An incredibly proud moment for me. What a joy to finally release this story to the world. My book Where The Children Take Us is available now.
@HarperCollins
@AmistadBooks
"I always knew if people heard it, they would love it."
Nigerian-American artist
@davido
discussing the beauty of
#Afrobeats
and his new single “Champion Sound."
Plus, he sets the record straight on how his joke on Instagram netted him $600k for
#Nigerian
orphanages.
"There's a lot of areas we haven't been able to access so we can’t assess what the humanitarian situation is."
@StephDujarric
Spokesperson
@UN
discusses the food, fuel and cash shortage that are adding to
#Tigray
's humanitarian crises.
@OneWorldCNN
|
#Ethiopia
|
@CNNAfrica
"We would really hope that the United States, a respectable democracy, doesn’t become a partner in crime with the military dictatorship of
#Uganda
."
Opposition figure
@HEBobiwine
on his recent house arrest and his continued push for political reform in Uganda.
"The suffering of our people has to be considered."
#Tigray
leader and
#TPLF
chairman Debretsion Gebremichael explains why his forces are calling for a ceasefire in
#Ethiopia
’s war after coming so close to the capital.
@OneWorldCNN
|
@CNNAfrica
Coming April 26 on
@cnni
, a new global news program hosted by
@ZainAsher
.
One World with Zain Asher will air weeknights at 5pm BST / 6pm CET.
More details here
"The only way this ends is through a political dialogue and an immediate cessation of hostilities."
@StephDujarric
Secretary General
@UN_Spokesperson
discusses the resumed fighting between the Tigrayan forces and Ethiopian govt soldiers.
@OneWorldCNN
|
#Tigray
|
#Ethiopia
“What a girl is able to do when she gets the opportunity to complete her education… it gives me a lot of hope.”
Part 1 of my conversation with
@Malala
on the future of girls’ education in
#Nigeria
.
@MalalaFund
|
@OneWorldCNN
Today marks nine years since the kidnapping of 276 schoolgirls in Chibok, Nigeria.
I spoke with two of the schoolgirls, Joy Bishara & Lydia Pogu, who escaped that unspeakable trauma.
@OneWorldCNN
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#BringBackOurGirls
"This was the first time we saw a direct link between Donald Trump and the threat of violence at The Capitol on January 6th."
@CNN
Analyst
@ElieHonig
weighs in on the bombshell revelations from Cassidy Hutchinson during the
#January6thHearings
.
“I believe we will see change. It may not be at the level some of us will
#hope
, but I think we will make some progress.”
@BerniceKing
, daughter of Martin Luther King Jr., reflects on her father's teachings one year after the death of
#GeorgeFloyd
.
#BLM
@TheKingCenter
“When we are silent, we allow other
#women
to think maybe they are the problem.”
Honored to have
#Namibia
's First Lady
@KalondoMonica
share her first-hand experience with online harassment on
@OneWorldCNN
- and how she's using her voice to combat the gender-based violence.
A Canadian company believes
#Namibia
is sitting on the next - and perhaps even the last - giant onshore oil find.
@emirawoods
on
#OneWorldCNN
explains the environmental cost as drilling begins in the
#KavangoBasin
.
"My coach always told me that every time I step on the track, the goal is to win."
#Nigeria
's Tobi Amusan joins me after smashing the world record in the Women's 100m hurdles at the
@WorldAthletics
.
@OneWorldCNN
|
#TobiAmusan
"King Charles has to realize with humility that times are changing and he may have a relatively limited role."
One year into
#KingCharles
’ reign, journalist Bidisha Mamata discusses the future of the Commonwealth, as some countries consider breaking ties with the monarchy.
“If we don’t make 2022 the year where we bring
#Covid
under control then I fear it will be with us for many months and years to come.”
Fmr British PM
@GordonBrown
implores rich nations to work together to help finance
#Covid
recovery plans.
"100M
#vaccines
from the world’s richest countries will go to waste by the end of the year. They'll be past their use-by dates & will be useless."
While western countries deal with a surplus of vaccines,
#Africa
gets left behind.
Former UK PM
@gordonbrown
discusses
@OneWorldCNN
“No electricity, no water, no food, and constant shelling outside of their homes. That's the situation there. It's really devastating for children.”
Catherine Russell
@unicefchief
details the humanitarian crisis in
#Sudan
.
@UNICEF
|
@OneWorldCNN
92NY Recanati-Kaplan Talks is back for another season of ‘in conversation’. We’re honored to have Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie & Zain Asher on our stage. Hear two deeply moving stories of overcoming loss & resilience through the hardest of times.
