I once persuaded my best friend to take a day trip to
@AuschwitzMuseum
. We're both journalists so she wasn't totally horrified, but we both were by the end of the day. Every human in the world should visit. If you can't, please follow the museum on Twitter for
#Auschwitz75
.
We once again wish to ask all of you for your support. Please, help
@Auschwitzmuseum
reach 1 million followers for
#Auschwitz75
on Jan 27, 2020.
RT, spread the word, let
@Twitter
community know about our account where every day we educate about the history of
#Auschwitz
.
My first generation, 29-year-old Nigerian-American Uber driver doesn't know about Fela Kuti or any of the Kutis for that matter. 😲
We're now playing some on Spotify, because I'm on a mission. 😀
Is it even legal to be Nigerian and not know Fela? 🤷🏾♀️
[The outbreak has been more than just
#WuhanVirus
spread]
1/ By covering up the severity of pandemic with force & fear,
#China
has turned whole crisis into the Chernobyl disaster of the 21st century. China's still clamping down on
#coronavirus
coverage as cases surge day by day.
@yusufmym1090
@AJStream
This is the foolish answer men always give when trying to explain away sexual harassment. Check yourself, not what I'm wearing.
An "unreserved apology" from Tafadzwa Mugwadi, ZANU-PF Director of Information & Publicity for "using uncouth language" and losing his "tamper" during the
#ZimbabweanLivesMatter
episode of
@AJStream
.
Apology noted.
Sending this bathroom selfie to my Nigerian mum. She’d be so proud to know I’m MCing the
#HeroinesOfHealth
2023 Awards Gala Dinner at
#WD2023
… Africa edition. 🌍
I might need a wider lens for my Gele.
How it started:
My first live
@AJStream
broadcast in May 2013.
How it ended:
My final live
@AJStream
broadcast in July 2023.
Thanks to my colleagues, Stream guests and all the
@AJEnglish
viewers for the best decade of my career. 🙏🏾
Pictured with
@mmbilal
&
@YoungRJeremy
This is my 80-year-old mother. She can barely use a smart phone. This week she Whatsapp called to tell me how much she enjoyed the
@AJStream
#Covid
&
#BAME
episode.
I was almost speechless. You should totally watch this show too. My mum says so. Link:
The TV replay of the latest
@AJStream
episode first streamed live August 18 via YouTube. During the
#ZimbabweanLivesMatter
discussion a guest used uncouth language. The comment has been edited due to TV profanity regulations. The original unedited show can still be viewed online.
Bobi Wine, a Ugandan opposition politician, is the subject of a documentary nominated for this year’s Oscars. Brooke speaks with
@HEBobiwine
and
@bwayomoses
about the immense trials they faced making this film:
Some other ghetto kids doing a cover for our song,
#CoronavirusAlert
. Brought back memories of how we started. Little
#NubianLi
is definitely taking this seriously.
Introducing
@DrMichaelKObeng
who gave his plastic surgery expertise pro-bono to save
#TessicaBrown
's hair. Kudos for the research he put in, and for knowing this kind of publicity was worth doing Open Hair Surgery for free.
Earlier in DC ...
Uber Driver: Are you British?! 😳
Me: I’m British and Nigerian.
Uber Driver: I prefer Nigerians. 😁
Me: It’s good to have options. 😆 🇳🇬 🇬🇧
An entire episode of the
@AJStream
discussing
#Zimbabwe
and nobody told me "F**! You" 😅Watch the contentious but civil discussion on Al Jazeera TV at 8:30GMT & 14:30GMT or stream it right here now. ▶️
Last night at the DC premiere of Michael Moore's new documentary
#Fahrenheit119
. Man in the audience asks me why I'm sitting in the reserved section. When I told him I was press he said: "Thank you for all the work you do!" cc
@MMFlint
"We have big men as opposed to big institutions, and so the big men override the institutions." —
@JoelSsenyonyi
talking to the
@ajstream
about African leaders and accountability. Full instagram live conversation right here:
#UgandaDecide2021
#Uganda
When the Opening Ceremony of
#WD2023
gives you an arena full of 6,000 gender equality advocates I couldn’t resist celebrating our solidarity with an audience wave. 😁
🙌🙌🏿🙌🏾🙌🏽🙌🏼🙌🏻 🙌🙌🏿🙌🏾🙌🏽🙌🏼🙌🏻 🙌🙌🏿🙌🏾🙌🏽🙌🏼🙌🏻 🙌🙌🏿🙌🏾🙌🏽🙌🏼 🙌🙌🏿🙌🏾🙌🏽🙌🏼🙌🏻 🙌🙌🏿🙌🏾🙌🏽🙌🏼🙌🏻 🙌🙌🏿🙌🏾🙌🏽🙌🏼🙌🏻 🙌🙌🏿🙌🏾🙌🏽🙌🏼🙌🏻 🙌🙌🏿🙌🏾🙌🏽🙌🏼
Greetings President
@KagutaMuseveni
! It's been a long time since we last chatted. I'd be delighted if you could join the
@AJStream
live this evening. Please DM if you have time in your schedule. Thank you, Femi.
"I'm black and I'm British, basically I'm what the royal family was worried the baby would look like." — Daniel Kaluuya still making me laugh this morning.😆
It was bound to happen. My DC Uber driver today was called Femi.
