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@Lattif

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Nairobi, Kenya
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    4 Jun 2017

    Africa looks to cash in on the global appetite for Muslim-friendly—or halal—tourism. My piece with pics by .

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    Feb 21

    Apple wants to buy cobalt directly from miners, in a country where the middleman is in charge via

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  3. Feb 21

    My colleagues , and I had a back-and-forth on Slack about the politics, technology, and gender dynamics in "Black Panther." And then we made it into a story. I

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    Feb 21

    My fellow writers and completely geeked out about Black Panther, dissecting Wakadna’s culture, politics and everything else. We basically had the conversation you’ve been having in your head. You’re welcome. via

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    Feb 20

    Tanzania’s new mining law will compel foreign companies to boost local financial firms -

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    Feb 20

    Journalist received CNN Africa Journalist Award 2013 from his wife today. His wife represented him five years ago in cape town.

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    Feb 20

    "ليس هنالك كلمات بإمكانها أن تنصف الأطفال القتلى وأمهاتَهم وآباءَهم وأحباءَهم” " " " " " " " " " " ." تصدر اليونيسف هذا التصريح لأننا لم نعد نملك الكلمات لوصف معاناة الأطفال وحدة غضبنا.

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  8. Feb 20

    The UN is officially speechless over hospital bombings in Syria via

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    Feb 19

    Kenya is a hot new destination for second homes among the world’s wealthiest investors via

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  10. Feb 19

    Toughing It Out in Cairo: An incisive piece from in on the state of Egypt ahead of crucial elections this year.

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    Feb 18

    There is a fundamental dissonance in the term “African-American,” two feuding ancestries conjoined by a hyphen. That dissonance is the subject of Ryan Coogler’s movie “Black Panther.”

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    Feb 19

    Marvel’s ‘Black Panther’ is a broad mix of African cultures—here are some of them via

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  13. Feb 19

    "The winds of change sweeping across Africa have arrived in Ethiopia": and on what comes next after the resignation of prime minister Hailemariam Desalegn and the imposition of emergency rule.

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  14. Feb 19

    "The travesty of the Zuma years is that it has excluded ordinary South Africans from participating in their hard-won democracy": on the road ahead for South Africa under Cyril Ramaphosa. via

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  15. Feb 19

    Cameroon’s president Paul Biya spends at least 15% of his time outside his country. reports. via

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    Amid protests and the imposition of a state of emergency, Ethiopia has requested to delay a meeting about the Grand Dam with Egypt. Officials in Cairo accepted the request.

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    Feb 16

    The artist who made that famous Che Guevara illustration has just turned Ahed Tamimi into Wonder Woman.

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  18. Feb 17

    ICYMI: Fascinating piece from in about Paddy Adenuga’s entrepreneur story and the depressing predictability of Nigeria’s elite. I

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    Feb 17

    Marvel commissioned Kenyan photographer, Osborne Macharia, for these exclusive Black Panther art pieces via

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    Feb 16

    White people won’t see themselves in Black Panther. That’s why they should watch it

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    Feb 16

    The "playboy" who spent millions on cars, women and jewellery - money he allegedly got from the "world's most audacious con trick"

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