Ali Cheikh

SE at @RunZeroInc, all the way from Djibouti calling Seattle, WA my new home. Interested in #music #travel #technology #Islam and a proper @chelseafc fan

[sarah @sahouraxo]

BREAKING: Israel just blew up the public water reservoir in Mansouri, South Lebanon — cutting off the town’s water supply.

Not a military target.

A water reservoir.
Essential civilian infrastructure.

This is a war crime.
This is an act of genocide.

[B/R Football @brfootball]

Somali referee Omar Artan, who was selected for this year's World Cup but was barred from entering the United States, makes history as the first non-European to referee the UEFA Super Cup 👏

[#ضياءالدين_بامخرمة @dya_bamakhrama]

في عام 1982م، نشرت الصحف الخبر أدناه، عن توقيع أمير منطقة الرياض آنذاك، (خادم الحرمين الشريفين الملك سلمان بن عبدالعزيز)، مع سفراء كل من جيبوتي والدنمارك والأوروغواي وسوريا، عقود تمليك الأراضي المخصصة لسفارات دولهم في حي السفارات بمدينة الرياض.

واليوم، بعد حوالي أكثر من ٤ عقود، أصبح حي السفارات واحدا من أرقى وأعظم الأحياء الدبلوماسية في العالم، ونموذجا حضاريا فريدا يجسد رؤية ثاقبة وفكرة استثنائية تمثلت في جمع السفارات في حي واحد، أُعد وفق أعلى المعايير العمرانية والأمنية والبيئية، ليغدو أحد أبرز معالم مدينة الرياض الزاهرة، ورمزا لما بلغته المملكة العربية السعودية من تقدم في التخطيط الحضري والدبلوماسي.

وقد وقّع من الجانب الجيبوتي آنذاك أول سفير لجمهورية جيبوتي لدى المملكة، أستاذي ومعلمي، السفير آدن شيخ حسن، رحمه الله، ورغم أن تشييد مبنى سفارة جمهورية جيبوتي قد تأخر آنذاك لظروف خاصة، فإن هذا المشروع أُنجز لاحقا، ولله الحمد، خلال فترة عملي سفيرا لجمهورية جيبوتي لدى المملكة، وهو ما أعتز به باعتباره إحدى المحطات المشرّفة في مسيرة العلاقات الأخوية الراسخة بين البلدين الشقيقين، وإحدى أبرز المحطات في مسيرتي المهنية.

حفظ الله خادم الحرمين الشريفين الملك سلمان بن عبدالعزيز، وأمده بالصحة والعافية وطول العمر، وبارك في المملكة العربية السعودية الشقيقة، وأدام عليها نعمة الأمن والأمان والرخاء.

كما أسأل الله تعالى أن يحفظ بلدي جمهورية جيبوتي، وفخامة الرئيس إسماعيل عمر جيله، وشعبها الكريم، وأن يديم عليها الأمن والاستقرار والازدهار، وأن يحفظ جميع الخيرين في العالم، وينعم على البشرية جمعاء بالسلام والعدل والوئام.

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal.

[Actu Foot @ActuFoot_]

🚨 RESPECT AU COMMENTATEUR SUISSE DAVID LEMOS 🇨🇭, QUI AU MOMENT DE RENDRE L'ANTENNE A PARFAITEMENT RÉSUMÉ LES ÉCHECS DE CE MONDIAL ! 👏

🗣️ « C'était sans aucun doute LA COUPE DU MONDE LA PLUS MERCANTILE DE L'HISTOIRE, l'une des plus POLITISÉES aussi.

Nous n'oublierons pas les prix qu'ont dû payer les personnes qui n'ont pas des moyens considérables pour leur passion... 🤑

Parfois sans pouvoir ne serait-ce qu'ENTRER DANS LE PAYS SI LEUR NATIONALITÉ N'ÉTAIT PAS LA BONNE. Qu'ils soient fans, journalistes, arbitres parfois, comme le Somalien Omar Artan 🇸🇴.

On pense aussi au traitement INACCEPTABLE de l'équipe d'Iran 🇮🇷, qui n'a pas pu défendre ses chances correctement dans ce tournoi.

On pense également au cas Balogun 🇺🇸 : on aura vu un président se vanter d'avoir appelé le président de la FIFA pour faire annuler une suspension d'un joueur.

La politique s'est immiscée au cœur du jeu, alors que la FIFA dit vouloir le mettre au-dessus de tout : visiblement, C'EST JUSQU'À UN CERTAIN POINT.

