Elian Peltier
@elianpeltier.bsky.social
International correspondent with The New York Times, currently covering Afghanistan and Pakistan.
It’s hard to fathom the scenes of devastation in northern Pakistan, and yet they’re becoming the norm.
August 19, 2025 at 7:40 PM
It’s hard to fathom the scenes of devastation in northern Pakistan, and yet they’re becoming the norm.
More than 3,000 Afghan women applied for asylum in July in Germany — twice as much as in June. www.infomigrants.net/en/post/6627...
Germany: Sharp rise in asylum claims by Afghan women
The number of asylum applications from Afghan women in Germany has risen significantly in recent months. Authorities say, however, that nearly half of all cases are secondary applications following a ...
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August 9, 2025 at 6:36 AM
More than 3,000 Afghan women applied for asylum in July in Germany — twice as much as in June. www.infomigrants.net/en/post/6627...
Last week I went to the border between Iran and Afghanistan to report on the mass expulsions and forced returns of nearly 1.5 million Afghans living in Iran this year. The story is on today's front page of the New York Times.
July 17, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Last week I went to the border between Iran and Afghanistan to report on the mass expulsions and forced returns of nearly 1.5 million Afghans living in Iran this year. The story is on today's front page of the New York Times.
I’m coming back from the Iran-Afghanistan border where 20,000+ Afghans return everyday amid a wave of mass expulsions from Iran. 435,000 have returned since July 1, per UNHCR. 800,000 since June 1 and 1.4 million this year. When was the last time we’ve seen such figures?
July 14, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I’m coming back from the Iran-Afghanistan border where 20,000+ Afghans return everyday amid a wave of mass expulsions from Iran. 435,000 have returned since July 1, per UNHCR. 800,000 since June 1 and 1.4 million this year. When was the last time we’ve seen such figures?
What it’s like to work as a moto taxi driver in one of the world’s five least livable cities, Karachi, when it’s 40 degrees.
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When It’s This Hot, ‘We Are Enduring, Not Living’
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July 12, 2025 at 3:52 PM
What it’s like to work as a moto taxi driver in one of the world’s five least livable cities, Karachi, when it’s 40 degrees.
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🇦🇫🇵🇰 Some news! Over the next several months I will be reporting from Afghanistan and Pakistan for the Times. First story from Kabul this week:
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I.C.C. Seeks Arrests of Taliban Leaders Over Persecution of Women
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July 8, 2025 at 5:53 PM
🇦🇫🇵🇰 Some news! Over the next several months I will be reporting from Afghanistan and Pakistan for the Times. First story from Kabul this week:
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On M23's challenges in governing Goma: "Seizing is easy, ruling is harder."
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Seizing is easy, ruling is harder
Months after seizing Goma, M23 is still struggling to control it. The city remains unstable due to widespread small arms and thousands of escaped inmates from Munzenze Prison
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May 23, 2025 at 7:10 PM
On M23's challenges in governing Goma: "Seizing is easy, ruling is harder."
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R. Kelly, meet pro Ibrahim Traoré propaganda 🇧🇫
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R. Kelly – God Protect Ibrahim Traoré, Protect Burkina Faso | New Song From Jail
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May 4, 2025 at 8:09 PM
R. Kelly, meet pro Ibrahim Traoré propaganda 🇧🇫
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African Catholics on Francis: “Being from Latin America, he felt for our predicaments as a third-world continent struggling in a world controlled from far away” said Cardinal Onaiyekan, the fmr archbishop of Abuja who voted in the conclave that elected Francis. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/w...
Could the Next Pope Be From Africa? (Gift Article)
Nowhere in the world is the Roman Catholic Church growing faster than in Africa, a continent Francis showered with attention.
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May 3, 2025 at 12:56 PM
African Catholics on Francis: “Being from Latin America, he felt for our predicaments as a third-world continent struggling in a world controlled from far away” said Cardinal Onaiyekan, the fmr archbishop of Abuja who voted in the conclave that elected Francis. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/w...
What migration looks like in Africa — via @nytopinion
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April 18, 2025 at 11:13 AM
What migration looks like in Africa — via @nytopinion
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🎸🇲🇱 A tribute to Amadou Bagayoko of Amadou & Mariam, featuring his childhood friend, mentor, and son.
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Musicians Who Knew Amadou Bagayoko Pay Tribute With Their Songs (Gift Article)
Amadou Bagayoko and his wife, the singer Mariam Doumbia, rose from icons in Mali to international success over the last two decades. After Mr. Bagayoko’s death, those who knew him chose a few of their...
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April 15, 2025 at 11:23 AM
🎸🇲🇱 A tribute to Amadou Bagayoko of Amadou & Mariam, featuring his childhood friend, mentor, and son.
