gil scott-enron

« À tous les enfants d’Afrique que l’intolérance a privés de la joie de servir la terre nourricière »

[gil scott-enron @jazzoniah]

Jazzonia, by Langston Hughes (1923)
Out Chorus, by Romare Bearden (1980)
In Rapture, by Ernie Barnes (2000)
Eve and the Fruit of the Tree of Knowledge, by J. Kirk Richards (2016)

[ArtButMakeItSports @ArtButSports]

@escargotpro_ The Old Man and Death, by László Mednyánszky, 1895-1900 (flipped)

[كهالد 🇸🇦 @i_khl4]

Hi darling @ToniKroos

You spent months criticizing Qatar and talking about every possible issue before and during the 2022 World Cup, yet it turned out to be one of the best-organized tournaments in history. Public transportation was free, fans could travel easily between stadiums some fans saw 4 matches in the stadium in same day, and the overall organization was praised by millions of visitors.

Now, when concerns are being raised about visa delays, strict entry procedures, and travel difficulties surrounding tournaments in the United States, we don't hear the same level of criticism from you. There have also been complaints about organizational decisions and match arrangements that many fans consider unnecessary or difficult, yet your voice is nowhere near as loud as it was when Qatar hosted the World Cup.

If your criticism is truly based on principles, then the same standards should apply to everyone. But when Qatar receives endless criticism while similar concerns elsewhere are met with silence, people are naturally going to question whether your issue was really about organization at all.

Fuck you.

[Kerri @kerri_szn]

I just fucked the baddest bitch ever but some of you might call it masturbation.

[ArtButMakeItSports @ArtButSports]

Hercules and Nessus, by Giambologna, 1599

[BASED SAVAGE @crackcobain__]

Wemby out there playing prison ball wtf

[brian b.dot™️ miller @bdotTM]

this looks like when they tried to integrate schools in the south.

[Josh Hart @joshhart]

What a dumbass.

[Erik Solheim @ErikSolheim]

It’s a bit surprising you start your list of criticisms of Rwanda with “widespread poverty”. To me the opposite is a lot more true - how successful Rwanda has been in reducing poverty in a landlocked country, heavy populated and in with an agricultural economy.

Nearly all African nations struggle to develop fast. Rwanda is a shining example for the continent on rapid growth and fast reduction in poverty.

In 1990 Burundi and Rwanda were at the same level. I believe Rwanda is now five times richer per capita.

Allow me to recommend this book: Joe Studwell: How Africa works. It holds up Rwanda as one of the great African success stories:

https://t.co/bedzBwRBdY

[Niko 🇨🇩 @N_mangolo]

badoit

[Anjali 👊🔥🇺🇸 @AnjaliVBhatt]

every single part of "my mayor muslim, my bagels jewish, my christian dior, knicks in four" is not applicable to me but that hasn't stopped me from saying it out loud fifteen times today

[Middle Eastern Affairs @OpsHQs]

🚨Recent terrifying footage:

Iran strikes the largest air base in Israel and destroys it."

[Mwene Rugwe 🇧🇮 @Lionel_SN]

"We should also have confidence in the justice system to ensure a fair, impartial, and expeditious process."

Dear Joseph,

I am afraid that undermining confidence in Rwanda's justice system, and indeed in Rwanda's institutions more broadly, is precisely @hrw’s objective.

History is replete with such lessons.

They replaced our gods with theirs, our kings with their puppets, and now, if we allow it, they will replace our institutions with their NGOs and private corporations.

Times change, but the strategies of foreign control remain remarkably consistent:

-create as much distance as possible between a people and their leaders,

-fill the resulting vacuum, and eventually

-turn the people against those leaders whenever they prove unwilling to comply with foreign demands.

If they publish more reports on GoR than on, say, Gov of DRC, it is not because the Congo performs better by any measure. It is because Rwanda has refused to leave a vacuum for NGOs to fill.

In that sense, Rwanda sets a bad example and must be “put down” before others emulate it.

They will fail.

[Mwene Rugwe 🇧🇮 @Lionel_SN]

Reports that #Angola has withdrawn from the inter-Congolese dialogue, citing Kinshasa’s refusal to honor its commitments.

If confirmed, Angola would become the second mediator in the #DRC crisis, after Ruto’s #Kenya, to openly state that Kinshasa is to blame for the continuation of the war.

Kinshasa rejected dialogue with its armed opposition and has now rejected dialogue with its non-armed opposition as well. It is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore the extent to which Washington’s support has emboldened the regime to believe it can act without consequences.

The US’ failure to hold Kinshasa accountable for violations of the Washington Accords and ceasefire commitments made in Doha and Luanda means that the risk of a major military escalation is increasing, not decreasing.

[Yacine hamened @yacine1607]

C’est marrant qu’on ait très peu entendu parler de boycott de cette cdm dans un pays qui refuse des pays, des supporters etc…
Votre boycott a géométrie variable de merde

[Steve Wembi @wembi_steve]

#RDC: ‼️🚨Exclusif Cable | L’Angola se retire du projet de dialogue intercongolais, invoquant le non-respect des engagements par le gouvernement de Kinshasa

L’Angola ne prendra pas part au dialogue prévu à Kinshasa , apprend-on de source proche du dossier. Luanda estime que les engagements pris par le gouvernement de Kinshasa n’ont pas été respectés.

« Même après sa victoire militaire contre Jonas Savimbi, l’Angola avait privilégié la voie du dialogue inclusif. L’expérience montre qu’une solution durable passe par des discussions ouvertes entre les différentes parties », affirme cette source diplomatique.

[Jonathan Said @JonathanSaid1]

The African continent doesn’t need more entrepreneurs. It’s full of them.

What it needs is a specific class of entrepreneurs called industrialists: business people who build value-adding firms in export-oriented job creating sectors, not rent capture.