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Andrei Popoviciu

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Europe’s borders are turning from water into sand. Thousands have drowned in the Med because of the EU’s policies. Today @LHreports we reveal how the EU funds and supports the abusive deportations of men, women and children in the Sahara.

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The view from St Michele. As night falls, a group of people are singing while everyone else is taking photos and watch in shock. All feels eerie. #NotreDame #notredamedeparis

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The Senegalese government has deployed en elite EU-funded unit, meant to fight cross-border crime, to repress protesters during pro-democracy demonstrations in Senegal, according to evidence me and @JoseAntonio_BG published in @AJEnglish today with @porCausaorg

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#NotreDame

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Le gouvernement sénégalais a déployé une unité d'élite financée par l'UE, destinée à lutter contre la criminalité transfrontalière, pour réprimer les manifestants au Sénégal. @JoseAntonio_BG et moi publions les preuves dans @AJEnglish aujourd'hui avec @porCausaorg

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Trois sources avec une connaissance approfondie du GAR-SI Sénégal ont également confirmé que l'unité, qui est censée être stationnée à la frontière avec le Mali pour protéger le pays des groupes armés et de la criminalité transfrontalière, a été utilisée lors de manifestations.

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Nous avons pu vérifier une vidéo qui montre deux véhicules blindés SUV Vamtac ST5 armés par des officiers qui tirent des gaz lacrymogènes sur la caravane de la liberté d'Ousmane Sonko en mai 2023 dans un village au sud du Sénégal.

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Les mêmes véhicules blindés Vamtac ont été offerts au GAR-SI Sénégal en 2019 en présence de l'ambassadeur de l'époque @UEauSenegal dans la ville sénégalaise de Kidira à la frontière avec le Mali.

UE au Sénégal

@UEauSenegal

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A l'instant, visite de la Caserne du Groupe d'Action rapide de surveillance et Interpellation ( #GARSI ) de la Gendarmerie nationale à #Kidira , par Mme Irène Mingasson, Ambassadrice @UEauSenegal , et M. Sidiki Kaba, Ministre des Forces armées. #kebetu #securite #Senegal 🇸🇳🇪🇺🇪🇦🇫🇷🇮🇹🇵🇹

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For more than a decade, the EU has been sending billions of tax payers euros for what are essentially anti-migration projects in Africa. For the past year, I took a deep dive into how that looks like in Senegal for @inthesetimesmag

How Europe Outsourced Border Enforcement to Africa

The European Union is militarizing Africa's internal borders to curb migration, with little regard for human rights.

inthesetimes.com

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Votes are still being counted in Senegal but people on the streets of Dakar are celebrating the win of Bassirou Diomaye Faye, an ally of Ousmane Sonko and challenger of the current president’s party candidate Amadou Ba. #SenegalVote

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GAR-SI Sahel est une project @EU_Commission qui a bénéficie de l'assistance de la Guardia Civil espagnole et des services de sécurité français, italiens et portugais. Il a coûté 74 millions d'euros et a été créé pour assurer la sécurité dans les zones frontalières du Sahel.

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We managed to verify a video which shows two SUV Vamtac ST5 armoured vehicles manned by officers firing tear gas at Ousmane Sonko’s protest caravan in May 2023 in a village in Senegal's southern Casamance region.

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The same Vamtac armoured vehicles were gifted to GAR-SI Senegal in 2019 in the presence of then @UEauSenegal ambassador in the Senegalese town of Kidira on the border with Mali.

UE au Sénégal

@UEauSenegal

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A l'instant, visite de la Caserne du Groupe d'Action rapide de surveillance et Interpellation ( #GARSI ) de la Gendarmerie nationale à #Kidira , par Mme Irène Mingasson, Ambassadrice @UEauSenegal , et M. Sidiki Kaba, Ministre des Forces armées. #kebetu #securite #Senegal 🇸🇳🇪🇺🇪🇦🇫🇷🇮🇹🇵🇹

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Depuis les premières manifestations en 2021, au moins 60 personnes sont mortes à la suite de tirs à balles réelles des forces de sécurité et personne n'a été poursuivi à ce jour, selon @AmnestyWARO

Sénégal. Il faut enquêter sur les homicides et les violences policières à l’encontre des manifest...