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UNICEF on the conflict in eastern Congo 🇨🇩: children make up between 35 to 45 percent of the nearly 10,000 cases of rape and sexual violence reported in January and February of this year. (AFP)
April 11, 2025 at 1:08 PM
UNICEF on the conflict in eastern Congo 🇨🇩: children make up between 35 to 45 percent of the nearly 10,000 cases of rape and sexual violence reported in January and February of this year. (AFP)
Finally had a chance to read @johnalechner.bsky.social’s fascinating book on Wagner. I highly recommend it. John explains with jaw-dropping details and fine analysis what Prigozhin represented for Russia’s state apparatus and vice versa. About Wagner’s in Africa… 🔽
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Death Is Our Business
"Extraordinary."-CHRIS MILLER, author of Chip War"Incredible."-ANNIE JACOBSEN, author of Nuclear War, via XFrom John Lechner, "an amazi…
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March 30, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Finally had a chance to read @johnalechner.bsky.social’s fascinating book on Wagner. I highly recommend it. John explains with jaw-dropping details and fine analysis what Prigozhin represented for Russia’s state apparatus and vice versa. About Wagner’s in Africa… 🔽
www.bloomsbury.com/us/death-is-...
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Congo and our story on the M23 armed group, with an interview with one of its leaders in Goma last month, on the front page of today’s print edition of The New York Times. 📸 Guerchom Ndebo
March 23, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Congo and our story on the M23 armed group, with an interview with one of its leaders in Goma last month, on the front page of today’s print edition of The New York Times. 📸 Guerchom Ndebo
🇨🇩 I interviewed the M23 and Congo River Alliance leader Corneille Nangaa on my trip to Goma last month. I’ll share a few highlights here. 🧵
March 21, 2025 at 10:40 AM
🇨🇩 I interviewed the M23 and Congo River Alliance leader Corneille Nangaa on my trip to Goma last month. I’ll share a few highlights here. 🧵
A few hypotheses on what might happen in eastern Congo after Congo's and Rwanda's presidents called for yet another ceasefire in a surprise meeting in Qatar yesterday.
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March 19, 2025 at 2:32 PM
A few hypotheses on what might happen in eastern Congo after Congo's and Rwanda's presidents called for yet another ceasefire in a surprise meeting in Qatar yesterday.
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The abuse, starvation and death that domestic workers from East Africa face in Saudi Arabia.
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Why Maids Keep Dying in Saudi Arabia (Gift Article)
East African leaders and Saudi royals are among those profiting off a lucrative, deadly trade in domestic workers.
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March 19, 2025 at 12:24 PM
The abuse, starvation and death that domestic workers from East Africa face in Saudi Arabia.
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Monday: the EU sanctions Rwandan government and military officials over their involvement in the conflict in eastern Congo.
Also on Monday: Rwanda severs diplomatic ties with Belgium.
Tuesday: M23 leaders and Congo expected to meet for peace talks in Angola.
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Also on Monday: Rwanda severs diplomatic ties with Belgium.
Tuesday: M23 leaders and Congo expected to meet for peace talks in Angola.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/w...
March 17, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Monday: the EU sanctions Rwandan government and military officials over their involvement in the conflict in eastern Congo.
Also on Monday: Rwanda severs diplomatic ties with Belgium.
Tuesday: M23 leaders and Congo expected to meet for peace talks in Angola.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/w...
Also on Monday: Rwanda severs diplomatic ties with Belgium.
Tuesday: M23 leaders and Congo expected to meet for peace talks in Angola.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/w...
Insightful conversation on the future of politics in the Sahel
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The new Alliance of Sahel States and the future of Africa’s legacy institutions | The Afropolitan | CSIS Podcasts
Three West African countries - Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso - have finalized their exit from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Another thing they have in common? All three count...
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March 14, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Insightful conversation on the future of politics in the Sahel
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Re-posting here as well our report from Goma as the city buried its dead
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February 19, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Re-posting here as well our report from Goma as the city buried its dead
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Muhsin Hendricks, a South African credited by some as being the world’s first openly gay imam, was shot and killed in South Africa on Saturday.
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South African Imam and Gay Rights Advocate is Shot Dead
Muhsin Hendricks was credited by some as being the world’s first openly gay imam and helped Muslims reconcile their faith with their sexual orientation.
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February 17, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Muhsin Hendricks, a South African credited by some as being the world’s first openly gay imam, was shot and killed in South Africa on Saturday.
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Lake Kivu & Mount Nyiragongo, Congo & Rwanda 🛥️🌋🇨🇩🇷🇼
February 14, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Lake Kivu & Mount Nyiragongo, Congo & Rwanda 🛥️🌋🇨🇩🇷🇼
Kagame who a week ago said he didn’t know whether Rwandan troops were in eastern Congo, now calls their presence “obvious.”
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February 13, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Kagame who a week ago said he didn’t know whether Rwandan troops were in eastern Congo, now calls their presence “obvious.”
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A small sample of programs affected by Trump’s aid freeze across the world 🌍 Full story ⬇️
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February 1, 2025 at 1:08 PM
A small sample of programs affected by Trump’s aid freeze across the world 🌍 Full story ⬇️
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Today is West Africa's "Brexit" day
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Three Countries Officially Quit Major West African ECOWAS Alliance
Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger accused the bloc of having double standards in punishing their military juntas. Negotiations failed to change their minds.
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January 29, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Today is West Africa's "Brexit" day
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