will ross
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will ross
@willintune
Journalist,Trainer,Teacher. Formerly BBC Africa Editor, Correspondent in East and West Africa.
London Bergabung Kasım 2010
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News out of Sudan is so grim. Latest atrocity is what rights group say is an ethnic killing of a civilian from the non Arab Berti tribe. He is questioned + executed at close range by an RSF fighter. Despite a lot of evidence, the UAE continues to deny backing this brutal militia.
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Lot of sense in here from Botswana's president Duma Boko.
newZWire@newswireZW
“We’ve seen how over reliance on trade with certain powers of the world has rendered us so vulnerable that we’re now dependent on their mood swings…” In his maiden SADC Summit speech, Botswana’s President @duma_boko calls for increased intra-African trade.
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The RSF has carried out appalling atrocities in Sudan. But here's evidence of atrocities by the security forces including the army in Khartoum.
Emergency Lawyers@EmergncyLawyers
رصدنا تصاعدًا خطيرًا في الانتهاكات التي ترتكبها ما يُعرف بالخلية الأمنية في الخرطوم. اعتقالات عشوائية، تعذيب ممنهج، ومكاتب سرية تتحول إلى غرف تصفية. بعض المعتقلين يُنقلون إلى معتقلات كبرى مثل جبل سركاب، ليواجهوا مصائر مجهولة أو الموت تحت التعذيب. يتبع ⬇️
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Live at 17gmt/18bst #TheNewsroom here ---> bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/li… - 📻 @JamWaterhouse, @katywatson and @BBCBlindGazza on #Ukraine talks; @Azadeh_Moshiri on #Pakistan floods; @willintune on DRC anger that #Kenya's appointed a diplomat for rebel held #Goma
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#Statement: Dismissing the #MadamsOfMaiMahiu exposé as a 'hoax' is an insult to survivors and a green light to traffickers. We demand immediate, transparent investigations into the child sex trafficking allegations — and accountability for the five months of police inaction. Read full statement: amn.st/6018fSFep
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There you go. And if anyone has paid you really must ask for a refund.
State House Uganda@StateHouseUg
📌Don't.
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Our top story on Newsday: our Africa correspondent @BBCBarbaraPlett reports on El Fasher - the shelling and the starvation inside the #Sudan-ese city besieged by the RSF for more than a year. On @bbcworldservice on your 📻 - and the text piece is here: bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
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Anyone seen Omar Al Bashir? Just wondering as the lawyer for his former defence minister Abdel Raheem Muhammad Hussein who is also wanted by the ICC for crimes against humanity says Hussein is being moved to his home in Northern State of Sudan where he'll be under "house arrest"
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🚨 BREAKING: Bayern Munich have terminated their "Visit Rwanda" campaign with immediate effect following controversy and and criticism over human rights.
The sponsorship agreement converts into a collaboration focused on youth development.
But what was truly behind the deal?
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Let's also not forget that Putin's aims are not limited to capturing territory. His continued insistence on removing 'the root causes of the crisis' can only be interpreted as objective to install a pro-Russian puppet regime
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Rest in peace Hon. Phoebe Asiyo.
My father's tribute in the euology has brought both warmth and laughter. He recalled the day Phoebe asked him to take care of her car. He stood proudly, guarding it like treasure. Then it started to rain but he didn't know how to....
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REACTION: The decision to take direct military control of Gaza City marks a dangerous escalation in the ongoing illegal occupation of Palestinian territory. Read more: oxfam.org.uk/mc/r4mi5r/
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List of names of those murdered by the RSF militia in Markaz Al-Ziyadiya village in North Kordufan. The RSF militia is moving from village to village in Kordufan killing, looting and raping.
More pressure needs to be applied on to the UAE to stop them from sponsoring this terror
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📢 I get asked by people in governments and media all the time: “How do we know if things have gotten REALLY bad in El Fasher?” Look at the images below of swelling graveyards growing exponentially in past few weeks. What more does world need to see to act in Darfur and Sudan?
Humanitarian Research Lab (HRL) at YSPH@HRL_YaleSPH
EL FASHER, DARFUR, SUDAN 🇸🇩: @HRL_YaleSPH finds that a significant number of fatalities have occurred since May 2025, including an unknown number of civilians. HRL confirms that 2 markets, 3 schools, 2 mosques have been bombarded since June 2025. medicine.yale.edu/lab/khoshnood/… 🛰️@Maxar
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My last Rolex this morning on my last day, the breakfast of champions!!!
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El Fasher is starving - and surrounded. More details with @nattyray11 on Newsday shortly. And we'll hear from a resident scared he may not survive the week, a health official in the besieged city, + a Bishop in touch with the small Catholic community in the city. #KeepEyesOnSudan
Nathaniel Raymond@nattyray11
Just went on air with @BBCWorld and @JamesCopnall to discuss our urgent human security alert for El Fasher, Sudan released today by @HRL_YaleSPH. Read more here and listen this morning 👇 files-profile.medicine.yale.edu/documents/707c…
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