Caitlin Kelly
@caitlin-kelly.bsky.social
Freelance Multimedia Journalist
France24 West Africa Correspondent
Based in Dakar
France24 West Africa Correspondent
Based in Dakar
Adut's spine juts through his skin. At half the size of a healthy baby his age, he can't walk.
He is one of 2mil infants in need of malnutrition treatment in South Sudan.
Reporting for @apnews.com on how gov. corruption, aid cuts & violence are driving a hunger crisis ⬇️
apnews.com/article/sout...
He is one of 2mil infants in need of malnutrition treatment in South Sudan.
Reporting for @apnews.com on how gov. corruption, aid cuts & violence are driving a hunger crisis ⬇️
apnews.com/article/sout...
‘Children are bound to die’: Corruption, aid cuts and violence fuel a hunger crisis in South Sudan
A recent U.N-backed report projects that about 2.3 million children under 5 in South Sudan now require treatment for acute malnutrition.
apnews.com
September 22, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Adut's spine juts through his skin. At half the size of a healthy baby his age, he can't walk.
He is one of 2mil infants in need of malnutrition treatment in South Sudan.
Reporting for @apnews.com on how gov. corruption, aid cuts & violence are driving a hunger crisis ⬇️
apnews.com/article/sout...
He is one of 2mil infants in need of malnutrition treatment in South Sudan.
Reporting for @apnews.com on how gov. corruption, aid cuts & violence are driving a hunger crisis ⬇️
apnews.com/article/sout...
Reposted by Caitlin Kelly
Hundreds of thousands of women and girls have fled #Sudan’s war, only to be faced with violence again in #Chad.
Read their stories and join @unfpa.org to help ensure justice for the survivors of sexual violence: https://unf.pa/srv
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#EndRapeInWar
Read their stories and join @unfpa.org to help ensure justice for the survivors of sexual violence: https://unf.pa/srv
✍ @caitlin-kelly.bsky.social
🗞 @aljazeera.com
#EndRapeInWar
Sudanese rape victims speak from Chad’s refugee camps
Hundreds of thousands of women and girls have fled Sudan’s war, only to be faced with violence again in Chad.
unf.pa
September 7, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Hundreds of thousands of women and girls have fled #Sudan’s war, only to be faced with violence again in #Chad.
Read their stories and join @unfpa.org to help ensure justice for the survivors of sexual violence: https://unf.pa/srv
✍ @caitlin-kelly.bsky.social
🗞 @aljazeera.com
#EndRapeInWar
Read their stories and join @unfpa.org to help ensure justice for the survivors of sexual violence: https://unf.pa/srv
✍ @caitlin-kelly.bsky.social
🗞 @aljazeera.com
#EndRapeInWar
Since April 2023, nearly a million refugees have crossed into Chad, fleeing deadly violence in Sudan.
One town — Adré — has become a fragile frontline for an estimated quarter of a million refugees.
My report on the situation in Eastern Chad for
@apnews.com ⬇️
apnews.com/article/suda...
One town — Adré — has become a fragile frontline for an estimated quarter of a million refugees.
My report on the situation in Eastern Chad for
@apnews.com ⬇️
apnews.com/article/suda...
Sudan civil war overwhelms border town in neighbor Chad as refugees find little help
Sudan's civil war has overwhelmed a border town in neighboring Chad. Nearly a quarter-million refugees have arrived in Adre and the humanitarian frontline on the edge of one of the world’s most devast...
apnews.com
June 30, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Since April 2023, nearly a million refugees have crossed into Chad, fleeing deadly violence in Sudan.
One town — Adré — has become a fragile frontline for an estimated quarter of a million refugees.
My report on the situation in Eastern Chad for
@apnews.com ⬇️
apnews.com/article/suda...
One town — Adré — has become a fragile frontline for an estimated quarter of a million refugees.
My report on the situation in Eastern Chad for
@apnews.com ⬇️
apnews.com/article/suda...
Last year, Sierra Leone triggered a public health emergency over Kush - an addictive synthetic drug that has quickly spread across West Africa.
Despite efforts, treatment remains limited. Women have been less visible in the crisis.
