Will Swanson
@willswanson.bsky.social
Documentary photographer, Emmy award winning journalist, Pulitzer grantee, GroundTruth fellow… mostly east & Horn of Africa
Keep eyes on Sudan & Darfur.
A ‘devastating tragedy’ as the @UN says 260 000 civilians – including 130 000 children – remain trapped in El Fashir’s main IDP camp.
Children face starvation, sexual violence, forced recruitment news.un.org/en/story/202...
A ‘devastating tragedy’ as the @UN says 260 000 civilians – including 130 000 children – remain trapped in El Fashir’s main IDP camp.
Children face starvation, sexual violence, forced recruitment news.un.org/en/story/202...
August 30, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Keep eyes on Sudan & Darfur.
A ‘devastating tragedy’ as the @UN says 260 000 civilians – including 130 000 children – remain trapped in El Fashir’s main IDP camp.
Children face starvation, sexual violence, forced recruitment news.un.org/en/story/202...
A ‘devastating tragedy’ as the @UN says 260 000 civilians – including 130 000 children – remain trapped in El Fashir’s main IDP camp.
Children face starvation, sexual violence, forced recruitment news.un.org/en/story/202...
A tragic milestone - famine confirmed in Gaza.
'After 22 months of relentless conflict, over half a million people in the Gaza Strip are facing catastrophic conditions characterised by starvation, destitution and death.' www.ipcinfo.org/ipcinfo-webs...
'After 22 months of relentless conflict, over half a million people in the Gaza Strip are facing catastrophic conditions characterised by starvation, destitution and death.' www.ipcinfo.org/ipcinfo-webs...
August 22, 2025 at 12:31 PM
A tragic milestone - famine confirmed in Gaza.
'After 22 months of relentless conflict, over half a million people in the Gaza Strip are facing catastrophic conditions characterised by starvation, destitution and death.' www.ipcinfo.org/ipcinfo-webs...
'After 22 months of relentless conflict, over half a million people in the Gaza Strip are facing catastrophic conditions characterised by starvation, destitution and death.' www.ipcinfo.org/ipcinfo-webs...
MSF says Ethiopian military executed its three staff during the Tigray crisis www.bbc.com/news/article...
July 15, 2025 at 1:30 PM
MSF says Ethiopian military executed its three staff during the Tigray crisis www.bbc.com/news/article...
A good time to share some previously unpublished portraits I took of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o in celebration of his incredible contribution to Kenyan political discourse and the wider literary world.
The renowned author passed away this morning, says his family 🕊️
The renowned author passed away this morning, says his family 🕊️
May 28, 2025 at 7:08 PM
A good time to share some previously unpublished portraits I took of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o in celebration of his incredible contribution to Kenyan political discourse and the wider literary world.
The renowned author passed away this morning, says his family 🕊️
The renowned author passed away this morning, says his family 🕊️
The US funded aid groups erasing 'climate change' from their websites:
- Mercy Corps
- Relief International
- World Food Program
- Care
www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2025/04...
- Mercy Corps
- Relief International
- World Food Program
- Care
www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2025/04...
April 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The US funded aid groups erasing 'climate change' from their websites:
- Mercy Corps
- Relief International
- World Food Program
- Care
www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2025/04...
- Mercy Corps
- Relief International
- World Food Program
- Care
www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2025/04...
Happy Easter to all who are celebrating 🌞
📍 Maban, South Sudan
📍 Maban, South Sudan
April 21, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Happy Easter to all who are celebrating 🌞
📍 Maban, South Sudan
📍 Maban, South Sudan
Handy map showing the state of things in Sudan after two years of brutal civil war.
But it doesn't show the scale of human suffering - over 30 million people lack food, clean water, medicine, safety and peace.
But it doesn't show the scale of human suffering - over 30 million people lack food, clean water, medicine, safety and peace.
April 15, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Handy map showing the state of things in Sudan after two years of brutal civil war.
But it doesn't show the scale of human suffering - over 30 million people lack food, clean water, medicine, safety and peace.
But it doesn't show the scale of human suffering - over 30 million people lack food, clean water, medicine, safety and peace.
The 'Cattedrale di Mogadiscio' in downtown Mogadishu.
The crumbling grand cathedral now watches over displaced families who have taken shelter there while it awaits repair.
📍 Somalia
The crumbling grand cathedral now watches over displaced families who have taken shelter there while it awaits repair.
📍 Somalia
April 14, 2025 at 11:42 AM
The 'Cattedrale di Mogadiscio' in downtown Mogadishu.
The crumbling grand cathedral now watches over displaced families who have taken shelter there while it awaits repair.
📍 Somalia
The crumbling grand cathedral now watches over displaced families who have taken shelter there while it awaits repair.
📍 Somalia
Difficult situation on the Sobat river & Nasir in South Sudan 🇸🇸 as up to 80,000 people displaced by fighting.
Sharing this as not much is coming out of the conflict related humanitarian crisis in Upper Nile: repository.impact-initiatives.org/document/imp...
Sharing this as not much is coming out of the conflict related humanitarian crisis in Upper Nile: repository.impact-initiatives.org/document/imp...
April 4, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Difficult situation on the Sobat river & Nasir in South Sudan 🇸🇸 as up to 80,000 people displaced by fighting.
Sharing this as not much is coming out of the conflict related humanitarian crisis in Upper Nile: repository.impact-initiatives.org/document/imp...
Sharing this as not much is coming out of the conflict related humanitarian crisis in Upper Nile: repository.impact-initiatives.org/document/imp...
Trouble in paradise (again) 🇸🇸
March 22, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Trouble in paradise (again) 🇸🇸
This is my swamp goblin, very happy that the rainy season has arrived in Nairobi.
