Mathias Søgaard

African analyst, kinda nerdy but lovely.

[Mathias Søgaard @mathiasgaard]

@KenRoth At the same time, the danish minister of foreign Affairs, Lars Løkke, has just announced that he expects Denmark to sign an agreement in Nov with Rwanda concerning a partnership involving migrants to develop an “innovative asylum model”.

https://t.co/eSXCeTMDT7 (Danish)

[Kenneth Roth @KenRoth]

Rwanda has one of the most repressive governments in Africa. Why is that a safe place for European governments to send migrants? https://t.co/iImWo3R0AH

[Kenneth Roth @KenRoth]

Jewish supremacists rampaged through Jerusalem's Old City "chanting racist slogans, while [Israeli] settlers put their words into action in the West Bank." https://t.co/R8jXEmnE9A

[Mathias Søgaard @mathiasgaard]

@JesperNAnd @noa_redington @ReneNordinBloch Det er nærmere hoveddøren.

[Mathias Søgaard @mathiasgaard]

@BIFForzaBIF @jeppe_sorensen @noa_redington Jo, hvis EL og Å accepterer at være støttepartier.

[Mathias Søgaard @mathiasgaard]

@blkfatigue1 @IronMikeWood @Notwokenow You are funny. The usa is one begging. Article 5 has been activated once - by the USA.

[Mathias Søgaard @mathiasgaard]

@IronMikeWood @Notwokenow To be fair. In which part of the world will the usa anthem not be met with booing? If we exclude russia.

[Kenneth Roth @KenRoth]

Complicity: As settlers set homes ablaze and looted livestock across three villages in Masafer Yatta in the occupied West Bank for five+ hours, Israeli soldiers blocked ambulances, arrested victims, and even took part in beatings. This is how it unfolded:
https://t.co/OJubvio6Wl

[derek guy @dieworkwear]

every epstein file drop underscores how elite power operates through shared socio-economic networks, regardless of people's ideological differences, populist posturing, or public feuds.

[Shae McLaughlin @shae_mcl]

If you've ever repeated that Somalia's national IQ is 68, you should know you've been had by a network of race scientists committing the statistical crimes of the century in order to rehabilitate the humanitarian crimes of the last.

[BBC News Africa @BBCAfrica]

Zambian-American influencer Ethel Chisono Edwards has been jailed for 18 months after admitting to posting insulting online remarks about President Hichilema, under laws introduced this year. Her sentencing has sparked debate over free speech.
https://t.co/Y0S2ktYCie

[Stine Bosse / Christine @BosseStine]

De passer vores børn. De opfinder ny medicin. Det ser efter vores ældre. De starter nye virksomheder. De betaler en del af din løn…. Hvordan definerer du demokrati? Hvad er dine kriterier? Er det usundt at folk, der yder noget har indflydelse på, hvordan vi bruger vores penge? Er du urolig for hvordan de stemmer? De har jo meget forskelligt syn på politiske spm. Nogle i deres kredse opfordrer nogle af dem til ikke at stemme. Er du enig?

[Rebecca Enonchong @africatechie]

#FreeCameroon 🇨🇲

[The Resistance Bureau @ResistBureau]

Paul Rusesabagina's daughter, @ckanimba, reveals the devastating impact of transnational repression on families-- she and others endured surveillance, constant harassment, and even had her phone hacked by the #Rwanda regime. Watch the full show here: https://t.co/iJYxyS68c6

[Mathias Søgaard @mathiasgaard]

Skønt at høre skarpe @LeaKorsgaard i TV2’s presseloge.

Endnu en grund til jeg følger @Zetland

[Kongamano La Mapinduzi @MapinduziKE]

Our comrades have been unjustly arrested and taken to Central Police Station.

Gladys Wambui and Wangui Wanjora were first picked up on false charges of “resisting arrest.”

When Esther Kimanzi and Ken Mbogo went to trace them, they too were arrested without cause.

