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BBC Paris Correspondent. Author of "A Small, Stubborn Town," “These Are Not Gentle People,” “The Mayor of Mogadishu.” Previously in Africa, Asia, former USSR.
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12 years on the orphaned girl I met in the ruins of post-tsunami Aceh graduated this week. Congratulations to indomitable Mawardah Priyanka!
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Time heals?... Revisiting Aceh and one survivor, 10 years after the Asian tsunami:
http://t.co/JoyuiEyIYR
http://t.co/t7GWqbI9uD
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Zimbabwe national anthem sung as Zanu-PF prepares to oust Mugabe
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After 15 yrs in Joburg and another 4 in Nairobi, I'm leaving this incredible continent later today for new pastures. It's been a joy, a challenge, an education - in resilience, tolerance, and what South Africans call ubuntu. Sala kahle.
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After vote, ZANU PF's Paul Mangwana tells me "we are removing (Mugabe). He can go farming. We want a new president." Emmerson Mnangagwa voted new party leader "with immediate effect."
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South Africa’s priority crime police the Hawks are at Gupta residence in Johannesburg. Road sealed off.
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The endless comparisons with "banana republics" strike me as smug, ignorant and wrong. In Africa, for instance, there are many examples of courageous protestors fighting to overthrow autocrats. That's not - remotely - what we're seeing in the USA right now.
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Thrilled and honoured to hear that I have won South Africa's top literary prize - the Sunday Times non-fiction award - for my book, These Are Not Gentle People.
@PanMacmillanSA
@maclehosepress
@JanklowUK
@RebeccasBooks
@SundayTimesZA
@KatharinaBberg
@Andrea_Nattrass
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The tide has turned. Zanu-PF youth league calling for Mugabe to quit to “rest as elder statesman.”
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Liberia passes another milestone. It's now ten days since the last confirmed new Ebola case here.
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Just watched thousands dancing through Johannesburg for a city carnival. Nation in mourning? Nope. Nation celebrating Mandela's life.
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A seismic moment for South Africa as a Judge says he will seek a prison sentence for former President Jacob Zuma for contempt of court, after he defied a summons (and a Constitutional court ruling) to answer multiple allegations of corruption at a public inquiry.
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Devastating news. I saw him only yesterday - full of life and plans and laughter. A hugely talented and profoundly generous broadcaster, public intellectual, and bold campaigner against bigotry in South Africa and beyond.
@Eusebius
Celebrated analyst, broadcaster and author Eusebius McKaiser has died after suffering a suspected epileptic seizure, his manager Jackie Strydom told TimesLIVE on Tuesday.
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A quote from Archbishop Tutu… taken just a few weeks ago on a visit to Cape Town’s beautiful St George Cathedral.
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Another side of Mogadishu. Visiting Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
@kaj33
coaches Somali players in 1972 with Oscar Robertson.
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Remember - 5 year sentence means he could be free after not much more than 2 years.
#OscarPistorius
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Abducted, tortured, hospitalised, suspected, accused, charged, imprisoned... what the treatment of 3 women opposition activists in Zimbabwe says about the nation's struggles:
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A tribute to
@engyarisow
, Mayor of Mogadishu, who died this week following a bomb attack. Somali. Briton. Refugee. Returnee.
@BBCFooC
@BBCRadio4
@hodansomali
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We can, and will, all disagree on the source/nature of
#OscarPistorius
grief. But i don't believe anyone in court today saw it as an "act."
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Journalists asked to leave ZANU PF meeting as party prepares to discuss the removal of President Mugabe. History happening behind close doors. But we can hear the cheers from outside.
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It's worth remembering, at a time when some are screaming
#SendHerBack
to
@IlhanMN
that many Somalis are returning, unprompted, from the diaspora to rebuild their country. Some, like
@engyarisow
and
@HodanTV
have paid the highest price for their courage.
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A campaigning Zimbabwean journalist films himself as police break into his home to arrest him. Not clear yet what the charges are. But the incident is provoking deep concern in a country plagued by abductions, disappearances, arbitrary arrests and legal harassment.
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"An epic failure of a deeply corrupt system..." Our investigation into Port Elizabeth's
#COVID19
response in South Africa's Eastern Cape:
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"We skipped work to be here... But it is thanks to Mandela that we have good jobs..."
http://t.co/Q416AtaR5j
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Just spoke to Barry and June Steenkamp. Both happy with sentence and relieved it is over. Am told Pistorius will be released after 10 months
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One of the most powerful, most rigorous, most ingenious Twitter threads ever made leads to this...
@BBCAfrica
#BBCAfricaEye
Journalism matters.
Four Cameroonian soldiers have been sentenced to 10 years for their roles in shooting dead two women and two children in 2018
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And with that - we're adjourned for the day. So clearly, culpable homicide will be the sentence, but she hasn't spelled it out yet.
