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BBC Africa Correspondent

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Joined March 2010
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Who's pulling the strings in the #DRCconflict?
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Timely & illuminating investigation by my colleague @Ian_Wafula #DRCconflict
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THREAD: I have spent months investigating the foreign mercenaries in DR Congo. I met some of them in Romania & Goma. One Romanian mercenary’s salary equaled that of 50 Congolese soldiers. The government says they are just 'instructors' but this is not entirely true @BBCAfrica.
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Accountability - or not? - for #Kenya abductions 👇
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Good - and important - read: story of courage & devastation in El Fasher #Sudan by my colleague 👇
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‘A New Era for Syria's Musicians’ by user471838601 is on #SoundCloud
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Interesting views on #Syria's future from the country's musicians and music fans 👇
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Great report on possible threats in the New #Syria 👇@OrlaGuerin
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Important story from my colleague @jondonnisonbbc 👇#Gaza
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Syrian rebels extend shock offensive after capturing Aleppo | BBC News via @YouTube
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Inside the hospital dealing with Sudan's famine | BBC News via @YouTube
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Sudan civil war: Army vows to fight on despite peace efforts - BBC News
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'Rape me, not my daughter' - women tell me of sexual violence in #Sudan's civil war via @YouTube
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BBC News: 40,000 Dead in Gaza via @YouTube
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#Israel & #Palestinians respond to #Netanyahu's pitch to congress
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RT @BBCWorld: Witness tells BBC he saw gunman on top of a building located just outside Trump rally Follow updates
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'We are the church' - Kenyan tax protesters take on Christian leaders #OccupyChurches
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