Les 9 et 10 février, des forces de sécurité sénégalaises ont tué trois personnes, dont un adolescent de 16 ans, et ont procédé à des centaines d’arrestations dans le cadre d’une violente répression...

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Pour en savoir plus sur la manière dont les fonds de l'UE parviennent au Sénégal et sur le peu de mécanismes permettant de vérifier s'ils contribuent à des violations des droits de l'homme, lisez ma série d'articles dans @lemondefr

Andrei Popoviciu, ses dernières publications dans Le Monde

Consultez l’ensemble des contributions par Andrei Popoviciu publiées dans Le Monde, M le Mag ou Le Monde des livres

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Contrats internes de @FIIAPP , une agence de développement espagnole liée au @SpainMFA et partenaire de mise en œuvre du projet, obtenus par nous confirment que les mêmes véhicules blindés ont été donnés au GAR-SI Sénégal en 2022.

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Un rapport d'évaluation confidentiel du GAR-SI Sahel confirme les propos de nos sources en mentionnant que l'unité sénégalaise est parfois déployée en missions conjointes avec d'autres unités de police pour effectuer une série de missions de "sécurité intérieure".

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L'immigration clandestine vers Europe a augmenté l'année dernière après les manifestations. En août 2023, un arrivant irrégulier sur trois dans les îles Canaries espagnoles était sénégalais. .

La crise politique au Sénégal fait augmenter les départs de bateaux vers les Canaries

Lors du mois et demi qui vient de s’écouler, 19 embarcations chargées de migrants venant du Sénégal et de la Gambie sont arrivées dans l’archipel espagnol. Dans...

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@Usmaan_Aali de @AmnestyWARO a déclaré que tous les partenaires des projets financés par l'UE ont la responsabilité de veiller à ce que les programmes qu'ils financent ne contribuent pas à des violations des droits de l'homme, telles que la répression de manifestations.

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@SpainMFA et @interiorgob a déclaré qu'il n'avait pas fourni au GAR-SI de formation à la sécurité "dans le contexte de manifestations publiques de masse ou de protestations"et que l'accord de projet interdisait au Sénégal d'utiliser l'équipement en dehors de l'objectif du projet.

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Le document souligne que le projet ne comporte pas de garanties en matière de droits de l'homme et qu'il n'existe aucune trace d'élaboration de stratégie écrite et les ordres pour les opérations en dehors des zones frontalières étant donnés de manière informelle et orale.

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Plus de détails ici :

How an EU-funded security force helped Senegal crush democracy protests

An elite EU-trained Senegalese police unit was meant to tackle cross-border crime. Instead it was used to quash protests

www.aljazeera.com

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En réponse à nos preuve @EU_Commission a déclaré que le cadre du GAR- SI était "très spécifique et clairement défini dans son champ d'application et ses interventions" et que l'équipement devrait être utilisé dans les zones transfrontalières pour la protection des habitants.

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At least 60 people died since the first protests in 2021 as a result of live ammunition fired by security forces and no one has been prosecuted to date, according to @AmnestyWARO

Senegal: Authorities must investigate killings and police brutality against protesters

Senegalese police officers killed three people, including a 16-year-old boy, and arrested hundreds in a violent crackdown on protesters in Saint-Louis, Dakar and Ziguinchor on 9-10 February as many...

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Avec des informations complémentaires de @MaximeSirvins sur les armes françaises utilisées lors des manifestations au Senegal :

Maxime Sirvins

@MaximeSirvins

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@AndreiPopoviciu @JoseAntonio_BG @AJEnglish @porCausaorg With french grenade like GM2L in this video Cf this article (in french)

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Internal contracts we obtained from @FIIAPP , a Spanish development agency connected to the @SpainMFA and the implementing partner of the project, confirm that the same armoured vehicles were gifted to GAR-SI Senegal in 2022.

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GAR-SI Sahel is an @EU_Commission regional project, implemented by @FIIAPP , which training assistance from the Spanish Guardia Civil, French, Italian and Portuguese security. It cost €74m and was created to ensure security in Sahel border areas.

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Three sources with deep knowledge of GAR-SI Senegal have also confirmed that the unit, which is supposed to be stationed on the border with Mali to protect the country from armed groups and cross-border crime, has been used during protests.

