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Declan Walsh
@declanwalsh
Chief Africa correspondent, @nytimes Ex-Cairo and Islamabad. Author, THE NINE LIVES OF PAKISTAN. U.S. bit.ly/2IKG1FR UK: amzn.to/30cXkFl
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- My début as a memeYou’re unable to view this Post because this account owner limits who can view their Posts. Learn more
- Much striking detail in this Kenyan news report about the police shooting that killed Pakistani reporter Arshad Sharif: "An officer privy to the investigation said that 'the truth might be in what has not been documented' in the police report." theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-…
- India's revocation of Kashmir's semiautonomous status, "is dangerous and wrong. Bloodshed is all but certain, and tension with Pakistan will soar." @nytimes editorial today.
- I spent two weeks in the mountains of northwestern Yemen with @TylerHicksPhoto, reporting on the heartbreaking crisis that could soon turn to famine. This is what we found. The Tragedy of Saudi Arabia’s War.
- BBC footage of a mass protest after Friday prayers in Kashmir. Things not going as smoothly as suggested in some reports. Internet and phone blackout still in place.You’re unable to view this Post because this account owner limits who can view their Posts. Learn more
- Back from three weeks in Ethiopia, mostly in Tigray, where there was a communications blackout which meant I couldn't post updates from the ground. Story in today's paper, but here are some images and thoughts on what I saw.
- The publisher of the New York Times, A.G. Sulzberger, published an important article today about press freedom. He mentioned an incident in which I had to leave Egypt in a rush, fearing arrest, two years ago. Some context on that:
- Coverage of the Sudan war across five pages in today's NYT, with sweeping display of @ivorprickett's stunning images.
