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New & old media, producer, reporter, director, consultant, media stuff etc. Africa focus. Love space & tech. Views are my own. RTs are NOT endorsements.

[James Copnall @JamesCopnall]

This is the song Coup du Marteau by @TAMSIRONTHEBEAT that has got all of Cote d'Ivoire - and #AFCON2023 dancing... and that we just played a blast of on #Newsday https://t.co/6JAf91S6sM

[Stefan Thorsell @stefanthorsell]

“Offsetting is transferring the burden to communities who have the least carbon footprint, and letting off the hook those with the highest responsibility for pollution"

- Kimaren Ole Riamit

Watch at 09:04: https://t.co/pdSiWe3dKA

#COP28 #EndFossilFuels #HumanRights

[Agence France-Presse @afpfr]

Nous avons la douleur d'annoncer que notre reporter Arman Soldin a été tué aujourd'hui près de Bakhmout, en Ukraine. Toutes nos pensées vont à sa famille et à ses proches.

[@alarmphone @alarm_phone]

🆘 ~100 people off the coast of #Libya in urgent distress!
This morning we were called by ~100 people on a rubber boat. They said their boat is sinking and fear the worst. So far, we couldn’t reach the so-called Libyan Coastguard on any of their numbers.
Send rescue now!

[IPAEA @IPAEastAfrica]

@Cabdalleaxmed blocked from travelling again

[Somali Journalists Syndicate - SJS @sjs_Somalia]

#BREAKING: Mogadishu airport authorities blocked @sjs_Somalia SG @Cabdalleaxmed from traveling outside the country today. Abdalle who was freed on Sunday has been feeling unwell and was planning to see his doctor in Nairobi.

No explanation was provided.

[NTV Kenya @ntvkenya]

NTV journalist reports that police in the Nairobi CBD demanded deletion of photos taken and destroyed the reporter's press card. https://t.co/JqbJTaNvY3

[James Smart @jamessmat]

The protest today is more intense than last Monday. Police have arrested journalists, blocked coverage, and goons have stolen camera's and destroyed vehicles. #MaandamanoMondays

[Abdirisak Turyare @Tuuryare_Africa]

BREAKING: Al-Shabaab gunmen have seized Eastern end of the Villa Rosa hotel in Mogadishu, engaging in an exchange of fire with security forces. Several ministers, lawmakers and civilians have been rescued.

[The Guardian @guardian]

Gangs of cybercriminals are expanding across Africa, investigators say https://t.co/Ez4AVhP9me

[Hussein Mohamed @HussienM12]

MOGADISHU ATTACK:

➡️ Gunmen have stormed popular mostly frequented by government officials.

➡️ Two blasts and gunfire heard

➡️ Senior government officials are trapped inside the hotel.

More details to follow.

[The Continent @thecontinent_]

All Protocol Observed

Welcome to Issue 106 of The Continent

Lemekhani Nathan Nyirenda called his parents in August to say he was out of prison, two years into a nine-year jail term in Moscow.

[Quartz @qz]

Bill Gates has pledged to use 5.4% of his net worth to finance Africa's health and agriculture sectors. https://t.co/uM4nWRLVVA

[tamter @thomasamter]

Kenyan grandmother at school with her great-great-grandchildren #ripPriscillaSitienei https://t.co/vIDfTxglPh

[BBC News Africa @BBCAfrica]

"We are thankful for the 100 years of her life. She made all of us proud.”

Kenya's Priscilla Sitienei, who was thought to be the world's oldest school pupil, has died peacefully at home at the age of 100.

👉🏾 https://t.co/WdpFefkoAV

[UK House of Commons @HouseofCommons]

🔴 Minister of State for Armed Forces and Veterans @JSHeappey is making a statement on the UN Peacekeeping Mission in Mali.

Watch live ⬇️ https://t.co/JApTJ0ln6G

[The New Vision @newvisionwire]

Zambia's foreign minister has said Zambian student Lemekhani Nathan Nyirenda, 23, who had been jailed in Russia, was killed in fighting in Ukraine, and demanded an explanation from the Kremlin.

https://t.co/m0Za4FHwbE | #VisionUpdates

[Simon Allison @simonallison]

A 23-year-old Zambian student, Lemekhani Nathan, was killed in September in the Russia-Ukraine war. He had been serving a 9-year prison sentence in a Russian prison. Zambia is demanding to know how he ended up on the frontline, apparently fighting alongside Russian troops.

[BBC News Africa @BBCAfrica]

Is it too soon to celebrate Ethiopian truce? Expert @RAbdiAnalyst seems to think so.
Listen here 👇🏾
https://t.co/iLjyJpmwJh

[BBC News Africa @BBCAfrica]

Mining company Glencore Energy UK has been ordered to pay millions over Africa oil bribes.

More here 👉🏾 https://t.co/NSpP8GIA0C
📸: Getty Images