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Stephen Biko

@bikointellect.bsky.social

Consultant and Researcher on African Politics and International Relations. Supporter of the Arsenal. Ailurophile

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Episode 847 – European rotation Welcome to another episode of the Arsecast – the Arsenal podcast. In this episode I’m joined by Tim Stillman to look back at Wednesday night’s 2-0 win over Olympiacos. An early goal settled the nerves, but European games can be tricky, that proved to be the case here. Arsenal had chances to score, but so […] The post Episode 847 – European rotation appeared first on Arseblog ... an Arsenal blog.
02.10.2025 10:34 — 👍 50    🔁 3    💬 4    📌 0

Queen, fully agreed. He needs a lot of good service to thrive

02.10.2025 10:33 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Meet the man behind Belgium’s Brighton plotting Champions League disruption Alex Muzio has transformed Union Saint-Gilloise from second-tier strugglers to Champions League hopefuls. Miguel Delaney went to meet the protege of Brighton owner Tony Bloom to find out more

Royal Union St Gilloise host Newcastle as maybe the game's most overperforming club

They are part-owned by Bloom and use Brighton's famous analytics, but owner Alex Muzio also explains how they're doing things their own way - from bonuses to injuries

www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...

30.09.2025 18:43 — 👍 17    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 1
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Madagascar imposes curfew after violent protests against water, power cuts Police fire rubber bullets and tear gas as hundreds protest chronic power outages in the island country.

Police fire rubber bullets and tear gas as hundreds protest chronic power outages in the island country.

25.09.2025 21:30 — 👍 52    🔁 11    💬 1    📌 0
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What the Pakistan-Saudi Arabia Pact Means for South Asia The mutual defense agreement could make Islamabad even more risk-tolerant.

A new web of partnerships is likely to have novel consequences for Pakistan’s security calculus.

25.09.2025 23:30 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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French navy seizes nearly 10 tonnes of cocaine off West African coast French authorities say the "remarkable seizure" was found on board a fishing boat following a tip-off.

French navy seizes nearly 10 tonnes of cocaine off West African coast

25.09.2025 12:50 — 👍 13    🔁 2    💬 2    📌 1

Ffs

22.09.2025 10:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Personally, I cannot forgive him football wise. He is part of our history but leaving for a London rival and become a crucial cog in that machine will always rankle

14.09.2025 11:49 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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@pueblosnegrosuc.bsky.social realiza una labor excepcional educando a la sociedad sobre las complejas realidades de los pueblos africanos y las comunidades afrodescendientes. Para inscribirse en el máster,haga clic en el enlace: www.ucm.es/cfp/estudios...
O escriba a📩 jicastie@ucm.es

08.09.2025 15:00 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

😁😁😁

01.09.2025 18:15 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I have been working for 2 years on the Handbook on Authoritarianism in the Arab World. 30 contributions. It's finally done and submitted.

Stay tuned for publication, open access. I hope it's a useful resource for students, scholars, and everyone interested in the topic of authoritarianism.

01.09.2025 01:11 — 👍 168    🔁 33    💬 10    📌 0

Fully agreed Queen, the amount of simplistic and biased narrative framing is tiring.

01.09.2025 08:49 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Spot on mate

01.09.2025 08:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The game is gone as they say 😁

20.08.2025 08:44 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Morning Queen, crazy times in football. I hope Newcastle stick to their guns 😁

20.08.2025 08:08 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Just received the cover of the latest edited volume by Helder Fonseca, Lena Dallywater, and Chris Saunders. It was a privilege to co-author a chapter on Communist agency in Angola’s complex (and violent) transition to independence. The book will be available by the end of the year.

14.08.2025 10:28 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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Eighty years on from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the world should not forget the devastation wrought by nuclear weapons The breakdown of nuclear diplomacy, misleading talk of ‘limited’ nuclear war and a lack of public awareness have produced a dangerously heightened risk.

Countries like Saudi Arabia, South Korea and Poland are openly reconsidering their nuclear postures in light of eroding US security guarantees.

08.08.2025 05:00 — 👍 13    🔁 8    💬 1    📌 1
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The Ordeal of the Syrian Nation-State Today The new Syrian government’s base is narrow and its politics sectarian. No “state” can unify a nation while aggressively alienating wide segments of its people, nor has it any right to demand patriotis...

"In sum, the situation is unstable because it cannot be made stable. It produces opponents and enemies in abundance, without gaining new friends at home — all while barely standing on a single, unsteady leg." - Yassin Al Haj Saleh newlinesmag.com/argument/the...

04.08.2025 18:18 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Los legados olvidados de las luchadoras por la libertad africana: Un estudio de caso de Andrée Madeleine Blouin Escrito por Sheila Semo «Si la historia de África la hubieran escrito africanos y mujeres, creo que encontraríamos muchos héroes anónimos». Presidenta Sahle-Work Zewde (primera mujer presidenta de Eti...

Descrita alguna vez como la mujer más peligrosa de África, el poderoso e inspirador legado de #AndréeMadeleineBlouin no debería de ninguna manera quedar relegado a las notas a pie de página de la historiografía africana.
culturaypensamientodelospueblosnegros.com/los-legados-...

21.07.2025 16:32 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

The Six Degrees of Tom Mboya

25.06.2025 06:01 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

With Mamdani's win, all of politics is East African politics

25.06.2025 06:00 — 👍 56    🔁 6    💬 3    📌 0

Morning Queen. Enjoy your trip ❤️

15.06.2025 05:15 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Este libro examina críticamente la interacción entre #religión, #diversidad y #gobernanza secular, cuestionando los enfoques convencionales para gestionar el pluralismo en contextos contemporáneos. Es una lectura realmente excelente:
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

14.06.2025 16:19 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Good morning Queen, great news indeed

06.06.2025 08:58 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

👍😁😁😁

28.05.2025 15:22 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Add to that the fact that he injured Brett Hart 😏

28.05.2025 13:05 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Hezbollah captives may be freed as part of deal involving Israeli-Russian researcher There is an available chance to reactivate the file of the release of Lebanese captives held by Israel in conjunction with the expected release of Israeli-Russian researcher Elizabeth Tsurkov, who was...

Reports of a prisoner/hostage exchange deal under negotiation, which could free Elizabeth Tsurkov. www.naharnet.com/stories/en/3...

27.05.2025 09:50 — 👍 8    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
Redirecting

Out now and open access in Aggression & Violent Behaviour, our latest paper examines the overlap between intimate partner abuse and susceptibility to violent extremism, available here - doi.org/10.1016/j.av...

27.05.2025 08:31 — 👍 6    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 0
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Jornada #Geopolítica de los #hidrocarburos en el #África Atlántica

Fecha: 21 de mayo, de 9:45 a 16:00 horas.

Podrá verse en directo en el canal de Youtube de la Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociología de la UCM. youtube.com/@ucmpolitica...

13.05.2025 12:58 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

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