This is incredible! 24 hours NON stop.
The Project Sunrise @Airbus A350-1000ULR has touched down in Toulouse, France after completing a 24 hour 24 minute non-stop flight from Melbourne, Australia.
We are not shocked that after the Somali referee was denied entry into the United States, the next convenient story is now trying to link him to Al Shabaab.
This is the same old script powerful countries use whenever they need to justify humiliation, discrimination, exclusion or violence against people they have already decided to punish.
Iraq had weapons of mass destruction when America needed a war, and Libya was presented as a humanitarian rescue before the bombs fell and the country collapsed into chaos.
Whenever they need public sympathy for a questionable decision, they first manufacture a security cloud using words like terrorist, extremist, threat, militant links and national security concern.
Those labels are designed to make ordinary people stop asking questions, because once someone is branded a security risk, many people assume there must be something hidden.
If there is real evidence against the referee, let them produce it openly and allow the world to examine it instead of hiding behind vague border language.
If there is no evidence, then they should stop using security propaganda to cover a broken, humiliating and discriminatory visa system that treats Africans like suspects.
Africa has watched this movie before, and every time the powerful side needs an excuse, the script somehow ends with fear being manufactured.
🏆 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.
“Everyone is complaining about the poor facilities and organization in the stadiums, training facilities, and airports, as well as the detention of players, photographers, referees, coaches, and just about everything else, and it will be the worst World Cup edition ever.”
Somalis are a very unique breed.
A Somali businessman has offered FIFA referee Omar Artan $100,000 to compensate for the loss of earning he would have made officiating the World Cup.
Official referees at the World Cup earn approximately $50,000 to 75,000.
" Hakuna Mambo ya SHA hapa, we shika elfu moja uende utibiwe"- Garissa Governor Nathif Jama dismisses a sick woman, gives her KSh 1,000, and tells her to keep quiet and go to the hospital.
Fighter jets, military boots on the ground in Wajir. Not to carry out heinous crimes or massacre the people of that region but to celebrate Kenya’s 63rd Madaraka Day. Few will understand the significance of this day. Thank you President @WilliamsRuto
Happy Madaraka Day.