mass killings including door-to-door clearance operations and objects consistent with reported bodies on berm entrapping El-Fasher.
#KeepEyesOnSudan

🛰️@AirbusSpace @Maxar
https://t.co/1HApllgNL5

[Geoffrey York @geoffreyyork]

There are widespread warnings today that the RSF will commit atrocities against non-Arab civilians if it gains full control of El Fasher (population: 260,000) after capturing the Sudanese army's main base in the city today.

[Bloomberg @business]

Raila Odinga, who was at the forefront of Kenyan politics for decades and made five unsuccessful runs at the presidency, alleging that he was cheated of victory in every instance, has died https://t.co/Bee9cRbfi5

[Mwangi @MwangiMaina_]

ROW: ex-Congolese President Joseph Kabila, recently sentenced to death for war crimes, has resurfaced in Nairobi to meet opposition figures, a move likely to trigger a diplomatic protest from Kinshasa and reignite Kenya–DRC tensions.

[SRF News @srfnews]

Der Masaka Cycling Club in Uganda bahnt sich mit ungewöhnlichen Trainings- und Wettkampfmöglichkeiten den Weg nach vorn – bis an die Rad-WM in Ruanda.
https://t.co/tYeys3MKtQ

[Patrick Heinisch @PatrickHeinisc1]

A #Colombian ex-soldier in #Sudan says many have been tricked by the promise of private security jobs in #UAE. The pitch he was given by recruiters was appealing: a contract, around $2,600 each month tax free, flights paid. Then the details began to change https://t.co/xH3WF9yUDO

[SRF News @srfnews]

Die sudanesische Hauptstadt Khartum war einst das Zentrum afrikanischer Zukunft. Nun liegt sie in Trümmern.
https://t.co/A98R7Jn791

[michelawrong @michelawrong]

Worth reading this thread to the end. This is a story I investigated for both the Guardian and NBC. The visible graves tell their own story, but the Rwandan death toll is likely to be much higher than what is shown, as lowly foot soldiers are buried where they fall in DRC

[SRF News @srfnews]

Seit die Rebellengruppe M23 im Ostkongo weite Gebiete kontrolliert, hat sich für die Menschen dort vieles verändert, vor allem für junge Männer.
https://t.co/4oVqQC6tDo

[BBC News Africa @BBCAfrica]

Over the past year, 115 people have been killed in Kenya’s protests, according to the national rights commission.

Monday’s Saba Saba demonstrations were the deadliest so far, with 31 lives lost in a single day, including 12-year-old Njoki, who was struck by a stray bullet.

[Michael J. Kavanagh @mjkcongo]

Mineral smuggling from E Congo into Rwanda has reached "unprecedented levels" during M23's occupation & a "large part" of Ugandan gold is smuggled by armed groups--some w/ links to DRC politicians-- & "ineligible for trade," new UN Experts report says https://t.co/NapTWgXJJC

[Sophie Mokoena @Sophie_Mokoena]

Breaking News from Kenya .The Kenyan government has ordered media not to broadcast the protests in that country. #sabcnews