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Will Swanson
@willswanson
Emmy award winning journalist, documentary photographer, Pulitzer grantee & GroundTruth fellow.
Nairobi, Kenya Katılım Şubat 2009
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Somalia is a beautiful place.
Vignettes from the port city of Bosaso in Puntland.
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@prestonstew_ Somali technical, mountain edition
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Tactical donkey in Almiskaad, Puntland
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IEDs, drones and airstrikes in the Cal Miskaad.
Photos from five days spent embedded with Puntland forces fighting ISIS in Somalia. Reporting for @ARTEfr and @France24_en, the doc is now available to watch on Youtube.
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A soldier’s downtime - a haircut and a cigarette - images of the Puntland forces at the frontlines of Somalia’s war against ISIS
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@PolGeoNow @France24_en @bastien_rnl Ps I’ll be sharing more photos from our shoot in Al Miskat here on X and instagram, and you can see some BTS I’ve already shared in older posts. Lots of easter eggs for keen PL watchers but the platform is not what it used to be, everything gets buried these days.
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Somalia's frontline soldiers in the war against ISIS/Daesh in Puntland
watch our documentary for @France24_en #REPORTERS now online: youtu.be/Esnczx8YiBw?si…
#Somalia #ISIS #Puntland
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Will Swanson retweetledi
#REPORTERS - En #Somalie, les forces armées luttent chaque jour pour repousser les jihadistes de l'organisation l'État islamique, qui se sont installés dans la région du #Puntland.
Reportage exclusif de nos correspondants @bastien_rnl et @willswanson ➡️go.france24.com/Gem
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@FerdyOmondi @willswanson I actually mentioned to someone as we were being evacuated that it felt as if they had rehearsed their response. We were hiding in a broom closet and could hear the 1st responders shouting outside within 15mins after the attack began. It was an excellent job they did.
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I was at the Dusit Hotel on the day of the attack, reporting for the BBC.
I spotted Christian Craighead. Probably because he was white.
No doubt he was involved in the rescue operation.
But so were dozens of Kenyan security forces.
It was never a one-man show. I think he's milked this enough.
Trad West@trad_west_
>Catholic, Former 22nd SAS soldier > Picks up a random hitchhiker who tells him in an unnatural voice, “May God bless you many times this day.” >Hears about a terrorist attack happening at a hotel >Grabs his gear and drives toward the scene >Enters the building alone. Moves floor by floor under fire. >Rescues civilians trapped inside. >Holds off the attackers for 18 hours. >Neutralized 3 of the terrorists. >Saves more than 700 people. >Carried a Holy Rosary and Bible throughout the whole event Christian Craighead, nicknamed “Obi-Wan Nairobi,” A true Christian warrior. Info from: Sacredchad
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Nice to see my (now quite old) photos from North East Kenya getting wheeled out for this story.
It's time for a new crop of journalists to discover the incredible stories hidden away in this part of the world.
BBC News Africa@BBCAfrica
Kenya's border with Somalia will re-open in April almost 15 years after it shut because of attacks by Islamist militant group al-Shabab, President William Ruto has announced. bbc.in/46Ga8Gj
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'Tens of thousands' forced to flee as conflict intensifies in #SouthSudan.
The @ICRC says it has conducted more than 600 surgeries on patients with weapon wounds since December last year icrc.org/en/news-releas…
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Today I wrote my first Washington Secrets newsletter, taking over from the irreplaceable Paul Bedard for @dcexaminer
It's got:
1) Why Mike Pence is going to need a bigger boat
2) Why the Brits are telling EU to "keep calm and carry on"
3) How the White House will mark one year of 47
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I had the joy of photographing many of @FilippoGrandi's missions during his time at the helm of @Refugees.
Grateful to have worked together in sharing the stories of those displaced. Their voices mustn't be diminished. We must listen harder through all the noise.
📸/UNHCR
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On assignment, embedded with government forces as they fight ISIS in Puntland’s al Miskaad mountains.
More coming soon… #photojournalism
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US boots on the ground in Al Miskaad mountains, supporting the Puntland govt’s fight against ISIS in Somalia
Puntland Counter-Terrorism Operations@PL_CTOperations
In the Calmiskaad area, high-value #ISIS targets were struck in a joint air and ground operation carried out by Puntland’s U.S. 🇺🇸 partners supporting the ongoing mission. Further details will be shared in due course. #Puntland @USAfricaCommand #Somalia @US2SOMALIA @StateDept
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