Ayen
@ayengrace.bsky.social
I am a freelance reporter currently based in Dakar, Senegal.
Four convicted in Guinea-Bissau cocaine bust transferred to US
Four convicted in Guinea-Bissau cocaine bust transferred to US
Four foreign nationals convicted of trafficking 2.63 metric tons of cocaine in Guinea-Bissau last September have been transferred to the United States to face another trial there, the U.S. Justice Department said on Friday.
www.reuters.com
April 19, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Four convicted in Guinea-Bissau cocaine bust transferred to US
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Marian Turski, a Holocaust survivor who returned to his native Poland after World War II to give voice to fellow victims of the Nazis and their collaborators, warning the world in writings and speeches about the dangers of indifference to racial and ethnic injustice, died in Warsaw at 98.
Marian Turski, Who Refused to Forget the Holocaust, Dies at 98
From influential platforms, Mr. Turski, an Auschwitz survivor from Poland, warned the world of rising antisemitism and the perils of indifference to it.
www.nytimes.com
February 26, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Marian Turski, a Holocaust survivor who returned to his native Poland after World War II to give voice to fellow victims of the Nazis and their collaborators, warning the world in writings and speeches about the dangers of indifference to racial and ethnic injustice, died in Warsaw at 98.
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“Seventy percent of the illegal weapons seized from criminals in Mexico come from your country. We do not produce these weapons, nor do we consume synthetic drugs. Tragically, it is in our country that lives are lost to the violence resulting from meeting the drug demand in yours”
Mexican President Claps Back at Trump Over Tariffs
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum threatened to implement retaliatory tariffs should Trump implement his proposed economic measures against Mexico.
www.rollingstone.com
November 27, 2024 at 12:55 AM
“Seventy percent of the illegal weapons seized from criminals in Mexico come from your country. We do not produce these weapons, nor do we consume synthetic drugs. Tragically, it is in our country that lives are lost to the violence resulting from meeting the drug demand in yours”
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our ancestors accomplished more, with less, against worse. stay locked in.
November 19, 2024 at 1:25 PM
our ancestors accomplished more, with less, against worse. stay locked in.
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Humiliated by a Nazi officer as a teenager, Madeleine Riffaud joined the French Resistance. By the time she was 20, she had killed a German soldier, survived torture and captured a supply train. She died on Nov. 6 at her home in Paris. She was 100.
Madeleine Riffaud, ‘the Girl Who Saved Paris,’ Dies at 100
Humiliated by a Nazi officer as a teenager, she joined the French Resistance. By the time she was 20, she had killed a German soldier, survived torture and captured a supply train.
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2024 at 4:47 AM
Humiliated by a Nazi officer as a teenager, Madeleine Riffaud joined the French Resistance. By the time she was 20, she had killed a German soldier, survived torture and captured a supply train. She died on Nov. 6 at her home in Paris. She was 100.
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Strikingly, the only group that responded en mass and IMMEDIATELY to the neo-Nazi march this weekend in Columbus was a group of black men.
Everyone else? Oh, they put out statements. Black men linked arms and marched the NEXT day.
And this is why I say “Godspeed” to everyone who ain’t us.
Everyone else? Oh, they put out statements. Black men linked arms and marched the NEXT day.
And this is why I say “Godspeed” to everyone who ain’t us.
The only weekend march that mattered – Matter News
Less than 24 hours after a dozen or so masked Nazis walked the streets of the Short North on Saturday, Brian Winston, president of 100 Black Men of Central Ohio, helped lead a counterdemonstration mea...
matternews.org
November 19, 2024 at 5:38 PM
Strikingly, the only group that responded en mass and IMMEDIATELY to the neo-Nazi march this weekend in Columbus was a group of black men.
Everyone else? Oh, they put out statements. Black men linked arms and marched the NEXT day.
And this is why I say “Godspeed” to everyone who ain’t us.
Everyone else? Oh, they put out statements. Black men linked arms and marched the NEXT day.
And this is why I say “Godspeed” to everyone who ain’t us.
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The Columbia Spectator, New York, Tuesday, April 30, 1968:
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May 1, 2024 at 2:40 AM
The Columbia Spectator, New York, Tuesday, April 30, 1968:
exhibitions.library.columbia.edu/exhibits/sho...
exhibitions.library.columbia.edu/exhibits/sho...
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The chef José Andrés on Thursday eulogized seven World Central Kitchen workers who were killed in Gaza on April 1 when their well-marked convoy was hit by armed Israeli drones.
“They risked everything to feed people they did not know and will never meet.” nyti.ms/49S0UFJ
“They risked everything to feed people they did not know and will never meet.” nyti.ms/49S0UFJ
April 25, 2024 at 8:25 PM
The chef José Andrés on Thursday eulogized seven World Central Kitchen workers who were killed in Gaza on April 1 when their well-marked convoy was hit by armed Israeli drones.
“They risked everything to feed people they did not know and will never meet.” nyti.ms/49S0UFJ
“They risked everything to feed people they did not know and will never meet.” nyti.ms/49S0UFJ
It’s Oscar weekend! There is a new generation of Senegalese filmmakers who are setting out to tell their own stories on their own terms. With “Io Capitano” up for best foreign film, I wondered about the types of stories get told about Africa and by whom. My latest:
www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa...
www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa...
March 9, 2024 at 3:36 PM
It’s Oscar weekend! There is a new generation of Senegalese filmmakers who are setting out to tell their own stories on their own terms. With “Io Capitano” up for best foreign film, I wondered about the types of stories get told about Africa and by whom. My latest:
www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa...
www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa...
I spoke to young voters about Senegal’s presidential election for @csmonitor.bsky.social
www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa...
www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa...
March 2, 2024 at 12:49 AM
I spoke to young voters about Senegal’s presidential election for @csmonitor.bsky.social
www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa...
www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa...
I wrote about the mounting tension amid Senegal’s election postponement: ‘We are at crossroads’: Tension builds in Senegal amid election delay
www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
Senegalese brace for the worst but hope for the best amid election delay
As the parliamentary debate continues over election delay, concerns are mounting among common Senegalese people.
www.aljazeera.com
February 7, 2024 at 3:34 PM
I wrote about the mounting tension amid Senegal’s election postponement: ‘We are at crossroads’: Tension builds in Senegal amid election delay
www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
www.aljazeera.com/features/202...