Femi: Hello my sister! 😃
Femi: Hello my brother! 😁
This is only novel because I live in DC. If I lived in Nigeria I would be so over meeting Femis. They're everywhere.😆
Thinking about my late Dad on
#FathersDay
He took me shopping for LIVE chickens in London, (😱🐔)taught me how to eat ground rice and red stew & okra with my hands without burning my fingers, LOVED
@AJEnglish
and only ever watched "the news" on TV. Good memories!
@AidanRGallagher
@LewisPughFDN
Aidan, I appreciate how effortless it is for you to see how climate action & social justice are connected. Full disclosure ... immediately after our chat I retweeted one of your
#BlackLivesMatter
posts.😊✊🏾
The
#BettyWhiteChallenge
is the most wholesome challenge circulating on Twitter right now. It's thoughtful, nobody's going to get maimed or hurt, parents & teachers will approve ... how on earth will it gain traction? 🤔🙂
"Why are we acting surprised? Why are we locking away Africa, when this virus is already on 3 continents? Nobody is locking away Belgium, nobody is locking away Israel, why are we locking away Africa?" —
@yodifiji
Co-chair Africa Vaccine Delivery Alliance
#Omicron
"JOURNALISM 101
If someone says it's raining and another person says it is dry, it is NOT your job to quote them both. It's your job to look out of the window and see which is the truth!!!"
Journalist
@sherryamin13
, Mistress of
#shade
🙌🏾
“We’re going to need a bigger bonnet!” -
Robing Room staff
@unibirmingham
when they spotted my hairstyle last week. 😆
An Afro-tastic bonnet was found, just in time for my honorary doctorate ceremony. 😅
#UniversityofBirmingham
#UoBGraduation
@azzleprock
@yusufmym1090
@AJStream
I started the conversation. I shouldn't stop if I don't like the responses. Now I'm passing on the baton for others to weigh in.
You won’t believe your ears. Here’s
@yemialadee
speaking fluent South London
@AJStream
. 😲
Be sure to catch the Bonus Edition of The Stream for the exclusive behind the scenes chat I had with
#YemiAlade
after her live appearance. Watch Friday, October 8
@AJEnglish
at 19:30GMT.
If only I had a time machine & could go back seven years, I'd have a completely different conversation with Aung San Suu Kyi.
Photo: Making history at
#UNGA
. I moderated Suu Kyi's first UN panel after she was released from house arrest.
#FlashbackFriday
September 2012, NYC.
My mum used to thread my hair like this when I was a kid. It's NOT a
#Coronavirus
-shaped hairdo, it's traditional
#African
hair threading. Props to the hairdresser for some audacious rebranding! However, let's not forget the true roots of this beautiful hair style.
#naturalhair
"Do you work for an airline?" - my Uber driver earlier today after checking out my work clothes.
Got me thinking. Maybe I should start AFRO Airlines, connecting cities all over the African continent directly, speedily & affordably with no transfers via Europe. 🤔
#Ethiopia
: How to stop rape being used as a weapon of war?
I need your help with this episode to understand why there are widespread reports of sexual violence in the
#Tigray
region. Save this link & join the
@AJStream
's live broadcast at 19:30GMT ▶️
Today’s African
#proverb
: A patient that can swallow food makes the nurse doubtful. A Malagasy proverb sent by Jacob Dior Macueng, Rumbek, South Sudan.
How do you interpret this proverb?
Illustration by George Wafula ✏️
I've seen a lot of terrible video over the last few days. This one is the worst.
All the parties involved in the Israel-Hamas conflict should be forced to watch this video, then tell Nadine how they're going to make her life better.
#Gaza
#Israel
"I don't know what to do."
A 10-year-old Palestinian girl breaks down while talking to MEE after Israeli air strikes destroyed her neighbour's house, killing 8 children and 2 women
#Gaza
#Palestine
#Israel
Embracing my African Aunty status at the
#PowerHerPotential
@BRACworld
#WD2023
event.
Salamah and Ashiah, two participants of the BRAC Uganda youth programme talking to me about what empowerment means to them. The audience was transfixed as they shared their stories. 🙌🏾
That smile! What a sacrifice to make. My heart hurts. Thank you Dr Alfa Saadu for caring. 🙏🏾
Top NHS Doctor Alfa Saadu Dies From
#Coronavirus
After Returning From Retirement
#NHSheroes
#PleaseStayHome
So many
#EndSARS
allegations & atrocities from
#Nigeria
have appeared in my Twitter timeline. So much blood, tears & pain, but this video shook me deeply. Turn the sound up.
#EndPoliceBrutality
Monday: We will discuss the massive protests against police brutality across Nigeria, how the protests have galvanised Nigerians across the world and what justice for victims looks like. Tweet us your thoughts to be included in the LIVE discussion.
#EndSARS
#EndSWAT
Today
@AJStream
we’ll pay tribute to Canadian-Somali journalist
#HodanNalayeh
, who died in an al-Shabab attack in
#Somalia
last week. Did her work have an impact on you? Tweet us your thoughts or record a video comment by clicking on this link:
Dear headline writers you are giving me an ulcer.😬
"Harry and Meghan could 'move to Africa' after birth of baby"
Aghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!😱
FOR THE MILLIONTH TIME
#AfricasNotACountry
If you don't have an Instagram account yet, today is the day to get one. This is an
#EndSARS
#EndPoliceBrutality
conversation with
@Femiakuti
you don't want to miss. Today at 9:30p Abuja Time/20:30 GMT.
Watch LIVE via
Ethiopian Twitter family, standby for today's
@AJStream
Youtube discussion. Talking about
#Ethiopia
and
#OromoProtests
in a few minutes.
Watch Live at 19:30GMT ▶️