Will Swanson
@willswanson.bsky.social
Documentary photographer, Emmy award winning journalist, Pulitzer grantee, GroundTruth fellow… mostly east & Horn of Africa
'epicentre of child suffering'
'the road out is lined with dead bodies'
'many have died from hunger, thirst or violence'
Read this latest @AFP dispatch on the disaster unfolding in El Fashir, Sudan:
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
'the road out is lined with dead bodies'
'many have died from hunger, thirst or violence'
Read this latest @AFP dispatch on the disaster unfolding in El Fashir, Sudan:
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
Besieged Sudan city faces fiercest paramilitary assault yet
In a Sudanese city long besieged by paramilitary forces, the war has taken an even more violent and terrifying turn, leaving residents facing hunger and death with little chance of escaping.
www.france24.com
September 3, 2025 at 11:21 AM
'epicentre of child suffering'
'the road out is lined with dead bodies'
'many have died from hunger, thirst or violence'
Read this latest @AFP dispatch on the disaster unfolding in El Fashir, Sudan:
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
'the road out is lined with dead bodies'
'many have died from hunger, thirst or violence'
Read this latest @AFP dispatch on the disaster unfolding in El Fashir, Sudan:
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
A hostile govt takeover of Nairobi’s beloved Karura Forest wasn’t on my 2025 bingo card…
At UNEP, we have always felt a special link to our neighbour, Karura Forest. Let’s honor those who fought for it and protect it for current and future generations.
A message from Executive Director @ingerandersen.bsky.social. ⬇
A message from Executive Director @ingerandersen.bsky.social. ⬇
September 2, 2025 at 6:00 AM
A hostile govt takeover of Nairobi’s beloved Karura Forest wasn’t on my 2025 bingo card…
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...
SUDAN: RSF forces on the verge of breaking the blockade and slaughtering thousands in the city of El Fashir, warns Yale’s Humanitarian Research Lab.
Aid agency MSF says it’s preparing for mass casualties, should El Fashir fall.
www.ft.com/content/d331...
Aid agency MSF says it’s preparing for mass casualties, should El Fashir fall.
www.ft.com/content/d331...
‘We watch the graveyards from space’: satellites track Sudanese city under siege
Paramilitary forces have cut off El Fasher, the military government’s final stronghold in the western Darfur region
www.ft.com
August 30, 2025 at 2:49 PM
SUDAN: RSF forces on the verge of breaking the blockade and slaughtering thousands in the city of El Fashir, warns Yale’s Humanitarian Research Lab.
Aid agency MSF says it’s preparing for mass casualties, should El Fashir fall.
www.ft.com/content/d331...
Aid agency MSF says it’s preparing for mass casualties, should El Fashir fall.
www.ft.com/content/d331...
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...
Disease spreads in Somalia as funding cuts leave 300,000 without safe water www.nrc.no/news/2025/au...
Disease spreads in Somalia as funding cuts leave 300,000 without safe water
www.nrc.no
August 21, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Disease spreads in Somalia as funding cuts leave 300,000 without safe water www.nrc.no/news/2025/au...
Nearly 500 tons of USAID emergency food -enough to feed about 1.5m children for a week- is set to expire and will be incinerated.
Federal workers warned for months that the food would go to waste rather than to malnourished kids in Afghanistan & Pakistan
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
Federal workers warned for months that the food would go to waste rather than to malnourished kids in Afghanistan & Pakistan
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
The Trump Administration Is About to Incinerate 500 Tons of Emergency Food
Federal workers warned for months that the high-energy biscuits would go to waste.
www.theatlantic.com
July 18, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Nearly 500 tons of USAID emergency food -enough to feed about 1.5m children for a week- is set to expire and will be incinerated.
Federal workers warned for months that the food would go to waste rather than to malnourished kids in Afghanistan & Pakistan
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
Federal workers warned for months that the food would go to waste rather than to malnourished kids in Afghanistan & Pakistan
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
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...
Reposted by Will Swanson
A great Kenyan has rested. RIP.
May 28, 2025 at 6:24 PM
A great Kenyan has rested. RIP.
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 🕊️
Rare good news...
