Kaamil Ahmed

‘They killed my only son’: the young west African footballers scammed by fake agents Cheikh Touré died after being lured abroad in one of a growing number of extortion schemes tricking talented teenagers with dreams of making it big

Young Senegalese footballer Cheikh Toure died last month after he was tricked into travelling abroad with fake promises of opportunities to play in Morocco

His death's an extreme example of how fake agents lure thousands of young players abroad for profit

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He told the world what was happening in El Fasher. Then they sought him out. How Sudan lost ‘a true hero of the war’ For months, Mohamed Khamis Douda shared accounts of what life was like under siege. He was killed when RSF fighters finally took the Darfur city, raising fears activists and civil society figures are ...

For months, Mohamed Khamis Douda shared accounts of what life was like under siege. He was killed when RSF fighters finally took the Darfur city, raising fears activists and civil society figures are being hunted down

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Forgotten alleys of the old camp The key was in finding the tea hut – a low-roofed bamboo frame filled only by a bench, where, in May 2015, I was with a group of Rohingya men, each gripping sli

From September 2018: 'Forgotten alleys of the old camp'
How #Rohingya refugees in #Bangladesh continue to risk their lives in search of a better life elsewhere, by @KaamilAhmed.bsky.social

Eleven minute race for food: how aid points in Gaza became ‘death traps’ – a visual story Hundreds of people have died while seeking food since delivery was taken over by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation in May. But Palestinians facing extreme hunger have no choice but to take the risk Raed Jamal sends the message shortly after he returns, empty-handed, from an aid distribution point to his tent in the al-Mawasi displacement camp in south-west Gaza. “The tanks came and started firing. Three boys near me were martyred,” says the 36-year-old, who has four children. “I didn’t even get anything, just two empty boxes.” Jamal’s journey involved a long walk to and from a former residential neighbourhood bulldozed by Israeli forces and turned into one of four militarised aid distribution centres run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), which is based in Delaware in the US. Continue reading...

Eleven minute race for food: how aid points in Gaza became ‘death traps’ – a visual story

Eleven-minute race for food: how aid points in Gaza became ‘death traps’ – a visual story Hundreds of people have died while seeking food since delivery was taken over by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation in May. But Palestinians facing extreme hunger have no choice but to take the risk

“You always know that it could be you who gets shot, or it might be someone next to you.”

This is in the minds of Palestinians who see death when they seek aid from the GHF militarised food distribution sites. Still they go because they have no choice

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Eleven-minute race for food: how aid points in Gaza became ‘death traps’ – a visual story Hundreds of people have died while seeking food since delivery was taken over by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation in May. But Palestinians facing extreme hunger have no choice but to take the risk

“You always know that it could be you who gets shot, or it might be someone next to you.”

This is in the minds of Palestinians who see death when they seek aid from the GHF militarised food distribution sites. Still they go because they have no choice

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Ground situation in Gaza unsustainably awful. Israel's 'humanitarian' scheme is atrocious.

Reoccupation of Gaza & slow suffocation of West Bank leading to erasure of Palestinian life.

Time U.S. blow whistle, revert to previous Gaza ceasefire, get hostages out; get negotiated end to this nightmare.

Powerful and important visual journalism and reporting from @anlugonz.bsky.social and @kaamilahmed.bsky.social

A collage showing a streetmap of Gaza City in the background, with snapshots of a medical student, university graduates and a damaged shopping centre.

Meanwhile, in Gaza. A map following Gaza City’s main high street, exploring how people hold both the past and present in their minds www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int... w/ @kaamilahmed.bsky.social @prinashah.bsky.social and more

The attack on Zamzam refugee camp and what it means for the Sudan war - podcast Guardian journalist Kaamil Ahmed reports on the devastating assault by the Rapid Support Forces on the camp in Darfur and what it tells us about the group’s plans in Sudan’s civil war

We spoke about the RSF’s attack on Zamzam and what it means for the hundreds of thousands displaced in Darfur by the militia’s takeover of the region in today’s episode of Today in Focus
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This is the scene in Tawila in Darfur after the RSF’s attack on Zamzam camp. People settling in the open after days-long journeys by foot or on carts with the elderly and injured. IOM says 180,000 people arrived in Tawila in less than a week.

