Reporter at Large @BloombergAfrica | Previously @nytimes @Politico | smarks44@bloomberg.net | Follow me on bsky.app/profile/markssimon.…
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17 Oct 2025
For years, the Malaysian oil giant Petronas has known its S Sudan oil wells may be causing congenital disease. Mercedes-Benz, partner in its F1 team, arranged meetings to press for answers. Over a decade later, children are still being born deformed.
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“That Britain of all places should deny a visa to an award-winning Sudanese journalist after a war that has devastated the country defies belief.” Huge congrats to @AminSikka, my intrepid colleague. middleeasteye.net/news/sudan…
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A team attempting to safely bury an Ebola victim was assaulted in the South Kivu, forcing workers to abandon the coffin and allowing community members to handle the body, an incident health officials warned could spark new chains of transmission.
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Everywhere you look alleged proxies deny involvement in Sudan’s three year civil war. Yet the UN just recorded 880 civilian deaths from drone attacks since the beginning of the year.
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Sudan’s war flares on the border with Ethiopia as the Sudanese Armed Forces openly call out Ethiopia and the UAE for backing RSF paramilitaries via bases in Bahir Dar and Assosa. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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New food security report finds 73,000 people facing starvation, death in South Sudan - a stark deterioration & damning indictment of the human cost of the country's warring parties' actions including ongoing deliberate aid blocks. New @hrw hrw.org/news/2026/05/06/civi…
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Turkey is taking a significant step toward joining the global military elite by testing an intercontinental ballistic missile in Somalia later this year that would put much of Europe and the Middle East within reach. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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Sudan and Ethiopia traded accusations after a drone attack on the war-torn nation’s capital, Khartoum, that’s ratcheted up tensions between the African neighbors. Sudan has also recalled its ambassador.
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Apr 22
The Iran war is keeping thousands of tons of food aid locked out of famine-hit Sudan and other countries as the shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz roils global shipping. Ships in Oman and Kenya destined for Sudan are 50 days behind schedule.
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Apr 8
Delighted to see “The Hidden Cost of South Sudan’s Oil Boom,” which exposed how some communities living near oil fields allege polluted water is causing birth defects and miscarriages, has been nominated for an Emmy.
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Amid a bitter standoff between Sudan and the UAE, official Sudanese gold exports to the Gulf nation plunged last year -- to about 8.2 metric tons, down from 22.2 tons in 2024. The bullion was exported elsewhere, including to Egypt, which received 4.9 tons. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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2: Oman, Qatar and Ethiopia also received more gold from Sudan, an interesting trend even if smuggled/illicit gold still makes its way to the UAE in large volumes, according to Sudan's government.
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Over the moon to win a Best in Business reporting award from @SABEW with @KendallTTaggart @davidkski and @GavinFinchRtrs for a series that uncovered abuses at World Bank-funded hospitals around the world.
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If you missed it, check out the last @business Next Africa podcast on why Somaliland is strategically important to to Israel, what Israeli military presence on the horn of Africa could look like, and what impact it could have across the region.
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Israeli intelligence agents have been visiting Somaliland for months and quietly planning for a potential operation at the mouth of the Red Sea that would allow it to target one of Tehran’s last-remaining proxies. @business
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As many as 1,000 Kenyans have been recruited to fight for Russia in its war against Ukraine, the leader of the East African country’s National Assembly said bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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“Due to our enemies’ plot, keeping Ethiopia a geographic prisoner for so long is not right,” Abiy Ahmed said recently. Now large numbers of Ethiopian troops have deployed close to the regional border with Tigray through the northern town of Bahir Dar. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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Ethiopia and Eritrea are deploying troops and military equipment to the northern Tigray region bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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One million people in Somalia are under threat of severe hunger amid a lack of funding to tackle disasters, according to a leading domestic charity bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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Read here how the chairman and CEO of logistics giant DP World — one of Dubai’s most powerful executives — swapped messages with Epstein before and for more than a decade after his jail sentence on charges that included procuring a minor for prostitution.
Feb 10
NEW: One of Dubai’s Most Powerful Executives Discussed Sex, Business With Epstein
Emails show Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem corresponded with Epstein for more than a decade after Epstein was first jailed in 2008 for procuring a minor for prostitution
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You’re a force of nature @khoureld. I learned so much watching you in action in Ethiopia when I first arrived in the region and I can’t wait to see what the other side looks like. ❤️
To those kind, strong, determined, courageous people I interviewed or worked with over the years: you will always inspire me.
To every stranger who helped: thank you.
To the arms dealers, liars, thieves, killers of children: I’m keeping my files.
See you all on the other side.
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