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Barry Malone
@malonebarry
Independent journalist. Previously: Al Jazeera editor and executive producer / Reuters correspondent in Africa and Middle East. Newsletter: https://t.co/JxY0xuhH69
Oct 15 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
1) I regularly cover Nigeria in my newsletter, including attacks on Christians, which are often brutal. But the 100,000 figure is absurd.

There is no genocide.

2) Boko Haram kills more Muslim civilians than Christian.

3) Maher and Mace do not give a fuck about Africa. Israel supporters only reveal their contempt for the people of Nigeria, DR Congo, Sudan etc when they use them to score political points. And they also never mentioned them before realising they could be weaponised.
Sep 10 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
This is huge. BBC ignored a request from its Global News division that it walk back its claim that Anas Al-Sharif worked for a "Hamas media team." novaramedia.com/2025/09/10/bbc… Here is the content of the email that was ignored. Image
Sep 8 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
This Banksy, which appeared overnight on the side of the Royal Courts of Justice building in London, is extremely powerful. Image Also, the timing, the placement. It's perfect.
Aug 25 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
Mariam Dagga, killed by Israel today, was an incredibly talented photographer. She relentlessly and courageously documented the genocide. I'm going to share some of her images. Graphic content included. Image [Caption: Palestinians climb on a truck loaded with food and humanitarian aid as it moves along the Morag corridor near Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip] Image
Aug 4 • 12 tweets • 3 min read
This isn't a thread about the genocide in Gaza.

It's a thread about a likely genocide somewhere else: Ethiopia. But please don't scroll on and ignore it. This story deserves amplification. There was a war in Ethiopia's Tigray region from 2020 - 2022. It was one of the most egregiously under-reported conflicts in modern history. Yes, there was a comms blackout. Yes, access was difficult. But I think racism also played a part. Just another African war. Who cares?
Jul 28 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
Personal news: I've decided to leave my job as Deputy Editor-in-Chief at the Thomson Reuters Foundation to go independent. It's a scary move but I want to concentrate on amplifying under-reported stories. I'm planning a few projects but first step will be to relaunch my newsletter Proximities. It summarises three non-Western news stories a day and you can read it in under two mins. Monday - Friday it's completely free. There will also be a paid tier with a bonus Saturday edition.
Oct 7, 2023 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
Al Jazeera's @YoumnaElSayed17 live on air from Gaza as an Israeli missile hits what appears to be a high-rise residential/office tower. Her reporting has been outstanding today. Per AP: "The 14-story Palestine Tower is home to dozens of families."
Jun 4, 2022 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
A claim that BBC deliberately edited out the booing of Boris Johnson yesterday is gaining massive traction. To debunk: there is nothing sinister going on. They're replaying the earlier footage with the natural sound dipped so as not to drown out the live interview. That's it. As someone who's worked at a news channel, I can confirm it's standard practice. The overlaid footage is known as b-roll or cover and the nat sound on it is always dipped when interviews are being conducted.
May 24, 2022 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
More than eight years since this Onion headline was first used and no indication it will lose its relevance any time soon. Like clockwork.
Mar 1, 2021 • 27 tweets • 7 min read
The situation in Ethiopia is the most pressing disaster in the world right now. In recent days, it has finally gotten more attention and made a splash in CNN and the NY Times.

But it needs more. The conflict in Tigray has been going on since Nov, thousands have been killed, hundreds of thousands forced from their homes and the UN says 2 million people are in need of food aid. Rights groups have reported extra-judicial executions, rapes, looting. reports.unocha.org/en/country/eth…
Jan 13, 2021 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
It's always frustrating to see images go viral with no credit to the incredible photographers who take them. And it's happening with the National Guard at Capitol pics. So this remarkable image was captured by the AP's J. Scott Applewhite. This is by AFP's @saulloeb.
Jan 13, 2021 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Wonder how the professional Trump reply guys are bearing up.
Jan 9, 2021 • 13 tweets • 3 min read
I understand why people are pleased with Trump's ban given the clear danger his tweeting posed. But we should be careful about cheerleading the unprecedented political power of unaccountable tech companies who hold a near monopoly on the distribution of information. Both Twitter and Facebook knew which way the wind was blowing and they acted out of self-interest, as they always do. It's not about accuracy of information. Facebook, in monopolizing distribution and then strangling news orgs with its algorithms, has already proven that.
Jan 7, 2021 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
Okay thanks, ice cream. Thank you, money.
Dec 28, 2020 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Ethiopian police have arrested Reuters journalist Kumerra Gemechu. I know Kumerra and he is an excellent and professional journalist who has worked for Reuters as a cameraman for 10 years. No reason has been given for his arrest. uk.reuters.com/article/uk-eth… Per Reuters: "Around 10 armed federal police officers arrived at Kumerra’s home ... and took him away in handcuffs in front of his wife and three children, his wife Hawi Desalegn said. She added that his eldest daughter, who is 10, clung to him screaming as he was led away."
Nov 10, 2020 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
This is a personality cult. They have lost their grip on reality. And here is the clip.
Sep 13, 2020 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Watched this live last night. @BobbyKGreen’s raw reaction to the execution of Navid Afkari in Iran was incredibly moving and his ending the interview at that point the appropriate response. For those who may not watch UFC, Bobby Green is a real one. Here’s another clip.
Aug 18, 2020 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
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Aug 10, 2020 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
“This boat heading to Dover and so we’ll shadow it and just see how the situation develops.”

Thank you for that, Simon. We shall cross back to you should they drown. This is where strict adherence to impassive reporting utterly fails. It is deeply strange and unsettling to watch. Journalists should be aware of how their very presence can frame or even change what they are reporting on. Following and pointing from a large safe boat? Really?
Aug 4, 2020 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Videos of an explosion in Beirut spreading widely, including from journalists. This clip is shocking - huge blast. Cause as yet unknown. Several Lebanese outlets reporting explosion may have taken place in a fireworks warehouse. Al Jazeera's Timour Azhari told the same by a security source.
Aug 4, 2020 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
What is this..? Image Is Twitter shaming us now? Is this its equivalent of the judgy Netflix “Are you still watching” nonsense?