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delali adogla-bessa @delalibessa.bsky.social · 1d

There was an Israeli film festival in Ghana last month. It was met with resistance from a small group of protestors and citizens displaying the kind of moral fortitude on the Gaza genocide we can all learn from. Wrote about the event for @opendemocracy.net
www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/in-g...

In Ghana, Israeli efforts to whitewash genocide fall flat

An Israeli film festival accused of being ‘propaganda’ was marred by protest, prompting one sponsor to pull out

www.opendemocracy.net

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delali adogla-bessa @delalibessa.bsky.social · 6d

Enjoyed spending time with a network of health workers and stroke survivors working to improve awareness and care of cardiovascular diseases. Wrote about them for @bbcstoryworks.bsky.social

www.bbc.com/storyworks/b...

#Ad feature presented by World Heart Federation. The foundation going above and beyond for stroke survivors in Ghana

#Ad feature presented by World Heart Federation. The Stroke Association Support Network-Ghana is aiming to reduce treatment delays and improve education among Ghana's population

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delali adogla-bessa @delalibessa.bsky.social · Aug 11

For Persons With Disabilities in Ghana, Accessibility in Urban Transportation is an Afterthought

“Immediately they see you with physical challenges or visual impairment, they find ways and means just to stop you from boarding their vehicles.”

labarijournal.com/for-persons-...

For Persons With Disabilities in Ghana, Accessibility in Urban Transportion is an Afterthought - The Labari Journal

Persons with disability in Ghana face constant discrimination and lack of accessibility infrastructure to commute in Ghana

labarijournal.com

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delali adogla-bessa @delalibessa.bsky.social · 6d

Enjoyed spending time with a network of health workers and stroke survivors working to improve awareness and care of cardiovascular diseases. Wrote about them for @bbcstoryworks.bsky.social

www.bbc.com/storyworks/b...

#Ad feature presented by World Heart Federation. The foundation going above and beyond for stroke survivors in Ghana

#Ad feature presented by World Heart Federation. The Stroke Association Support Network-Ghana is aiming to reduce treatment delays and improve education among Ghana's population

www.bbc.com

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Michael Cox @zonal-marking.bsky.social · 26d

Lots of new signings - not many goals. It's quite tough to get cohesion between new attackers at this stage of the season, and watching some really quite bad Premier League games so far underlines that.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/663...

Lots of signings, not many goals: Why most Premier League sides are yet to click

The quality of attacking football this season has been way down on previous campaigns, but new players need to time to settle

www.nytimes.com

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delali adogla-bessa @delalibessa.bsky.social · Jul 14

Looked back on the nasty fiasco that devolved from what should have been a simple election rerun.

While Ghana saw the continuation of its election nightmare, it will soon have a good opportunity to prove that this is a nightmare we can wake up from.
labarijournal.com/ghana-remain...

Ghana Remains Trapped in the Worsening Clientelism Nightmare of Elections - The Labari Journal

Delali Adogla-Bessa writes about how the recent Ablekuma North elections in Ghana show that partisan politics encourages "Clientelism" in local elections

labarijournal.com

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delali adogla-bessa @delalibessa.bsky.social · Aug 11

For Persons With Disabilities in Ghana, Accessibility in Urban Transportation is an Afterthought

“Immediately they see you with physical challenges or visual impairment, they find ways and means just to stop you from boarding their vehicles.”

labarijournal.com/for-persons-...

For Persons With Disabilities in Ghana, Accessibility in Urban Transportion is an Afterthought - The Labari Journal

Persons with disability in Ghana face constant discrimination and lack of accessibility infrastructure to commute in Ghana

labarijournal.com

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delali adogla-bessa @delalibessa.bsky.social · Aug 6

Real humbling news from Ghana today.

