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Barry Malone

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Independent journalist. Past: EP The Stream / Digital Editor Al Jazeera English / Reuters in Africa and Middle East. Jackeen.

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Barry Malone @barrymalone.bsky.social · 1d

Good to be on @novaramedia.com tonight to discuss the heavy topic of two years of genocide against the Palestinian people. We also covered Madagascar's Gen Z protests, the disastrous Conservative party conference and why young Tories never change. tinyurl.com/yxhjzscm

Barry Malone @barrymalone.bsky.social · 1d

Today in Proximities:

- Qatar says Trump proposal on Gaza needs more work
- Government critic violently kidnapped in Tanzania
- Ultra conservative to become Japan's first female PM

As always, you can read it in under two mins.

www.proximities.news/p/gaza-tanza...

Gaza, Tanzania, Japan

Today's three stories you should know.

www.proximities.news

Reposted by Barry Malone

Melissa Chan @melissakchan.bsky.social · 1d

I am so grateful to contribute a guest post on Taiwan to @barrymalone.bsky.social's fantastic newsletter, Proximities, which aims to highlight non-Western news stories. I've been a reader from day one and I highly recommend you hit subscribe:

What you're not hearing about Taiwan

A guest post from Melissa Chan

www.proximities.news

Barry Malone @barrymalone.bsky.social · 2d

Today in Proximities:

- Egypt blames Ethiopia for Nile flooding
- Army general appointed PM as Madagascar protests continue
- Eswatini receives 10 more Trump deportees

As always, you can read it in under two mins.

www.proximities.news/p/egypt-suda...

Egypt-Sudan, Madagascar, Eswatini

Today's three stories you should know.

www.proximities.news

Barry Malone @barrymalone.bsky.social · 4d

Ah fantastic.

Barry Malone @barrymalone.bsky.social · 4d

Delighted to have a guest post from @melissakchan.bsky.social in Proximities today. She has written an explainer about Taiwan with a level of depth and insight you rarely see elsewhere. Please give it your time.

www.proximities.news/p/what-youre...

What you're not hearing about Taiwan

A guest post from Melissa Chan

www.proximities.news

Reposted by Barry Malone

Brian Dooley @dooleydooley.bsky.social · 5d

Pleased to be one of the 250 voices to join this @cels-argentina.bsky.social initiative on the urgency of preserving the truth about the genocide in Gaza @barrymalone.bsky.social #speirgorm

CELS @cels-argentina.bsky.social · 7d

Normally, we speak about the memory of the past.
Today, we speak about the urgency of preserving the memory of an atrocious present.

In Gaza there is an ongoing genocide: mass killings, forced displacements, hunger, and people being killed while searching for food. ⬇️

Barry Malone @barrymalone.bsky.social · 7d

Today in Proximities:

- Morocco's Gen Z protesters on streets for fourth night
- More than 100,000 children going hungry in Myanmar
- Gaza flotilla asks world to keep watch as it nears danger zone

As always you can read it in under two mins.
www.proximities.news/p/morocco-my...

Morocco, Myanmar, Gaza

Today's three stories you should know.

www.proximities.news

Barry Malone @barrymalone.bsky.social · 8d

Today in Proximities:

- Rescuers desperately search for survivors after Indonesia school collapse
- Taliban cuts internet off in Afghanistan citing “immorality”
- Nepal chooses two-year-old as new living goddess

As always, you can read it in under two minutes
www.proximities.news/p/indonesia-...

Indonesia, Afghanistan, Nepal

Today's three stories you should know.

www.proximities.news

Barry Malone @barrymalone.bsky.social · 10d

This week's Saturday deep dive in Proximities was an explainer on tensions between Ethiopia and Egypt over the Nile. In recent weeks, we've also run explainers on Haiti, the Sahel, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Sudan and DR Congo. Subscribe!

Mon to Fri editions free.
www.proximities.news/p/could-ther...

Could there be war over the Nile?

Your Saturday deep dive.

www.proximities.news

Barry Malone @barrymalone.bsky.social · 12d

Today in Proximities:

- At least 23 people, including children and pregnant women, have starved to death in Sudan's el-Fasher this month
- Dusk-to-dawn curfew imposed in Antananarivo
- Black liberation activist Assata Shakur dies in Cuba

www.proximities.news/p/sudan-mada...

Sudan, Madagascar, Cuba.

Today's three stories you should know.

www.proximities.news

Barry Malone @barrymalone.bsky.social · 14d

Today in Proximities:

- Mutharika, 85, sweeps back to power in Malawi
- Four killed during protests in India's Ladakh
- Eleven fresh Ebola cases in DR Congo

As usual, you can read it in under two mins.

www.proximities.news/p/malawi-ind...

Malawi, India, DR Congo

Today's three stories you should know.

www.proximities.news

Barry Malone @barrymalone.bsky.social · 16d

Today in Proximities:

- Finally! Alaa Abd el-Fattah pardoned in Egypt
- Syria's Sharaa in New York, urges U.S. to lift sanctions
- Three trans women murdered by gunmen in Pakistan

As always, you can read it in under two mins.

www.proximities.news/p/egypt-syri...

