Mark Mwangi

🇰🇪 | Africa, politics, econ, tennis

[Mark Mwangi @thuitamm]

@akhivae Thanks!

[Mark Mwangi @thuitamm]

@jessezorr What's the book?

[Martin Kimani @AmbMKimani]

It was a pleasure being back to a much changed Addis Ababa & the @_AfricanUnion to feedback on lessons we learned in the UNSC. A special thank you to @JeanKamau and @KenyaEmbAddis for organising the event which I hope becomes a tradition for all A3 members. A wonky thread:

[Roger Federer @rogerfederer]

❤️

[Wimbledon @Wimbledon]

Roger,

Where do we begin?

It's been a privilege to witness your journey and see you become a champion in every sense of the word.

We will so miss the sight of you gracing our courts, but all we can say for now is thank you, for the memories and joy you have given to so many.

[World Athletics @WorldAthletics]

SECOND FASTEST TIME IN HISTORY 🤯

Faith Kipyegon 🇰🇪 powers to 3:50.37 and takes 1500m victory!

She only misses the world record by .30!

#MonacoDL

[David Rudisha OLY @rudishadavid]

Happy 10-year anniversary to my 1:40,91 World record in the final of 800m in London Olympics.

[Stephen Fishbach @stephenfishbach]

maryanne's best #survivor move was her amazing final tribal council performance, truly up there with the all-time best final tribals ever

[Maryanne Oketch @maryanneoketch]

Up in the rafters is the true owl in the night? #survivor #survivor42

[Andrew M. Fischer @AndrewM_Fischer]

I’m a fan of @adam_tooze but disappointed w/ this.
https://t.co/xOpVqPrvbK

Disclaimer: I haven't read Paice's book, but insights from this review are run-of-the-mill stuff @unpopulation has been publishing for yrs (which should be acknowledged more).

Some correctives below.

[Kadambari @kadambari_shah]

🧵 This time last year, we were reading a book a week in @cblatts's Capstone for Int Policy & Dev @HarrisPolicy. One 📚 was an early version of Prof Blattman's Why We Fight. Re-reading it has me reflecting on the book + class on some key ideas for state capacity & fragility. 1/n

[Kamil Galeev @kamilkazani]

Paradoxically, the devastating effect of nuclear strikes leads to very counterintuitive dynamics. Yes, actors will be hesitant to make a strike. But if they did it anyway, then whatever remained of their opponents may be reluctant to strike back. That's not in their best interest

[Ben Rothenberg @BenRothenberg]

#1 Novak Djokovic loses to qualifier Jiri Vesely in the Dubai quarterfinals.

That means Daniil Medvedev will ascend to the #1 ranking on Monday, becoming first player outside the Big 4 (Djokovic, Federer, Nadal, Murray) to occupy ATP’s top spot since way back in 2004 (Roddick).

[Thomas van Linge @ThomasVLinge]

If you're gonna listen to any speech about #Ukraine 🇺🇦, let it be this one.

The Kenya ambassador to the UNSC perfectly explains how people across Africa understand Ukraine, and what the Kremlin's acts of aggression mean in our post-colonial world.

[Permanent Mission of Kenya to the UN 🇰🇪 🇺🇳 @KenyaMissionUN]

Kenya makes strong statement opposing the undermining of the sovereignty & territorial integrity of #Ukraine during the emergency meeting of the #SecurityCouncil at 9pm on 21st February. See full statement delivered below 👇🏿

[#AusOpen @AustralianOpen]

History for Kenya 🇰🇪

Angella Okutoyi is the first girl from her country to win a junior Grand Slam match 👏

#AusOpen · #AO2022

[WTA Communications @WTA_Comms]

Two historic milestones in the #AusOpen juniors today:

🇮🇷 Meshkatolzahra Safi became the 1st girl from Iran to win a Grand Slam juniors match.

🇰🇪 Angella Okutoyi became the 1st girl from Kenya to win a Grand Slam juniors match.

[Rachel Glennerster @rglenner]

One of many reasons donors should support some gas projects. Beyond forest loss the chemicals charcoal emits are is particularly bad for climate change and terrible for indoor air pollution so replacing with gas cookstoves is good for mitigation and development.