Regional Media Adviser for East & Southern Africa/Norwegian Refugee Council. Author. Former journalist. Executive committee member/PEN Malta. Love typewriters.
Nairobi, Kenya
Joined September 2011
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After dysentery killed their mother & the civil war came to their home in Omdurman, Haroun and his young siblings were forced to set off on an epic quest to reach El Geneina, #Sudan.
My piece on today's Guardian about the orphaned children I met in Darfur.
theguardian.com/world/2025/a…
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Our new King Haakon joins the Telethon for NRC and the 400.000 refugees and displaced that we will give safe and dignified shelter and clean water. Our King will go from door to door along with tens of thousands to collect funds. Will you also join us? Please register at tvaksjonen.no
nrk.no/tvaksjonen/kong-haako…
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Sudan’s harvest is under pressure from conflict, displacement, poor and erratic rainfall and rising costs.
Farmers need safe access to land. Farmland, markets and infrastructure must be protected, and food and aid must move safely.
#ProtectTheHarvest
nrc.no/news/2026/sudans-harv…
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Karl Schembri wins National Book Prize for best novel mrf.lu/2mbKf
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"To me, moral cowards are those who refuse to sit down and negotiate just and lasting peace".
Iceland Foreign Minister Katrín Gunnarsdóttir responds to Netanyahu’s 'moral cowards' comments after UN officials walked out during his address to the United Nations General Assembly.
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Conflict-stricken Somalia has been devastated by drought and stark cuts in humanitarian aid this year and is now bracing itself for sweeping floods that could push millions more into starvation.
Our full press release: nrc.no/news/2026/hunger-cris…
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Somalia's drought survivors are about to be hit again, this time by flooding.
“We know it is coming and we know how hunger turned to famine in the past when Somalia was abandoned. What we don’t have is the funding to act on it.” - @NRC_Egeland
nrc.no/news/2026/hunger-cris…
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I am back in Somalia and am horrified by the devastation caused by the prolonged draught that has come on top of many years of violence and displacement.
Both in Jubaland and outside of Mogadishu you see acutely malnourished children and families that fled from their ancestral land when livestock and harvest all died.
Instead of increasing aid, as was always the case in previous times of massive suffering, we see the effects of enormous cuts in aid funding.
Too many organisations have had to cut back, and my NRC colleagues on the ground are completely overstretched and underfunded faced with a massive increase of needs.
We have to get a surge of funding before the devastating El Nino-fueled floods will come towards the end of this year.
See our latest:
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Khaled painted this before the whole Israeli regime cowered in fear at the sight of our children’s paper kites & declared them lethal weapons!
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Displaced families in El Obeid, North Kordofan in #Sudan, are struggling to find enough food each day.
Many arrived with little or no income.
A communal kitchen is now providing daily cooked meals to 800 people.
Thanks to @OCHAFunds for the support.
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In Kakuma, #Kenya, girls and boys are breaking menstrual taboos with education and awareness.
With our support, they’re learning about menstrual health and kit use, then sharing this knowledge with peers & family to promote safe, healthy hygiene for all.
nrc.no/perspectives/2026/bre…
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The war in #Sudan is forcing children out of school. Only about 45% of displaced children have regular access to education. Many schools are overcrowded, while others are out of school & forced into work. Our Head of Operations in Sudan @Noahtayls speaks to @ABC. #KeepEyesOnSudan
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People trapped in cities under attack in #Sudan are at greatest risk.
Older people, those who are sick and families with young children cannot flee every time bombs fall.
@NoahTayls, Head of Operations in #Sudan, speaks to @ABC on the urgent need to protect civilians.
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Drought is pushing families in Puntland, #Somalia to the brink.
Our @abdulkadir_gaab reports from Dangoroyo, where pastoral communities have lost livestock, food is scarce & water is running out.
Flexible funding is urgently needed to prevent this crisis from deepening further.
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Andrew Tate made a career out of telling incels "how to be a man" but as soon as he's thrown into a jail cell he cries like the little wimp that he always was
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18 Maltese Organisations Urge Chris Fearne To Back EU Ban On Israeli Settlement Trade
lovinmalta.com/news/18-malte…
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18 Maltese organisations urge Fearne to back EU ban on Israeli settlement trade
timesofmalta.com/article/18-…
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Earlier this week, alongside @Tineke_Strik, MEP Cecilia Strada & @SeanKellyMEP, I sent a letter on behalf of 71 MEPs to President von der Leyen, urging the Commission to come forward with a legislative proposal to ban trade with illegal Israeli settlements under the Common Commercial Policy.
This would allow a vote under qualified majority, and not unanimity.
This is not just a matter of geopolitics or international human rights law. It is about upholding our own trade policy and abiding by the rules that we have set ourselves.
We need action now, and the power to move this forward lies with President @vonderleyen.