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A wholesome moment in Paris — every evening at 8 pm sharp, people are congratulating the emergency services with a nice round of clapping. #COVID19 #JeResteChezMoi #COVID2019france #coronavirus

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More details here:

How an EU-funded security force helped Senegal crush democracy protests

An elite EU-trained Senegalese police unit was meant to tackle cross-border crime. Instead it was used to quash protests

www.aljazeera.com

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Amid the continued social unrest, irregular migration also went on. As of August 2023, one in three irregular arrivals to Spain's Canary Islands were Senegalese.

Political crisis in Senegal triggers influx of migrants to Spain’s Canary Islands

In the last six weeks alone, 19 boats from West Africa have landed in the Spanish archipelago. In the whole of 2022, only three arrived

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Honoured to be shortlisted for the @onewm freelance journalist of the year award for my reporting in Senegal for @inthesetimesmag (republished in @LeMonde_Afrique ), in the Gambia for @newlinesmag and in DR Congo for @ForeignPolicy .

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The document stresses that the project lacks human rights safeguards and that there is no trace of any written strategy elaboration or communication within the police hierarchy, with commands for operations outside of border areas being given informally and orally.

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A confidential evaluation report of GAR-SI Sahel confirms what our sources say, mentioning that the unit is sometimes deployed on joint missions together with other police units to carry out a series of missions for “internal security”.

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So honored and happy to have won the 2024 @EuroPressPrize migration journalism award last night in Prague. Thanks to everyone who made this possible, especially the @inthesetimesmag team!

European Press Prize

@EuroPressPrize

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The Migration Journalism Award is won by "How Europe Outsourced Border Enforcement to Africa" ✨ Read it here: Supported by Robert Bosch Stiftung.

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In response to our findings @EU_Commission said the framework of GAR- SI was “very specific and clearly defined in its scope and interventions” and equipment or funding for it should be used in cross-border areas to fight organised crime and increase protection for the locals.

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Reference to our @LHreports investigation into desert dumps by @NicolasSchmitEU to @vonderleyen in Commissioner debate: "This is not Europe, these are not European values ... don't tell us it's about fighting smugglers, it's about fighting refugees which are pushed in the desert"

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I’m lost for words but what an honor to be one of the three people shortlisted for the #AllForJan 2022 award for investigative journalists for my reporting on how asylum seekers are treated at EU’s external borders. I will be in Warsaw next week for the awards ceremony.

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thread en français ici :

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@AndreiPopoviciu

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Le gouvernement sénégalais a déployé une unité d'élite financée par l'UE, destinée à lutter contre la criminalité transfrontalière, pour réprimer les manifestants au Sénégal. @JoseAntonio_BG et moi publions les preuves dans @AJEnglish aujourd'hui avec @porCausaorg

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@Usmaan_Aali from @AmnestyWARO said all partners of EU-funded projects have a responsibility to ensure that the programmes they fund and create do not contribute to human rights violations, such as lethal repression of peaceful protests.

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@SpainMFA and @interiorgob said that it did not provide GAR-SI with security training “in the context of mass public demonstrations or protests” and that the project agreement forbids Senegal to make use of equipment in a way that deviates from the objective of the project.

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For more context on how EU funds get to Senegal and how few mechanisms there are to check whether they end up contributing to human rights violations read my piece from last summer in @inthesetimesmag

How Europe Outsourced Border Enforcement to Africa

The European Union is militarizing Africa's internal borders to curb migration, with little regard for human rights.

inthesetimes.com

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For the @guardian I trailed border areas in the Balkans and researched the draconian technologies that have been empowering border police to act with increasing impunity during violent pushbacks against asylum-seekers trying to enter the EU.

‘They can see us in the dark’: migrants grapple with hi-tech fortress EU

A formidable battery of drones, thermal cameras and heartbeat detectors are being deployed to exclude asylum seekers

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I spoke to @dwnews last night about our @LHreports investigation into the EU’s complicity and support of desert dumps in Morocco, Mauritania and Tunisia. The Commission hasn’t properly responded to our findings yet. Watch the full report here:

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I’ve reporting at the Siret border crossing between Romania and Ukraine for the past four days. People continue to come in large numbers, some by foot, some in luxury cars. Women coming in with infants and toddlers, dropped by their husbands at the border.

