For your weekend listening - a special edition of #TheGlobalJigsaw from BBC Monitoring, in time for #G20India2023 , on the Ukraine grain deal - the obstacles, the alternatives, the narratives, and the implications for global security. Produced by kriszta satori bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3c…

Also Beverly Ochieng and Mina Al-Lami told @Krassitwigg on #TheGlobalJigsaw about #Wagner and the Russian influence operations in #Mali and the #Sahel . Subscribe and share: bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3c…

The future of #Wagner and its operations in Africa is a hot topic. #TheGlobalJigsaw explored what drew the group to mineral-rich Central African Republic. Krassimira Twigg spoke to Beverly Ochieng, Vitaly Shevchenko and Clément Di Roma bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0f…

In the news today: Three #Bulgaria n nationals suspected of being #Russian spies, have been arrested in Britain and charged with identity document offences.

A proper backgrounder on #Bulgaria 's Russia conundrum by Krassimira Twigg here: bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0f…
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The Russian invasion has dramatically transformed Ukraine’s media landscape. Krassimira Twigg finds out how...

Watch The Global Jigsaw on YouTube ➡️ bbc.in/42JgS1i

Why are Africans taking to the streets with Russian flags, and what does Russia really want from African countries?

Find out in this episode of The Global Jigsaw: bbc.in/42fFn6b

Let me introduce you to the best new podcast in news #TheGlobalJigsaw bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…

#Niger has the highest fertility rate in the world, averaging ~ 7 children / woman in 2022. #UN says 4 mill people in need of #humanitarian assistance - aid suspended in the aftermath of the #coup
More on #TheGlobalJigsaw w Beverly Ochieng & Krassimira Twigg
bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0g…

Alexander #Dugin , whose ideas are said to have a major influence on Vladimir #Putin , wrote on Telegram:
‘ #Niger is ours! The last puppet of France-Afrique is overthrown just before the start of the #RussiaAfricaSummit ' More in #TheGlobalJigsaw on Niger:
bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0g…

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In a special edition of #theglobaljigsaw , BBC Monitoring’s Africa expert Beverly Ochieng talks to Krassimira Twigg about the #nigercoup and explores the implications for the country and the wider region. Produced by kriszta satori bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0g…

Ecowas will discuss the latest military coup in the region after presidential guards ousted Mohamed Bazoum whose election was #Niger 's first peaceful, democratic transition since independence. We discuss the impact in BBC Monitoring's Global Jigsaw special bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…

#Niger has the highest fertility rate in the world, averaging ~ 7 children / woman in 2022. #UN says 4 mill people in need of #humanitarian assistance - aid suspended in the aftermath of the #coup
More on #TheGlobalJigsaw w Beverly Ochieng & Krassimira Twigg
bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0g…

Alexander #Dugin , whose ideas are said to have a major influence on Vladimir #Putin , wrote on Telegram:
‘ #Niger is ours! The last puppet of France-Afrique is overthrown just before the start of the #RussiaAfricaSummit ' More in #TheGlobalJigsaw on Niger:
bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0g…

‘The worry is that #Nigercoup could be another opportunity for the Wagner group to exploit’ - Beverly Ochieng on the implications of the dramatic events in Niger for security in the Sahel. Special edition of #TheGlobalJigsaw , produced by kriszta satori bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…

So what does BBC Monitoring really do?!
Many thanks to Krassimira Twigg Lucy Bailey kriszta satori for giving me and colleagues in BBC Monitoring the chance to talk about the fascinating past, present and future of the world's oldest media monitoring organisation.
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Now public: I wrote to the Government of #Russia about the searches carried out in the homes and offices of members of the NGO Memorial, and the criminalisation of HRD Oleg Orlov.
Russian Mission in Geneva Memorial in English kriszta satori

See the full letter:
srdefenders.org/russia-search-…

#Israel 's MPs have passed into law a controversial bill despite mass protests. Tens of thousands of Israelis have been on the streets for months, rallying against the #judicial reform. #TheGlobalJigsaw brings you more on the background of these protests:
bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0g…

Journalists BBC Radio London & BBC London are on the picket line. We are striking over BBC plans to replace many Local Radio shows with national or regional shows instead.
The BBC says it’s to divert more funding into digital.
NUJ says it will diminish local radio.

This one hits close to home.
Five older, very experienced, female BBC anchors have been off the air since March.

On our latest “The 5 of Us” podcast we talk about the women we’ve dubbed
“The BBC 5” because we’ve got a lot of experience in this area.

open.spotify.com/episode/0VcOmV……