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Amid the euphoria, worth remembering the army helped Mugabe and ZANU PF to hold onto power for years by rigging elections, and attacking the political opposition. MDC MP David Coltart says the army is just cleaning "up its own mess" and must now release detained politicians.
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Another gripping, gruelling read:
@sommervilletv
on the frontline as Ukrainian troops push forward
@dcinfocus
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It was a warm evening in January 2016. In a drought-parched field outside the South African farming town of Parys two black farm workers – gasping for breath, ribs broken, eyes swollen shut - were sliding into unconsciousness. Why?
#TheseAreNotGentlePeople
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Serious news from northern Mozambique. Reports suggest Isis-affiliated rebels have just captured key port - Mocimboa da Praia - after a long battle and are vowing to make it their new "capital."
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Great to see my Ukraine book in the hands of one of its key characters - a wonderful, brave woman called Svetlana, whose cottage in Voznesensk was turned into a Russian field hospital, command center, and prison early in March 2022.
#ASmallStubbornTown
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So Judge is giving herself plenty of room for a prison sentence for
#OscarPistorius
but will she follow it up? Suspense building here.
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Is it wrong to worry that this crisis is entering a more dangerous stage? The army now seems to have taken Mugabe's side, against his own party, and against the evident determination of those huge crowds who flooded Harare yesterday.
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We're back in Somalia to report on the catastrophic drought. Our film is running on
@BBCNews
@BBCOne
at Ten tonight. It tells the story of a two-year-old boy wrestling with hunger.
@NRC_Norway
@trocaire
@unicefsomalia
@edhabershon
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One prominent South African lawyer told me today "If Oscar doesn't get culpable homicide, I'm quitting the law."
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#OscarPistorius
walks round to stairs behind him. No expression. Shakes hand with Uncle Arnold, and disappears down into the cells.
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South Africa's great radio broadcaster, Xolani Gwala, has died, much too young, at the age of 44. A kind, brave man - he had warmth, balance, steel, a deep understanding of radio's unique power, and the most magically infectious laugh.
@Radio702
#XolaniGwala
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On the “precipice” again... Zimbabweans wonder if, this time, a hashtag might help.
#ZimbabweanLivesMatter
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One notable trend in Africa this year... governments tightening restrictions on visiting journalists. Nothing so crude as saying "no." Permits/visas "pending" instead. Uganda. Ethiopia. Mozambique. And beyond. Tempting to see this as a sign of growing Chinese influence here.
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#OscarPistorius
told me state's demand to refer him for psychiatric evaluation was "a joke" and that today's evidence went "well" for him.
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Zimbabwe Home Affairs Minister Obert Mpofu tells ZANU PF meeting "we meet here today with a heavy heart... (Mugabe's) wife and close associates have taken advantage of his frail condition."
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Glued to
@BBCr4today
this morning. Forensic, eloquent, unflappable, magnificent.
@ChrisMasonBBC
@MishalHusain
@bbcnickrobinson
#publicbroadcasting
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Deeply impressive briefing from South Africa's top virus expert and government advisor. Prof Abdool Karim says new evidence now shows nation's current success in abruptly flattening curve of infections is "unique" in the world. Due - it appears - to early actions and lockdown.
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Extraordinary statement from Zimbabwe's Catholic Bishops on their nation's "crisis." A place "where fear runs down the spine of many..."
@ZANUPF_Official
says "mischievous" priests are attempting to mislead the public.
@nickmangwana
#ZimbabweanLivesMatter
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A final (for now) few thoughts on
#OscarPistorius
... What the trial doesn't say about South Africa.
http://t.co/ES5Pv7kFAe
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Most witnesses got their facts wrong, says Judge, citing media attention and fact that witnesses had followed trial in news. Important.
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If President Mugabe doesn't resign "then we bring back the crowd and they will do the business," says Zimbabwe war veteran leader Chris Mutsvangwa.
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Over 3 years ago I began investigating a double murder that split a small South African town, tearing apart families and communities. Today the trial of six men finally ended. Verdict due in May. My book, radio series and podcast to follow in July.
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A glimpse of the agonies families are now experiencing - with growing frequency - as drought and climate change ravage Somalia:
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Bad news for
@mdczimbabwe
as independent
@ZESN1
data backs up the official results of Zimbabwe's presidential election. The election process was clearly flawed... but can the opposition now win the argument that it was robbed of victory?
#ZimbabweElection2018
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Our series, Bloodlands, just won best radio investigation at
@prixeuropa
awards. Produced by
@Beckstatic
, edited by
@queenselm
, mixed by
@churcn10
, with
@PcMbulelo
as fixer/translator in South Africa. Do please check it out at:
@mohitbakaya
@hughlevinson
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Big ferry with Sudan evacuees docking in Saudi Arabian port of Jeddah. British officials among foreign teams waiting to help their nationals.