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I took a look at @Macky_Sall 's 12 years in power as Senegal's president — his accomplishments, where he left Senegal weaker and what factors shaped his policies and decisions . All of that and more in @AJEnglish with link below:

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Activists are performing and protesters are chanting. Men, women, kids and elders are all here to protest Trump’s visit in Paris. #TrumpRain

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Violent pushbacks have been happening at the EU’s external borders for years, but EU governments like Croatia, Romania and Greece have been denying their involvement in such operations, despite the countless independent reports by NGOs and journalists.

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I'm very pleased that my investigation for @inthesetimesmag into how the EU outsourced border enforcement to Senegal was nominated for the Migration Award at this year's @EuroPressPrize

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Cluj-Napoca is a city like no other. It is seen as the frontline of development and growth in Romania, mainly powered by its thriving tech sector. A rare success story in Eastern Europe. At least that’s what the local administration wants you to believe.

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Check out this incredible work from @LesReporterSn . They collected testimonies of rights violations by the EU-funded unit called GAR-SI in Senegal @JoseAntonio_BG and I revealed was used to quash protesters.

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🟠 [ENQUÊTE] | 🇸🇳 À Bignona, durant les manifestations politiques, plusieurs témoins font état d’échanges tendus entre forces de l’ordre sur le terrain à cause de l’excès de zèle de gendarmes aux tenues vert kaki observés à Bignona à partir de mars 2021. Ce sont des éléments du

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@AndreiPopoviciu

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With thanks to the best editor @EromoEgbejule for all the support and trust

Eromo Egbejule

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Today we @AJEnglish published a crucial investigation by @AndreiPopoviciu and @joseantonio_BG on how an elite security outfit created and funded by the EU to fight cross-border crime in the Sahel, was repurposed to crush citizen protests in Senegal.

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What an absolute honour to be longlisted for the @onewm new voice award for my reporting with @LHreports on the mistreatment and pushbacks of asylum-seekers in the Balkans. Congratulations to all the other incredible nominees!

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Several calls for an independent inquiry — from the @Europarl_EN and Spanish parliament, as well as @amnesty — after our investigation revealed how EU funds were used to quash protesters in Senegal.

✳️porCausa

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🔴 El Parlamento Europeo urge a abrir una investigación tras la exclusiva de porCausa y Al Jazeera: las unidades 'antimigratorias' entrenadas y equipadas por España (FIIAPP) con dinero europeo se usaron en la represión de protestas democráticas en Senegal.

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It was a quick celebration that turned into intense planning to report on the Russian invasion, but I was deeply honored to have won the #AllforJan 2022 award for investigative journalists last Wednesday in Warsaw. Extremely grateful for this recognition!

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For @AJEnglish I spoke to Ukrainian Roma refugees in Chisinau about how their way to safety was riddled with violence by the Ukrainian army and how paralyzing it is for them to be undocumented refugees travelling in numerous families.

Ukraine’s Roma refugees recount discrimination en route to safety

Hundreds of Ukraine’s Roma people face uncertain future in Moldova’s capital Chisinau as many are not documented.

www.aljazeera.com

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I'm so pleased to be nominated for Romania's top journalism award in the opinion section for a piece I wrote last year after I saw the striking difference between how we treat refugees depending where they come from.

Nominalizările Premiilor Superscrieri #12. - Fundaţia Friends For Friends

46 de materiale (presă scrisă, podcast, video, foto, dar și din zona creatorilor de conținut civic) au ajuns în finala competiției Premiile Superscrieri #12. Câștigătorii finali vor fi anunțați în...

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Happy to be one of three nominees for the @onewm freelance journalist of the year award alongside the impressive @SimonaFoltyn and @VarshaaBansal . Congrats to @NicolaKelly for the special mention and amazing work on asylum in the UK! Full list here:

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Last week I reported from Moldova’s disputed region of Transnistria for @middleeasteye . I wanted to find out how people there see the Russian invasion and wow could the war in Ukraine influence the breakaway, pro-Russian region.

