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Melissa Chemam
@melissaontheroad.bsky.social
*Journalist, writer & podcaster - en/fr
> Africa, SWA, Global South + UK/FR diaspora + arts
@ RFI English (ex-BBC, DW, New Arab, F24...)
*Book on Bristol music & activism
https://sites.google.com/view/melissachemam
https://linktr.ee/melissaontheroad
'Climate whiplash': East Africa caught between floods and drought rfi.my/CFE1.BS
'Climate whiplash': East Africa caught between floods and drought
At dawn in the town of Mai Mahiu, Kenya, all is quiet. No goat bells ring, no voices call across farm fields, there is no rustle of maize leaves in the morning wind. Instead, the air smells of churned...
rfi.my
December 9, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Les dessous du management toxique chez LVMH :
des ex-cadres témoignent

www.youtube.com/watch?v=06rR...
Les dessous du management chez LVMH : des ex-cadres témoignent
YouTube video by france tv
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December 9, 2025 at 9:40 PM
"The Problem with Plastic": How Pollution Is Worsening Climate Crisis & Hurting Our Health

youtu.be/-n63NmtK-zo?...
"The Problem with Plastic": How Pollution Is Worsening Climate Crisis & Hurting Our Health
YouTube video by Democracy Now!
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December 9, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I loved the Nigerian Modernism exhibition at Tate Modern.

Visual insight (more words soon):
December 9, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Congolese artist Sammy Baloji’s documentary 'The Tree of Authenticity' fuses images and sounds, and features a talking tree as its narrator, to highlight the connection between Democratic Republic of Congo’s colonial past and the present-day climate crisis.

Interview:

rfi.my/CFPx.BS
DRC artist's film sheds light on link between colonialism and climate change
Congolese artist Sammy Baloji’s first documentary The Tree of Authenticity fuses images and sounds, and features a talking tree as its narrator, to highlight the connection between Democratic Republic...
rfi.my
December 9, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Reposted by Melissa Chemam
Dans son nouveau livre “Enfin seule”, la journaliste Lauren Bastide raconte comment cette pression sociale reste profondément ancrée. Pourquoi la liberté d’être seule reste-t-elle si difficile à accepter, et comment les femmes peuvent-elles s’en saisir ?

Par @salomesaque.bsky.social
CHANGER DE REGARD SUR LA SOLITUDE DES FEMMES
YouTube video by BLAST, Le souffle de l'info
youtu.be
December 9, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Reposted by Melissa Chemam
Reposted by Melissa Chemam
ICC sentences Sudan militia chief to 20 years for crimes against humanity
ICC sentences Sudan militia chief to 20 years for crimes against humanity
The International Criminal Court Tuesday handed down a sentence of 20 years to a Sudanese militia leader for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the country's civil war two decades ago.
rfi.my
December 9, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Reposted by Melissa Chemam
Official urges mediators to stop Israeli attacks, numbering 738 since ceasefire began, Gaza authorities say.
Hamas says no Gaza truce phase two while Israel ‘continues violations’
Official urges mediators to stop Israeli attacks, numbering 738 since ceasefire began, Gaza authorities say.
bit.ly
December 9, 2025 at 5:30 PM
podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/s...

A new episode of our Spotlight on Africa podcast is coming out tomorrow…

You can listen to all the previous episodes here:
Spotlight on Africa
Society & Culture Podcast · Twice monthly · An in-depth look at an important story affecting the African continent today.
podcasts.apple.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:52 PM
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

In an interview with Politico, released on Tuesday, the US president struggled to name any other Ukrainian cities except for Kyiv, misrepresented elements of the trajectory of the conflict, and recycled far-right tropes about European immigration
Trump lambasts ‘weak’ and ‘decaying’ Europe and hints at walking away from Ukraine
US president recycles far-right tropes on European immigration and presses Zelenskyy to accept his peace plan
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:49 PM
www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...

This episode is ignoring that Trump’s foreign policy has been pro Russian from Day One…
Trump turns on Europe: will he pull support for Ukraine?
Donald Trump has loomed large over Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s meeting with European leaders in London. Lucy Hough speaks to our Europe correspondent Jon Henley
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:09 AM
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Still amazed by comments on Trump and the current US government.

They are far right white supremacist.

Why try to normalise or pretend otherwise?

They are not allies of democracy worldwide…
Trump appears not to know the difference between making a deal and making peace
US president’s efforts under harsh spotlight as Rwanda-DRC deal and Thailand-Cambodia mediations waver
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:06 AM
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Extreme rainfall is more common & intense because of human-caused climate breakdown across most of the world, particularly in Europe, most of Asia, central/ eastern North America, and parts of South America, Africa, Australia. Warmer air holds more water vapour.
Storm Bram batters Britain and Ireland with strong winds and heavy rain
Flood alerts issued across Britain, with every county in Ireland facing orange weather warnings
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Martin Parr is no more …
Huge legacy for British photography
December 7, 2025 at 4:47 PM
December 7, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Reposted by Melissa Chemam
Soldiers on Benin's national television claim to have seized power reut.rs/3MkIHut
Soldiers on Benin's national television claim to have seized power
A group of soldiers on Benin's national television claim to have seized power in the West African nation on Sunday.
reut.rs
December 7, 2025 at 9:00 AM