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Judge says
#OscarPistorius
behaviour after killing was not that of someone who'd committed murder.
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#OscarPistorius
sits, rubs his face, and slumps briefly forwards. Not much emotion in court. We knew this verdict was coming.
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Raising the Mauritian flag onboard the country’s first government-organised visit to the contested
#Chagos
islands. Britain claims the remote archipelago but UN courts say UK is occupying them illegally.
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What do you get if you put some rocket scientists, a reformed gangster, a few Formula 1 engineers, soldiers, bits of a fighter jet, and several million pounds inside a tent in the Kalahari desert? Here's our report:
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Great to be able to present Somalia's new President
@M_Farmaajo
a copy of my book,
#TheMayorOfMogadishu
at
@TheVillaSomalia
recently.
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Masterclass in political expediency, discipline and ruthlessness here in Zanu-PF headquarters. Some might add... hipocrisy.
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South African paperback edition just arrived. With huge thanks to
@RediTlhabi
@justicemalala
Damon Galgut
@Andrea_Nattrass
@SundayTimesZA
@RebeccasBooks
@Eusebius
and many more!
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Best airport bookshops of the world..? Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport’s small, eclectic “house of books” comes pretty high, I reckon.
#zimbabwe
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Thrilled to see my book, These Are Not Gentle People, on the shortlist this morning for South Africa's top literary non-fiction award - and in such fantastic company:
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Judge, now agreeing with Nel, says too lenient sentence might prompt public to lose faith and take justice into own hands.
#OscarPistorius
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A baffling 20 minutes of euphemism and regret from President Mugabe. But no, he didn't resign. In fact he said he would "preside" over ZANU PF's party congress next month.
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Behind the scenes: prosecutor Gerrie Nel helps pack tv screens in court after
#OscarPistorius
trial breaks for month.
http://t.co/jvTqol8D5n
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In different times
@CyrilRamaphosa
's measured (even ponderous) delivery was a source of frustration to some here. Today, I'd argue, he offers a world-class example of composure, strength and credibility. Let's just hope his government - and the private sector - can match him.
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Absolute silence in court. no sign of reaction from
#OscarPistorius
family. Must have been what they expected.
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First order of the day... picking a chairman for ZANU PF meeting because Mugabe is "incapacitated"
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Judge concludes
#OscarPistorius
failed 2 "reasonable man" tests re. shooting, and failing to check properly beforehand.
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Devastating news from Somalia. Hodan Nalayeh
@HodanTV
was brave, generous and inspiring. A true force of nature. Journalist, entrepreneur, friend, campaigner. Somalia and its far-flung diaspora have lost an important voice.
BREAKING: Inspirational TV personality who returned from Canada to report positive stories about Somalia, Hodan Nalayeh, killed in Al-Shabaab complex attack in Kismayo - Minister
@JustAwHirsi
confirms. Hodan was the founder of
@IntegrationTV
that reports on local and diaspora.
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I heard noise from inside toilet. perceived it to be someone coming out of toilet. I fired four shots. ( tears now)
#OscarPistorius
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Worth a read: RT
@NastasyaTay
: difference b/w
#OscarPistorius
' two defence strategies explained by
@CriminalLawZA
:
http://t.co/medxrAzVsm
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As South Africa remembers its great lawyer George Bizos, a wonderful show of strength (and dance moves) below, from Zimbabwean human rights lawyers.
We love to dance at Mtetwa & Nyambirai. 💃🏽🕺 We’ve had a rough few weeks recently. So to let off a bit of steam we teamed up with
@bustoptv
to have a bit of fun and take up the
#JerusalemaDanceChallenge
.
Watch the full video here:
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"I'm trying to understand..." - another Roux favourite. Rough translation: "Kindly admit you are talking nonsense."
#OscarPistorius
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Legal experts here convinced prosecution have grounds to appeal Judge's decision ruling out murder verdict for
#OscarPistorius
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Accused "had reasonable time to react, reflect, and conduct himself reasonably...." says Judge
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Zanu-PF youth league calls for Grace Mugabe’s expulsion from party citing her “vulgar language... and unruly and cunning behavior.”
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Nel: we know for fact, no intruders, no ladder… no reason to shoot her.
#OscarPistorius
agrees.
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Africa's image abroad... Would it help if word "Africa" were used less and focus put instead on individual countries?
http://t.co/KP7i6nko
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"many people in this country with no security at all" says Judge, saying
#OscarPistorius
had other options for dealing with perceived threat
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Just 5 hours of power in the past 24 in my corner of
#Johannesburg
. The euphemism here is “load shedding.” The truth is decades of energy mismanagement, looting, and even sabotage.
#Eskom
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Judge says race, sex and culture of accused must be taken into account regarding "reasonable" man/woman test.
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