Geno Teofilo
@genoteofilo.bsky.social
Media Specialist, former Oxfam, Red Cross & others. Seen on CNBC, Al Jazeera, BBC News and more. Coffee please!
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Geno Teofilo
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· May 5
NPR and PBS push back against Trump’s order to cut funding: ‘This could be devastating’
PBS’s Paula Kerger and NPR’s Katherine Maher say they’re looking at legal options to defend against White House
www.theguardian.com
The @npr.org journalists I dealt with in #Africa did excellent work. (1 was unjustly jailed !) Would be a terrible shame if they cripple this quality news source.
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Dr. Jamal Eltaeb of Sudan has been awarded the Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity. He says, "Every day we work in the impossible conditions with barely enough to keep people alive." n.pr/4oYRKiA
Doctor in Sudan wins $1 million prize for his extraordinary courage: 'It is my duty'
Dr. Jamal Eltaeb of Sudan has been awarded the Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity. He says, "Every day we work in the impossible conditions with barely enough to keep people alive."
n.pr
November 8, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Dr. Jamal Eltaeb of Sudan has been awarded the Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity. He says, "Every day we work in the impossible conditions with barely enough to keep people alive." n.pr/4oYRKiA
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After the ceasefire, UN and partners are scaling up aid across #Gaza.
The positive impact is already felt in all areas.
But to leave no one behind, the ceasefire needs to last and restrictions have to to be lifted.
Here's the latest on the response: https://bit.ly/48ZspR5
The positive impact is already felt in all areas.
But to leave no one behind, the ceasefire needs to last and restrictions have to to be lifted.
Here's the latest on the response: https://bit.ly/48ZspR5
November 3, 2025 at 8:03 PM
After the ceasefire, UN and partners are scaling up aid across #Gaza.
The positive impact is already felt in all areas.
But to leave no one behind, the ceasefire needs to last and restrictions have to to be lifted.
Here's the latest on the response: https://bit.ly/48ZspR5
The positive impact is already felt in all areas.
But to leave no one behind, the ceasefire needs to last and restrictions have to to be lifted.
Here's the latest on the response: https://bit.ly/48ZspR5
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A tragedy is unfolding in Sudan.
Millions are displaced, hungry, and at risk. The impact reaches across borders, with refugees fleeing to Chad and South Sudan.
Oxfam stands in solidarity with those affected and urges the world not to look away.
Full statement here: bit.ly/4qKNR2E
Millions are displaced, hungry, and at risk. The impact reaches across borders, with refugees fleeing to Chad and South Sudan.
Oxfam stands in solidarity with those affected and urges the world not to look away.
Full statement here: bit.ly/4qKNR2E
November 3, 2025 at 2:02 PM
A tragedy is unfolding in Sudan.
Millions are displaced, hungry, and at risk. The impact reaches across borders, with refugees fleeing to Chad and South Sudan.
Oxfam stands in solidarity with those affected and urges the world not to look away.
Full statement here: bit.ly/4qKNR2E
Millions are displaced, hungry, and at risk. The impact reaches across borders, with refugees fleeing to Chad and South Sudan.
Oxfam stands in solidarity with those affected and urges the world not to look away.
Full statement here: bit.ly/4qKNR2E
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Hurricane Melissa has devastated communities across the Caribbean, including Jamaica, Cuba, Haiti, the Dominican Republic and beyond bringing flooding, storm surge and winds.
We've distributed relief items to families in the Dominican Republic and stand ready to assist further.
We've distributed relief items to families in the Dominican Republic and stand ready to assist further.
October 30, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Hurricane Melissa has devastated communities across the Caribbean, including Jamaica, Cuba, Haiti, the Dominican Republic and beyond bringing flooding, storm surge and winds.
We've distributed relief items to families in the Dominican Republic and stand ready to assist further.
We've distributed relief items to families in the Dominican Republic and stand ready to assist further.
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An interesting statistical analysis of which countries talked about which of three major world crises (Israel/Gaza; Ukraine; #Sudan) at the UN this year. 🇨🇦's silence on #Sudan is disappointing. www.crisisgroup.org/global/how-s...
How the Spotlight on Peace and Security Issues Shifted at the 2025 UN General Assembly | International Crisis Group
The speeches at the UN General Assembly this year focused their foreign policy attention on Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan and UN reform. Crisis Group experts analyse the issues world leaders picked out and wha...
www.crisisgroup.org
October 23, 2025 at 5:16 PM
An interesting statistical analysis of which countries talked about which of three major world crises (Israel/Gaza; Ukraine; #Sudan) at the UN this year. 🇨🇦's silence on #Sudan is disappointing. www.crisisgroup.org/global/how-s...
