Sam Brakarsh

Africa Regional Representative @ ARC, Artist rights, health, education, retweet ≠ endorsement

[Africa Is a Country @africasacountry]

Join us this Thursday for a discussion about artistic freedom and the colonial legacy of censorship in Africa. https://t.co/XB68g5PCDD

[Africa Is a Country @africasacountry]

Colonial-era censorship bodies continue to stifle African creativity, but a new wave of artists and activists are driving a pan-African push for reform. https://t.co/jmV2haa8c6

[Hopewell Chin’ono @daddyhope]

Please RETWEET so that all election observers see this!

Dear Election Observers,

I know that you all have translators/interpreters with you, so ask them to confirm for you what I am going to say here.

This is the type of rural intimidation going on in rural Zimbabwe as political parties campaign.

This is a ZANU PF prospective member of parliament for Zvishavane-Ngezi constituency.
He is intimidating rural voters instilling fear in them.

He says to them that their vote isn't a secret at all.

He tells them that ZANUPF will know who they voted for through tracking their ballot paper using the ballot paper serial number.

He said that they will all have their serial numbers taken down, and that this process will involve local village leaders.

This renders the election not Free and not Fair and it implicates the election commission officials because this can’t happen without their compliance.

Please RETWEET so that all election observers see this!

Villagers comply fearing violence and fearing not being given social welfare assistance during the next five years.

[Ranga.🇿🇼 @RangaMberi]

Nice. Our @ZTNPrime just crossed over live to their correspondent, inside the small but volatile island nation of Britain, where an uneasy transition begins after the regime of strongman Gen BoJo collapsed, ending a 3-year reign of error.
�� Well done @itaimutinhiri and ZTN team

[Nathaniel Raymond @nattyray11]

Talked to @telliotter @restofworld about @ICRC hack with @ziadachkar @stucampo @meowtree and said that humanitarian orgs “have the resources of mall cops to protect against the cyber hacking equivalent of Delta Force.”

[KizzyPhD @KizzyPhD]

I’ll raise you one: BY THE TIME YOU DETECT ONE VARIANT ANOTHER IS ALREADY CIRCULATING UNDER THE RADAR SOMEWHERE SO WITH A MIX OF SURVEILLANCE LAGS, LOW VACCINE UPTAKE, INEQUITABLE VACCINE ACCESS WE ARE WILL BE CHASING VARIANTS ENDLESSLY.

(my first all caps tweet)

[Our World in Data @OurWorldInData]

💉 7.8 billion COVID vaccine doses have been administered

👥 53% of world population with at least 1 dose

🌍 Total doses per 100 people
High-income countries: 147
Upper-middle income: 146
Lower-middle income: 68
Low income: 7

Our data on vaccinations: https://t.co/3imP7PqURn

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

People are still writing that Israel (as a first mover) has one of the highest vaccination rates in the world.
No, it ranks 24th.
It is behind the leaders by 20 per cent points. And it's one of the reasons its Delta wave has been so troubling.

[Kholwani Nyathi @kholwaninyathi]

Zanu PF was busy taking bribes from a British company while claiming to be anti West and a victim of sanctions https://t.co/c2onpHXCn4

[Prof. Akiko Iwasaki @VirusesImmunity]

In this new Neuroview in @NeuroCellPress, I discuss "How COVID-19 has transformed my science”. Recounting my personal journey of how I responded to the pandemic, and how the pandemic has transformed the way I do science. Some lessons learned. (1/n)

https://t.co/fx8rbbSz4q

[Thabit Jacob, PhD 🍉 @ThabitSenior]

Mass arrests of opposition leaders going in Tanzania. Just like Jo Pombe, it started with the opposition to independent voices. No one is safe.

[Dr. Tom Frieden @DrTomFrieden]

Vaccination is our most powerful tool against the virus, and masks are an extra layer of protection. Nearly every hospitalization and death from Covid is now preventable. Delta is serious, but protection by vaccines is holding. 18/

[Sam Brakarsh @sambrakarsh]

@jasonweecw @takterqyira You are always primetime to me!

[Mikael Thalen @MikaelThalen]

A lawyer using Zoom had to let a judge know that he wasn’t a cat after inadvertently activating a face filter

[Friends of the Earth International @FoEint]

Did you know? Corporations can use secret ISDS trade tribunals to sue governments for actions designed to protect our health during #COVID19.
Over 600 civil society organisations are calling to STOP these #ISDS corporate courts. Join the call! #StopISDS https://t.co/1j3q1qkPyJ

[ZimLive @zimlive]

#BREAKING Sally Mugabe Hospital maternity ward nurses refusing to work this morning after Covid-19 death of Matron Pugu and positive cases among 7 staff members and 15 patients. They’re demanding proper PPE

[BOBI WINE @HEBobiwine]

When I was arrested today, I was dumped into a mobile prison van which was tear-gassed. My campaign team is under arrest! I was airlifted in a military chopper & dropped at my gate. My home is surrounded. Gen. Museveni violently restricting us while he campaigns daily! Cowardly!

[ZimLive @zimlive]

#HappeningNow Zimbabwean border authorities at Beitbridge have told 1000s of Zimbabweans returning to South Africa after holidays that only those with permits or SA citizens will be allowed through. SA made no such directive. Anger rising, vehicle queue now stretches several kms

[Nick Mangwana @nickmangwana]

The effects of #CycloneChalaneZimUpdate is likely to be felt nationwide, and not just Manicaland. In light of this, Mat South PMD has warned that Beitbridge and parts of Gwanda may experience an increase in malaria cases as more breeding sites are likely to increase with rain.