None of them have been officially booked. This is harassment of social justice defenders whose only crime is standing with the people.

We demand their immediate release and call on all comrades to raise their voices in solidarity. Remember an injury to one is an injury to all.

@Honeyfarsafi @_James041
@husskhalid @LawSocietyofKe @WMutunga @FaithOdhiambo8

#EndPoliceBrutalityKE

[Kenneth Roth @KenRoth]

Impunity yields atrocities: “Nearly nine out of 10 Israeli military investigations into allegations of war crimes or abuses by its soldiers since the start of the war in Gaza have been closed without finding fault or left without resolution.” https://t.co/CtrmCwDDgh

[Mathias Søgaard @mathiasgaard]

@rosenvig @GalahHansen Hvorfor en præsident?

Vi kan vel afskaffe kongehuset og call it a day.

Beholde statsministeren et al som det er.

Hvis vi skal have en præsident, kunne folketingets formand få en ny titel.

Mange lande har en ceremoniel præsident, såsom Tyskland og Etiopien (uden anden sml)

[Mathias Søgaard @mathiasgaard]

@Farida_N @FEGnassingbe In 2017, i recall a Danish paper had an article praising the Togolese government for their effort in providing better toilets for the the people. But not a single word on the massive protests against the government or the dictatorial nature of the government.

[Farida Bemba Nabourema @Farida_N]

The Silence That Dictatorship Taught Us

Growing up in Togo, in secondary school, we had one particular subject called ECM (Civil and Moral Education). It was meant to teach us how to become good citizens, understand the role of citizens in society, and the role of government.
History and French (literature) teachers were usually the ones assigned to teach this subject.

In my seven years of junior and senior public secondary school in Togo, our ECM teacher never showed up , not even once. So as students, we considered ECM free time. The course was on the calendar, a teacher was officially assigned, but they never appeared.
When the time came for exams, the teacher would simply send us some pamphlets and ask us to make photocopies and study the subject on our own.

My mother, being a secondary school history teacher, one day I asked her why ECM teachers never showed up in class.
She explained to me that many years ago, some teachers were abducted, and others were killed because they used certain words in the classroom , words like “democracy.”
The government used to send spies disguised in school uniforms to attend public school classes and report any teacher who spoke about democracy.
As a form of protest, many teachers assigned to civic education decided never to teach the subject again.

The sadness in this is that a whole generation grew up without understanding the concepts of governance, government, democracy, human rights, freedom, or even basic morality and how to act as good citizens.
Dictatorship is not just about someone clinging to power and repressing the masses. It goes much deeper, and it is very systematic. It transforms society at its core and changes the way we think even our education is shaped by censorship and surveillance.

As a child, whenever we went out to visit family and friends, my mother would warn us never to mention the president’s name in any conversation, not even as a joke. Even at home, we dared not say “Eyadéma.” Doing so could earn you a beating you’d remember for the rest of your life.We used nicknames to refer to him because everyone was afraid. As the saying goes, “the walls have ears.”

During Eyadéma’s time, and still today under his son, there were spies in classrooms, in restaurants, in bars, in public offices and even at private events like weddings.We grew up whispering.

And today, Togolese people are seen in the region as quiet, reserved, people who don’t like problems. But this isn’t culture: it’s trauma. We share the same ethnic groups, customs, and traditions as our neighbors in Ghana, Benin, and Burkina Faso. We are not culturally different.
What we are is traumatized. We tend to keep a low profile, keep our thoughts to ourselves, suppress our anger, and speak very little because that’s how we were taught to survive.

And those of us who escaped that “dog training” were seen as outcasts in our families and communities ; the deranged ones who were putting everyone else’s lives at risk.

I always say to people who “compliment” me by saying, “I love Togolese people, they’re so quiet and never cause problems,” that we are not quiet: we are contained. And that’s how we survive.

#FreeTogo #FaureMustGo