My report for @apnews.com
apnews.com/article/sier...
Despite efforts, treatment remains limited. Women have been less visible in the crisis.
My report for @apnews.com
apnews.com/article/sier...
Sierra Leone declared an emergency over a powerful synthetic drug but women were left behind
A year ago, Sierra Leone's government declared a public health emergency over the cheap synthetic drug called kush.
apnews.com
April 8, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Last year, Sierra Leone triggered a public health emergency over Kush - an addictive synthetic drug that has quickly spread across West Africa.
Despite efforts, treatment remains limited. Women have been less visible in the crisis.
My report for @apnews.com
apnews.com/article/sier...
Despite efforts, treatment remains limited. Women have been less visible in the crisis.
My report for @apnews.com
apnews.com/article/sier...
Sierra Leone could become the second country in West Africa to decriminalize abortion - a move health workers say could save the lives of women and girls.
But the proposed Safe Motherhood Bill has been met with fierce opposition.
My report for @apnews.com
apnews.com/article/sier...
But the proposed Safe Motherhood Bill has been met with fierce opposition.
My report for @apnews.com
apnews.com/article/sier...
Sierra Leone debates decriminalizing abortion as women and girls endanger their lives
Sierra Leone could become the second country in West Africa to decriminalize abortion. Health workers say it would significantly improve the safety of pregnant women and decrease the number of prevent...
apnews.com
March 25, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Sierra Leone could become the second country in West Africa to decriminalize abortion - a move health workers say could save the lives of women and girls.
But the proposed Safe Motherhood Bill has been met with fierce opposition.
My report for @apnews.com
apnews.com/article/sier...
But the proposed Safe Motherhood Bill has been met with fierce opposition.
My report for @apnews.com
apnews.com/article/sier...
Over the past four years, an unbroken chain of coups has swept across 4,000 miles of Sub-Saharan Africa.
With extremism rising & new regimes driving repression, @rchason.bsky.social daring project is essential reading for understanding the crisis unfolding in the volatile Sahel.
With extremism rising & new regimes driving repression, @rchason.bsky.social daring project is essential reading for understanding the crisis unfolding in the volatile Sahel.
Massive change is underway in the Sahel, where extremism is soaring; democracy declining & Russia rising.
Over the past year, I've spoken to those shaping this history, including a jihadist; coup leader; mercenary & more.
Our @washingtonpost.com series: wapo.st/4gSNEnM
Over the past year, I've spoken to those shaping this history, including a jihadist; coup leader; mercenary & more.
Our @washingtonpost.com series: wapo.st/4gSNEnM
Crossroads of conflict
Russia is expanding its influence in Africa as democracy wanes, with military strongmen carrying out coups and the United States seeing its influence decline.
wapo.st
February 20, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Over the past four years, an unbroken chain of coups has swept across 4,000 miles of Sub-Saharan Africa.
With extremism rising & new regimes driving repression, @rchason.bsky.social daring project is essential reading for understanding the crisis unfolding in the volatile Sahel.
With extremism rising & new regimes driving repression, @rchason.bsky.social daring project is essential reading for understanding the crisis unfolding in the volatile Sahel.
In Togo, Irish citizen Abdoul Aziz Goma has been sentenced to 10 years in prison over alleged ties to 2018 protests.
Campaigners, NGOs and @marylawlorhrds.bsky.social say he's been wrongfully detained & tortured, now left unable to walk.
Reporting for @news.rte.ie ⬇️
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
Campaigners, NGOs and @marylawlorhrds.bsky.social say he's been wrongfully detained & tortured, now left unable to walk.
Reporting for @news.rte.ie ⬇️
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
TOGO - UK - NIGERIA
In Togo, 14 people, including an Irish citizen, accused of taking part in demonstrations against the Togolese regime are sentenced to ten years in prison. In the UK a plan to phase out diesel/ petrol ...
www.rte.ie
February 18, 2025 at 12:14 PM
In Togo, Irish citizen Abdoul Aziz Goma has been sentenced to 10 years in prison over alleged ties to 2018 protests.
