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Abdi Latif Dahir @lattif.bsky.social · 29d

China has racked up a $60 billion trade surplus with Africa so far in 2025, nearly surpassing last year’s total, as Chinese companies redirect trade to the region while President Trump’s tariffs crimp the flow of goods into the United States.

China’s Exports to Africa Are Soaring as Trade to U.S. Plunges

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Reuters @reuters.com · Aug 25

Witnesses said the second strike took place after rescue workers, journalists and other people had rushed to the site of the initial attack. The Reuters live video feed from the hospital, which was operated by Masri, suddenly shut down at the moment of the initial strike reut.rs/41pmNLb

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Reuters @reuters.com · Aug 25

BREAKING: Israeli strikes on Nasser Hospital in Gaza killed at least 15 people, including three journalists, one of whom worked for Reuters, Palestinian health officials said reut.rs/45OFPfr

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Abdi Latif Dahir @lattif.bsky.social · Aug 19

South Sudan should not “use the issue of Palestinians as negotiating chips to improve their foreign relations,” said Edmund Yakani, the leader of a South Sudanese civil society organization. “This is ethnic cleansing that we are supporting.”

Israel Is in Talks to Send Gazans to South Sudan, Officials Say

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Abdi Latif Dahir @lattif.bsky.social · Jul 25

Fascinating and deeply reported piece from Aida Alami in @nybooks.com on what makes a uniquely Muslim American imam, and how they are helping themselves and their community navigate the demands of a secularizing, pluralistic, and Islamophobic country.

The New Imams | Aida Alami

For years I have been working on a documentary film about young Muslims in France, centered on the 2017 trial that convicted a police officer of killing a

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · Jul 23

More than 100 aid agencies and rights groups, including Save the Children and Doctors Without Borders, warned on Wednesday that mass starvation was spreading across Gaza, adding to calls for Israel to lift restrictions on humanitarian aid to the besieged enclave. nyti.ms/46TKTRO

Text reads: "Aid Groups Warn of Starvation in Gaza, Saying Suffering Is at 'New Depths'" over an image of people holding empty metal pans and stretching out their arms while waiting for food. Photo by Saher Alghorra for The New York Times

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Abdi Latif Dahir @lattif.bsky.social · Jul 15

My piece on the protests in Kenya against President William Ruto and his government leads @nytimes.com The Morning newsletter. Here's a gift link.

Protests in Kenya

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Abdi Latif Dahir @lattif.bsky.social · Jul 14

Could America gamble away its scientific and educational leadership in the service of ideology? Together with my colleagues, we write about what Trump's crackdown on universities will mean for America and the world.

How Trump’s crackdown on Harvard and other universities is affecting the world

Mr. Trump’s ideological war on universities is putting students, professors and scientists under pressure. That could undermine the global dominance that American science has enjoyed for decades.

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · Jul 13

“There was a brief silence among the three of us, a beat of shared recognition of the difficulties of staying alive.” Hanif Abdurraqib reflects on meeting Mahmoud Khalil and Zohran Mamdani at a comedy show.

Zohran Mamdani and Mahmoud Khalil Are in on the Joke

What it feels like to laugh when the world expects you to disappear.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · Jun 26

From @theathletic.bsky.social: Olympic champion Faith Kipyegon fell short in her bid to become the first woman to break the four-minute mile. Kipyegon ran 4:06.92, the fastest time over the distance recorded by a woman, breaking her own world record. nyti.ms/44AXZll

Faith Kipyegon finishes a race, her head tilted back and eyes closed in exertion. A quote from her: "If it’s not me it will be somebody else — one day a woman will run under four.”

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Abdi Latif Dahir @lattif.bsky.social · Jun 25

Kenyan police used live rounds, tear gas and rubber bullets against protesters on Wednesday, as thousands marched nationwide to mark a year since huge demonstrations against a contentious tax plan turned deadly and laid bare the growing anger at President William Ruto’s government.

Kenyans Return to the Streets a Year After Deadly Tax Protests

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · Jun 22

The U.S. struck three key nuclear sites in Iran overnight on Saturday. President Trump claimed that three facilities had been “totally obliterated,” but top Pentagon officials said that it was too soon to say whether Iran still retained some nuclear ability. nyti.ms/45AFnD1

A map of Iran, with red dots on Fordo, Isfahan and Natanz. A headline reads: "Here Are the Three Iranian Nuclear Sites the U.S. Attacked"

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Abdi Latif Dahir @lattif.bsky.social · Jun 9

The Trump administration’s tightening of visas for international students has raised fears the U.S. could lose its status as a top higher education destination. For tens of thousands of African students, that shift was already underway. Their destination: China. My latest.