Transnistria: The breakaway region torn between Moldova, Russia and the EU

War in neighbouring Ukraine and its economic and humanitarian impact have reignited questions about the future of the pro-Russian enclave

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With additional reporting from @MaximeSirvins on French weapons used during the protests:

Maxime Sirvins

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@AndreiPopoviciu @JoseAntonio_BG @AJEnglish @porCausaorg With french grenade like GM2L in this video Cf this article (in french)

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Romanian hostage kidnapped from Burkina Faso in 2015, is the longest held European hostage in the Sahel. But no one speaks about him. Today it’s been 8 years since he disappeared. Excellent work by @ludilani and @marine_leduc

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Nous y sommes : le 4 avril 2023. Il y a huit ans aujourd'hui, #IulianGhergut était enlevé à #Tambao , dans le nord du #BurkinaFaso . Avec @marine_leduc , nous avons signé une longue enquête sur cet otage oublié dans @LaCroix ⤵️ #Burkina #Roumanie

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Ndeymour, a Senegalese survivor of domestic violence, felt like she had nowhere to turn after leaving an abusive marriage while pregnant. There are few women’s shelters in the country, and survivors like her have little education and few formal skills.

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After our @LHreports investigation, the Croatian government suspended three officers and the Greek government opened an investigation. The Romanian border police is still denying its involvement in pushbacks even though we provided the evidence.

Riot officers suspended in Croatia over violent pushbacks of migrants

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As Russian bombs were falling on Ukraine’s cities this week, Romanians were following from across the border with a knot in their stomach. For @AJEnglish I wrote about the mood in Romania for the past three days:

Romania on edge as Russia invades Ukraine

Despite assurances from Romania’s leadership, many in the Eastern European nation fear wider Russian attacks.

www.aljazeera.com

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I don’t think people realise how important mentors are for people starting out in journalism. The industry is broken. The people who have a chance to change the way it operates are young and starting out now. 1/

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Second tower catching on fire #notredamedeparis #notredame

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I’m so happy to be one of the three nominees for @onewm New Voice Award for my contribution to our @LHreports Shadow Armies investigation into pushbacks at the EU’s external borders. It is truly an honor to be nominated alongside two other incredible pieces of journalism.

One World Media

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Say hello to our nominees! Our Awards season this year has been so exciting with a wide range of stories from around the world. Our panels of 62 judges have made their selections across 15 categories. Please join us in celebrating them.

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This year was tough — for some more than others. I was lucky enough that even though I graduated in a pandemic and had no job lined up I was able to move back home and freelance. Here’s a thread with my 2020 round up of my written work:

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The Commission finalised their "investigation" into the misuse of equipment given to Senegal, which @JoseAntonio_BG and I showed was used to repress protesters. They admit the vehicles in the video were from GAR-SI, but they're saying it was legal to use them under national laws.

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Journalists at @VICE have been doing great work covering repressive regimes, so when they found out that their employer got $20m from Saudi Arabia to help organise a rave, they weren’t happy about it. I spoke to some of them for @MiddleEastEye

Vice held a rave in the Saudi desert and its journalists are not happy about it

Secretive $20m deal between Vice Media and Saudi Arabia has angered staff, who point to the Yemen war and Khashoggi killing as reasons for concern

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And a thread by my intrepid colleague @JoseAntonio_BG with more details:

✳️José Ant Bautista

@JoseAntonio_BG

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🔴EXCLUSIVA: El gobierno de Senegal usa unidades GAR-SI, entrenadas y equipadas por España con dinero europeo, para reprimir con violencia las protestas prodemocráticas en ese país. Investigación de @porCausaorg y @AJEnglish con @AndreiPopoviciu 🧵⬇️

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I’ve recently started working with @AreWeEurope doing all things audio and podcasts. Together with @priyankashank17 , we’ve been working on some great audio stories with talented contributors from around Europe. I’m highlighting our latest audio stories in this thread.

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This piece I wrote for @AreWeEurope looks at how Romania’s education system is still unable to help the youth grasp how life really was under Ceaușescu’s communist regime. Myths and nostalgia are still widespread 30 years on since the revolution.

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For @newlinesmag I wrote about what’s behind the protests in Senegal and why for many they represent an important fight for the country’s democratic future.

Senegal’s Democratic Future May Hinge on the Aftermath of a Rape Case

Casting doubt on the accuser, protesters riot on behalf of the defendant, a leading opposition figure sentenced to jail after his conviction upended his chances to unseat the country’s aspiring...