I’ve been speaking all week to survivors from the RSF’s attack on Zamzam, Sudan’s largest displacement camp, last weekend. They stormed Zamzam, killed hundreds, burned down homes and chanted racial slurs as they went. Around 400,000 people displaced in a few days. t.co/HWjsmDEMlV

I’ve been speaking all week to survivors from the RSF’s attack on Zamzam, Sudan’s largest displacement camp, last weekend. They stormed Zamzam, killed hundreds, burned down homes and chanted racial slurs as they went. Around 400,000 people displaced in a few days. t.co/HWjsmDEMlV

‘No one recognised him, even as he said his name’: last video of rescued man shows horror of Sudan torture camps Death of well-known Khartoum businessman Alwaleed Abdeen days after his release from an RSF camp prompts wave of mourning

Alwaleed Abeen was a popular man but his many friends didn't recognise him in a video from a recently-abandoned RSF torture camp, starved and lying on the floor - even when he said his name

His death soon afterwards reminded them of the horrors imposed by the RSF

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‘No one recognised him, even as he said his name’: last video of rescued man shows horror of Sudan torture camps Death of well-known Khartoum businessman Alwaleed Abdeen days after his release from an RSF camp prompts wave of mourning

‘No one recognised him, even as he said his name’: last video of rescued man shows horror of Sudan torture camps

‘No one recognised him, even as he said his name’: last video of rescued man shows horror of Sudan torture camps Death of well-known Khartoum businessman Alwaleed Abdeen days after his release from an RSF camp prompts wave of mourning

Alwaleed Abeen was a popular man but his many friends didn't recognise him in a video from a recently-abandoned RSF torture camp, starved and lying on the floor - even when he said his name

His death soon afterwards reminded them of the horrors imposed by the RSF

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New images reveal extent of looting at Sudan’s national museum as rooms stripped of treasures Only a few statues remain, with thousands of priceless artefacts from Nubian and Kushite kingdoms missing

New images reveal extent of looting at Sudan’s national museum as rooms stripped of treasures. Report by @kaamilahmed.bsky.social
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‘I hate the night’: life in Gaza amid the incessant sounds of war - visual story Their hopes for peace fading and fearful of being forgotten, two Gazans share the trauma of living their days and nights surrounded by the noise of gunfire, missiles and drones

Happy to hear that our story depicting the sonic hellscape that people in Gaza have to endure, day and night, has been shortlisted for the #AmnestyMediaAwards (w/ @kaamilahmed.bsky.social @lydia-rachel.bsky.social Pip Lev and Ellen Wishhart) www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

WFP warns one million in Myanmar to be cut off from food aid amid funding shortfall | World Food Programme YANGON, Myanmar – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today warned that more than one million people in Myanmar will be cut off from WFP’s lifesaving food assistance starting in April due to...

"More than 1 million people in Myanmar will be cut off from WFP’s lifesaving food assistance starting in April due to critical funding shortfalls. These cuts come just as increased conflict, displacement & access restrictions are already sharply driving up food aid needs"
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Thanks to @kaamilahmed.bsky.social of the Guardian for this spotlight on the Berkeley Protocol and how it can be used to strengthen social media and other online content as evidence!! A short watch but one that nods to the work of many of HRC's friends...

Aid workers warn ‘people are dying and they’re going to continue dying’ as funding cuts hit Moves by US, UK and other donors to cut aid mean ‘high malnutrition rates, starvation and death’, say experts

Humanitarian funding cuts lead to malnutrition, starvation and death. Via @kaamilahmed.bsky.social

Aid workers warn ‘people are dying and they’re going to continue dying’ as funding cuts hit Moves by US, UK and other donors to cut aid mean ‘high malnutrition rates, starvation and death’, say experts

"Famine is really a human-made tragedy...We need action to ensure everyone can produce locally."

World Food Prize Laureate Rattan Lal reminding us that agricultural development is the most powerful route out of poverty. Via @kaamilahmed.bsky.social

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How social media is helping catch war criminals – video Kaamil Ahmed explains how the international legal system is adapting to social media, finding a way to use the digital material shared online to corroborate accounts of war crimes being committed in c...

How social media is helping catch war criminals [video]

Excellent overview. Kudos to the @hrcberkeley.bsky.social for the Berkeley Protocol.

#OSINT

If you’re looking for something to do in London this weekend, my exhibition at Chelsea Library is running until the 28th February, featuring photos of Rohingya refugees taken while working on I Feel No Peace.

Also, the paperback version has just been released @HurstPublishers

If you’re looking for something to do in London this weekend, my exhibition at Chelsea Library is running until the 28th February, featuring photos of Rohingya refugees taken while working on I Feel No Peace.

Also, the paperback version has just been released @HurstPublishers

International aid groups axe thousands of jobs in wake of Trump funding freeze Fears that cuts will ‘decimate’ ability to react to crises as sector loses expertise and skills at every level, report finds

I spoke to @kaamilahmed.bsky.social for the Guardian about the impacts of USAID funding freeze - job losses may mean a permanent loss of expertise as experienced professionals are forced to leave the sector

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Photograph showing Rohingya refugees fleeing in a river on the cover of I FEEL NO PEACE.

Now in PB: @kaamilahmed.bsky.social #IFeelNoPeace, Shortlisted for the Bread & Roses Award
‘Effectively places the exodus of #Rohingya in its historical position . . [an] antidote to how the world treats refugees.’ @sallyhayd.bsky.social @irishtimes.com
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The paperbacks for I Feel No Peace have arrived. It’s exciting to see the book in a new form.

If you want to understand the growing threat to the Rohingya’s existence, and the history to it, you can pre-order for next month’s release