Une Coupe du monde qui aura aussi vu tous ses matches se disputer en quatre quart-temps et sa finale connaître une mi-temps de près de 30 minutes...

LA CRISE A DEUX NOMS : L'ARGENT ET LE POUVOIR. Il y a aujourd'hui UNE CRISE DE CONFIANCE entre de nombreux acteurs de ce sport et la FIFA.

Ces prochaines semaines, l'argent va pleuvoir sur beaucoup de Fédérations, beaucoup d'acteurs de ce sport, QUI SERONT GENTIMENT INVITÉS À SE TAIRE. 🤐

On a l'espoir que certaines choses seront relevées ET QU'ON NE LES REVERRA PLUS. » ❌

🎙️ @RadioTeleSuisse / @davidlemos

[African Hub @AfricanHub_]

Burkina Faso has reportedly earned around $18 billion from gold production since Captain Ibrahim Traoré took power in 2022, as the country intensifies efforts to gain greater control over its natural resources.

In 2024, the West African nation took back two gold mines previously run by a British company and stepped up local gold processing.

The country has opened its first industrial gold refinery and a local processing plant as part of a broader strategy to reduce reliance on foreign firms and retain more value from its mining sector within Burkina Faso.

Burkina Faso ranks among Africa’s top gold producers, consistently outputting more than 50 tonnes annually in recent years.

Gold remains the cornerstone of the economy, contributing a substantial portion of export revenue and government income.

[Shaiel Ben-Ephraim @academic_la]

There is no conclusive proof. But the circumstantial evidence that there is pro-Argentina bias in FIFA affecting the World Cup:

1) In the group stage opener against Algeria, Messi caught Aïssa Mandi with a studs-up challenge on the Achilles and escaped any card. FIFA later admitted the VAR officials got it wrong and sanctioned them.

2) The inconsistency became undeniable when the United States' Folarin Balogun was sent off in the Round of 32 for a near-identical foot-on-ankle challenge on Bosnia's Tarik Muharemović. Pundits directly compared the red card to Messi's uncarded foul on Mandi.

3) In the 2026 Round of 32 against Cape Verde, referee Drew Fischer did not enforce the tournament's new rule requiring an injured player to remain off the pitch after treatment. He waited for Argentina's Nicolás Tagliafico to return before allowing a Cape Verde corner. Several uncalled fouls in that game also went Argentina's way.

4) Today against Egypt, with Egypt leading 1-0, Mostafa Ziko finished off a long breakaway to make it 2-0. VAR sent Letexier to the monitor and the goal was disallowed for a Marwan Attia shirt-pull on Lisandro Martínez that occurred roughly 20 seconds earlier and nearly the full length of the pitch from goal.

5) Neutral officiating experts, not just Egyptian fans, called the decision wrong. Former FIFA referee Mark Clattenburg said he did not believe it was a foul and did not believe VAR should have intervened at all, adding that the call was inconsistent with the physical contact referees had allowed all tournament.

6) The winning sequence produced a second grievance. In the buildup to Enzo Fernández's stoppage-time winner, Egypt appealed for a penalty on a Salah challenge and for an Alexis Mac Allister shirt-pull, and VAR checked neither. Hassan cited the unreviewed Mac Allister pull directly in his post-match remarks.

7) The 2026 grievances land on top of a 2022 record In Qatar, Argentina were awarded five penalties, the most ever by a team in a single World Cup edition, with Messi taking all five. That same tournament, Messi handled the ball against the Netherlands in the quarterfinal and escaped a yellow card.

8) FIFA has appointed an all-Argentine crew, led by Facundo Tello, for Thursday's France–Morocco quarterfinal, the tournament's first all-same-country panel.

9) Comments attributed to Infantino after an Argentina match were widely discussed as suggesting bias toward Argentina before he later clarified them, and a deep Messi run drives far more global viewership and revenue than one without him. This establishes incentive.

FIFA cannot be trusted. Egypt was robbed. Argentina are coasting to another title under FIFA protection.

[B. @InvertTheWing]

I'm tired of seeing underdogs get robbed off of wins due to incompetent officiating and seeing people say it was a good game because the favourite played with 12 men.

No, it was not a good game. It is anti football, and everything wrong with it.

They're doing everything well to trick the casuals.

