Stephanie Wanga

The people of Sudan are enduring unimaginable suffering - and the world is watching.

I have written to the Foreign Secretary demanding the suspension of arms sales to the UAE.

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This group has been supporting a soup kitchen in El Fasher. Most of their volunteers were killed by the RSF. Survivors are now at a camp for the displaced in Tawila and seeking assistance to restart their soup kitchens.

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UN leaders condemn ‘horrifying’ mass killings in Sudan Emergency security council session criticises killings of civilians in El Fasher and external supply of arms to RSF

Staggering atrocities in Sudan.

Following the mass slaughter of nearly 500 men, women, and children at a maternity hospital, UN officials say: "The situation is simply horrifying... El Fasher, already the scene of catastrophic levels of human suffering, has descended into an even darker hell."

Re-upping

Please support if you can, please share, they’re doing great and much needed work
The situation is dire.

#KeepEyesOnSudan

Tanzania election: Several hundred feared dead as protests continue A diplomatic source tells the BBC there is credible evidence that at least 500 people had died.

Protesters have taken to the streets in Tanzania for a third day, defying warnings from the country's army chief to end the unrest. An internet shutdown is in place, making it difficult to confirm reports of deaths, and authorities have extended a curfew. www.bbc.com/news/article...

🔴 Hundreds of people in Tanzania have reportedly been killed in three days of election protests, according to the main opposition party.

Click here for more 👉https://go.france24.com/j0c

Or asiyejitambulisha/wasiojitambulisha na jinsia maalum (thinking about mnyambuliko wa vitenzi here na sijui kama jitambua/jitambulisha will have slightly different meanings)

Ehee, so perhaps kitu kama asiyejitambua/wasiojitambua na jinsia maalum?

Asking around, but we could workshop sth usable around jinsia? Au utumie sentensi itakayofafanua - mtu/watu (w)asiyejitambulisha na jinsia ya kike/kiume. Clunky but...labda itasaidia.

The Governnent of Jamaica has established a disaster relief portal that can be found at the URL below. It includes a comprehensive needs list of supplies and equipment, as well as information for sending monetary donations locally and from abroad. #HurricaneMelissa

supportjamaica.gov.jm

A Belgian aristocrat manages a park in a DRC war zone?

“The population has absolutely no say in the matter.” Almost a year later, the details about how the area will be managed, and what powers De Merode and his supporters will have, remain murky.

The prince was not available for an interview."

Sudan’s paramilitary killed hundreds including hospital patients in Darfur, residents say Sudan’s paramilitary forces killed hundreds of people including patients in a hospital after they seized el-Fasher city in the western Darfur region over the weekend, according to the UN, displaced re...

"UN refugee agency official Jacqueline Wilma Parlevliet said that the new arrivals told stories of widespread ethnic and politically motivated killings, including reports of people with disabilities shot dead because they were unable to flee"

this keeps getting worse

www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...

Ah but how does this work for suluhu 😭😭 or is it like...there will always be a suluhu, upende usipende.

Reports of protests in Tanzania on election day in response to President Samia Suluhu’s heavy handed suppression of opposition politicians and activists. Main challenger Tundu Lissu of Chadema is in jail, charged with treason, and several of his party members are detained for attending his trial.

Guys.

Everyone knows that all your parents’ cousins are your aunties and uncles.

imagine telling on yourself that you refer to adult relatives of your parents' age as something other than "aunt" or "uncle". the expression "am I your mate?" exists for a reason

The government of Jamaica has set up a portal for contributing to official relief efforts. I will update this thread if anything analogous opens up for Haiti, Cuba, or the DR

supportjamaica.gov.jm

Today's quick update [Oct 26]:

- Major RSF offensive on Elfashir (red), culminating in RSF takeover of SAF 6th infantry division base; conflicting reports regarding whether SAF or RSF have control of city.

- At least 2500 civilians displaced from city today.

#KeepEyesOnSudan

Tanzania goes to the polls on Wednesday. After becoming president following the death of John Magufuli, former vice President and current president Samia Suluhu is working to win her first contested election. So far her strategy includes arbitrarily arresting all major opposition candidates.

Image of Paul Biya with the text france24_en FRANCE 24 • CAMEROON 92 year-old Paul Biya declared winner of presidential election, securing 53.66% of the vote

92 year old Paul Biya has been declared the winner of the presidential election in Cameroon. Leaders of the opposition have been arrested, protests have been violently suppressed and the internet has been shut down since last week.

worth applying to politics as well. when you're criticizing an action people take "taking the better action next time" is only one of the alternatives people will consider, and worth remembering that "not bothering at all" is another.

John Heche, a leader of the opposition in Tanzania was arrested after he tried to attend the treason trial of his party leader Tundu Lissu. Last week, Heche was arrested when he tried to attend the funeral of former Kenyan prime minister Raila Odinga but released after spontaneous protests.

KENYA'S BOLD NEWSPAPER The Standard Trapped in Russia Russia's war on Ukraine is now affecting Kenyans directly with severe consequences as it emerges that hundreds of the country's youths have been trapped and forced to fight on Russia's frontlines, with dozens killed and many more nursing life-changing injuries in military hospitals. Most were promised well-paying jobs but were coerced into the army upon arrival. Today we release the identities of five young men who travelled to Rusia between Juty and August whose whereabouts are unknown back home but are said to be on the frontlines.

Hundreds of Kenyan youth have been lured to the Russian frontline in Ukraine with promises of work, visas and pay in exchange for fighting for Russia. Others were told they would be going to Russia for higher education only to be sent to the frontline.

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Katy Perry Releases New Single About Superiority Of Canadian Manufacturing

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@nanjala.bsky.social nikikutumia arafa kwa kiswahili ni kwa sababu inanisaidia na tumbojoto ya social media. Ulisema, kitu 2018/19 huko soas, eti waafrika sisi hatuko kila saa kwenye 'development-mode'. Je, naweza kukucite kwa karatasi fulani ukisema hivyo? 🥲🙏🏿itanisaidia sana 😅

Transitions Magazine is coming out with an issue entirely dedicated to Sudan soon with essays, memoir, and short fiction by Rogaia Abusharaf, Jamal Mahjoub, Fatin Abbas, Ahmed Abdel Al, Wagas Elsadig, Suzi Mirghani, and David Mikhail.

I think we can lay the groundwork to win this. @hammerandhope.bsky.social ran an interview with the folks who won Build Public Renewables in New York, lessons there worth checking out

hammerandhope.org/article/clim...

I realize that all the "we are going to win" inspiration posting codes as aesthetically liberal (being left is being unimpressed) and invites the responses you'd guess from a certain genre of more radical than thou poster but still surprised at the particular condescension strategies people go for