Ruth Maclean
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West Africa bureau chief @nytimes
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Peat is a treasure that benefits the whole planet, if it stays in the ground. But who pays the price for that? Journey with us to Congo’s peatlands, and meet the people protecting them. They have some questions for you. With @KabandaCaleb @HeitmannNanna
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RT @declanwalsh: A litany of horrors in Sudan’s war, filmed by the perpetrators themselves and expertly dissected by a team led by @sanjan…
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RT @declanwalsh: Exclusive — The luxury jet that landed in Juba was on a secret mission to pick up $25 million worth of smuggled Sudanese g…
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RT @EdPaiceARI: ‘How a TV Hit Sparked Debate About Birthrates in Africa’. Very good, insightful piece by @ruthmaclean and @yagazieemezi ab…
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On the front of today's @nytimes, a shifting baby boom in Africa and the story of the six Sani children and their parents. With @YagazieEmezi's beautiful photo.
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Lovely long interview with Wole Soyinka at his beautiful Abeokuta home.
Wole Soyinka's full CNN interview is now online
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RT @MadyCam76230202: Amadou Mahtar Mbow, the first Black African to head a major international organization, died at on September 24 at the…
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My interview with Africa's youngest elected president. Young Africans' main desire, he said, is “to be useful — useful to themselves, their families, their country.” 📸 by @carmenabdali
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“If the war ends, I won’t have to be raped anymore. Or if we get food. Then I also don’t have to be raped anymore.” vital reporting by @gksteinhauser
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RT @nytimes: Flooding has devastated cities and towns across west and central Africa in recent days, killing more than 1,000 people and des…
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A schoolteacher in Maiduguri woke up at 5 a.m. to the sound of her neighbors shouting. When she opened her front door, she was greeted by the sight of rising waters outside. “We saw — water is coming,” said the teacher, Aishatu Bunu.
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One of the biggest attacks in Nigeria in recent years just happened in Mafa, in the state of Yobe. ISWAP killed at least 170 people, community leaders said. Here's the story of how it unfolded, reported with Ismail Alfa
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