#92NYTalks
Our hearts are heavy as we mourn the passing of Queen Elizabeth II. Such constant force for so many in my generation. Very hard to imagine a Britain and a world, without her.
#RIPQueenElizabeth
Several colonial powers have acknowledged committing atrocities in
#Africa
but few have delivered a formal apology.
Here's my interview with
@Fromagehomme
Prof. of Democracy
@unibirmingham
on
#Germany
paying reparations to
#Namibia
over past brutalities.
"People don't understand how traumatic it is to go through life, questioning your own personal existence & questioning your place in the world."
My heartbreaking but inspiring conversation with
#Nigerian
gay rights activist
@bisialimi
on
@OneWorldCNN
.
#Nigeria
@CNNAfrica
New British PM
#LizTruss
aims to expand controversial plan to send some asylum seekers to
#Rwanda
.
@pcs_union
, which reps UK border force staff, says their members call this plan "inhumane, morally reprehensible & completely unlawful."
We discuss on
@OneWorldCNN
"Ask any young African, do you know any good leader in Africa? They say
#Mandela
, then they stop."
My conversation with
#Sudanese
-
#British
businessman Mo Ibrahim on fostering better leadership in
#Africa
and why African leaders find it so hard to give up power.
@Mo_IbrahimFdn
“When they’re in school they shouldn’t be worried about terrorists abducting them. They should be learning, reading, writing just as any other student should be.”
I speak with
@Malala
about the barriers girls face accessing quality education in
#Nigeria
.
@MalalaFund
@ZiauddinY
"When you empower a woman, she empowers everybody around her — her family, her community, her society."
@melindagates
Co-Founder
@gatesfoundation
joins me on
@OneWorldCNN
to discuss her mission to tackle global poverty and gender inequality.
“There’s less than 20 African
#UFC
fighters in a roster of over 500. And 3 of us are champions. That's crazy. And we're champions at the same time"
UFC Champ Israel
#Adesanya
@stylebender
discusses pride in his
#Nigeria
roots, supportive parents & overcoming hate on
@OneWorldCNN
"People remember a restaurant because of the food but they come back b/c of the way it made them feel. That's what I focus on."
Chef Kwame Onwuachi on his restaurant Tatiana at
@LincolnCenter
Hear his humble beginnings & how he brings Nigerian + Afro-Caribbean flavors to NYC
“What is social interest? It’s a way of paying back interest on a loan through service rather than dollars.”
Angeline Murimirwa, Executive Director of Africa
@Camfed
tells me how her organization ensures African women & girls get the education and opportunity they deserve.
"Something fundamentally is shifting inside
#Iran
— what it's going to result in, though, is not clear just yet."
Journalist & author Jason Rezaian
@jrezaian
spent 544 days in an
#Iranian
prison.
He joins me on
@OneWorldCNN
to discuss the
#IranProtests2022
"I think we're dancing around it and we don't want to say it — but Haiti is a failed state. It’s not functioning."
@Pierre2Garry
Founder & Editor
@HaitianTimes_
discusses the political chaos and social unrest in
#Haiti
as gang violence sweeps the capital.
This is how I feel right now but our boys fought so hard and delivered the performance of a lifetime. If you remember nothing else about
#Nigeria
, remember we put our heart & soul into today and that's all any fan can ask for
#NigeriavsArgentina
#SuperEagles
#WorldCupRussia2018
"The vast majority of recipients of humanitarian aid in Afghanistan are women and children. We cannot reach them with only men."
@SavetheChildren
has resumed operations in
#Afghanistan
after the
#Taliban
lifted the ban on female aid workers.
@SaveCEO_US
joins us to discuss.
"The military and security forces have no shame."
Former US Ambassador
@susandpage
weighs in on the crisis in
#Sudan
, after security forces kill 7 protesters.
@OneWorldCNN
|
#Sudanese
"When we take care of our minds, our spirit, our sleep, our health, we simply do better."
@Vishen
, CEO of personal growth platform
@mindvalley
, discusses the life-changing impact of blending entrepreneurship and wellness.
“While I may the first woman in this office...I will not be the last. Every little girl watching tonight knows this is a nation of opportunity” — VP elect Kamala Harris 11.07.20
"The least developed countries are the worst hit by
#ClimateChange
and they're the least responsible. They are also the Black & brown people in our world"
Mary Robinson, Fmr Irish Pres. & Chair
@TheElders
discusses climate justice for the most vulnerable among us on
@OneWorldCNN