Barry Malone
@barrymalone.bsky.social
Journalist and commentator. Past: EP The Stream / Digital Editor Al Jazeera English / Reuters in Africa and Middle East. Jackeen.
Today in Proximities: - Reuters reports from inside secretive Eritrea - Imran Khan supporters march on Islamabad - Malaysia sends Burmese home despite UN fears As always, you can read in under two mins www.proximities.news/p/eritrea-pa...
Eritrea, Pakistan, Myanmar
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An average of seven children a day are dying of Ebola in DR Congo. It’s criminal that this is not getting more attention. But watch it explode into the international headlines if a white person gets it. www.proximities.news/p/dr-congo-g...
DR Congo, Gaza, South Korea
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Today in Proximities: - Explosions heard in Ethiopian capital, Eritrean diplomats expelled - Israel committed war crimes in southern Lebanon: report - Algeria imposes death penalty for forest arson As always, you can read in under two mins www.proximities.news/p/ethiopia-l...
Ethiopia, Lebanon, Algeria
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Today in Proximities: - Israel kills 8 in Gaza in latest breach of "ceasefire" - U.S. peace plan could lead to "de facto partitioning" of Sudan - Iraqis celebrate withdrawal of anti-ISIS U.S. forces As always, you can read in under two minutes. www.proximities.news/p/gaza-sudan...
Gaza, Sudan, Iraq.
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Today in Proximities: - Fighting erupts in Ethiopia amid fears of all-out war - Female prisoners in Myanmar tortured and sexually abused: report - "Say our name," Naoero's President David Adeang tells UN As always, you can read in under two mins. www.proximities.news/p/ethiopia-m...
Ethiopia, Myanmar, Naoero
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Looking forward to this! Come along if you're in London.
The Dial@thedialmag.bsky.social · 3w agoHow is the world reacting to the U.S. in 2026? What can Americans learn from writers and journalists abroad? Join Dial editors Madeleine Schwartz and Hannah Rosefield, journalist Taran Khan, and Proximities editor Barry Malone to discuss these questions and more: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/panel-disc...
Today in Proximities: - 'Some progress' reported in battle against Ebola in Congo - 'No respect for the dead' as Israel bulldozes Gaza rubble: UN - South Africa police issue warning amid serial killer fears As always, you can read it in under two mins www.proximities.news/p/dr-congo-g...
DR Congo, Gaza, South Africa
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Libyan authorities have seized 100,000 ecstasy pills imprinted with the face of former leader Muammar Gaddafi. That (insane) story and more in Proximities today. www.proximities.news/p/philippine...
Philippines, Niger, Libya
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🇹🇼 Really loved this Proximities podcast conversation about Taiwan with Michelle Kuo, hosted by Barry Malone. 🔗 apple.co/4A0eTHY
"It's time to stop deciding immigration and asylum policies based on political expediency. It's time to see asylum seekers as people, not pawns, and it's time to remember that Europeans were refugees once and could be again" @barrymalone.bsky.social share.google/VzJISfVw8uiE...
Britain's 'small boats' obsession misses the point on migration
Almost a month after the cynical weaponisation of Ceuta, racist scaremongering has kept its place at the top of the agenda
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Today in Proximities: - DRC Ebola outbreak growing "exponentially" - Pakistan's Khan won't confront military if freed, aide says - "No decision" made on Bangladesh PM visit to India As always, you can read it in under two mins www.proximities.news/p/dr-congo-p...
DR Congo, Pakistan, Bangladesh
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Today in Proximities: - Former minister shot dead in raid on Zambian opposition leader's house - Israel and Turkey trade barbs over Syria attack - DR Congo to trial vaccine as Ebola deaths near 2,500 As usual, you can read in under two mins. substack.com/home/post/p-...
Zambia, Syria, DR Congo
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Today in Proximities: - More than 100 killed in CAR mine collapse - North Korea rubbishes Zelensky claim of 50,000 more troops to Russia - Ten killed in latest Israeli ceasefire violation in Gaza As always, you can read it in under two mins. substack.com/home/post/p-...
