Former Africa Correspondent @SRFnews / Former board member @IPAEastAfrica / Likes railroads, brass and birds. Dislikes motivational quotes and airports.
I have never encountered such a dramatic stituation like in eastern #Chad.
The stories of the refugees from #Darfur are devestating. Aid organisations are overwhelmed with the number of people.
A thread...
#Sudan#SudanCrisis
#Kenya Police in #NairobiCBD have shot at least three journalists at close range with teargas cannisters, including IPAEA members, wounding them, while they were covering anti-government protests. @CPJAfrica@RSF_en
🇨🇭Football Team ⚽️ @nati_sfv_asf do the magic 🪄again tonight against England 🏴 at the UEFA Euro 2024 Quarter-Final🙌🏾!
Includes video content from (c) UEFA
The International Press Association of East Africa condemns in the strongest terms possible the targeting of #journalists covering the ongoing #RejectFinanceBill2024 protests.
After 2 years of war, the #Tigray region in #Ethiopia is recovering slowly.
People are traumatized but also hopeful.
A thread with pictures from my latest trip.
Join us this Friday, 3 May from 6 pm, as we mark World Press Freedom Day with a panel discussion on the Risks and Challenges of Environmental Reporting in East Africa.
Location 📍- Alliance Française
RSVP via this link to confirm attendance - https://t.co/GtLVSqo4vg
The International Press Association of East Africa is alarmed about the arrest and detention of French Journalist, Antoine Galindo, and calls for his immediate and unconditional release. Antoine, a journalist with @Africa_In_EN was arrested on Thursday, 22 February while on a
„Tidjane Thiam? Nie gehört“, sagt die Näherin in Abidjan.
Der Ex-CS-Boss startet in der Elfenbeinküste eine Politkarriere. Wird er gar Staatspräsident?
https://t.co/q5vdGZofDO
Der Präsident der Elfenbeinküste verspricht jedem Spieler 80'000 USD + ein Haus, nach dem Sieg am #AFCON2023 .
Wie sich die Politik sonst noch in Afrikas Fussball einmischt? Hören und lesen in meiner letzten langen Geschichte als Afrikakorrespondent:
https://t.co/Nykyum491b
How football and politics pass the ball to each other.
This is my last long radio piece as an Africa correspondent.
(in German)
https://t.co/ZmetC2IvJP
There are so many links between football and politics in Africa.
That’s why I wanted to make a whole program about it. (And a thread 🧵)
See Ivorian president Alassane Ouattara at the opening game of #AFCON2023.
The crowd chanting his name (ADO).
One of the players from 2005 was Bonaventure Kalou @bonakalou8. Today mayor of small Ivorian town Vavoua.
«Drogbas speech was an important statement», he remembers. «But it was not just football that stopped the civil war.»
The fighting ended eventually, but resumed in 2010/11.