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United Nations humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher calls for immediate 'unhindered access' for aid deliveries.
UN calls for Israel to open more Gaza crossings for surge in aid deliveries
United Nations humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher calls for immediate 'unhindered access' for aid deliveries.
bit.ly
October 15, 2025 at 8:30 PM
United Nations humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher calls for immediate 'unhindered access' for aid deliveries.
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"Operation Move Earth": a two-year secret operation carried out by Bashar Al-Assad's regime in #Syria
From 2019 - 2021, thousands of bodies were excavated from a mass grave in Qutayfah & "trucked" more than an hour away, to "hide evidence of mass killings".
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
From 2019 - 2021, thousands of bodies were excavated from a mass grave in Qutayfah & "trucked" more than an hour away, to "hide evidence of mass killings".
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Exclusive: Assad government secretly moved mass grave to cover up killings, Reuters investigation finds
From 2019 to 2021, Syria’s authoritarian government carried out a secret operation to move tens of thousands of bodies from the exposed Qutayfah mass grave to a hidden site in the desert east of Damascus. The goal of the clandestine reburial was to hide evidence of atrocities as Bashar Assad tried to regain international standing
www.reuters.com
October 15, 2025 at 2:03 PM
"Operation Move Earth": a two-year secret operation carried out by Bashar Al-Assad's regime in #Syria
From 2019 - 2021, thousands of bodies were excavated from a mass grave in Qutayfah & "trucked" more than an hour away, to "hide evidence of mass killings".
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
From 2019 - 2021, thousands of bodies were excavated from a mass grave in Qutayfah & "trucked" more than an hour away, to "hide evidence of mass killings".
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
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Eswatini activists filed an urgent application in the Courts of Eswatini to declare the deportation agreement between Eswatini and the United States unconstitutional.
www.southernafricalitigationcentre.org/not-in-our-n...
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“Not in our name!” says Eswatini activists opposing shadow US deportation planes - Southern Africa Litigation Centre
Mbabane, Eswatini: 14 August 2025: The Eswatini Litigation Centre (ELC), alongside Mzwandile Banele Masuku, the Swaziland Rural Women’s Assembly (SRWA), and ...
www.southernafricalitigationcentre.org
August 14, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Eswatini activists filed an urgent application in the Courts of Eswatini to declare the deportation agreement between Eswatini and the United States unconstitutional.
www.southernafricalitigationcentre.org/not-in-our-n...
@cnn.com @news24southafrica.bsky.social
www.southernafricalitigationcentre.org/not-in-our-n...
@cnn.com @news24southafrica.bsky.social
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CDC has been a global leader in public health & played a key role in smallpox eradication. Health depts in red states & blue states rely on CDC expertise & support. The CDC EIS program trains the next generation of public health leaders & disease detectives.
They are burning it to the ground.
They are burning it to the ground.
October 11, 2025 at 2:38 PM
CDC has been a global leader in public health & played a key role in smallpox eradication. Health depts in red states & blue states rely on CDC expertise & support. The CDC EIS program trains the next generation of public health leaders & disease detectives.
They are burning it to the ground.
They are burning it to the ground.
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International aid groups were gearing up on Friday to funnel as much aid as possible into Gaza, but their staff on the ground said they did not yet have a clear picture of what would be allowed in under the Israel-Hamas cease-fire deal.
Aid Groups Prepare to Provide Quick Relief to Gaza Under Cease-Fire
The new Israel-Hamas deal contains provisions to increase aid to Gaza, and for the reopening of a border crossing from Egypt.
nyti.ms
October 10, 2025 at 2:10 PM
International aid groups were gearing up on Friday to funnel as much aid as possible into Gaza, but their staff on the ground said they did not yet have a clear picture of what would be allowed in under the Israel-Hamas cease-fire deal.
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Israeli attacks kill Oxfam partner colleague, destroy clinics in Gaza.
Israel’s destruction of 3 Oxfam partner premises this week underscores the threat to Gaza’s humanitarian workers and facilities, including services to protect pregnant women. oxf.am/gaza-partner...
Israel’s destruction of 3 Oxfam partner premises this week underscores the threat to Gaza’s humanitarian workers and facilities, including services to protect pregnant women. oxf.am/gaza-partner...