March 11, 2025 at 10:04 PM
This is my swamp goblin, very happy that the rainy season has arrived in Nairobi.
boy and his cows at the Mbirikani Group Ranch which lays between two famous landmarks of Mt Kilimanjaro and the Chyulu Hills in Kenya
March 6, 2025 at 1:27 PM
boy and his cows at the Mbirikani Group Ranch which lays between two famous landmarks of Mt Kilimanjaro and the Chyulu Hills in Kenya
February 12, 2025 at 6:10 AM
When the sun sets and then Jupiter and Saturn come out to watch over the stars in the night sky.
📍 Watamu, Kenya 🇰🇪
📍 Watamu, Kenya 🇰🇪
December 29, 2024 at 9:23 AM
When the sun sets and then Jupiter and Saturn come out to watch over the stars in the night sky.
📍 Watamu, Kenya 🇰🇪
📍 Watamu, Kenya 🇰🇪
Happy Christmas 🌟
December 24, 2024 at 12:38 PM
Happy Christmas 🌟
I love these epic drone shots from our @unep.org feature on Dr Lu Qi and the Great Green Wall project fighting desertification in China.
Watch the full video here: youtu.be/ycH8TPU6qGg?...
Watch the full video here: youtu.be/ycH8TPU6qGg?...
December 18, 2024 at 5:50 PM
I love these epic drone shots from our @unep.org feature on Dr Lu Qi and the Great Green Wall project fighting desertification in China.
Watch the full video here: youtu.be/ycH8TPU6qGg?...
Watch the full video here: youtu.be/ycH8TPU6qGg?...
This photo - clearly showing a flowing, seasonal river - is captioned as:
"Children play with mud on the bank of the dried Kawalasee River in Lodwar, northwest Kenya on October 19, 2024."
"Children play with mud on the bank of the dried Kawalasee River in Lodwar, northwest Kenya on October 19, 2024."
December 17, 2024 at 11:05 AM
This photo - clearly showing a flowing, seasonal river - is captioned as:
"Children play with mud on the bank of the dried Kawalasee River in Lodwar, northwest Kenya on October 19, 2024."
"Children play with mud on the bank of the dried Kawalasee River in Lodwar, northwest Kenya on October 19, 2024."
The November 2024 update from Kenya's Drought Management Authority shows the country like this
ndma.go.ke/case-studies...
ndma.go.ke/case-studies...
December 17, 2024 at 11:02 AM
The November 2024 update from Kenya's Drought Management Authority shows the country like this
ndma.go.ke/case-studies...
ndma.go.ke/case-studies...
“I heard the gunshots, and I went running and found them dead in their rooms.”
The RSF committed war crimes against Nuba communities including killings, rapes, abductions in South Kordofan State, says @hrw.org
www.hrw.org/news/2024/12...
The RSF committed war crimes against Nuba communities including killings, rapes, abductions in South Kordofan State, says @hrw.org
www.hrw.org/news/2024/12...
December 10, 2024 at 9:08 AM
“I heard the gunshots, and I went running and found them dead in their rooms.”
The RSF committed war crimes against Nuba communities including killings, rapes, abductions in South Kordofan State, says @hrw.org
www.hrw.org/news/2024/12...
The RSF committed war crimes against Nuba communities including killings, rapes, abductions in South Kordofan State, says @hrw.org
www.hrw.org/news/2024/12...
In Somalia it got so bad that the donor community commissioned an independent investigation into the IPC process in 2023, with some pretty damning conclusions media.odi.org/documents/IP... (PDF)
December 6, 2024 at 6:18 AM
In Somalia it got so bad that the donor community commissioned an independent investigation into the IPC process in 2023, with some pretty damning conclusions media.odi.org/documents/IP... (PDF)
There are other problems with IPC, starting with a lack of transparency in both data collection and the 'Technical Working Group' that does the analysis.
In Somalia, I visited a location where 5-10% of IDPs were in IPC4 and all we found was a fake IDP camp:
In Somalia, I visited a location where 5-10% of IDPs were in IPC4 and all we found was a fake IDP camp:
December 6, 2024 at 6:13 AM
There are other problems with IPC, starting with a lack of transparency in both data collection and the 'Technical Working Group' that does the analysis.
In Somalia, I visited a location where 5-10% of IDPs were in IPC4 and all we found was a fake IDP camp:
In Somalia, I visited a location where 5-10% of IDPs were in IPC4 and all we found was a fake IDP camp:
With starvation making a resurgence as a method of war, the worlds' hunger watchdog - the IPC - needs to rethink the links between conflict and famine
Important report and infographic from Reuters: www.reuters.com/graphics/FAM...
Important report and infographic from Reuters: www.reuters.com/graphics/FAM...
December 6, 2024 at 5:49 AM
With starvation making a resurgence as a method of war, the worlds' hunger watchdog - the IPC - needs to rethink the links between conflict and famine
Important report and infographic from Reuters: www.reuters.com/graphics/FAM...
Important report and infographic from Reuters: www.reuters.com/graphics/FAM...
When you have a six year old who ruins your Spotify wrapped 😂
December 4, 2024 at 7:06 PM
When you have a six year old who ruins your Spotify wrapped 😂
Hit me up with the wildlife photo fam @daryllmarie.bsky.social
Here's some famous Amboseli elephants 🐘🐘🐘
Here's some famous Amboseli elephants 🐘🐘🐘
November 22, 2024 at 12:32 PM
Hit me up with the wildlife photo fam @daryllmarie.bsky.social
Here's some famous Amboseli elephants 🐘🐘🐘
Here's some famous Amboseli elephants 🐘🐘🐘