Felix Ndahinda

YouTube video by TRT World Now DR Congo, Rwanda set to ink US-brokered peace deal in Washington

Earlier today, I talked to TRT World on the prospects of success of the Peace Agreement between the #DRC-#Rwanda signed today by the heads of state of the two countries in #Washington (the interview took place before the signing ceremony).
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Addressing Egregious Actions of The Republic of South Africa By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:     Section

A link to the Executive Order: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

YouTube video by eNCA 'Afrikaner refugees' - How Afriforum, Musk, Fox News, Tucker Carlson made Trump attack on SA

Some insight on the background to the executive order on the "Afrikaner Refugees." I was in Cape Town when it was & the discussion around that was quite, well, something else! youtu.be/jOiWc8mgqN4?...

YouTube video by TRT World Now M23 rebels force displaced persons to leave camps in eastern DRC

Talked to @trtworld yesterday on the dire situation in eastern #DRC & the resulting regional tensions. The plight of all civilians in the area calls for informed(not ideological) diplomacy in adressing local,national,regional & global factors feeding the conflicts. youtu.be/wLPUM11zacs?...

Thank you very much @nicolapalmer.bsky.social for your great and engaging session! Participants had only positive things to say! The journey continues, happy to always count of your commitment to Strengthening the capacity of younger researchers!

YouTube video by BAMBA TALK Live Tiken Jah Plus rien ne m'étonne

International Relations Reggae style! Classic Tiken Kah Fakoly!
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Why do I keep coming across news articles on ongoing conflicts promising agreements that are on the verge of ... well, not materializing!.

YouTube video by Comedy Central NL Zwarte Piet RACISTISCH? Wat vindt Trevor Noah? - WTF NIEUWS #6 - The Daily Show

For those unfamiliar with the zwarte piet debate, I couldn't find a better summary than this @Trevornoah clip:
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I revised the debate in this piece back in July 2020 at the height of the #BLM movement
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Wel of geen zwarte pieten bij Sinterklaasintocht? "Daar bemoeien wij ons niet mee" De meeste Friese gemeenten vinden het niet hun taak om een standpunt in te nemen in de discussie over zwarte pieten bij intochten. Eén gemeente spreekt zich duidelijk uit tegen zwarte pieten.

The hands of time seem to be in a slow motion in the struggle to liberate Zwarte Pieten from their Sinterklaas servitude in NL. A municipality (out of many) is reported here to have threatened not to issue permits if processions included black-faced pieten
www.omropfryslan.nl/nl/nieuws/17...

Recently read this & found it quite funnily refreshing!
www.amazon.com/You-Kidding-...
Should be a recommended read for anyone interested in injecting rationality into the religious dogmas many believers are taught to adopt, ideally without using the critical faculties of their brains...

THOUGHT OF THE DAY:
"The past is never dead. It is not even past."
William Faulkner

Learned the hard way not to feed trolls! How engagement is what feeds trolls .... re-learning the virtues of silence! Or eloquent silence!

Without some kind of moderation, the internet just breeds toxicity, I feel. People are safe behind their screens and can let their socially acceptability filter down.

The trick is - don’t feed the troll.
Fingers crossed!

This may be the beginning of a migration from Toxicland!

As least I hope!

Assuming that toxicity is not the new normal in our shared spaces!