A new USD500m 'The Beginnings Fund' has launched to support maternal and infant health in Sub-saharan Africa
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
A new USD500m 'The Beginnings Fund' has launched to support maternal and infant health in Sub-saharan Africa
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
Gates, others launch $500 million maternal, newborn health fund, bucking aid cuts trend
A group of philanthropies including the Gates Foundation has set up a fund backed with nearly $500 million to help save the lives of newborn babies and mothers in sub-Saharan Africa, standing out against a bleak global health funding landscape.
www.reuters.com
April 29, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Rare good news...
A new USD500m 'The Beginnings Fund' has launched to support maternal and infant health in Sub-saharan Africa
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
A new USD500m 'The Beginnings Fund' has launched to support maternal and infant health in Sub-saharan Africa
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
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...
laughs in kenyan... www.reuters.com/world/europe...
Large parts of Spain and Portugal hit by power outage
Spanish power grid operator Red Electrica said it was working with energy companies to restore power after large parts of Spain and Portugal were hit by a power outage on Monday.
www.reuters.com
April 28, 2025 at 4:03 PM
laughs in kenyan... www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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.
💡 New research confirms that drought is fueling urbanization in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Lot's of interesting stuff in here - 'Dry Spells, Urban Swells: Analyzing the Drought-Induced Expansion of Cities in Sub-Saharan Africa'
documents.worldbank.org/en/publicati...
Lot's of interesting stuff in here - 'Dry Spells, Urban Swells: Analyzing the Drought-Induced Expansion of Cities in Sub-Saharan Africa'
documents.worldbank.org/en/publicati...
April 15, 2025 at 8:31 AM
💡 New research confirms that drought is fueling urbanization in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Lot's of interesting stuff in here - 'Dry Spells, Urban Swells: Analyzing the Drought-Induced Expansion of Cities in Sub-Saharan Africa'
documents.worldbank.org/en/publicati...
Lot's of interesting stuff in here - 'Dry Spells, Urban Swells: Analyzing the Drought-Induced Expansion of Cities in Sub-Saharan Africa'
documents.worldbank.org/en/publicati...
Tragic.
400+ killed as RSF launch attacks on refugee camps around El Fashir in North Darfur
www.bbc.com/news/article...
400+ killed as RSF launch attacks on refugee camps around El Fashir in North Darfur
www.bbc.com/news/article...
More than 400 killed by rebel group in Sudan says UN
The UN cites "credible sources" for the estimated death toll of recent attacks on refugee camps in Darfur.
www.bbc.com
April 15, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Tragic.
400+ killed as RSF launch attacks on refugee camps around El Fashir in North Darfur
www.bbc.com/news/article...
400+ killed as RSF launch attacks on refugee camps around El Fashir in North Darfur
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Reposted by Will Swanson
You'd think there was nothing happening in Sudan by the way the mainstream media is ignoring it, as an IDP camp in N. Darfur is being brutally attacked by the RSF. Consider donating to the Darfur Women's Action Group doing incredible work for the last 15+ years.
www.darfurwomenaction.org
www.darfurwomenaction.org
Darfur Women Action Group
www.darfurwomenaction.org
April 15, 2025 at 1:29 AM
You'd think there was nothing happening in Sudan by the way the mainstream media is ignoring it, as an IDP camp in N. Darfur is being brutally attacked by the RSF. Consider donating to the Darfur Women's Action Group doing incredible work for the last 15+ years.
www.darfurwomenaction.org
www.darfurwomenaction.org
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
Sudan is not free until Darfur is free.
Today was a terrible day for Sudan. The RSF is adamant about wiping out the residents of North Darfur. From Elfashir to Um Kadada, nothing but death and terror.
#KeepEyesOnSudan
#KeepEyesOnSudan
April 12, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Sudan is not free until Darfur is free.
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...
South Sudan on brink of civil war as UN warns of rising tensions - AP
www.france24.com/en/africa/20...
www.france24.com/en/africa/20...
South Sudan on brink of civil war as UN warns of rising tensions
South Sudan is on the verge of another civil war, the UN’s top official in the country warned Monday, citing escalating violence and a stalled peace process. Tensions between President Salva Kiir and…
www.france24.com
March 25, 2025 at 6:17 AM
South Sudan on brink of civil war as UN warns of rising tensions - AP
www.france24.com/en/africa/20...
www.france24.com/en/africa/20...
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