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Alex Duval Smith

@AlexDuvalsmith

Journalist, West Africa and Sahel. Senior Ochberg Fellow @dartcenter

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Joined August 2012
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#Mali postman Doumbia with letters from @BBCFooC listeners and @BBCNewsMagazine readers bbc.com/news/magazine-338086…
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🌍 Un partenariat entre SOS Villages d’Enfants Mali, @GvtMonaco et l’Ecole Hôtelière Chiaka SIDIBE a permis à 8 jeunes de SOS Villages d’Enfants d’obtenir un diplôme en hôtellerie pour les préparer à l'entrée dans le monde du travail #protectiondelenfance sosve.org/actualites/mali-pa…
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Crimes against women by #Jammeh regime are being hushed up: ''to date, only 6 percent of witnesses before the TRRC have been women'' bit.ly/33r1DMo via @theICTJ #TheGambia
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BBC reverses decision on Naga Munchetty complaint #standwithnaga bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment…
The flipside of mobile lending: abuse of personal data and ''2.7 million Kenyans are blacklisted for credit — 400,000 of them for defaulting on loans of less than $2'' codastory.com/authoritarian-…
Mobile credit expands mass surveillance of ordinary Kenyans - Coda Story

Mobile credit expands mass surveillance of ordinary Kenyans - Coda Story

‘Fintech’ apps bring credit to poor Kenyans. Debt and invasions of privacy are part of the deal

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French police planning demonstration on 2 Oct; they're tired of attending gilets jaune démonstrations (46 so far)
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@BBCAfrica28 Sep 2019
"I still can't believe it. @beyonce wore a piece of clothing I made." Rebecca Zoro designs clothes that she feels reflect the 'charisma' of Ivorian women like her, and it was that 'je ne sais quoi' that caught Beyonce's eye. 👀👗🇨🇮 @rebecca_zoro l @Yhebedesign

'Beyonce wore my clothes'

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Tommy Miles@tommymiles23 Sep 2019
I spent *years* on here and elsewhere fighting with respected western journalists and experts on this. In Mali, right down the line from 2012, almost everything larger than small arms was easily identified as coming from government stocks. Plus there were tonnes of arms already
MENASTREAM (@MENASTREAM) profile pictureMENASTREAM@MENASTREAM22 Sep 2019
Replying to @MENASTREAM
#BurkinaFaso: ..and as a sort of "identifier" of the source
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@tchadinfos27 Sep 2019
INSOLITE: bagarre au sein de la #diaspora tchadienne des USA pour le partage d'une enveloppe de 10 000$ laissé par le Président Idriss Deby Itno lors de son passage à New York. #Tchad #Adjib – at New York, NY
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Caster Semenya joins football team JVW bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/49…
bonne installation. Tu a de la chance!
Amaury Hauchard (@amhauchard) profile pictureAmaury Hauchard@amhauchard2 Sep 2019
Perso: je quitte l'Afrique centrale et m'installe au Sahel avec @AFP_Afrique, base au Mali pour une couverture régionale. Tweets à venir seront à tendance sahélienne, donc.
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Nathalie Yamb@Nath_Yamb3 Sep 2019
Le gouvernement ivoirien qui s’approprie les obsèques du Daishikan.
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Nathalie Yamb@Nath_Yamb17 Aug 2019
On peut faire tant de choses avec un casque de moto, notamment peindre, ... ou augmenter ses chances de rester en vie lors d’une chute. L’hommage de Bou Bou à #DJArafat
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@Martina17 Aug 2019
Yup:)
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Quand le Roukaskas casse la baraque… pan-african-music.com/quand-…
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The subversive messages hidden in The Wizard of Oz bbc.com/culture/story/201908… via @BBC_Culture
The subversive messages hidden in The Wizard of Oz

The subversive messages hidden in The Wizard of Oz

It’s easy to mistake the 1939 classic as traditional family entertainment – but 80 years on from its release, the musical is more radical and surreal than ever, writes Nicholas Barber.

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#Sweden still blocking investigations into Dag Hammarskjold's 1961 death. Until we know what happened, #Congo #DRC will remain unable to write the first chapter of its post-colonial history. #Lumumba nytimes.com/2019/08/04/world…
In Hammarskjold’s Native Sweden, Hint of State Secrets Linked to His 1961 Death (Published 2019)

In Hammarskjold’s Native Sweden, Hint of State Secrets Linked to His 1961 Death (Published 2019)

A prominent Swedish researcher examining the mystery of the United Nations Secretary General’s 1961 plane crash has been denied access to some government archives.

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@NPR16 Jul 2019
Johnny Clegg wrote his 1987 song "Asimbonanga" for Nelson Mandela. It became an anthem for South Africa's freedom fighters. n.pr/2jLll4h
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'AQIM's Lingering Threat to the Maghreb' - Jamestown academic paper jamestown.org/program/residu…
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