Michela Wrong
@michelawrong.bsky.social
Journalist and writer specialising in sub-Saharan Africa, ex-Reuters, ex-FT, author of five books, including one novel.
This article's focus on Trump and MAGA is inevitable, I guess, but this new facility is also opening up thousands of "sock puppet" troll accounts run by Rwanda's dictatorial regime to public scrutiny - finally. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
How X's new location feature exposed big US politics accounts
Dozens of pro-Trump accounts are being accused of misleading followers after the social media site began showing user locations.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 8:56 AM
This article's focus on Trump and MAGA is inevitable, I guess, but this new facility is also opening up thousands of "sock puppet" troll accounts run by Rwanda's dictatorial regime to public scrutiny - finally. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This a good time for those who have been systematically harassed/abused for criticising the Rwandan regime to check out where those trolls are based. The answer, in many cases, will be "Rwanda". Which is amusing when they are pretending to be Austrlian surf babes. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
X's new location transparency feature unleashes questions about origins of MAGA accounts
The function, which shows that a slew of MAGA-branded accounts are apparently based outside the U.S., also stirred speculative outrage over where the Department of Homeland Security account was create...
www.nbcnews.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:11 PM
This a good time for those who have been systematically harassed/abused for criticising the Rwandan regime to check out where those trolls are based. The answer, in many cases, will be "Rwanda". Which is amusing when they are pretending to be Austrlian surf babes. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
By God, it would be nice to see British academic institutions showing just a hint of spine on this issue. www.thetimes.com/article/4b37...
At Cambridge, three brave students are taking on the trans bullies
I met the young women fighting for a return to gender sanity. One returned from sick leave to find ‘Terf’ on her door
www.thetimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:34 AM
By God, it would be nice to see British academic institutions showing just a hint of spine on this issue. www.thetimes.com/article/4b37...
The Miles Morland Foundation today announced the four winners of its year-long scholarship for African writers: authors from Nigeria, Cameroon and Kenya. Judges were Muthoni Garland, Chuma Nwokolo and Goretti Kyomuhendo. Congratulations to all. milesmorlandfoundation.com/morland-writ...
Morland Writing Scholarships Winners Announcement 2025 - The Miles Morland Foundation
Morland Writing Scholarships Winners Announcement 2025 We are pleased to announce that we have four brilliant new Morland Writing Scholars for 2025. We had over 800 entries this year, all from publish...
milesmorlandfoundation.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:06 PM
The Miles Morland Foundation today announced the four winners of its year-long scholarship for African writers: authors from Nigeria, Cameroon and Kenya. Judges were Muthoni Garland, Chuma Nwokolo and Goretti Kyomuhendo. Congratulations to all. milesmorlandfoundation.com/morland-writ...
I've bought the book - haven't yet read it. Interesting interview and review. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Mahmood Mamdani on Zohran, Uganda and forced expulsion: ‘Who is part of the nation and who is not?’
After being expelled from his homeland in 1972, the academic has grappled with questions of political belonging – a major theme of his son’s mayoral campaign
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:48 AM
I've bought the book - haven't yet read it. Interesting interview and review. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Sports clubs are, at the end of the day, answerable to their supporters. Fans of all the other teams helping Rwanda sportswash its reputation should take their cue from the Gunners For Peace. www.instagram.com/p/DRPGbqHjNZw/
Gunners For Peace on Instagram: "This is a Big Club decision. We all know that money talks, but if fans get together and speak louder then they have to listen.
It shows that @arsenal Football Club ...
1,224 likes, 43 comments - gunnersforpeace on November 19, 2025: "This is a Big Club decision. We all know that money talks, but if fans get together and speak louder then they have to listen.
It s...
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November 20, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Sports clubs are, at the end of the day, answerable to their supporters. Fans of all the other teams helping Rwanda sportswash its reputation should take their cue from the Gunners For Peace. www.instagram.com/p/DRPGbqHjNZw/
Really good to see this shabby deal ending. Congratulations to the fans who campaigned against it. Let's hope the many other Western sports teams helping Rwanda sportswash its image while occupying eastern Congo will do the same.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
Arsenal to end eight-year sponsorship deal with Visit Rwanda in June 2026
Arsenal announce the club will end their eight-year sponsorship deal with Visit Rwanda at the conclusion of the 2025-26 season.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Really good to see this shabby deal ending. Congratulations to the fans who campaigned against it. Let's hope the many other Western sports teams helping Rwanda sportswash its image while occupying eastern Congo will do the same.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
Now the hard part starts: x.com/BBCAfrica/st...
BBC News Africa on X: "Rwandan-backed M23 rebels and the government of DR Congo have signed a framework for peace in the resource-rich east of the country, in a ceremony held in Qatar. https://t.co/GGaJow6DmC https://t.co/UuWYjd7TrP" / X
Rwandan-backed M23 rebels and the government of DR Congo have signed a framework for peace in the resource-rich east of the country, in a ceremony held in Qatar. https://t.co/GGaJow6DmC https://t.co/UuWYjd7TrP
x.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Now the hard part starts: x.com/BBCAfrica/st...
Je suis actuellement à Kinshasa et j'ai enregistré cette interview avec Radio Okapi hier soir. www.radiookapi.net/2025/11/16/a...
L'auteure britannique Michela Wrong présente l’ouvrage « Rwanda, assassins sans-frontières »
L’auteure et journaliste britannique Michela Wrong a présenté, samedi 15 novembre, son ouvrage intitulé : « Rwanda, assassins sans frontières », devant un parterre de Congolais, à Kinshasa. Dans cet o...
www.radiookapi.net
November 16, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Je suis actuellement à Kinshasa et j'ai enregistré cette interview avec Radio Okapi hier soir. www.radiookapi.net/2025/11/16/a...
