Ed Ram
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Photojournalist and reporter based in East Africa, regularly working in Ukraine. Former Senior Journalist and film maker for @BBCNews
Ukraine
Joined February 2009
I visited Borodyanka in Ukraine today to report for @GettyImagesNews and took this photo of graffiti in a residential area that was destroyed at the start of the conflict. Does anyone know if it’s a Banksy? Thanks
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Britain has suspended direct bilateral aid to Rwanda and suspended military training with its army. It will be reviewing export licences for the RDF. https://t.co/bAjgG2NvCM“The%20UK%20calls%20for%20an,Defence%20Forces%20from%20Congolese%20territory
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The UK has issued a statement in response to the situation in Eastern DRC.
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Our latest story from eastern Ukraine, where soldiers said they’re feeling increasingly exhausted and shorthanded. With @serhiikorolchuk and @EdR4m:
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Ukrainian soldiers on the front lines are increasingly willing to support President-elect Donald Trump’s call to begin negotiations to end the war.
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People watch television as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announces a ceasefire near Martyrs Square where people sheltered as Israeli battered central Beirut with multiple airstrikes in Beirut Lebanon. The ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel has now begun. 📷: @EdR4m
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It didn’t feature on the news bulletins on BBC Radio 4 at 7am or 8am – just in the newspaper review, the traditional home for stories the BBC find ‘tricky’. It didn’t feature in the newspaper review on Broadcasting House on Radio 4. The review lasted 13 minutes.
Dispatches can reveal how King Charles and Prince William are making millions from the taxpayer. In a joint investigation with @thetimes we have uncovered lucrative deals with the armed forces, schools and even the NHS.
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We traveled to Sudzha w/ UA troops. Many surreal moments: RU woman begged for peace. UA soldier says his hometown is occupied by RU. "Well, I think we’re just innocent civilians" she said. "I used to think that, too, when we were civilians,” he said back.
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For Ukrainian forces on the ground, the offensive is seen less as a conquest for long-term annexation and more as a negotiating tactic.
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A surreal moment on the Russian border yday: the director of Ukraine’s war museum was there collecting souvenirs from soldiers who went into Russia. Movie posters, Russian uniforms and even a communist flag were loaded into his car to be displayed in Kyiv.
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Ukraine’s intelligence service announced the detention of more than 100 Russian troops, in what it said amounted to the “largest mass capture” of enemy soldiers at one time.
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We met young Russians captured by Ukrainian forces in Russia. “We did not want to fight in any way,” said Nikolai, 22. “We were promised that we would not take part in hostilities at all.” When asked who promised, he said: “President Vladimir Putin.” https://t.co/JJUonuvkOG
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The capture of so many young men in the Ukrainian incursion poses a significant challenge for the Kremlin.
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#Kenya Police in #NairobiCBD have shot at least three journalists at close range with teargas cannisters, including IPAEA members, wounding them, while they were covering anti-government protests. @CPJAfrica @RSF_en
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"Wer in Adré ankommt, ist nicht selten Zeuge brutalster Gewalt in Darfur geworden, Sudans westlichster Region, in der laut den Vereinten Nationen ein Völkermord droht". @EdR4m @anthe_bachmann
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Es sind vor allem Frauen und Kinder, die vor Hunger und Krieg im Sudan in den tschadischen Grenzort Adré geflüchtet sind. Sie berichten von furchtbaren Gräueln.
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IPAEA statement on arrest of journalists covering demonstrations in #Nairobi @CPJAfrica @NationBreaking @AP @MediaCouncilK
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Basic training in Ukraine is barely covering the basics, commanders say Story with @serhiikorolchuk and @EdR4m
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Ukrainian commanders in the field say they are bracing for most of the new troops under a new conscription law to arrive with poor training.
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I wrote about how & why certain crises get more humanitarian funding than others, and what that means for refugees fleeing horrific ethnically motivated violence in #Sudan
Despite efforts to raise money to respond to the crisis in Sudan, the international community is falling far short of fundraising goals, Neha Wadekar writes.
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500,000+ Sudanese refugees have fled to Chad & now live in brutal conditions there. The UN & NGOs are trying to help, but there's not nearly enough $ to meet the need. I write about how why the donor system is broken, & how to fix it. Pix by @EdR4m. https://t.co/Njnb9xCGiY
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Millions of Sudanese are fleeing a warzone—and exposing the world’s bankrupt response.
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Second Russian invasion of Kharkiv caught Ukraine unprepared With @serhiikorolchuk @maryilyushina and @EdR4m
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Despite months of complaints from troops over shortages and fatigue, Kyiv has been slow to ramp up mobilization, leaving some areas of the front critically understaffed.
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There are people starving to death in Northern Ethiopia, millions suffering acute hunger, and unless aid agencies raise a lot of money for food aid quick then the region could fall into famine. Our piece for @NewsHour with @EdR4m, reported in early February
As Ethiopia continues to face one of the worst droughts in recent history, millions of its people are suffering from acute hunger. @jack_s_hewson reports from the Tigray region. https://t.co/XBst1BlhfM
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Desperate scenes in Adré, eastern Chad, as thousands of refugees who have fled violence Darfur que for food aid. @WFP say it’s the last distribution they will be able to do without further finding. Today marks one year of war in Sudan, which has torn millions of lives apart.
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The US admin has spent 5 days and counting on the “no excuses” messaging- but aid situation appears barely changed in northern Gaza
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