Monika Pronczuk
@MonikaPronczuk
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Covering West and Central Africa for The Associated Press. Previously: @nytimes and @FT. I write better than I tweet. Get in touch: [email protected]
Dakar, Senegal
Joined March 2012
"Wagner has leveraged information and communications technologies to cultivate and promote its global brand as ruthless mercenaries ... [this] could constitute the war crime of outrages on personal dignity and crimes against humanity." https://t.co/iWMxXeKiYu
@MonikaPronczuk
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The International Criminal Court is reviewing a confidential legal report arguing that the Russia-linked Wagner group has committed war crimes by spreading images of apparent atrocities in West...
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"As the world largely focuses on wars in Gaza, Ukraine and Sudan, the Sahel has become the deadliest place on earth for extremism," — @MonikaPronczuk and @sammednick for @AP highlighting our submission to the ICC on the Wagner Group’s atrocities in Mali:
apnews.com
The International Criminal Court is reviewing a confidential legal report arguing that the Russia-linked Wagner group has committed war crimes by spreading images of apparent atrocities in West...
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A confidential brief to the ICC, seen exclusively by AP, accuses Wagner of promoting atrocities. It asserts that Wagner has committed war crimes by spreading images of apparent atrocities including ones alluding to cannibalism w/@MonikaPronczuk
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Even as #Russia struggles to replace massive losses in #Ukraine, the Kremlin is quietly shipping fighter jets, tanks, artillery and other high-value weapons to West #Africa. Our latest visual investigation at @AP, with @MonikaPronczuk and @johnleicester
https://t.co/bB879TYNIg
apnews.com
Even as it pursues its invasion of Ukraine, Russia is also expanding its military footprint in Africa.
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US funding cuts have left millions of people without access to life-saving care from @UNFPA and others. See why women and girls from to Bangladesh to Sudan will suffer: https://t.co/wnoo694RtY 🗞️ @sammednick, @wilsonmcm1 and @MonikaPronczuk for @AP via @MSNNews
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The story of a Somali journalist refugee, trying to get to Germany. He made it to EU territory twice but was pushed back into Belarus by Polish border guards, and ended up... being coerced into the Russian army to fight in Ukraine (which he refused to do) https://t.co/qRJsUbUAso
theguardian.com
Journalist Ilyas Ahmad Elmi hoped to join his wife and child in Germany when he fled Somalia – but the EU’s harsh border controls led him towards Russia’s war machine
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via @NYTimes @MonikaPronczuk and I spent months reporting this story. We are in owe of the women who shared their stories with us, overcoming the stigma surrounding conflict-related sexual violence. Photos by @nicoletung6
nytimes.com
Prosecutors in Ukraine are pursuing cases of sexual assault by Russian soldiers, but survivors say more financial and psychological support is needed.
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The skull of a Congolese leader, killed by colonial troops, has been stored in a Brussels museum for decades. We wrote about the struggle to get it back -- reflecting a larger debate on Europe’s responsibility for the colonial atrocities. w/@koba_ryck
https://t.co/RkoyOWhDVL
nytimes.com
For decades, Belgium failed to return the remains of hundreds of people taken by force from former colonies. A draft law could change that, but critics say it is not going far enough.
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A huge thanks to everyone who came out to #RunForEvan in Brussels this morning. Evan Gershkovich is a journalist who was detained almost one year ago in Russia — simply for doing his job. #IStandWithEvan #FreeEvan #IRunForEvan #JournalismIsNotACrime
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Thank you to the dozens of journalists, diplomats, EU officials and others who joined us for #IRunForEvan in Brussels this morning. This is one of 12+ runs worldwide to mark the outrageous anniversary of Evan Gershkovich's detention. (Photo by Olivier Hoslet) #FreeEvan
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UNRWA investigators intvwed 100+ Gazans detained by IDF, found pattern of severe ill treatment, acc to secret doc obtained by @MonikaPronczuk. Details match testimonies to NYT. IDF denies, but admits some have died in detention. With @PatrickKingsley
nytimes.com
UNRWA, the aid agency for Palestinians, is preparing to publish an investigation based on testimony from more than 100 detainees that accuses Israeli troops of abuse.
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Months after 600 migrants died in a capsizing on the Mediterranean, E.U. investigation found that Frontex lacks the ability to save lives at sea. The E.U. should take over search and rescue, it said, as MS are failing to prevent people from drowning. https://t.co/lTrOveP7vi
nytimes.com
Investigators looking into the drowning of more than 600 people off Greece say that the border agency known as Frontex cannot fulfill its mission.
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Agriculture accounts for 30 percent of global greenhouse emissions. Reducing it requires making tough choices and facing a potent political lobby: farmers. A cautionary tale from Europe by @MonikaPronczuk and me: https://t.co/jPrxCERzUh
nytimes.com
Farmer protests across the continent have triggered a rollback of ambitious rules aimed at cutting greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture.
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Hard to watch this from inside Putin's press conference. Evan should be in the hall with us. not in this cage. I asked what it would take to bring Evan & Paul Whelan home. He said: Russia is “in contact w the American side” but any agreement must be “mutually acceptable.”
A Moscow court on Thursday upheld a ruling to hold in detention until Jan. 30 U.S. reporter Evan Gershkovich, arrested in Russia earlier this year on espionage charges. https://t.co/t1DEvlyWcG
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UN residential compound in coastal southern Gaza came under fire on Sunday morning, causing extensive damage, U.N. officials said. Compound houses intl UN staff. @MonikaPronczuk breaking this news https://t.co/qdyDpKuljn
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Very unusual for the ICRC to issue such a pointed statement against one side in a conflict.
#Gaza The human suffering is shocking. Thousands killed. People have limited access to food & water. Hospitals are near collapse. Hospital corridors are full of wounded & displaced. Destroyed infrastructure & homes will take years to rebuild. ❌ Even wars have limits.
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Here’s why fuel supplies are so critical to Gaza. w/ @abubakrbashir4 @MonikaPronczuk
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Major police deployment in central Warsaw with reports that this man is claiming he has a bomb. Reasons unclear. Streets around are all blocked off.
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