Caitlin Kelly

About the coordinated attacks in northern & central Mali and in the capital Bamako. Where are they unfolding and who are involved groups ? @France24_en youtu.be/N4IQlLT14QM?is…

Gunfire near Mali's capital by our @AP team as coordinated attacks also reported across the north + center of the country. Mali army blames armed terrorists - no claim of responsibility yet. Flights cancelled + foreign governments urging citizens to shelter in place.

Headed to Perugia this week for the #IJF26 🇮🇹 Excited to take some time away from my desk to think more critically about the future of our industry, be inspired and meet journalists from across the world. Lets connect if you'll be there too ☕

The Senegalese government has called for an "independent international investigation" into "suspected corruption" at African football's governing body after it stripped Senegal of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations title and awarded it to Morocco. bbc.in/4spuQDo

Senegal stripped of Africa Cup of Nations title, Morocco declared champion by CAF appeal board ➡️ go.france24.com/1Jj

Senegalese proponents of a tougher anti-LGBT law discussed campaign strategy and mobilization tactics with a U.S.-based "pro-family" group that calls homosexuality a public health threat, activists in both countries told Reuters. reuters.com/sustainability…

Exclusive: Senegalese proponents of a tougher anti-LGBT law discussed campaign strategy and mobilization tactics with a US-based ‘pro-family’ group that calls homosexuality a public health threat, activists in both countries told Reuters reut.rs/4lsIcvE

RD Congo : Macron annonce la mort d'une humanitaire française de l'Unicef, tuée à Goma f24.my/BnGi.x

Soudan du Sud: l'armée fait une incursion à Akobo, bastion de l'opposition armée, avant d'en être repoussée rfi.my/CW3U.x

A drone strike hit a residential building in Goma, DRC, where aid workers & @eu_echo staff live. All parties must uphold their commitments . Humanitarian workers must never be targets. International humanitarian law must be respected — always.

Justice Department publishes documents with sexual assault allegations against Trump dlvr.it/TRKRBH

At least 169 people were killed after insurgents raided a village in a remote area of South Sudan, a local official said Monday. It's the latest bout of sporadic violence that has left the country teetering on the verge of full-blown civil war. cbsn.ws/4rLeuV1

Sénégal: des étudiants réclamant leurs bourses choqués par l’intervention de la police sur un campus de Dakar rfi.my/CQe2.x

Foreign correspondence has a problem. What has happened at the @washingtonpost is awful, all job loses are terrible, and a shock to the whole industry. But the majority of international reporters have been operating for years without support, respect or pay. 1/5

Some of the best reporting yet from NW Nigeria giving on the ground text behind the merging and mixing of terrorist groups in the region and how threats from the Sahel and Lake Chad are converging. Only because @Rachel_Chason was there to cover it. 🙏🫡 washingtonpost.com/world/2026/02/…

"One of the communities hit by the strikes has never reported any incident of terror." Sky's @YousraElbagir analyses the reaction in Nigeria following US strikes on claimed IS targets in the country's northwest, and how its government has responded. trib.al/ItEohbD

Gut-wrenching read by @MonikaPronczuk & @caitlinkells on how Russia’s Africa Corps - which replaced Wagner - in #Mali is carrying out abuses, including rapes and beheadings, as it teams up with the Malian army to hunt down JNIM fighters. via @AP apnews.com/article/mali-r…

Dans une enquête d’Associated Press, des réfugiés maliens racontent les violences qu’ils ont subis d’Africa Corps, une milice russe.

A new Russian military unit that replaced the Wagner mercenary group, the Africa Corps, is carrying out abuses including rapes and beheadings as it teams up with Mali ‘s military to hunt down extremists, dozens of civilians who fled the fighting report. apnews.com/article/mali-r…

Take some time to read this report from @MonikaPronczuk & @caitlinkells, who got rare access to Mauritania's border with Mali for an in-depth look at how Africa Corps —a direct part of Russia's gov—is perpetrating rampant abuses against Malian civilians: apnews.com/article/mali-r…