I've always been a little uncomfortable with Black America's #Afrofuturism and its space age aesthetic, the way it reimagines Africa as this sci-fi landscape.
That's not us. What you're doing smacks of the kid who goes to school and claims his dad is an astronaut cos he's ashamed that he's really a plumber.
#Africa isn't perfect, but we're proud of who we are. If you care, you should be too.
(Please educate me if I've got it all wrong. I'm happy to learn.)
On European social media we often discuss American issues and talk to Americans on social media - but doesn't it make sense for us to talk more to Nigerians, South Africans and Kenyans, and about their news, because that's who's awake at the same time as us?
Let me know if you are from these time zones, in #Africa, and I will follow you.
THREAD: This thread discusses the December 2020 forced expulsion of people inhabiting farming communities in a disputed border area claimed by both Ethiopia 🇪🇹 and Sudan🇸🇩. #Osint data appears to suggest that Sudanese troops may have carried out atrocities when it removed hundreds if not thousands of Ethiopians from the Al Fashaga triangle. Nobody has properly documented the expulsions and there's not enough evidence to draw conclusions.
"In the #ClimateChange discourse, #Africa is typically cast as a victim. But what if it could instead become our #hero?
Some envision a different path for Africa, in which investors place its 54 countries at the heart of a green Industrial Revolution. The continent has three things going for it – a young workforce, abundant natural resources and the potential for #RenewableEnergy."
Am I alone in feeling a sudden despair at the state of the world? Is this malaise just an #africa thing? or just #southafrica? Maybe it’s a #joburg thing? Maybe it’s just a Mabhengwane thing? I look at the way things are headed and it’s like staring into an abyss of dread. The world is on fire, and here I am trying to prepare a Grade 12 student for their #isiZulu exam.
Okay so this piece contains a map of fatalities from: drought, wildfire, storm, landslide and flood.
What happened to "heat"?
Last year #heatwaves killed nearly 62,000 in #Europe.
Erasing heat deaths in #Africa is - shall we be charitable - irresponsible at best.
The European Union should urgently address and reverse the lasting impacts of European colonialism and support a reparations programme to rectify continuing injustices, according to a draft resolution to be presented to the European parliament’s development committee....
If #ClimateChange continues on its current trend, effects on #Africa will be devastating:
Crop production down by 18% by 2050
Crop revenue down by 30%
Poverty up between 20% and 30%
Gross domestic product (GDP) decline of 7.12%
50 million people pushed into water distress.
"Country-level projections have suggested much greater economic losses in #GDP, ranging from 11.2% to 26.6% in the long term, in the most affected regions of Africa."
This is a one source piece by AP, but might be right:
Niger’s #junta rulers ask for help from #Russian group #Wagner as it faces military intervention threat
#Nigeria scientific journalists debunking popular anti #GMO narratives distributed in #Africa by Western “environmental” activists and the reasons why they were relatively successful over the last 30 years:
(although Ernesto Djédjé, the artist in the clip, was actually against the "Congolization" of Ivorian #music - the fact he ranted against it means the influence was everywhere though)
#Kenya 184 moderatori di contenuti hanno fatto causa a #Meta e a 2 subappaltatori [Sama e Majorel] dopo aver affermato di aver perso il lavoro presso una delle 2 aziende (Sama) per aver organizzato un sindacato.
I ricorrenti affermano di essere stati poi inseriti nella lista nera per aver fatto domanda per gli stessi ruoli presso la seconda azienda (Majorel) con sede in #Lussemburgo, dopo che #Facebook ha cambiato appaltatore. #Africa#DigitalRights
cc: @quinta@informapirata
The Russian embassy in South Africa has posted a map with potential new BRICS [BRICS is a grouping of the world economies of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa – ed.] members, in which Crimea is recognized as a Ukrainian territory.
EU-Deal mit Tunesien: 900 Millionen für das Zurückhalten von Migrant:innen
"Als Teil des Ausbaus der #FestungEuropa schließt die #EU ein neues Abkommen mit Tunesien. Für die erfolgreiche Sicherung der EU-Grenzen stellt Brüssel finanzielle Hilfe und Unterstützung für das krisengebeutelte nordafrikanische Land in Aussicht."
On New Year's Day, #Ethiopia signed a MoU with the unrecognized breakaway republic of #Somaliland to lease 20km of sea coast and set up a military base on soil internationally recognized as Somalia. #Somalia has strongly condemned the deal, calling it a violation of its sovereignty.
As tensions rise in the Horn of #Africa, I speak to experts who point out how the agreement may yet affect events as far away as #Yemen and #Gaza.
UN aid chief says 730,000 Sudanese children are thought to suffer from ‘severe’ malnutrition.N early five million people in Sudan are at risk of “catastrophic” hunger in the coming months, the United Nations has warned, calling for the country’s warring parties to allow aid deliveries....
Every two hours, a child dies in Sudan. Our global silence is deafening. (www.usatoday.com)
The suffering of the Sudanese may be off camera now, but it won't be in a few months when babies are starving en masse.
European Union must face legacy of colonialism and support reparations, say MEPs (Members of the European Parliament) (www.theguardian.com)
The European Union should urgently address and reverse the lasting impacts of European colonialism and support a reparations programme to rectify continuing injustices, according to a draft resolution to be presented to the European parliament’s development committee....
WHO warns Nigeria, other countries on 'Naturcold' contaminated cough syrup (www.pulse.ng)
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has alerted Nigeria and other countries on contaminated ‘Naturcold Syrup’ discovered in Cameroon...
Russian embassy in South Africa posts map with Ukrainian Crimea (www.pravda.com.ua)
The Russian embassy in South Africa has posted a map with potential new BRICS [BRICS is a grouping of the world economies of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa – ed.] members, in which Crimea is recognized as a Ukrainian territory.
UN warns five million could suffer ‘catastrophic’ hunger in Sudan amid war (www.aljazeera.com)
UN aid chief says 730,000 Sudanese children are thought to suffer from ‘severe’ malnutrition.N early five million people in Sudan are at risk of “catastrophic” hunger in the coming months, the United Nations has warned, calling for the country’s warring parties to allow aid deliveries....