Thomas van Linge
@ThomasVLinge
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Freelance journalist/researcher with a passion for the struggle for democracy, human rights & wildlife preservation. Reporting on wars, uprisings & conservation
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Joined January 2013
If you found my maps useful and like me to continue making them please consider buying me a coffee. Putting together these maps is a daily task & as an independent researched the work I do is unpaid, so a small donation could come a long way 🙏❤️ https://t.co/Z8Iz1kkP5F
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Just finished reading @HurstPublishers' latest book on the Sahel and it was great! A very enlightening read on a vastly underreported region and conflict. Would definitely recommend.
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Does no Brazillian journalist ever ask Lula how he would have felt if Bolsonaro had stayed in power and someone would be saying this to him?
"If Maduro reaches the conclusion that leaving [power] is the best thing for him and the best thing for Venezuela, it will be his conclusion. Brazil will never impose this; it will never say that this is a requirement. We are not going to push for Maduro to step down or abdicate"
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“My heart is beating like a kid waiting for Santa Clause.” The mother of Maria Corina Machado awaits her daughter in Oslo. They haven’t seen each other in over a year.
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"No, I didn't promise him, but he certainly asked for it" 💀
Wow. Trump told @politico he never offered an Argentina-style financial lifeline to Viktor Orbán, refuting Orbán’s claim of a US “financial shield.” After their Washington meeting, Orbán said a deal was struck. “No, I didn’t promise him but he certainly asked for it,” Trump said.
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American G.I.s at Tanf joining in the victory celebrations on the first anniversary of the fall of the Assad regime. Syria 🇸🇾
#التنف_الان احتفال الجيش الامريكي في قاعدة التنف بمناسبة ذكرى التحرير الاولى
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It's honestly fascinating how one can be the richest man in the world while at the same time be such a sad loser who constantly gives off the vibe of being one or two rejections away from being put on suicide watch.
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It will never not be funny that while other regime figures like Maher al-Assad, Rami Makhlouf and Kamal Hassan started plotting their return to power on day 1, Bashar was basically like: "oh well, what's done is done. Hey Maher, you by any chance remember my old Steam password?"
Perfect weather today for The Lion to stay in all day, play video games with the curtains closed and not having to go out or face anybody.
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Perfect weather today for The Lion to stay in all day, play video games with the curtains closed and not having to go out or face anybody.
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The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) arrested activist Ahmad al-Bosh for standing in central Raqqa today with a sign "We have a right to celebrate, oh SDF". He is referring to a decision issued by the SDF prohibiting any gatherings to mark the one-year anniversary of the fall of
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Sudan 🇸🇩: today the RSF seized the Heglig oil field and it's local refinery from the SAF, denying the government a major source of income. With the loss of Heglig the SAF has now been completely expelled from the West Kordofan region.
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One year ago I was in Utrecht, partying with thousands of Dutch Syrians as the news broke that Assad had fled and Damascus was liberated. A day to never forget. Syria 🇸🇾
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Heavy shelling has resumed again on the border between Thailand 🇹🇭 and Cambodia 🇰🇭. Thai fighter jets are engaged in the clashes.
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lmao we have the Gulf Stream, we don't need to comprehend this.
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🇧🇯🚨| According to local sources who provided me with these images, explosions have been reported at the Tignon Barracks, 6 km from the airport. A group of coup leaders are said to have taken refuge and barricaded themselves in these barracks, while Lieutenant Colonel Tigri
🇧🇯| Three unidentified aircraft (including a military transport aircraft) were spotted on flight radar arriving in Cotonou. Two of the unidentified aircraft came from Nigeria. The transport aircraft came from Ivory Coast.
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Let me share a personal anecdote. I served as a diplomat in Caracas when she was the Foreign Minister. I attended several meetings that she chaired, and they were honestly the worst official meetings I have ever experienced. So much for calling her “moderate.” She often called
“…Maduro has given Delcy Eloina Rodriguez Gomez & Jorge Jesus Rodriguez Gomez senior positions within the Venezuelan government to help him maintain power and solidify his authoritarian rule.” — @USTreasury, Sept. 25, 2018 Does that sound like she’s a “moderate,” @nytimes?
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Oh god, him again.
Mi primer mensaje en libertad para Honduras y para el mundo. ¡Gracias a Dios! Mi gratitud al Presidente Donald Trump @realDonaldTrump , a mi familia, a mis amigos y al noble pueblo hondureño por su apoyo inquebrantable. Hoy tengo la bendición de dirigirme a ustedes en libertad.
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In reality this is a Christmas tree 🎄 in Bethlehem, in Palestine 🇵🇸. The place where Christ was born, and the place whose people Israel continues to repress every day.
Christmas in Israel. The only country in the Middle East that you will see this.
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#BREAKING Thirteen Eritrean political prisoners, among them the Olympian cyclist Zeragaber Gebrehiwot, have been released after being held in Mai Serwa military prison for over 18 years without trial. Among the detainees released are prominent businessmen: Tesfalem Mengsteab,
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