This is so desperately sad. And it's an incredible tribute to a writer's impact that one can mind their passing despite never having met or communicated with them. She was very, very good at what she did. www.thetimes.com/uk/obituarie...
Rachel Cooke obituary: omnivorous food and culture journalist
Writer and polymath who wrote with wit and enthusiasm about the pleasures of food and TV and celebrated history’s resilient women, dies aged 56
www.thetimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:17 PM
This is so desperately sad. And it's an incredible tribute to a writer's impact that one can mind their passing despite never having met or communicated with them. She was very, very good at what she did. www.thetimes.com/uk/obituarie...
The one good thing to emerge from Tanzania's brutal elections: African election observers are no longer turning a blind eye to abuses committed right under their noses. dailyfriend.co.za/2025/11/08/t...
Tanzania’s democratic silver lining - Daily Friend
The blood-soaked election of Samia Suluhu Hassan as Tanzania’s president with 97% of the vote has come at a high price, with thousands of her citizens dead, maimed or injured and her country’s economy...
dailyfriend.co.za
November 8, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The one good thing to emerge from Tanzania's brutal elections: African election observers are no longer turning a blind eye to abuses committed right under their noses. dailyfriend.co.za/2025/11/08/t...
I contributed a few suggestions to the Spectator's yearly roundup of recommended reading: www.spectator.co.uk/article/book...
Books of the Year II – further recommendations from our regular reviewers
Philip Hensher I have a theory that Mick Herron’s Slow Horses novels are an ingenious variation on Shakespeare’s Henry IV plays. If, in a future episode, River Cartwright ascends to his kingdom renoun...
www.spectator.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 11:56 AM
I contributed a few suggestions to the Spectator's yearly roundup of recommended reading: www.spectator.co.uk/article/book...
Excellent article from Charles Onyango-Obbo on how the recent bloody election debacle marks the definitive, and overdue, end of Tanzania’s perceived exceptionalism. nation.africa/kenya/blogs-...
The tortoise that fell from the sky
History will remember Tanzania President Samia Suluhu Hassan as the leader under whose watch the shell cracked.
nation.africa
November 6, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Excellent article from Charles Onyango-Obbo on how the recent bloody election debacle marks the definitive, and overdue, end of Tanzania’s perceived exceptionalism. nation.africa/kenya/blogs-...
There's too much video evidence of excessive police and army brutality in Tanzania circulating now to pretend this was a normal or remotely credible election. Al Jazeera's report. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIWq...
President Hassan sworn in following deadly Tanzania election
YouTube video by Al Jazeera English
www.youtube.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:19 PM
There's too much video evidence of excessive police and army brutality in Tanzania circulating now to pretend this was a normal or remotely credible election. Al Jazeera's report. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIWq...
What happened to the Mail&Guardian? If they had published an article dictated word for word by Kagame's press spokeswoman, it would still have constituted better journalism than this. Context-free, stunningly-awful reportage. mg.co.za/africa/2025-...
Rwanda places SA-based “terrorists” on watch list
The designated 25 individuals have allegedly orchestrated attacks on Rwandan soil, inciting Rwandans to commit and finance acts of terrorism
mg.co.za
November 4, 2025 at 6:41 PM
What happened to the Mail&Guardian? If they had published an article dictated word for word by Kagame's press spokeswoman, it would still have constituted better journalism than this. Context-free, stunningly-awful reportage. mg.co.za/africa/2025-...
Bravo to Lindsey Hilsum and C4 for highlighting the shocking violence that has accompanied these Tanzanian elections. www.channel4.com/news/tanzani...
Tanzania: President sworn in after reported killing of hundreds of protesters
The Tanzanian president Samia Suluhu Hassan has been sworn in for another term - after a disputed election which saw two main rivals barred from running.
www.channel4.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Bravo to Lindsey Hilsum and C4 for highlighting the shocking violence that has accompanied these Tanzanian elections. www.channel4.com/news/tanzani...
Tanzania's election has been shockingly violent and the result does not deserve to be recognised abroad. www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
Canada, allies raise doubts over Tanzanian election as president claims landslide victory
President Samia Suluhu Hassan sworn in for second term under heavy security
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Tanzania's election has been shockingly violent and the result does not deserve to be recognised abroad. www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
The cartoonist Gado, on the recent elections in his country of birth:
November 2, 2025 at 1:59 PM
The cartoonist Gado, on the recent elections in his country of birth:
President Samia Suluhu Hassan's electoral "victory" in Tanzania (97.66 per cent) is in the same laughable ball park as Paul Kagame's electoral "wins" in Rwanda. Can't they see what a joke this makes them in their contemporaries' and subjects eyes? www.france24.com/en/africa/20...
Tanzania President Hassan wins disputed election amid deadly protests
Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan won a landslide election victory, official results showed Saturday. The opposition Chadema party, barred from taking part in the poll, said that hundreds of peo...
www.france24.com
November 1, 2025 at 9:45 AM
President Samia Suluhu Hassan's electoral "victory" in Tanzania (97.66 per cent) is in the same laughable ball park as Paul Kagame's electoral "wins" in Rwanda. Can't they see what a joke this makes them in their contemporaries' and subjects eyes? www.france24.com/en/africa/20...
Great article on the crumbling city of Johannesburg. In Zaire, these coping strategies were memorably dubbed "Article 15" (Fend for Yourself) - www.wsj.com/lifestyle/tr...
Welcome to Johannesburg. This Is What It Looks Like When a City Gives Up.
Tourists are dumbfounded by the many signs of apathy in the South African city.
www.wsj.com
October 29, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Great article on the crumbling city of Johannesburg. In Zaire, these coping strategies were memorably dubbed "Article 15" (Fend for Yourself) - www.wsj.com/lifestyle/tr...