[Kylian Mbappé @KMbappe]

Madame Celeste Amarilla,
Vous êtes une femme méprisable et indigne de sa fonction.
Vous ne représentez pas le Paraguay, ce pays qui a transpiré la passion et l’honneur tout au long de la compétition. Par votre inconscience et votre racisme décomplexé, le monde entier a déjà oublié le parcours et l’effort historique que vos joueurs ont réalisés durant cette coupe du monde pour laisser place à une dame incompétente donnant la pire image possible de son pays.
Je ne laisserai jamais aux gens comme elle, la liberté de laisser propager leur haine et leur racisme à travers le monde.

[B/R Football @brfootball]

Thank you, Cabo Verde 👏🇨🇻

[Total Football @TotalFootball]

Marcelo Bielsa refused to do any acting during the official World Cup photoshoot.

The Uruguayan 🇺🇾 coach has repeatedly denounced the tournament in the United States, criticizing its commercial and political excesses.

[Israel Exposed @xIsraelExposedx]

As you show up to your 9-5 job, remember that your hard earned tax dollars are being spent on this.

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

Video shows Mohammad Abu Giab, a 15-year-old fisherman from Gaza, diving into the sea he loved. He was later shot dead by Israeli forces off Deir el-Balah.

Gaza's Fishermen's Syndicate says at least 238 fishermen have been killed by Israel since October 2023.

[B'Tselem בצלם بتسيلم @btselem]

New footage obtained by B’Tselem uncovers the moments when the Abu Haikal family was shot. Seven-month-old Sam Abu Haikal was killed in the shooting, and both his parents were injured. The footage clearly shows that the Israeli soldier fired at the car as it was slowing to a stop. The car was far from the soldiers and posed no danger to them whatsoever.

Moments later, in another video obtained by B’Tselem, seven-month-old Sam’s father, Fahed, is seen just after his son was shot. Fahed is holding baby Sam in his arms, trying to stop the bleeding from his head with his hands, while Sam’s mother, Daniyah, who was also injured by the gunfire while holding her son, is seen sitting on the ground, next to the car.

Last Friday, 5 June, an Israeli soldier fired at a Palestinian family driving home from a family visit, as they sat in their car in the Tel Rumeidah neighborhood in Hebron. The family was shot as the car was slowing to a stop at the soldier’s command. Sam, a seven‑month‑old baby who was in his mother’s arms in the back seat, was struck in the head and pronounced dead shortly afterward. Sam’s parents were also injured by the gunfire; his mother is still in the hospital. After the shooting, the soldier who fired and another soldier who was with him left the scene without checking the car or offering any assistance to the critically wounded baby or to his mother.

In the past two and a half years, Israel has killed tens of thousands of children in Gaza and the West Bank. The immunity it gets from the international community has led to a reality where, under Israeli rule, Palestinian lives are entirely disposable – even a seven‑month‑old baby.

[Hussain Shiyam 🇵🇸❓🎈 @ShiyamHussain]

This is utter bullshit. When Indonesia refused to grant the Israeli under 17 team visa’s for the 2023 U-20 World Cup, FIFA stripped Indonesia’s hosting rights and moved it to Argentina. So @FIFAcom can stop with the lies.

[Lloyd Canfield @LloydCanfield]

NEW 🚨

A statement from a FIFA Spokesperson:

FIFA spokesperson: "FIFA can confirm that match official Omar Abdulkadir Artan will be unable to train and officiate at the FIFA World Cup 2026 after he was denied entry into the United States.

"FIFA is not involved in host country immigration processes, including visa adjudications, and has been informed by authorities that Mr Artan’s status will not be changed at present.

"In line with previous FIFA events, a host government ultimately determines who receives a visa and who is admitted into their country."

[BBC Sport @BBCSport]

Somali referee Omar Artan, who was set to be the first from his country to officiate at the World Cup finals, has been denied entry to the United States.

[Shaun King @shaunking]

Did you know that Israel, using American weapons, has killed over 3,500 Lebanese men, women, and children SINCE MARCH?????

[Ramy Abdu| رامي عبده @RamAbdu]

🚨Warning graphic: Since the ceasefire announced by Trump, 250 children have been killed in Gaza by Israeli attacks.

Not a single statement of condemnation has followed. Imagine the global outrage if even one Israeli child had been killed under similar circumstances.‼️

[Whizz @CFCWhizzHQ]

🚨 No Chelsea fan will scroll pass this tweet without liking and Reposting.💙🥶