Ijasini Ijani
@ijaniijasini.bsky.social
A freelance investigative journalist with interests in conflict and humanitarian crisis.
#Researcher
You can reach me via email: ijasini.ijani@gmail.com
#Researcher
You can reach me via email: ijasini.ijani@gmail.com
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Sharing a short piece written with Daniel Prado Simon about the trajectory of Abu Bara, a Nigerian jihadist leader recently captured... sari.global/news-updates...
THE LIFE AND CAPTURE OF ABU BARA, LEADER OF ANSARU
ABU BARA, LEADER OF ANSARU: THE LIFE AND CAPTURE OF A VETERAN NIGERIAN JIHADI MILITANT
sari.global
August 19, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Sharing a short piece written with Daniel Prado Simon about the trajectory of Abu Bara, a Nigerian jihadist leader recently captured... sari.global/news-updates...
As Boko Haram threat grows, USAID cuts cripple the economy and the response: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news-feature... (@newhumanitarian.bsky.social)
May 3, 2025 at 6:14 PM
As Boko Haram threat grows, USAID cuts cripple the economy and the response: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news-feature... (@newhumanitarian.bsky.social)
#Video_Clip Improvised explosive device detonated on a Nigerian militia patrol on Wednesday (February 26) between the towns of "Wajiroko" and "Sabon Gari" in "Borno" State by #ISWAP
March 8, 2025 at 7:33 AM
#Video_Clip Improvised explosive device detonated on a Nigerian militia patrol on Wednesday (February 26) between the towns of "Wajiroko" and "Sabon Gari" in "Borno" State by #ISWAP
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Hi, I am new here. Let’s network and share ideas. You can give me work, I am a freelance journalist with interests in conflict and humanitarian crises in Nigeria and the lake chad.
January 29, 2024 at 10:46 AM
Hi, I am new here. Let’s network and share ideas. You can give me work, I am a freelance journalist with interests in conflict and humanitarian crises in Nigeria and the lake chad.
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Activists from the opposition #PAIGC coalition who try to organise protests to peacefully oppose President Sissoco Embalo's handling of the elections are apparently being picked up for one-day beating sessions, and then released...
November 22, 2024 at 3:16 PM
Activists from the opposition #PAIGC coalition who try to organise protests to peacefully oppose President Sissoco Embalo's handling of the elections are apparently being picked up for one-day beating sessions, and then released...
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Hearing worrisome news from #GuineaBissau... It's looking like the ruling coalition of politicians and military has understood that killing and disappearing critics was too risky, and is systematising the use of beatings...
November 22, 2024 at 3:16 PM
Hearing worrisome news from #GuineaBissau... It's looking like the ruling coalition of politicians and military has understood that killing and disappearing critics was too risky, and is systematising the use of beatings...
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Just released: When Southern Women Cook by Cook’s Country! This is a cookbook with stories from 70 Southern women, including me. I’m happy to be among such a great cohort of writers. I hope you pick up a copy… or catch the book tour. If you’re in Georgia: December 10, Atlanta History Center. #books
November 13, 2024 at 4:50 AM
Just released: When Southern Women Cook by Cook’s Country! This is a cookbook with stories from 70 Southern women, including me. I’m happy to be among such a great cohort of writers. I hope you pick up a copy… or catch the book tour. If you’re in Georgia: December 10, Atlanta History Center. #books
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🇹🇬🇧🇯 "[JNIM's no.2] publicly states that expansion into Benin, Togo, Ghana, and other countries is inevitable[...] Increasing attacks in the north of Togo and Benin suggest the consolidation of the jihadists’ strategy in that direction.."
From @saladinaldronni.bsky.social's substack 👇
From @saladinaldronni.bsky.social's substack 👇
Sahel events - a summary of recent jihadi developments
Al-Qaeda and IS at the gates of Niamey, Kouffa declares expansion plans into the Gulf of Guinea
saladinaldronni.substack.com
November 22, 2024 at 12:28 PM
🇹🇬🇧🇯 "[JNIM's no.2] publicly states that expansion into Benin, Togo, Ghana, and other countries is inevitable[...] Increasing attacks in the north of Togo and Benin suggest the consolidation of the jihadists’ strategy in that direction.."
From @saladinaldronni.bsky.social's substack 👇
From @saladinaldronni.bsky.social's substack 👇
November 22, 2024 at 3:42 PM
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Hello Bluesky 👋 First post from Dakar where the Art Biennale is in full swing. Sharing some of the artworks that resonated most with me.
