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@ReutersAfrica · joined 19 Mar 2009

Reuters Africa provides a feed of our latest news from the continent.

924 515Followers
347Following
89 245Posts total
308.3KViews on collected posts

Latest posts

Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have intensified deadly drone attacks in government-held towns in the frontline state of North Kordofan, disrupting normal life and causing a deep sense of insecurity, residents say. https://t.co/iIATfzEJES 1.3K views · 5 likes · 3 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →
Residents in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region stocked up on food, cash and basics on Thursday, fearing that renewed fighting could trigger another major war. https://t.co/9bpqeqaVh3 2.7K views · 11 likes · 5 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →
PAM party wins most seats in Morocco's parliamentary election https://t.co/vaYptRj100 3.9K views · 19 likes · 4 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →
Debt markets were on edge on Thursday with Japanese bonds following Treasuries lower, while Asian equities were mixed as investors weighed Middle East tensions and prospects for talks between the United States and China. https://t.co/qOvQElwWvn 2.4K views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →
South Africa risks losing future vehicle production to Asian rivals as global automakers decide where to build the next generation of electric vehicles, despite a new government tax incentive aimed at attracting investment, executives say. https://t.co/PMVVegneJt 3K views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →
Three armed men opened fire on guests at a house party in a township south of the South African city of Durban on Tuesday night, killing at least 11 and injuring three, in what police said could be a gang-related incident. https://t.co/wUnQ3mUiF9 1.1K views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →
Ethiopia's Tigray regional government said in a statement Wednesday that its fighters have entered a defensive war against federal troops, hours after Tigrayan forces seized the main airport in the northern region. https://t.co/No8URS4fE4 1.2K views · 5 likes · 5 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →
Judges at the International Criminal Court on Wednesday convicted a former Seleka militia leader from the Central African Republic of crimes against humanity including torture. https://t.co/Cb7gwAJstJ 2.1K views · 0 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →
TotalEnergies and its Nigerian partner AMNI have taken a final investment decision to develop the offshore Ima gas field in Nigeria, which will supply a Nigeria LNG liquefaction plant, the French oil major said on Wednesday. https://t.co/SuKloU2Osx 2.6K views · 31 likes · 30 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →
Asian shares were aiming for a sixth session of gains on Wednesday as consumer hunger for AI apps continued to buoy tech stocks, while oil prices fell further on reports of increased supply out of the Middle East. https://t.co/BVRgTCV2Zu 2.5K views · 1 likes · 1 reposts · 3 replies Open on X →
The South African rand was subdued in early trade on Tuesday as investors awaited potential US-Iran talks and key domestic data and events later this week, including inflation figures and the central bank's policy decision. https://t.co/LJfhAbBxBw 1.3K views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →
A former Rwandan official appeared in a London court on Tuesday charged with encouraging the massacre of Tutsis and ordering six killings in the first week of the 1994 Rwandan genocide. https://t.co/FVKuparYym 1.4K views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →
Nigerian prison guards sprayed an unidentified substance into a crowded cell where dozens of detainees died and kept the doors locked, ignoring cries for help, according to three survivors. https://t.co/iv8DhpiOpN 2.4K views · 6 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →
South Sudan's president signs election law changes ahead of December vote https://t.co/yFhtJLM4X5 5.2K views · 7 likes · 3 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →
Technology stocks powered Asian markets higher on Tuesday as stalling oil prices lifted sentiment and investors pinned their hopes on US-Iran talks, while the dollar stood tall on bets that more interest rate hikes are needed to rein in inflation. https://t.co/I9Bx0tKrnq 2.4K views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →
Share markets edged higher in Asia on Monday as AI's insatiable demand for data buoyed chipmakers, and oil eased as hopes Saudi Arabia could boost supplies offset news of a Houthi attack on Riyadh. https://t.co/LR2NSNg5Rc 3.2K views · 3 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →
Oil prices rose on Monday after Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis launched missile and drone strikes at Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh on Saturday, escalating tension in the Middle East while the US and Iran remained in stalemate. https://t.co/SASjx7q5gZ 3.7K views · 5 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →
