Sudan: Eid in Wad Hamid, prayers in east of Sudan. Twitter has started blocking unregistered users

Wondering what the boy in photo is thinking and what his future holds. Most Sudanese children have lost 3 months of schooling since April 15.

 

Photos at BBC News Africa
Published Friday 30 June 2023

Africa's week in pictures: 23-29 June 2023

From a selection of the best photos from across Africa and beyond this week, here are two taken in Sudan.

IMAGE SOURCE, AFP

Image caption,

In Wad Hamid, about 100km (60 miles) north of Sudan's capital, Khartoum, a man skins a sheep for an Eid feast, where people marked the festival despite the conflict...

IMAGE SOURCE, IBRAHIM MOHAMMED ISHAK/REUTERS

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But the fighting, which began in April, has forced millions from their homes - including this boy seen on Wednesday at Eid prayers in the east of Sudan.

View more here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-66052642

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Post script from Sudan Watch Editor:

1. Currently reading 'Explainer: when does a conflict become war'

https://theconversation.com/explainer-when-does-a-conflict-become-a-war-31086

2. Spending time creating different ways to fact-check, curate and chronicle news now that microblogging platform Twitter is closed to people who are not registered or can't register/sign in.

If it is a permanent change by Twitter, I'll sign in for a short time daily and manually copy tweets suitable for documenting at Sudan Watch so readers can see a tweet without having to register/sign in to Twitter.

Tweeters will lose new readers from many sources such as journalists embedding tweets into news reports. Sudan Watch has a high quality longstanding readership. Many are in countries where for security reasons they are unable/unwilling to register at Twitter/sign in to read a tweet. 

Sadly, Twitter is no longer a village square open to all. It's marginalising millions of people across the world who rely on it to check on news and emergencies. Can't imagine Twitter's advertisers are pleased. 

When I signed in today I saw it costs approx £100 GBP annually for an individual (not a business) to have a blue tick and perks. Anyone can buy one if they have verifiable phone number but it has to be a mobile number, marginalising people without a mobile phone. It's a disappointing mess. 

From the Verge, today:

Twitter has started blocking unregistered users

If you want to browse tweets, user profiles, and comment threads on the web, then you currently need to be signed in to a Twitter account. Twitter has yet to address if the update was intentional

The new sign-in prompt now appears as soon as you try to access Twitter and removes the previously available background preview. Image: Twitter / The Verge

View original: https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/30/23779764/twitter-blocks-unregistered-users-account-tweets

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