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The #EU is announcing new pan-European #migration laws today. For @VICEWorldNews I look at how the previous laws, called the #DublinRegulations , place #migrants in France in detention centres where their mental health degrades with every passing day.

Self-Mutilations and Hunger Strikes: The Mental Health Crisis Inside French Migrant Detention...

The appalling conditions of the Mesnil-Amelot centre have grave implications for the mental health of detainees.

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The livelihoods of Senegal’s fishermen have been marred by skewed fishing agreements, industrial and illegal fishing, all enabled by corruption. For @AJEnglish I spoke to a few to find out what policies they expect to be implemented by the new president - Diomaye Faye

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Moldovans heared the first Russian bombings all the way to Chisinau last Thursday, and the presence of Russian troops in the breakaway region of Transnistria, makes people feel uneasy. Particularly as Transnistrian leadership declared independence last night.

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For @AJEnglish I went to the Gambia to see if protected rosewood timber continues to be trafficked from Senegal's region of Casamance into the country. Traffickers I spoke to undercover confirmed the trade continues, despite a regional ban by @CITES .

‘Conflict timber’: Gambian traffickers continue rosewood trade despite ban

Al Jazeera investigation finds connection between secessionist struggle in Senegal and timber traffickers in Gambia.

www.aljazeera.com

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A fun one to report for @newlinesmag about Senegal's woman "caliph" and the role of women in the country's patriarchal Sufi brotherhoods and society.

A Suite of Sisters Are Carving Their Space as Leaders in Senegal’s Sufi Brotherhood

In one of the country’s most patriarchal structures, a family line of women scholars has upended traditional ideas

newlinesmag.com

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1 year

If you’re in the US, go get @newlinesmag ‘s summer issue, featuring my words and photos from the Gambia on the country’s truth and reconciliation process and other excellent stories!

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I’m in Chișinău this week, on assignment for @middleeasteye , reporting on how the Russian invasion is felt from here. The mood is completely different from Romania, where because of NATO, people feel a bit more safe.

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Moldova is struggling to keep up with over 300,000 Ukrainian refugees which have either transited the country or remained there since the invasion began. The country received the most Ukrainian refugees per capita — 4 for every 100 Moldovans. Half of them are children. 🧵

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A forgotten frozen conflict in Western Sahara is starting to become hot. For @AJEnglish I look at the failed diplomacy between Morocco and the Polisario Front and why it recently escalated to violence.

The failed diplomacy between Morocco and Polisario

The recent violence in Western Sahara marks a collapse of a 29-year ceasefire in the disputed territory.

www.aljazeera.com

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Chair of civil liberties committee @JFLopezAguilar in the EP sent a letter to @YlvaJohansson to demand the @EU_Commission to open an investigation into mismanagement of EU funds in Senegal after @JoseAntonio_BG and I revealed how EU funds are used to repress protesters in Senegal

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4 years

I don’t know what’s worse — graduating or doing your last year of uni in a pandemic.

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Sad to see @VICENews closing down their website and firing their editorial staff. It’s the international outlet where I published some of my first stories, ones I reported during my last year of journalism school. Sharing these stories, which I’m still proud of, one last time.

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After 12 years in power, Senegal’s Macky Sall leaves a fragile democracy

Amid the president’s attempt to delay elections and protests by the opposition, how resilient is Senegal’s democracy?

www.aljazeera.com

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Thanks @NikolajNielsen for pressuring the @EU_Commission on our findings. Unfortunately, all they could do was re-read the statement they sent @JoseAntonio_BG and I via email. They've demanded Senegal to investigate but no statement by the government yet

Midday press briefing from 06/03/2024

FOREIGN AFFAIRS / COOPERATION AID - Senegal / Rwanda: Q&A

audiovisual.ec.europa.eu

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2 years

This tweet went viral in Romania, everyone patting their back about how great we are with refugees. As someone who’s spent a year reporting on how violent and abusive Romania was with refugees, I can say it’s really not the case.

Shaun Walker

@shaunwalker7

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Just left Ukraine to Romania. Huge queues of 6+ hours in snow and wind, caused by Ukraine border checks. On the Ro side: food, hot drinks, free buses, help, volunteers, arranging of rooms. Free travel on Ro trains. Textbook case of a civilised and humane approach to refugees.