September 26, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Israeli attacks kill Oxfam partner colleague, destroy clinics in Gaza.
Israel’s destruction of 3 Oxfam partner premises this week underscores the threat to Gaza’s humanitarian workers and facilities, including services to protect pregnant women. oxf.am/gaza-partner...
Israel’s destruction of 3 Oxfam partner premises this week underscores the threat to Gaza’s humanitarian workers and facilities, including services to protect pregnant women. oxf.am/gaza-partner...
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Children around the world have died because Trump and Musk needlessly destroyed USAID. These are some of their stories.
apnews.com/article/myan...
apnews.com/article/myan...
October 8, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Children around the world have died because Trump and Musk needlessly destroyed USAID. These are some of their stories.
apnews.com/article/myan...
apnews.com/article/myan...
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Horrific reporting from the AP on the Myanmar families watching their kids starve to death from Trump and Musk’s aid cuts apnews.com/article/myan...
Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.
apnews.com
October 8, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Horrific reporting from the AP on the Myanmar families watching their kids starve to death from Trump and Musk’s aid cuts apnews.com/article/myan...
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Israeli strikes on Gaza City and other parts of the Gaza Strip continue. We call on Israel to ensure full protection of the lives of all civilians.
For the sake of all children in Gaza, this war must end now.
Statement from UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell: https://unicef.link/3KG01sT
For the sake of all children in Gaza, this war must end now.
Statement from UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell: https://unicef.link/3KG01sT
October 8, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Israeli strikes on Gaza City and other parts of the Gaza Strip continue. We call on Israel to ensure full protection of the lives of all civilians.
For the sake of all children in Gaza, this war must end now.
Statement from UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell: https://unicef.link/3KG01sT
For the sake of all children in Gaza, this war must end now.
Statement from UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell: https://unicef.link/3KG01sT
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Child marriage puts girls at risk of violence, limits their independence and their ability to make choices about their lives. We're standing with girls as they call on decision-makers to take immediate action to #EndChildMarriage
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October 7, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Child marriage puts girls at risk of violence, limits their independence and their ability to make choices about their lives. We're standing with girls as they call on decision-makers to take immediate action to #EndChildMarriage
plan-international.org/publications...
plan-international.org/publications...
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When a judge told Claudio David Balcane González “Welcome to the United States,” he sobbed. He had finally been granted asylum.
Then ICE detained him for 63 more days @marialuisapaul.bsky.social reports
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Then ICE detained him for 63 more days @marialuisapaul.bsky.social reports
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
A Venezuelan singer won asylum. ICE detained him for two more months.
The singer known online as Davicito59 won his asylum case in July. Still, ICE kept him in custody for two more months — a holdup several experts called unlawful.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 6, 2025 at 8:42 PM
When a judge told Claudio David Balcane González “Welcome to the United States,” he sobbed. He had finally been granted asylum.
Then ICE detained him for 63 more days @marialuisapaul.bsky.social reports
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Then ICE detained him for 63 more days @marialuisapaul.bsky.social reports
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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‘We called ourselves the lifeboat crew’: how fired USAID workers launched a rescue project ‘to save as many babies as we can’.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
‘We called ourselves the lifeboat crew’: how fired USAID workers launched a rescue project ‘to save as many babies as we can’
After the Trump administration closed the organisation down, a group of former staff secured new funding for almost 80 programmes, benefiting an estimated 40 million people
www.theguardian.com
October 3, 2025 at 2:29 PM
‘We called ourselves the lifeboat crew’: how fired USAID workers launched a rescue project ‘to save as many babies as we can’.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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Pope Leo XIV denounced people who deny climate change today, arguing that they are contributing to the destruction of God's creation.
Pope Leo rebukes climate skeptics after Trump calls warming a ‘con job’
The Illinois native’s comments come a week after the U.S. president derided the fight against climate change.
www.politico.eu
October 1, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Pope Leo XIV denounced people who deny climate change today, arguing that they are contributing to the destruction of God's creation.
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One of the loveliest people has left us. Jane Goodall not only taught us so much about the social world of chimpanzees, she also taught us a lot about ourselves. The importance of kindness, and that of mutual respect. Thank you Jane for all you so selflessly gave to this world. We need more Janes.
Jane Goodall, Eminent Primatologist Who Chronicled the Lives of Chimps, Dies at 91
www.nytimes.com
October 1, 2025 at 8:28 PM
One of the loveliest people has left us. Jane Goodall not only taught us so much about the social world of chimpanzees, she also taught us a lot about ourselves. The importance of kindness, and that of mutual respect. Thank you Jane for all you so selflessly gave to this world. We need more Janes.
