'epicentre of child suffering' 'the road out is lined with dead bodies' 'many have died from hunger, thirst or violence' Read this latest @AFP dispatch on the disaster unfolding in El Fashir, Sudan: www.france24.com/en/live-news...

A hostile govt takeover of Nairobi’s beloved Karura Forest wasn’t on my 2025 bingo card…

Keep eyes on Sudan & Darfur. A ‘devastating tragedy’ as the @UN says 260 000 civilians – including 130 000 children – remain trapped in El Fashir’s main IDP camp. Children face starvation, sexual violence, forced recruitment news.un.org/en/story/202...

SUDAN: RSF forces on the verge of breaking the blockade and slaughtering thousands in the city of El Fashir, warns Yale’s Humanitarian Research Lab. Aid agency MSF says it’s preparing for mass casualties, should El Fashir fall. www.ft.com/content/d331...

A tragic milestone - famine confirmed in Gaza. 'After 22 months of relentless conflict, over half a million people in the Gaza Strip are facing catastrophic conditions characterised by starvation, destitution and death.' www.ipcinfo.org/ipcinfo-webs...

Disease spreads in Somalia as funding cuts leave 300,000 without safe water www.nrc.no/news/2025/au...

Nearly 500 tons of USAID emergency food -enough to feed about 1.5m children for a week- is set to expire and will be incinerated. Federal workers warned for months that the food would go to waste rather than to malnourished kids in Afghanistan & Pakistan www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

MSF says Ethiopian military executed its three staff during the Tigray crisis www.bbc.com/news/article...

A great Kenyan has rested. RIP.

A good time to share some previously unpublished portraits I took of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o in celebration of his incredible contribution to Kenyan political discourse and the wider literary world. The renowned author passed away this morning, says his family 🕊️

Rare good news... A new USD500m 'The Beginnings Fund' has launched to support maternal and infant health in Sub-saharan Africa www.reuters.com/business/hea...

The US funded aid groups erasing 'climate change' from their websites: - Mercy Corps - Relief International - World Food Program - Care www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2025/04...

laughs in kenyan... www.reuters.com/world/europe...

Happy Easter to all who are celebrating 🌞 📍 Maban, South Sudan

Handy map showing the state of things in Sudan after two years of brutal civil war. But it doesn't show the scale of human suffering - over 30 million people lack food, clean water, medicine, safety and peace.

💡 New research confirms that drought is fueling urbanization in Sub-Saharan Africa. Lot's of interesting stuff in here - 'Dry Spells, Urban Swells: Analyzing the Drought-Induced Expansion of Cities in Sub-Saharan Africa' documents.worldbank.org/en/publicati...

Tragic. 400+ killed as RSF launch attacks on refugee camps around El Fashir in North Darfur www.bbc.com/news/article...

You'd think there was nothing happening in Sudan by the way the mainstream media is ignoring it, as an IDP camp in N. Darfur is being brutally attacked by the RSF. Consider donating to the Darfur Women's Action Group doing incredible work for the last 15+ years. www.darfurwomenaction.org

The 'Cattedrale di Mogadiscio' in downtown Mogadishu. The crumbling grand cathedral now watches over displaced families who have taken shelter there while it awaits repair. 📍 Somalia

Sudan is not free until Darfur is free.

Difficult situation on the Sobat river & Nasir in South Sudan 🇸🇸 as up to 80,000 people displaced by fighting. Sharing this as not much is coming out of the conflict related humanitarian crisis in Upper Nile: repository.impact-initiatives.org/document/imp...

South Sudan on brink of civil war as UN warns of rising tensions - AP www.france24.com/en/africa/20...

Trouble in paradise (again) 🇸🇸

This is my swamp goblin, very happy that the rainy season has arrived in Nairobi.

boy and his cows at the Mbirikani Group Ranch which lays between two famous landmarks of Mt Kilimanjaro and the Chyulu Hills in Kenya

Excited to see The Rock as 007 and Kevin Hart as Moneypenny in the franchise reboot.

🎥 DOC Society have a call out for grants, up to $125K in grants for climate storytelling: climatestoryunit.org/apply/ Applications close March 10

145 journalists were killed across the world in 2024, says INSI. newssafety.org/media/resour...

M23 kill thirteen peacekeepers - including nine SANDF - in fighting around Goma, DRC www.bbc.com/news/article...

Rwandan army ‘ready to invade DRC’ and help M23 rebels seize embattled and encircled city of Goma www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

When the sun sets and then Jupiter and Saturn come out to watch over the stars in the night sky. 📍 Watamu, Kenya 🇰🇪

What happened to @who.int Chief Tedros and humanitarian staff at the airport in Sana’a needs investigating and answers.

Crazy

Happy Christmas 🌟

I love these epic drone shots from our @unep.org feature on Dr Lu Qi and the Great Green Wall project fighting desertification in China. Watch the full video here: youtu.be/ycH8TPU6qGg?...

I have a lot of questions about this @aljazeera.com photo essay from Kenya, starting with the claim that the country is facing the worst drought in 40 years. Where is the source? www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2024...

IDPs arriving at aid camps in 2022 told me that al Shabaab were abducting the men and boys from their groups to increase their ranks. Boys had to move through the bush at night time or stay behind in their villages to avoid the forced recruitments. Absolutely terrifying.

Some detailed reporting here, including a Somaliland link. Dozens of UAE flights head to airstrip UN says supplies arms to Sudan rebels www.reuters.com/world/uae-fl...

As Sudan burns and its people starve, a gold rush is underway www.nytimes.com/2024/12/11/w...

“I heard the gunshots, and I went running and found them dead in their rooms.” The RSF committed war crimes against Nuba communities including killings, rapes, abductions in South Kordofan State, says @hrw.org www.hrw.org/news/2024/12...

WHO statement on that undiagnosed disease outbreak in Kwango, DR Congo 🇨🇩 www.who.int/emergencies/... 406 cases with 7.6% fatality rate, and most of the affected are children.

Chinese fishing vessel hijacked by pirates in Somali waters as the Deyr season ends. There have been some 43 piracy related incidents off Somalia’s coast & Gulf of Aden since November 2023 gcaptain.com/somali-pirac...

I try not to keep up with the news in Australia, but I'll make an exception for Gout Gout www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_2k...

With starvation making a resurgence as a method of war, the worlds' hunger watchdog - the IPC - needs to rethink the links between conflict and famine Important report and infographic from Reuters: www.reuters.com/graphics/FAM...

When you have a six year old who ruins your Spotify wrapped 😂

Let’s be honest, Blue Sky needs a little bit of breaking news and on the ground reports to really get some steam up!

Who gave Shane Smith the login details to VICE News' Youtube account? 🫤🫤🫤

👀 Heavy gunfire erupts in South Sudan's capital Juba - Reuters reporter www.reuters.com/world/africa...

This guy was Kenya’s Deputy President just 20 days ago…

It's wonderful to see Bluesky filling up with energy and activity. It almost feels like the old days on that other place. So, here is some beautiful northern Kenyan blue sky for all my new Bluesky friends. This is Samburu County at sunset. #northernKenya #Kenya