Campaigners, NGOs and @marylawlorhrds.bsky.social say he's been wrongfully detained & tortured, now left unable to walk.
Reporting for @news.rte.ie ⬇️
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
Campaigners, NGOs and @marylawlorhrds.bsky.social say he's been wrongfully detained & tortured, now left unable to walk.
Reporting for @news.rte.ie ⬇️
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
Despite the failure of international plans to cut plastics pollution, the Gambia is redoubling its efforts.
A new bold roadmap hopes to eliminate plastic over the next decade. As experts believe the world will soon be “unable to cope” with the volume of plastic waste.
My latest @theguardian.com ⬇️
A new bold roadmap hopes to eliminate plastic over the next decade. As experts believe the world will soon be “unable to cope” with the volume of plastic waste.
My latest @theguardian.com ⬇️
‘It is ambitious, but ambition builds the world’: can the Gambia’s bold plan to cut plastic pollution work?
‘It is ambitious, but ambition builds the world’: can the Gambia’s bold plan to cut plastic pollution work?
Tourists flock to the country’s dazzling beaches, but its vast, smoking waste sites tell a different story – one that the government is keen to change
Travelling through the Gambia, it is hard to avoid the makeshift dumpsites burning along the…
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2024 at 9:08 PM
Despite the failure of international plans to cut plastics pollution, the Gambia is redoubling its efforts.
A new bold roadmap hopes to eliminate plastic over the next decade. As experts believe the world will soon be “unable to cope” with the volume of plastic waste.
My latest @theguardian.com ⬇️
A new bold roadmap hopes to eliminate plastic over the next decade. As experts believe the world will soon be “unable to cope” with the volume of plastic waste.
My latest @theguardian.com ⬇️
“The Russian and Burkinabe people need each other.”
Shifting dynamics in the Sahel are not just military.
The African Initiative is one group helping to boost the Kremlin's image. As Russia increases effort to garner soft power in the region.
Fascinating report from @rchason.bsky.social ⬇️
Shifting dynamics in the Sahel are not just military.
The African Initiative is one group helping to boost the Kremlin's image. As Russia increases effort to garner soft power in the region.
Fascinating report from @rchason.bsky.social ⬇️
The African Initiative is part of an opaque network of groups that Western officials and analysts say the Kremlin uses to boost Russia’s image — and tarnish that of Western countries — as it seeks to restore its influence in Africa.
Inside the effort to market Russia and Putin to Africans
The Africa Initiative is part of an opaque network of groups that Western officials and analysts say the Kremlin uses to spread Russian influence in Africa.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 1, 2024 at 9:40 PM
“The Russian and Burkinabe people need each other.”
Shifting dynamics in the Sahel are not just military.
The African Initiative is one group helping to boost the Kremlin's image. As Russia increases effort to garner soft power in the region.
Fascinating report from @rchason.bsky.social ⬇️
Shifting dynamics in the Sahel are not just military.
The African Initiative is one group helping to boost the Kremlin's image. As Russia increases effort to garner soft power in the region.
Fascinating report from @rchason.bsky.social ⬇️
Today marks 80 years since the Thiaroye Massacre in Senegal.
On 1 December 1944, West African infantry who fought for France during World War Two, were killed by French troops for demanding fair treatment and payment on their return to the region.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7cV...
On 1 December 1944, West African infantry who fought for France during World War Two, were killed by French troops for demanding fair treatment and payment on their return to the region.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7cV...
Senegal commemorates the 80th anniversary of the Thiaroye massacre • FRANCE 24 English
YouTube video by FRANCE 24 English
www.youtube.com
December 1, 2024 at 8:58 PM
Today marks 80 years since the Thiaroye Massacre in Senegal.
On 1 December 1944, West African infantry who fought for France during World War Two, were killed by French troops for demanding fair treatment and payment on their return to the region.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7cV...
On 1 December 1944, West African infantry who fought for France during World War Two, were killed by French troops for demanding fair treatment and payment on their return to the region.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7cV...
Hundreds gathered in Senegal to commemorate the Thiaroye Massacre.
Powerful speeches demanded transparency & recognition for the fallen troops.