Elladj Lincy Deloumeau 🇫🇷
Beya Gille Gacha 🇨🇲
Laeila Adjovi 🇧🇯
Nyaba Léon Ouedraogo 🇧🇫
Elladj Lincy Deloumeau 🇫🇷
Beya Gille Gacha 🇨🇲
Laeila Adjovi 🇧🇯
Nyaba Léon Ouedraogo 🇧🇫
November 22, 2024 at 9:47 AM
Hello Bluesky 👋 First post from Dakar where the Art Biennale is in full swing. Sharing some of the artworks that resonated most with me.
Elladj Lincy Deloumeau 🇫🇷
Beya Gille Gacha 🇨🇲
Laeila Adjovi 🇧🇯
Nyaba Léon Ouedraogo 🇧🇫
Elladj Lincy Deloumeau 🇫🇷
Beya Gille Gacha 🇨🇲
Laeila Adjovi 🇧🇯
Nyaba Léon Ouedraogo 🇧🇫
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Here's a primer on Mali's new prime minister, Col. Abdoulaye Maiga, an expert in international affairs and good governance who has a doctorate, according to his résumé, and who represented Mali at the UN General Assembly in September.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/21/w...
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/21/w...
Mali’s Junta Replaces Civilian Prime Minister With One of Its Own
The prime minister had been fired for criticizing the country’s junta.
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2024 at 12:13 PM
Here's a primer on Mali's new prime minister, Col. Abdoulaye Maiga, an expert in international affairs and good governance who has a doctorate, according to his résumé, and who represented Mali at the UN General Assembly in September.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/21/w...
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/21/w...
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A busy week in Mali: the ruling junta sacked the civilian prime minister and replaced him with a military officer. It also received $160 million from Resolute, one of the largest mining companies operating in the country and whose CEO was detained for weeks.
November 22, 2024 at 12:13 PM
A busy week in Mali: the ruling junta sacked the civilian prime minister and replaced him with a military officer. It also received $160 million from Resolute, one of the largest mining companies operating in the country and whose CEO was detained for weeks.
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Journalists have a responsibility to cover suicide with care and nuance. Sensationalized and poor coverage raises the risk of a contagion effect — other people being inspired to take their lives.
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Sensationalized and poor coverage of suicide raises the risk of a contagion effect — other people being inspired to take their lives.
buff.ly
November 19, 2024 at 8:46 AM
Journalists have a responsibility to cover suicide with care and nuance. Sensationalized and poor coverage raises the risk of a contagion effect — other people being inspired to take their lives.
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Reports of JASDJ presence fairly south in the lake - not far from Baga. Not sure what that means.
November 10, 2024 at 7:25 PM
Reports of JASDJ presence fairly south in the lake - not far from Baga. Not sure what that means.
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Hearing some news from Lake Chad #BokoHaram... the Chadian military got fairly deep into the lake, to the vicinity of Madayi, on the Chad-Nigeria border. #ISWAP land, actually, not that of #JASDJ (which is the faction that carried out the attack on the Chadian garrison in Barkaram).
November 10, 2024 at 7:25 PM
Hearing some news from Lake Chad #BokoHaram... the Chadian military got fairly deep into the lake, to the vicinity of Madayi, on the Chad-Nigeria border. #ISWAP land, actually, not that of #JASDJ (which is the faction that carried out the attack on the Chadian garrison in Barkaram).
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BREAKING: EFCC exposes religious sect laundering money for terrorists - Politics Nigeria
BREAKING: EFCC exposes religious sect laundering money for terrorists
Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has revealed that the agency has uncovered a religious sect in Nigeria allegedly laundering money for terrorists. This was even as he revealed that another religious body was found to be protecting a money launderer after some funds suspected to have been laundered was …
politicsnigeria.com
February 18, 2024 at 7:21 AM
BREAKING: EFCC exposes religious sect laundering money for terrorists - Politics Nigeria
#Pulkatown is one of the communities that has suffereded a high threat of #BokoHaram in Borno State.
#Damara IDP camps.
#Damara IDP camps.
January 30, 2024 at 3:56 PM
#Pulkatown is one of the communities that has suffereded a high threat of #BokoHaram in Borno State.
#Damara IDP camps.
#Damara IDP camps.