Egypt, Syria, Pakistan.

Today's three stories you should know.

www.proximities.news

Barry Malone @barrymalone.bsky.social · 17d

This week's Saturday deep dive in my newsletter was an explainer on the war in DR Congo. Recently, we've run explainers on Ethiopia, Haiti, the Sahel, Myanmar, Bangladesh and Sudan. Subscribe!

Oh, and Monday to Friday editions are completely free.

www.proximities.news/p/whos-fight...

Who's fighting in DR Congo. And why.

Your Saturday deep dive.

www.proximities.news

Barry Malone @barrymalone.bsky.social · 19d

Today in Proximities:

- Saudi-Pakistan defence pact rattles India
- 78 killed in drone attack on Sudanese mosque
- Nepal interim PM pledges to tackle corruption

As always, you can read it in under two mins.

www.proximities.news/p/saudi-arab...

Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Nepal

Today's three stories you should know.

www.proximities.news

Barry Malone @barrymalone.bsky.social · 19d

Oh no! I thought people in the U.S. could see it?!

* cough, cough * VPN....?

Barry Malone @barrymalone.bsky.social · 20d

Today in Proximities:

- Israel is still bombing Lebanon
- Maldives journalists challenge crackdown
- Togo president's critical sister-in-law arrested

As always, you can read it in under two mins.

www.proximities.news/p/lebanon-ma...

Lebanon, Maldives, Togo

Today's three stories you should know.

www.proximities.news

Reposted by Barry Malone

Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 20d

The last political column I was allowed to write in the @washingtonpost.com was a criticism of Obama.

His people took issue with my piece, but we were respectful.

Now he is tweeting in support of me.

This is how free political speech and respect for debate *actually works*.

Or used to work.

Tweet From Obama mentioning my firing from the Washington post. Wirh a photo of me

Barry Malone @barrymalone.bsky.social · 20d

Pleased to have worked on "Trump vs The Truth" for Channel 4. Last night we aired “the longest uninterrupted reel of untruths, falsehoods and distortions ever broadcast on television”. It's now available on streaming. www.channel4.com/programmes/t...

Trump v the Truth

Over 100 of President Trump's false claims debunked

www.channel4.com

Barry Malone @barrymalone.bsky.social · 29d

Today in Proximities:

- Young Nepalese topple prime minister
- Ethiopia inaugurates massive dam, Egypt worries
- Hope for prominent activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah's release

As always, you can read it in under two mins.

www.proximities.news/p/nepal-ethi...

Nepal, Ethiopia, Egypt.

Today's three stories you should know.

www.proximities.news

Reposted by Barry Malone

Jeremy Goldkorn @goldkorn.bsky.social · Sep 4

As RFK Jr. destroys the world's strongest safeguard against new contagious diseases:

"Ebola is a word you never want to see in a headline," but today DR Congo "confirmed a fresh outbreak… 28 suspected cases and 15 deaths."

From @barrymalone.bsky.social's excellent Proximities newsletter:

Gaza, Guyana, DR Congo.

Today's three stories you should know.

www.proximities.news

Barry Malone @barrymalone.bsky.social · Sep 3

Today in Proximities:

- More than 1,000 reported dead in Sudan landslide
- Second quake in Afghanistan hampers rescue efforts
- Burkina Faso outlaws homosexuality

As always, you can read it in under two mins.

www.proximities.news/p/sudan-afgh...

Sudan, Afghanistan, Burkina Faso.

Today's three stories you should know.

www.proximities.news

Barry Malone @barrymalone.bsky.social · Aug 28

Today in Proximities:

- At least 100 people, mostly women and children, kidnapped in Nigeria
- Argentina's Milei pelted with rocks, plants and bottles
- Museveni, 80, to run yet again in Uganda

As always, you can read it in under two mins.

www.proximities.news/p/nigeria-ar...

Nigeria, Argentina, Uganda.

Today's three stories you should know.

www.proximities.news

Barry Malone @barrymalone.bsky.social · Aug 28

Thank you, Sarah - very kind.

Reposted by Barry Malone

Sarah @sarahskeeter.bsky.social · Aug 27

I've been subscribed to the Proximities newsletter for ages now and I'm so glad it's back from hiatus! It always highlights stories that have be under reported and quite often provides new angles for those of us in the anglophone west for stories we might think we already know. A real gem of a thing

Barry Malone @barrymalone.bsky.social · Aug 27

Today in Proximities:

- Israeli drones kill Syrian soldiers near Damascus
- DR Congo peace talks resume in Qatari capital
- Pardon after eight years for woman accused of insulting Thai royals

As always, you can read it in under two mins.

www.proximities.news/p/syria-dr-c...

Syria, DR Congo, Thailand

Today's three stories you should know.

www.proximities.news