President Faye said events will be added to the curriculum & an int. committee established “to remember against forgetting.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wJz...
Powerful speeches demanded transparency & recognition for the fallen troops.
President Faye said events will be added to the curriculum & an int. committee established “to remember against forgetting.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wJz...
Senegal: History lessons on the Thiaroye massacre to be added to the school curriculum • FRANCE 24
YouTube video by FRANCE 24 English
www.youtube.com
December 1, 2024 at 8:55 PM
Hundreds gathered in Senegal to commemorate the Thiaroye Massacre.
Powerful speeches demanded transparency & recognition for the fallen troops.
President Faye said events will be added to the curriculum & an int. committee established “to remember against forgetting.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wJz...
Powerful speeches demanded transparency & recognition for the fallen troops.
President Faye said events will be added to the curriculum & an int. committee established “to remember against forgetting.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wJz...
Reposted by Caitlin Kelly
While Israel and Hezbollah were finalizing a cease-fire to halt the fighting in Lebanon, Israeli strikes killed 33 people in Gaza, according to local health authorities.
Israeli Forces Keep Striking in Gaza Alongside Cease-Fire in Lebanon
While Israel and Hezbollah were finalizing a cease-fire to halt the fighting in Lebanon, Israeli strikes killed 33 people in Gaza, according to local health authorities.
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2024 at 9:46 PM
While Israel and Hezbollah were finalizing a cease-fire to halt the fighting in Lebanon, Israeli strikes killed 33 people in Gaza, according to local health authorities.
Reposted by Caitlin Kelly
The ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hezbollah is a major diplomatic breakthrough that follows 13 months of escalating conflict, upheaval and displacement in Lebanon.
A visual guide to Israel and Hezbollah’s ceasefire deal | CNN
Four maps and charts explain the ceasefire deal between Hezbollah and Israel and the impact the conflict has had in Lebanon
www.cnn.com
November 27, 2024 at 7:01 PM
The ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hezbollah is a major diplomatic breakthrough that follows 13 months of escalating conflict, upheaval and displacement in Lebanon.
One of the most moving stories out of Ukraine this year.
Sonya is one of many children whose life-saving treatment was put on hold because of the war, with consequences that proved fatal.
Check out @lynseyaddario.bsky.social's visual story @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2024/10/04/w...
Sonya is one of many children whose life-saving treatment was put on hold because of the war, with consequences that proved fatal.
Check out @lynseyaddario.bsky.social's visual story @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2024/10/04/w...
Sonya's brain tumour treatment was delayed due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Her cancer spread & she passed away in August - aged 6.
TIME selected this photo as one of 2024’s top 100 photos.
A fitting honour for such a brave little girl.
Read more @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2024/10/04/w...
TIME selected this photo as one of 2024’s top 100 photos.
A fitting honour for such a brave little girl.
Read more @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2024/10/04/w...
November 27, 2024 at 7:12 PM
One of the most moving stories out of Ukraine this year.
Sonya is one of many children whose life-saving treatment was put on hold because of the war, with consequences that proved fatal.
Check out @lynseyaddario.bsky.social's visual story @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2024/10/04/w...
Sonya is one of many children whose life-saving treatment was put on hold because of the war, with consequences that proved fatal.
Check out @lynseyaddario.bsky.social's visual story @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2024/10/04/w...
Joining Bluesky in the hope it looks a bit like twitter used to 👋
That perfect combination of daily news, interesting analysis, live commentary on global events plus a few hilarious anecdotes.
And a meme or two for good measure.
Am I asking too much?
That perfect combination of daily news, interesting analysis, live commentary on global events plus a few hilarious anecdotes.
And a meme or two for good measure.
Am I asking too much?
November 27, 2024 at 5:38 PM
Joining Bluesky in the hope it looks a bit like twitter used to 👋
That perfect combination of daily news, interesting analysis, live commentary on global events plus a few hilarious anecdotes.
And a meme or two for good measure.
Am I asking too much?
That perfect combination of daily news, interesting analysis, live commentary on global events plus a few hilarious anecdotes.
And a meme or two for good measure.
Am I asking too much?