China’s Quiet Win: Outmaneuvering U.S. for Africa’s Future Leaders

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · Jun 7

From @theathletic.bsky.social: Coco Gauff won the French Open, prevailing over the No. 1 seed Aryna Sabalenka in a tense and chaotic final match on Saturday. She is the first American woman to win on the clay since Serena Williams in 2015. nyti.ms/43OLRf7

Coco Gauff on an orange clay tennis court, celebrating a win with a fist pump and an open mouth. A headline reads: "Coco Gauff Becomes First U.S. Woman to Win French Open in a Decade." Photo by Julien De Rosa/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · Jun 5

Here are the countries under President Trump’s new travel ban.

Map: See the Countries Under Trump’s New Travel Ban

Restrictions on travel will affect people from more than a dozen countries worldwide.

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · May 27

How Noor Abdalla, the wife of Mahmoud Khalil, has navigated becoming a new mother while fighting for her husband’s freedom.

The Radical Courage of Noor Abdalla

How the wife of Mahmoud Khalil has navigated becoming a new mother while fighting for her husband’s freedom.

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Abdi Latif Dahir @lattif.bsky.social · May 29

Through his novels, plays, and memoirs, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o listened to the chords of the African conscience, writing powerfully about the transgressions of colonialism, the corrupt postcolonial elite, the importance of African languages, and more. He will be sorely missed!

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Mattathias Schwartz @schwartzesque.bsky.social · May 27

More background on the Djibouti/Sudan case, the Trump administration's emerging third-country deportation strategy, and the broader legal and human rights implications here, in our explainer.
With @lattif.bsky.social and @amandataub.bsky.social
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What to Know About the Deportees the U.S. Is Trying to Send to South Sudan

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Nanjala @nanjala.bsky.social · May 22

Ugandan lawyer Agather Atuhaire, who was arrested alongside Boniface Mwangi on the way to witness Tundu Lissu’s trial in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, remains unaccounted for. There is concern that she, like Boniface Mwangi, has been tortured. Mwangi was dumped at the Horohoro border this morning.

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The Booker Prizes @thebookerprizes.com · May 20

Watch the moment Heart Lamp was announced as the winner of the #InternationalBooker2025, and hear what Banu Mushtaq and Deepa Bhasthi said in their speeches.

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Banu Mushtaq and Deepa Bhasthi win the International Booker Prize 2025 for 'Heart Lamp'

YouTube video by The Booker Prizes

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Abdi Latif Dahir @lattif.bsky.social · May 12

Koyo Kouoh, one of the global art world’s most prominent figures, who had been slated to become the first African woman to curate the Venice Biennale, died on Saturday in Basel, Switzerland. She was 57.

Koyo Kouoh, Prominent Art World Figure, Is Dead at 57

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · May 12

A U.S.-funded charter plane carrying dozens of white South Africans who claim to have been victims of discrimination in their home country left Johannesburg on Sunday, heading for the U.S., where the Trump administration is welcoming them as refugees.

White South Africans Granted Refugee Status by Trump Leave for U.S.

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Ismail Einashe @ismaileinashe.bsky.social · May 9

I’m thrilled to be a 2025–26 Knight-Wallace Journalism Fellow at the University of Michigan. I’ll be examining migration reporting by exploring the intersection of the science of trauma and the various creative forms journalists can use in their storytelling. Let's go!
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Meet 2025-2026 Knight-Wallace Journalism Fellows

This cohort of 18 journalists will join us in the fall and spend an academic year tackling individual journalism projects and pursuing solutions to help newsrooms respond to today's challenges. Meet t...

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Truth Tellers @sirharrysummit.bsky.social · May 7

"The big theme the story showed was the systematic way these deaths were happening... The abuse happens and there's a system, particularly in East Africa and Saudia Arabia, that is covering up this abuse." @lattif.bsky.social
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Abdi Latif Dahir @lattif.bsky.social · May 2

Lydia Mugambe, a United Nations judge, has been jailed for six years and four months after being convicted of forcing a young Ugandan woman to work for her as a slave in Britain.

Lydia Mugambe: UN judge who forced woman to work as slave jailed for more than six years

Lydia Mugambe, 50 was found guilty of conspiring to facilitate the commission of a breach of UK immigration law, facilitating travel with a view to exploitation, forcing someone to work, and conspirac...

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