South Africans gathered for memorial runs and protests this week after the killings of nine women near Johannesburg reignited anger and fear over violence that many say mirrors the dangers women face every day. https://t.co/w5gnVbD3Nw 6.3K views · 4 likes · 2 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →
The Trump administration lifted sanctions on Eritrean Defense Forces and other entities in Eritrea on Friday in a move analysts have said could boost US ties to the African nation given its strategic location along the Red Sea shipping route. https://t.co/6uQcVHoK7C 73.7K views · 229 likes · 103 reposts · 19 replies Open on X →
Ceuta border crisis fuels EU's far right despite fall in migrant arrivals, commissioner says https://t.co/1wy4SegMsU 5.2K views · 5 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →
A rush by Nigerians to buy shares in Aliko Dangote's petroleum refinery is fuelling a wave of viral memes portraying even the smallest investors as newly minted captains of industry and personal advisers to Africa's richest man. https://t.co/Kh3rFCcpXS 90.9K views · 561 likes · 164 reposts · 11 replies Open on X →
A South Sudanese man was jailed for two years and three months in an English court on Friday after he admitted piloting a small boat across the Channel from France, which carried a then-record 165 people. https://t.co/mJWtDDd2M2 4.6K views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →
An Egyptian man deported from the US to Equatorial Guinea who criticized the conduct of security forces there has been held for a week at a gendarmerie station, one of his lawyers said. https://t.co/Y6zTcWSrJQ 5.9K views · 9 likes · 11 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →
Asian stocks rose on Friday, helped by lower oil prices while investors grappled with global central bank efforts to rein in inflation, as Japan added another rate hike, albeit with a dovish twist that pushed the yen lower. https://t.co/WCCylgc96s 1K views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →
The yen sank against its major peers in Asian trading on Friday, after a widely-expected rate hike by the Bank of Japan failed to halt the currency's decline. https://t.co/yXXP5HCU4B 1.1K views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →
Asian stocks rose and the dollar held its ground on Friday as investors contended with global policymakers ramping up efforts to rein in inflation, with a dip in oil prices improving sentiment ahead of an expected rate hike from the Bank of Japan. https://t.co/UHQq1ZG3QW 2K views · 2 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →
The ongoing Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo is still serious, with data indicating gaps in infection prevention and control, Africa's top public health agency said on Thursday. https://t.co/79x9730Go4 2.2K views · 0 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →
Patrice Motsepe, president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), said he remains confident Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda will successfully host the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations, dismissing suggestions the tournament could be moved elsewhere. https://t.co/pbsH5gK554 3.4K views · 6 likes · 4 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →
Shares edged up in Asia on Thursday as investors bet the Federal Reserve is finally getting the jump on inflation, delivering its first rate hike in more than three years and calming a global bond selloff that had sent long-term yields soaring. https://t.co/oJ3kcEcaim 1.5K views · 2 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →
The dollar clung to a seven-week high on Thursday after the Federal Reserve raised interest rates and flagged more hikes in coming months, while investors awaited decisions from the Bank of England later and the Bank of Japan on Friday. https://t.co/kyMkRv00X8 1.7K views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Against accounts of the same size

50 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 100K–1M follower range. below its peers on both reach and engagement.

Median views2 392this account5 983median for 100K–1M
Reach, %0.26%this account1.49%median for 100K–1M
Engagement, %0.16%this account0.93%median for 100K–1M
MetricThis accountMedian for 100K–1MRatio
Median views per post2 3925 9830.40×
Reach (views ÷ followers)0.26%1.49%0.17×
Engagement rate0.16%0.93%0.17×

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Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

5.2K22 Sep
2.4K
1.4K
1.3K
2.5K23 Sep
2.6K
2.1K
1.2K
1.1K
3K24 Sep
2.4K
3.9K
2.7K
1.3K

Last 14 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.19%22 Sep
0.38%
0.00%
0.08%
0.20%23 Sep
2.41%
0.09%
0.89%
0.00%
0.07%24 Sep
0.00%
0.65%
0.74%
0.68%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 0.93%.

What the audience does

Likes61.1%918 in total
Reposts22.6%340 in total
Replies3.1%46 in total
Quotes4.0%60 in total
Bookmarks9.2%138 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.

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