samar al-bulushi

Political Anthropologist, Prof @UCIrvine, study militarism, geopolitics, East Africa, Red Sea, South-South relations & solidarities.

[samar al-bulushi @samar42]

I wrote about the Kenya protests, noting that US/NATO's growing reliance on Kenya to protect Western interests in Haiti, Somalia, AND the Red Sea (amidst the blockade led by Yemen's Houthi government) means that the US is likely to shield Ruto at all costs.https://t.co/mnpfEpKqeW

[ABC News @ABC]

Hawaa Abdullah, daughter of Amin Abdullah, the security guard who was killed along with two others in Monday's shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego, honored her father as a role model and the "absolute best dad in the world." https://t.co/8squbGAEG8

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

Tributes are pouring in for Amin Abdullah, the security guard killed while trying to stop gunmen entering the Islamic Centre of San Diego.

Authorities say the father of eight’s ‘heroic’ actions saved lives.

[The Elephant @theelephantinfo]

The 21st-century #imperialism is unlike that of the 19th and 20th centuries; Neocolonialism is developing through hypocrisy. There is a stark and obvious gap between what the imperialist powers claim to support—sovereignty, global peace, and development—and what they actually do: extraction deals, military interventions, and political manipulation. The tragic part of this narrative is that most leaders on the African continent collaborate with foreign actors at the expense of their nations’ ultimate long-term interests.
Read Analysis: https://t.co/HdPK8BylFD

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[Citizen TV Kenya @citizentvkenya]

Ahmed Hashi: The French, American, and British military in Africa isn't beneficial. All foreign troops should leave Kenya. We must take responsibility for our own defense and reject Western influence. It's wrong to argue that Al-Shabaab is a threat to our country #CitizenDayBreak

[Mathare Social Justice Centre (MSJC) @MathareSJustice]

We demand the immediate release of our comrades who have been illegally arrested and detained for peacefully protesting the ongoing imperialist conference by Kenya and France. Article 37 gives us the right to assemble, picket & protest.

#ReleaseOurComrades
#FranceOutOfAfrica

[Progressive International @ProgIntl]

ALERT🚨 Kenyan authorities have arrested several local and international delegates of the PASAI conference — including @progintl Council member @gacheke2011 — for opposing French neocolonialism in Africa.

We demand their immediate release and an end to political repression.

[Responsible Statecraft @RStatecraft]

New: Macron announces $27B for Kenya at Africa Summit. Why? Great explainer here from @samar42 https://t.co/aM8Ixgy5og

[Nisrin Elamin @minlayla77]

Beautiful tribute to Muzan AlNeel by Rebecca Glade.

[Responsible Statecraft @RStatecraft]

President Ruto has chosen to welcome the very forces that his counterparts in West Africa denounced and expelled from their territory. But it is only a matter of time his actions spark popular debate and resistance, says @samar42.

https://t.co/aM8IxgxxyI

[Responsible Statecraft @RStatecraft]

.@samar42 : Kenya's Ruto has chosen to welcome the very (French) forces that his counterparts in West Africa denounced and expelled from their territory. This confirms the Kenyan state’s opportunistic embrace of bilateralism and transactionalism. https://t.co/aM8Ixgy5og

[Responsible Statecraft @RStatecraft]

Ruto may be willing to host France in exchange for security assistance and international recognition, but his actions have prompted questions about neo-colonial arrangements that privilege France’s political-economic interests

https://t.co/aM8IxgxxyI

[Africa Is a Country @africasacountry]

Kenya’s shift toward trade-led diplomacy underscores the difficulty of sustaining regional leadership under conditions of fiscal dependence. https://t.co/cR3P0T6hEB

[The Elephant @theelephantinfo]

Kenya’s 2024 #RejectFinanceBill protests rewrote the national history. The Gen Z stepped up as leaderless, tribeless, and united generation refusing to let ethnicity divide them. As @WMutunga notes, Gen Zs powerful stance and leaderless slogan captured the nation’s imagination, proving that real change comes from the people, not the elite.
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[Nisrin Elamin @minlayla77]

On this third year anniversary of the war in Sudan we woke up to the devastating news that our friend and comrade Muzan Al Neel has passed away. She was a brilliant revolutionary thinker, writer and organizer and a wonderful human.

Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un

[SOAS Centre for Pan African Studies @soas_cpas]

Fully funded MPhil/PhD studentship at SOAS exploring Pan-Africanism, reparative futures & global order.

Join the UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship project led by Dr Daniel Mulugeta. Includes tuition + stipend. Deadline: 15 May 2026.

https://t.co/wtr8WblFYj

[Omar S. Dahi @omardahi]

Writing for @SecurityContext Negar Razavi shows how US foreign policy experts helped legitimate the attack on Iran, yet now blame Trump for it https://t.co/QApWd44ZOc

[Cyprian, Is Nyakundi @C_NyaKundiH]

Breaking: There are reports that top Kenyan politicians who looted Kenyan taxpayers’ money are in full panic and are now trying to broker a deal for the current US-Iran-Israel situation to cool down, after some of their multibillion-shilling properties were reportedly damaged by Iranian missile and drone attacks.

The property market in the United Arab Emirates is also said to have lost almost 60% of its value overnight. Iran is believed to be aware of this and is escalating attacks to pile pressure on leaders who looted public wealth and invested it abroad.

[samar al-bulushi @samar42]

A brilliant piece!

[Prometheus Magazine @prometheus_mag]

Yasmin Dualeh offers a meditation on the likelihood of Somaliland nationalism's survival in the wake of Israel’s recognition of Somaliland, as well as its implications for imperial geopolitics and the future of Somali sovereignty in the Horn of Africa.

https://t.co/wuKsmLB95T

[samar al-bulushi @samar42]

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[samar al-bulushi @samar42]

For 20 years, Somalia has served as a laboratory for US-led unchecked forever war, yet has failed to garner significant critical attention & analysis. As bombs fall on Iran, now is the time to confront how decades of presidential over-reach got us here.
https://t.co/hsGljZnYH1

[samar al-bulushi @samar42]

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