Biko Stephen

Consultant and researcher on African politics & International Relations. Ailurophile. Also tweets on tech & football. RTs not endorsements. Views my own

[Rap Wikipedia @RapWikip]

Nas, AZ, Cormega & Foxy Brown performing “Affirmative Action” live, 30 years ago today 🔥 (1996)

[Biko Stephen @BikoIntellect]

@Chosen_KabiruM @MaryK2022 Wewe peleka FBA nonsense mahali pengine nkt 😁

[Geoffrey York @geoffreyyork]

So much for BRICS solidarity: the bloc refused to use the word "genocide" to describe the Gaza crisis in its latest declaration -- probably due to UAE pressure.

[Kenneth Roth @KenRoth]

"After a plane journey in shackles, an Iranian woman found herself in the middle of Africa in a country she did not know existed. She is one of thousands deported from the US on the back of shadowy deals" that Trump made with dozens of countries. https://t.co/U9CUI7BsIL

[Africa Confidential @Africa_Conf]

Attempts to diplomatically isolate #SouthAfrica continues with US pressure on Macron to rescind an invitation to the upcoming #G7. Already excluded by the US from the G20, Ramaphosa must wait three months before that presidency passes to Britain.

https://t.co/2OQAE38meZ

[France Diplomacy 🇫🇷🇪🇺 @francediplo_EN]

A single Permanent Member of the Security Council can block a resolution, even if a majority of Members support it. That’s known as the veto right. 🇺🇳

France and Mexico have introduced an initiative to suspend this right: Permanent Members would pledge to voluntarily refrain from using the veto in situations involving mass atrocities.

The goal: to keep the Council from being paralyzed when faced with the most serious crimes.

Major progress this year: for the first time, another Permanent Member of the Security Council, the United Kingdom, joined the initiative, which now enjoys the support of 128 nations.

Swipe to find out more 👉

[Biko Stephen @BikoIntellect]

@Lazy6625 @LedonDivine This is a Ugandan journalist. Africa is not a country 😁

[Gordon Corera @gordoncorera]

He's back. MI6's greatest traitor returns to @triclassified podcast as we finish the story of Kim Philby. We pick up with him in Washington as liaison to the new CIA. Episode 1 includes possibly the worst dinner party in history when old friend Guy Burgess drops by......

[Biko Stephen @BikoIntellect]

@rondezvous @David8132966481 @Funwithflares It is embarrassing. Ridiculous to produce a video like this 😁

[Biko Stephen @BikoIntellect]

@rondezvous @Funwithflares Yep, that is the most ridiculous part. It is like TY an adult is a child being exploited. It is one thing to hate on AFTV, another to engage in asinine arguments

[Biko Stephen @BikoIntellect]

@Safaricom_Care hi, please respond to my second question on DM

[Rolling Stone @RollingStone]

The MAGA revolution set out to dismantle a global order it believes weakens the U.S. Instead, it’s creating a vacuum that Russia, China, and others are rushing to fill https://t.co/JmUlO6zHhx

[Karim Emile Bitar @karimbitar]

📚 “When Francis Fukuyama published “The End of History and the Last Man” in 1992, the book was met with acclaim. A quarter-century later, it became an emblem of liberal hubris. In a new memoir, the political scientist tries to set the record straight.”
👉https://t.co/ex4GImEgOV

[Odanga Madung @Odangaring]

At some point we have to talk about how social media ruined the podcasting experience.. podcasts are now optimized for the algorithm to deliver shock value and empty hot takes..

It's rare to hear about narrative driven podcasts hitting the mainstream nowadays...

[Biko Stephen @BikoIntellect]

@Safaricom_Care hi, please respond to DM

[Danny Postel @DannyPostel]

“There is something intellectually and morally fossilized in Western tankies — American ones in particular — connected to their inverted imperialism: their subordination of every struggle to one enormous struggle they imagine themselves to be waging.” ⤵️

[Dr. Dan Lomas @Sandbagger_01]

‘The rules have changed’: has Russia begun to order assassinations on US soil?

https://t.co/DjvBP7VAHQ

[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s aides were allegedly paid to transform Qatar’s public reputation in Israel by arranging press junkets, inventing sources, and planting stories that brazenly inverted popular views. From Qatar’s perspective, the campaign was a success: the Qataris became crucial players in peace talks over Gaza. Within Israel, though, it has become the center of a nearly unprecedented scandal—a legal case, now known as Qatargate, that involves a sweeping police investigation and potential indictments of several members of Netanyahu’s innermost circle. Of all the corruption accusations that have plagued Netanyahu over the years, “the charge that his aides doubled as influence agents for Qatar may be the most politically damaging,” Ruth Margalit writes. https://t.co/IiUq02xlsy

[Cameron Hudson @_hudsonc]

US and Kenyan forces beginning excercises to defend Manda Bay from terrorist attack. Hard to believe that this is the exercise of this kind given past attacks and rising terror threats across the region. https://t.co/pOCrRvu3mP

[Biko Stephen @BikoIntellect]

@ellehardy 😁😁