For @BlackBalladUK, I wrote about Abolition as Time-Travel after being called for jury duty.
There’s actions we can do now to change the future, and move towards transformative justice instead of retribution. 👇🏾
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Somalia issued diplomatic passports to South African freedom fighters and ANC members during their struggle against apartheid.
So what exactly is controversial about Somalia issuing a diplomatic passport to one of its own talented citizens ?
The Somali Minister of Youth will probably never respond to this, which is exactly why ordinary Somalis must defend the reputation of their country on every front. If we don't speak up for Somalia, nobody else will.
It was because of CAF.
In 1964, a CAF delegation led by Kwame Nkrumah boycotted the 1966 World Cup, and one of the demands was for FIFA to ban apartheid South Africa. No one is going to address what's happening in this year's World Cup unless CAF speak out.
🇸🇴 Nunca vi algo así. En Somalia hoy se llenó un estadio para recibir como héroe nacional a Omar Artan, el árbitro al que Estados Unidos le negó la entrada al Mundial. Increíble.
🏆 Referee announced for 2026 #SuperCup!
We're pleased to share that Somali referee Omar Artan will officiate the highly anticipated match between PSG and Aston Villa in Salzburg.
I am deeply grateful for the overwhelming support, encouragement, and kind messages I have received from people around the world. Your solidarity has reminded me that football unites us beyond borders. Thank you to everyone.
Award-winning Somali referee Omar Artan was officially selected by FIFA to officiate at the 2026 World Cup, but he has reportedly been denied entry to the United States despite travelling on a diplomatic passport.
He landed in Miami and was then flown to Istanbul.
This is why the World Cup should not be held in a fascist country.
🚨 12 British universities have paid a security firm £440,000 to monitor students & academics’ social media inc those who have expressed solidarity for Palestine
The unis:
• UCL
• Imperial
• KCL
• Oxford
• Sheffield
• Leicester
• Nottingham
• LSE
• Manchester
• Cardiff
BBC confirms the US is responsible for the Minab school massacre that killed 175 people, mostly girls. The "advanced" AI targeting system used outdated coordinates to hit a base next door, ignoring satellite images showing kids playing in the courtyard. Absolute war crime.
"No words can adequately capture the evil I have witnessed or experienced at their hands. I do not have sufficient language to describe what they have done to us; what Gaza smells like, feels or looks like up close now. But it is the kind of knowledge that alters one's life and makes you understand that the very least one can do is to speak truth to power, to have the courage of one's convictions, to exercise the privilege of having a voice, however muted or shadow-banned it might be, to speak forcefully for those who are defenseless against hateful colonial state violence. That is all the power I have, and I will continue to use it so long as I breathe."
Somalia 🇸🇴 warns it will strike any plan to establish an Israeli military base in Somaliland.
Somali officials, including the foreign affairs minister and the president, say they won't allow their territory to be used as a launchpad for foreign operations or to drag the region into outside conflicts.
This follows reports that Israel is exploring a base near Berbera to monitor threats like Yemen's Houthis.
Somaliland has built closer ties with Israel after its recognition.
Somalia sees it as a threat to its sovereignty and regional stability.