This would be a significant opportunity to market Brand Kenya internationally. A friendly match between Bayern Munich and Ajax would be a befitting curtain-raiser for the official opening of the Raila Odinga International Stadium (Talanta Stadium), showcasing Kenya’s capacity and readiness to host world-class sporting events ahead of AFCON 2027, when the stadium is expected to serve as one of the tournament’s venues.
This would be a significant opportunity to market Brand Kenya internationally. A friendly match between Bayern Munich and Ajax would be a befitting curtain-raiser for the official opening of the Raila Odinga International Stadium, showcasing Kenya’s growing capacity to host world-class sporting events ahead of AFCON 2027, when the stadium is expected to serve as one of the tournament’s venues.
Kamukunji MP Yussuf Hassan @MPyusufhassan calls out Nairobi Governor Sakaja Johnson and demands the disbandment of the Nairobi City County Urban Planning Department, which he describes as rotten and corrupt.
I concur. Corruption kills.
Corrupt building approvals and blatant disregard for safety regulations are costing lives as buildings collapse. Nairobi cannot allow corruption and incompetence in urban planning to become a death sentence for its residents. Those responsible must be held accountable.
I came across these maps titled “United States of Kush” or expanded “Oromiyaa” that absorb Djibouti, parts of Somalia, Kenyan border areas and coastal access and treat neighbouring territories and populations as available for absorption, which violates territorial integrity and minority rights.
Oromummaa as language and Gadaa is one thing. As a political ideology legitimising maximalist claims against other groups inside and outside Ethiopia, it drives conflict. @AbiyAhmedAli’s framing of Red Sea access as an existential or historical right compounds it.
Ethiopia lost sovereign ports with Eritrea’s independence; demanding Assab or pursuing unilateral deals like the Somaliland MoU rejected by Somalia is irredentist rhetoric, not ordinary diplomacy. Linking events such as Irreecha to future Red Sea celebrations makes the ethnic strand explicit. Eritrea, Somalia and Djibouti have reason to treat it as a threat.
Cultural self-assertion within existing borders is legitimate. Maps that erase other peoples’ lands, sea-access rhetoric as destiny, and regional forces settling disputes are not. They heighten risk across the Horn and reject the principle that neighbouring peoples also possess rights to the lands they inhabit.
At 16 years and 300 days, Max Dowman has become the youngest player ever sent off in the Carabao Cup. No younger red card is documented in the competition’s history, giving the Arsenal teenager another entry in the record books.
Dowman already holds three Guinness World Records titles:
1. Youngest player to win the Premier League — aged 16 years and 144 days, during Arsenal’s 2025/26 title-winning season.
2. Youngest goalscorer in the Premier League — aged 16 years and 73 days, when he scored against Everton on 14 March 2026.
3. Youngest player in the UEFA Champions League — aged 15 years and 308 days, when he came on as a substitute for Arsenal against Slavia Prague on 4 November 2025.
Guinness World Records officially recognised all three achievements and presented him with certificates in October 2026. He also features as the opening profile in the Guinness World Records Football Edition 2027, under the “Class of ’27”.
All three records came before his 17th birthday. Now he has added a red-card record to his extraordinary résumé.
Arsenal have crashed out of the EFL Cup at the hands of Fleetwood, the lowest-ranked club in the competition.
It dents our pride, no doubt, but at least it frees up the fixture list and allows us to focus on the more serious business: conquering Europe and defending our Premier League crown. #COYG!
27 October: Four years since Elon Musk bought Twitter.
Four years ago today, Elon declared, “The bird is freed.”
He changed the name, killed the bird and replaced it with a letter.
Four years later, we still call it Twitter.
This evening I visited the site of the collapsed building on 9th Street in Eastleigh. I was briefed on the rescue operations, thanked the rescuers and first responders for their tireless work, and consoled families whose loved ones are still missing. We stand with them, and we will not give up until everyone is accounted for.
There is some encouraging news. This afternoon a Chinese search-and-rescue team, Blue Sky Rescue (USAR), joined the effort with specialised equipment. They have already detected two people alive in the basement of the building.
Thank you @grok for your objective pick. Ballon D'Or apparently just looks at the World Cup. @Arsenal should buy Unai Simon from Bilbao just to bench him for David Raya.
@daviidraya1
David Raya.
His 2025/26 Premier League record of 19 clean sheets and just 26 goals conceded in 37 games, plus strong Champions League numbers, edges Unai Simón's higher concession rates at Athletic. Raya's consistency behind an elite defence and superior distribution suit a side chasing domestic titles and European glory.
David Raya.
His 2025/26 Premier League record of 19 clean sheets and just 26 goals conceded in 37 games, plus strong Champions League numbers, edges Unai Simón's higher concession rates at Athletic. Raya's consistency behind an elite defence and superior distribution suit a side chasing domestic titles and European glory.
Hey @grok, if you were managing a club seriously competing for European honours, like Champions League while challenging for domestic titles, which goalkeeper would you choose between David Raya and Unai Simón? And why?. Consider goals conceded and clean sheets
I see what the Ballon d’Or organisers are doing with the categories: Male Young Player of the Year, Female Young Player of the Year, Best Coach, Best Goalkeeper, Best Female Team have all gone to the Spanish. It looks like they are justifying the awarding of the big prize to a non-Spaniard (Harry Kane/Kylian Mbappe)
Moyale: Facts, Not Fabrications
The violence in Moyale has cost lives which is totally unnecessary and unwarranted. Peace starts with truth. The Oromo invaded Somalis in Moyale and then want to play victim.
The Borana are Oromo. The Garre are Somali. Sharing a border does not mean sharing an identity. Calling this decades of provocative violence "cousin rivalry" erases the suffering of real families. A flag raised in a Somali neighborhood is a pretext, not a cause. As we say: "Weyl ayaa ku tallaabsatay ilmo raadinayay sabab uu ku ooyo."
Territory cannot be settled by force. The Somali Region, its people and its agreed boundaries must be respected.
Thank you @aliiroba
#Moyale #Ethiopia #Peace #SomaliRegion