🏆 #YJA2026: Meet four more journalists on this year’s shortlist.
Their investigations scrutinise political connections, disappearances, the impact of farmer-herder conflict on children and a decades-old adoption scandal. 🧵👇
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Ukrainian investigative journalist Heorhii Shabaev (@GeorgeShabaev) of Radio Free Europe puts a politician’s business, political and personal connections under scrutiny.
radiosvoboda.org/a/skhemy-na…
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In Nigeria, Ndidiamaka Ede (@NdidiamakaEde) follows one woman’s years-long fight for justice after her husband disappeared.
premiumtimesng.com/investiga…
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Patricia Ngevao (@ngevao_sia) reports on how farmer-herder conflicts in northern Sierra Leone are affecting children, leaving families facing hunger and insecurity and disrupting children’s education and everyday lives.
awokonewspapersl.com/how-far…
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In Indonesia, Rafly Pratama investigates an adoption scandal dating back to the 1970s and 1980s, speaking to survivors sent to the Netherlands as children who are still dealing with its consequences decades later.
migrantimes.com/human-rights…
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Watch out for more details about the other candidates on the shortlist for the Young Journalist Award 2026. Read about all 12 here: thomsonfoundation.org/latest…
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