Sofia Christensen

Freelance journalist in Berlin. Previously with @ReutersAfrica in Senegal and @AFP in Johannesburg. Views my own, RTs not endorsements.

[Manon Laplace @Manon_Laplace]

Le correspondant de @jeune_afrique en #RDC a été placé sous mandat d’arrêt provisoire ce 11 septembre. Jeune Afrique continue de réclamer sa libération immédiate et dénonce une atteinte grave à la liberté de la presse #FreeStanis #RDC

[David Lewis @DG_Lewis]

#Gabon's President Ali Bongo was recently declared winner of an election, securing a third term. Soldiers announced they had seized power this morning.

https://t.co/bDIomDX5Kj

[Sofia Christensen @sofiacsn]

Truck-loads of food, aid and industrial materials are stuck in long queues at the border between Benin and #Niger as sanctions imposed since the coup bite

https://t.co/3UvzRu0EyZ.

[Sofia Christensen @sofiacsn]

West African leaders have started closed-door talks about #Niger in Abuja. The big question is whether they will follow through on threats of a military intervention to reverse the coup.

The junta, unfazed, has named a new government.

https://t.co/OUql6TKNTX

[Reuters Africa @ReutersAfrica]

Niger's tailors rush to make Russian flags after coup https://t.co/7QYZnbMtH5

[Nellie Peyton @nelliepeyton]

France will start evacuation of French and EU citizens from #Niger today, foreign ministry says https://t.co/F9Asrse13i

[Ngouda Dione @NgoudaDione1]

Senegal government dissolves opposition party as protests persist
https://t.co/G1FTVcNSDa

[Edward McAllister @edjmcallister]

He was meant to protect Niger's president but he overthrew him instead. Our profile of West Africa's latest coup leader, Abdourahamane Tiani https://t.co/4FDc2hjZzg

[MacDonald Dzirutwe @MDzirutwe]

ECOWAS has imposed sanctions on member states before, Burkina Faso and Guinea come to mind after coups in the past 3 years. Financial sanctions led to defaults on debt - in Mali in particular - but such measures tended to hurt civilians more than the military junta, analysts say

[Bate Felix @BateFelix]

#Senegal opposition leader Ousmane #Sonko charged with plotting insurrection https://t.co/jLjyz7Kjz6

[Bate Felix @BateFelix]

Reuters Factbox: Which Western countries have foreign forces in Niger? https://t.co/6aE5IllLYm

[Sofia Christensen @sofiacsn]

What we know about Tiani here: https://t.co/kjrxqJQhxL.

[Sofia Christensen @sofiacsn]

Coup leaders in #Niger have declared Gen Abdourahamane Tiani as their new head of state. Constitution suspended, govt institutions dissolved. He is the president of a newly formed military council.

https://t.co/6vowZNwsdB

[Michelle Nichols @michellenichols]

A coup in #Niger could have a "negative impact" on the United Nations withdrawing its decade-long peacekeeping operation in neighboring #Mali, U.N. spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said on Thursday.

https://t.co/GTvMsRY54r

[Sofia Christensen @sofiacsn]

Niger's army command has just declared its support for a coup instigated the previous day by soldiers of the presidential guard, saying its priority was to avoid destabilising the country. #Niger #NigerCoup

https://t.co/KKgLk9RgdP.

[Sofia Christensen @sofiacsn]

The @ReutersAfrica latest on what appears to be an attempted coup in #Niger: some soldiers have blocked access to the presidential palace and appear to be holding on to Bazoum. Presidency said they are acting "in vain" but then deleted that statement.

https://t.co/ghkJivR801

[Sofia Christensen @sofiacsn]

#Ghana has become the latest African nation to abolish the death penalty. It is the 29th country to do so in Africa and the 124th globally.

https://t.co/8RsJIuqySf

[Bate Felix @BateFelix]

US sanctions #Malian officials including Defence Minister Sadio Camara over alleged ties to Wagner Group https://t.co/yc7nf0Ys7p

[Ngouda Dione @NgoudaDione1]

At least 15 migrants drown off coast of Senegal capital Dakar

Au moins 15 migrants se noient au large de la côte dans la capitale sénégalaise, Dakar.

https://t.co/dwXzYkQAI6

W/ @honore123

[Sofia Christensen @sofiacsn]

#GuineaBissau has ordered the suspension of teachers' salaries to weed out fraudulent claims on the payroll from fictitious workers. The decision will affect some 8,000 teachers

https://t.co/2lps6cR374.