CAR, North Korea, Gaza
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A great conversation on Proximities Podcast with Zahra Joya and Amie Ferris-Rotman, co-authors of the new book, THE VANISHING GIRL OF KABUL. Great questions from @barrymalone.bsky.social. 🔗 apple.co/4gfbWdy
Still trying to sort through what happened between Morocco and Spain's North African exclave of Ceuta? Listen to my conversation with @barrymalone.bsky.social on his Proximities podcast about what took place + the often distorted and overlooked broader context: open.spotify.com/episode/7dSC...
Proximities | 141 people died trying to reach Ceuta. But why?
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Today in Proximities: - Israel targeted and killed journalist Amal Khalil - South Korean ministers publicly fall out over North - Ebola cases pass a shocking 4,000 in DRC's under-reported outbreak As always, you can read in under two mins. www.proximities.news/p/lebanon-th...
Lebanon, the Koreas, DR Congo
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‘How many people do you need to kill before you’ve violated a ceasefire? One, surely. But … how about more than 1,200? That’s how many Palestinians Israel has killed in Gaza since agreeing to an ostensible ceasefire with Hamas in October.’ @barrymalone.bsky.social via @middle-east-eye.bsky.social
Israel is not 'testing' its ceasefires. It's violating them
As the Israeli military ignores deals in Gaza and Lebanon and continues its industrial-scale killing, the western media turns a blind eye
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Last week, Taiwanese-American journalist @michellekuo.bsky.social joined @barrymalone.bsky.social on the Proximities podcast to discuss her Dial essay about civil defense education in Taiwan. Can the island save itself from a Chinese invasion? www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-4M...
Taiwan beyond the headlines: History, identity, China, and Trump
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My substack piece for @humanrightsfirst.org on tomorrow’s opening of the inquiry into the 1989 murder of Belfast human rights lawyer Pat Finucane @finucanecentre.bsky.social @barrymalone.bsky.social #speirgorm substack.com/@humanrights...
Public Inquiry Into 1989 Murder of Belfast Lawyer Pat Finucane to Open This Week
By Brian Dooley, Human Rights First Senior Advisor
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Golders Green attacks: A Muslim was also stabbed - not that you'd know - https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/golders-green-attacks-muslim-also-stabbed-not-youd-know
Golders Green attacks: A Muslim was also stabbed - not that you'd know
As it erased Ishmail Hussein from history, the British media again displayed its cowardice, bias and irresponsibility
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Me on selective Western empathy for victims of war. www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/amer...
Americans don’t want Iranians killed. As long as they’re hipsters
Like images of Ukrainian refugees, Iranian viral clips suggest that some only care about the slaughter of people who look like them
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Today in Proximities: - Israel bombed Gaza on 36 out of Iran war's 40 days - Mali backs Morocco's limited autonomy plan for Western Sahara - Djibouti's Omar Guelleh to extend 27 years in power As always, you can read in under two mins. www.proximities.news/p/gaza-weste...
Gaza, Western Sahara, Djibouti
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Today in Proximities: - Almost 100 children dead in spiralling Bangladesh measles outbreak - Nigerian army rescues kidnapped Easter worshippers - South Korean spies say Kim's daughter chosen as heir As always, you can read it in under two mins. www.proximities.news/p/bangladesh...
Bangladesh, Nigeria, North Korea
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"The question, increasingly, is not whether Somaliland meets the criteria of statehood. It is whether recognizing it serves the interests of those positioned to decide," writes Abdi Guled in an informative piece in @barrymalone.bsky.social's newsletter, Proximities:
Somaliland: Israel alone?
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Today in Proximities: - Four toddlers killed in nursery school stabbing in Uganda - Libya’s Haftar reported to have Chinese and Turkish drones - Burkina Faso military accused of ethnic cleansing As always, you can read it in under two mins. www.proximities.news/p/uganda-bur...
Uganda, Burkina Faso, Libya
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Novara( @novaramedia.com )Live "REVEALED: Mandelson Pushed For Prince Andrew To Be Trade Envoy" Paul Holden, Hannah Spencer, Barry( @barrymalone.bsky.social )Malone, Michael Walker #NovaraLIVE www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kd5Q...
REVEALED: Mandelson Pushed For Prince Andrew To Be Trade Envoy | #NovaraLIVE
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