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"Tesla earns about $3,150 in profit per car, each containing roughly 3kg of cobalt. The Congolese government receives less than $10 in royalties for that cobalt, while a miner may see about $7, Oxfam said."
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Who benefits from the world's critical mineral riches? | Context by TRF
New report shows resource-rich nations earn little as minerals flow from Global South mines to factories in China and markets in the West
www.context.news
September 30, 2025 at 1:41 PM
"Tesla earns about $3,150 in profit per car, each containing roughly 3kg of cobalt. The Congolese government receives less than $10 in royalties for that cobalt, while a miner may see about $7, Oxfam said."
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Today in @contextnewsroom.bsky.social 👇
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“We have been left with no choice but to stop our activities, as our clinics are encircled by Israeli forces... This is the last thing we wanted.”
We have been forced to suspend our activities and leave Gaza City.
We have been forced to suspend our activities and leave Gaza City.
MSF forced to suspend activities amid Israeli offensive in Gaza City | MSF
The intense Israeli forces' offensive in Gaza City, Palestine, is putting our staff and patients at an unacceptable level of risk to continue our lifesaving activities.
www.msf.org
September 26, 2025 at 5:05 PM
“We have been left with no choice but to stop our activities, as our clinics are encircled by Israeli forces... This is the last thing we wanted.”
We have been forced to suspend our activities and leave Gaza City.
We have been forced to suspend our activities and leave Gaza City.
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At UN, Ghana's leader warns against normalising anti-migrant 'hatred':
"We cannot normalise cruelty. We cannot normalsze hatred. We cannot normalise xenophobia and racism," he said.
rfi.my/C2iU.BS
"We cannot normalise cruelty. We cannot normalsze hatred. We cannot normalise xenophobia and racism," he said.
rfi.my/C2iU.BS
At UN, Ghana's leader warns against normalizing anti-migrant 'hatred'
rfi.my
September 25, 2025 at 5:45 PM
At UN, Ghana's leader warns against normalising anti-migrant 'hatred':
"We cannot normalise cruelty. We cannot normalsze hatred. We cannot normalise xenophobia and racism," he said.
rfi.my/C2iU.BS
"We cannot normalise cruelty. We cannot normalsze hatred. We cannot normalise xenophobia and racism," he said.
rfi.my/C2iU.BS
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Postings are cratering on aid job board ReliefWeb:
⬇️ Q1 2025 has the least new postings since 2014.
📉 In Feb, there were only 29 US-based vacancies.
🌐 Among major locations, only Syria has more jobs in Q1 2025 YOY.
Data: @unocha.org’s ReliefWeb
Me: posting in a personal capacity
⬇️ Q1 2025 has the least new postings since 2014.
📉 In Feb, there were only 29 US-based vacancies.
🌐 Among major locations, only Syria has more jobs in Q1 2025 YOY.
Data: @unocha.org’s ReliefWeb
Me: posting in a personal capacity
April 20, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Postings are cratering on aid job board ReliefWeb:
⬇️ Q1 2025 has the least new postings since 2014.
📉 In Feb, there were only 29 US-based vacancies.
🌐 Among major locations, only Syria has more jobs in Q1 2025 YOY.
Data: @unocha.org’s ReliefWeb
Me: posting in a personal capacity
⬇️ Q1 2025 has the least new postings since 2014.
📉 In Feb, there were only 29 US-based vacancies.
🌐 Among major locations, only Syria has more jobs in Q1 2025 YOY.
Data: @unocha.org’s ReliefWeb
Me: posting in a personal capacity
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According to a State Department memo, the shutdown of the U.S. Agency for International Development will cost taxpayers an extra $6.4 billion.
That amount could save more than one million children's lives, and this administration is instead stealing our money to eliminate programs that save lives.
That amount could save more than one million children's lives, and this administration is instead stealing our money to eliminate programs that save lives.
Opinion | Trump’s Most Lethal Policy
www.nytimes.com
September 21, 2025 at 5:59 PM
According to a State Department memo, the shutdown of the U.S. Agency for International Development will cost taxpayers an extra $6.4 billion.
That amount could save more than one million children's lives, and this administration is instead stealing our money to eliminate programs that save lives.
That amount could save more than one million children's lives, and this administration is instead stealing our money to eliminate programs that save lives.