Rachel Chason
@Rachel_Chason
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West Africa bureau chief for @washingtonpost 🇸🇳 Always @postlocal Say hi [email protected]
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Joined June 2014
RT @khoureld: Soup kitchens can no longer feed the hungry. First responders are unable to reach the dead and wounded. Mothers and fathers s…
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RT @SaladinAlDronni: Four months later, JNIM claims full control over two VDP headquarters in Barsalogho. Over 500 people forced by the jun…
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RT @DrJPPham: In today’s @washingtonpost, @Rachel_Chason reports from #BurkinaFaso🇧🇫 on how former students trained as doctors & engineers…
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During the Cold War, the Soviet Union had less than the West to offer in development aid. So one way it gained influence was through grants for students, said @UlfLaessing Our @washingtonpost story in print today on the role of those students now:
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RT @khoureld: Violin music floats over Kenya’s largest dump site as an orchestra of children from @GhettoClassicsK warm up. Sometimes the s…
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In Gambia last year, there was a massive debate about efforts to roll back a ban on female genital cutting. It sparked fears about a bigger regression on women’s rights but also had a surprising consequence: A new focus on women’s pleasure Free link:
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RT @DrJPPham: The @washingtonpost’s @Rachel_Chason takes a close look at #Russia🇷🇺’s influence operations in #BurkinaFaso🇧🇫 and how they ar…
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"Avoiding military service is punishable by a long sentence in Eritrea’s notorious prison gulag. So is attempting to leave the country, worshiping outside the official religions and questioning the government....About 15 percent of Eritrea’s population has left the country."
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Listen to @rebtanhs on #postreports as she details her amazing journey on a not-so-traditional boat into the world's most contested waterway
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In the strike that killed Nasrallah, Israel probably used 2,000-pound bombs, some of which were made in the U.S. The shipment of such controversial bombs had been paused bc of how they were used in Gaza Read @cheesemanab, @mmkelly22 and @imogen_piper:
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“Now, former officials and analysts say, Israel has opened a window of opportunity for a possible ground invasion…” “The military has been building and rebuilding the plan for years” Read @LovedayM, @cairo_claire1 , @shira_rubin
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RT @LizSly: The death toll from a day of intense Israeli strikes on Lebanon is now 356 - nearly 1/3 of the total killed in the entire 34-da…
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RT @rachsieg: From @Rachel_Chason in Israel this month: “There is a rope hanging over my son’s head,” said Yehuda Cohen, father of hostage…
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Our @washingtonpost story on the Cohen family, which is still doing everything it can to bring back Nimrod — including going to Washington to push the U.S. to up its pressure on Netanyahu. Reported with @Heidiphotos Gift link:
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In amazing news, @rachsieg is going to be covering housing, something she’s been passionate about + carving out a niche on for years even as she covers the Fed. Read + follow this ⭐️
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Our full @washingtonpost story, with beautiful photos from @carmenabdali, on Momodou Keita as he continues his control:
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