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A Romanian journalist died this week after suffering from depression for five years. She is a victim of a system that never gave importance to mental health. It’s a huge loss for journalism and for Romania’s young democracy. Please check on your friends and colleagues regularly.

Libertatea

@libertatea

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Colega noastră Iulia Marin a murit la 32 de ani Citiți aici: #ştiri #știriromânia

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My last piece this year, on the 31st anniversary of the 1989 Romanian revolution. For @calvertjournal , I wrote about the underground network that smuggled Western films and music to communist Romania.

Inside the hidden network that smuggled Western culture to Ceaușescu’s Romania

Censorship in 1980’s Romania was everywhere. Smuggled videotapes brought a respite for millions

www.new-east-archive.org

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For years, DRC has been facing a string of vaccine-derived polio epidemics. Last summer, polio was detected in London, New York and Jerusalem. Then suddenly, everyone cared. My reporting for @TelGlobalHealth with the view from the ground from DRC.

A rare form of polio threatens DR Congo – this is why it matters in the UK

The recent detection of VDPV in London demonstrates the ability of the virus to exploit the smallest of cracks in a nation’s defences

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Mouhamed Sall is one of the few deaf children in Senegal that has managed to move into secondary school thanks to a program that seats deaf and hearing children together in class.

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We @EuropeansPod and @AreWeEurope helped Denisa tell the story of how she moved from Romania to Germany at just 14, alongside the hundreds of thousand of refugees that arrived there in 2015. Come for a touching coming of age story, stay for the Romanian hip hop!

The Europeans Podcast

@EuropeansPod

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This week, Denisa tells her story of moving from Romania to Germany as a 14yo. Freedom of movement in action - with all its awkwardness, sweetness, and human vulnerability. Produced by @AndreiPopoviciu and Denisa Harbuz @AllianzKultur / @AreWeEurope

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This week @LeMonde_Afrique is republishing my investigation into the EU’s externalization policies in Senegal in four episodes due to be published every day until Saturday.

Comment l’Europe sous-traite à l’Afrique le contrôle des migrations (1/4) : « Frontex menace la...

Pour freiner l’immigration, l’Union européenne étend ses pouvoirs aux pays d’origine des migrants à travers des partenariats avec des pays africains, parfois au mépris des droits humains. Exemple au...

www.lemonde.fr

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For the past 8 months, I was part of a brilliant team of investigative journalists from around Europe –– spearheaded by @LHreports –– which worked tirelessly to find irrefutable evidence of the fundamental rights violations happening at EU’s borders.

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What great news and what an honour to be part of this great team! There was a huge amount of work, dedication and persistence that went into this collaboration by some pretty amazing journalists — not to mention the risks everyone took to get this done.

European Centre for Press and Media Freedom

@ECPMF

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🏆 And the final #IJ4EU Impact Award 2023 goes to Unmasking Europe's Shadow Armies, which exposes the mysterious men in masks who beat refugees at EU borders. By @LHreports @klaasvandijken @bash_deeb @JackSapoch @N_Voegele @derspiegel @ARD_presse @libe @pointer_kroncrv @novosti

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Independent diplomats offer an alternative to the inefficient way traditional diplomacy tries to mediate global conflicts. In my latest for @VICENews I look at how efficient they actually are and how they are kept accountable.

The Shadowy Diplomats Hired to End Global Conflicts

Independent diplomats are increasingly being used to mediate conflicts – but who are they accountable to, and how can we judge their success?

www.vice.com

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This is such important work and shows how journalists can build on each other's work to expose wrongdoing and keep authorities accountable. Excellent work by @moussangomm and the @LesReporterSn team!

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What happens to a country’s social fabric after more than two decades of repression? For @newlinesmag I went to the Gambia to speak to the victims of Yahya Jammeh’s brutal regime six years after it fell to see what it takes for them to heal.

Thousands of Gambians Were Accused of Witchcraft and Tortured. Can Their Country Make Them Whole?

After Yahya Jammeh brutalized his people with witch hunts, torture, forced disappearances and more for two decades, the reconciliation process is at a crossroads

newlinesmag.com

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