🌍Arjen Westra
@africareporter
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journalist | screenwriter | writer | photographer | actor | moderator | Member of Kenyan Scriptwriters Guild | traveler | CEO Africa | [email protected]
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For those living in Goma, a city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo that has been captured by Rwanda-backed rebels, there is little water, little food and much uncertainty.
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For those living in Goma, which has been captured by Rwanda-backed rebels, there is little water, little food and much uncertainty.
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Vanuit Kenia klinkt kritiek op het staatsbezoek dat koning Willem-Alexander en koningin Máxima in maart gaan brengen. President William Ruto ligt onder vuur vanwege mensenrechtenschendingen in Kenia. #Nieuwsuur
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They Said They’ll Rig the Election—Help Us Build a Blockchain Voting System to Stop Them! A few days ago, Oscar Sudi, a sitting MP, boldly declared that they are planning to rig the elections to ensure that Ruto doesn't leave. This unsettling remark is a stark reminder of how
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De aanvallen van de Houthi's op vrachtschepen in het Rode Zeegebied drijven de prijs op van hulpgoederen. Het is een van de oorzaken van een dreigende hongersnood in Soedan. @timmogaasbeek @svenja_vr @PlanNederland @guypeterson_ Vandaag @volkskrant: https://t.co/rCz54WYTvV
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The government allowed politicians to hire goons to come loot and harm peaceful protestors. People in this government committed crimes against its young people in an attempt to silence their voices. They brutalised and shot those who stood their ground. Never forget that!
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Meanwhile no drinking water on a lot of spaces in Nairobi…
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Someone sent me this direct message to deliver to @RailaOdinga, and @MarthaKarua but l shall simply post it here for @WilliamsRuto to read. After all, this is his job not Raila’s or Karua’s. Hey Boniface, The country is facing a climate crisis. Floods are ravaging communities
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Nairobi! @SakajaJohnson What are you doing to us? You have my vote if you could provide us, your citizens, with water…
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Uhuru Park means Freedom Park. It's a recreational park that the late Wangari Maathai fought to protect against grabbing by the late President Moi. It's also the same park where mothers of political prisoners, jailed by Moi's government, stripped naked demanding the release of
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What about propelling an economy by giving people more spending power in stead of taking it away? @WilliamsRuto #Kenya #Maandamanowednesday #financebill2023
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The ease with which Kenya and its government seems to accept that 9 unarmed people got killed by police bullets worries me. Why even use bullets? Can someone come to their senses please? #Maandamanowednesday #Kenya @WilliamsRuto
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Police should provide security for protesters, not battle them. #SabaSaba #kenya2023
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I have just signed this petition on https://t.co/Rd1mIbwEd6! Please join me in standing for this cause and sign it too: https://t.co/l49y2sFZCU via @Greenpeaceafric
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