Reuters @reuters.com · Aug 6

Ghana says eight people including two ministers die in helicopter crash reut.rs/3ULXajQ

Ghana says eight people including two ministers die in helicopter crash

Ghana's defence and environment ministers died in a military helicopter crash on Wednesday in the southern Ashanti region along with three other officials and three airforce crew, the government said.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · Jul 30

Israel has deliberately starved the people of Gaza. It couldn’t have done it without the west's help | Owen Jones

The current hand-wringing by Keir Starmer and other western politicians is empty bluster. They knew what was happening all along, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

www.theguardian.com

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delali adogla-bessa @delalibessa.bsky.social · Jul 22

I’m witnessing the deliberate starvation of Gaza’s children – why is the world letting it happen? | Nick Maynard www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I’m witnessing the deliberate starvation of Gaza’s children – why is the world letting it happen? | Nick Maynard

A permanent ceasefire, the free and safe flow of aid, and the lifting of the blockade are needed now – all could be achieved with political will, says UK surgeon Nick Maynard

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delali adogla-bessa @delalibessa.bsky.social · May 16

Rejigged some earlier concerns about the foundations of John Mahama's reset for ZAM Magazine.

As we work to rebuild, let's remember that it can all come tumbling down... again.

Ghana | Recurring fires

ZAM is an international multi-media platform celebrating African creativity and new thinking. Committed to giving an edgy and contemporary viewpoint on Africa, ZAM’s content is free of clichés, platit...

www.zammagazine.com

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delali adogla-bessa @delalibessa.bsky.social · Jul 14

Looked back on the nasty fiasco that devolved from what should have been a simple election rerun.

While Ghana saw the continuation of its election nightmare, it will soon have a good opportunity to prove that this is a nightmare we can wake up from.
labarijournal.com/ghana-remain...

Ghana Remains Trapped in the Worsening Clientelism Nightmare of Elections - The Labari Journal

Delali Adogla-Bessa writes about how the recent Ablekuma North elections in Ghana show that partisan politics encourages "Clientelism" in local elections

labarijournal.com

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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · Jun 7

Zone of Interest

Brandy Jensen @brandyjensen.bsky.social · Jun 7

jesus christ lmao

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delali adogla-bessa @delalibessa.bsky.social · Jun 7

This has got me thinking of the numerous spam emails I get pushing experts in various fields.

Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · Jun 7

Exclusive: Telegraph was deceived by source in case of "faked" story about £345k per year banking couple who had to cut down on Waitrose shops to fund school fees pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/n...

Telegraph withdraws banker school fees story after being deceived by source

Fake Telegraph article about rich banker struggling to afford school fees was result of deception by a source.

pressgazette.co.uk

delali adogla-bessa @delalibessa.bsky.social · Jun 7

Sigh

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Jun 6

Researchers recently caught Meta using tactics that one expert called similar to those of digital crooks to secretly compile logs of people’s web browsing on Android devices.

Here are a few ways to safeguard your digital privacy:

Meta found a new way to violate your privacy. Here’s what you can do.

Even hardened digital privacy veterans said they were surprised by Meta’s scuzzy tactics.

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The Continent @thecontinent.org · Jun 7

Trying to weather the storm

Amid worsening drought and crop failure, Africans are adjusting their lives and habits to climate change.

Check out @afrobarometer.bsky.social’s latest survey in this week’s issue of The Continent: bit.ly/202_TC

Noticed a shift in the weather lately? You’re not the only one. A majority of Africans across 30 countries surveyed in 2024/2025 say the past decade has seen more severe droughts (55%). A similar proportion (54%) say crop failures have intensified.

So this week, with World Environment Day (5 June) fresh in our minds, we’re asking: How have these and other consequences of climate change affected lifestyles and livelihoods on the continent?

Asked about adaptations they and their families have had to make over the past five years, a third (33%) of respondents say they switched their water source or cut their level of consumption.

Three in 10 say they adjusted outdoor workloads or schedules (30%) and altered their eating or crop-planting practices (30%). A quarter (26%) of those who keep livestock changed their grazing patterns or reduced their holdings. And nearly one in five (18%) physically moved homes.

Climate change has hit the poor particularly hard: On every metric, they are between 12 and 15 percentage points more likely than the rich to have been forced to adapt their ways.

#ClimateChange #TheContinent #Africa

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delali adogla-bessa @delalibessa.bsky.social · May 28

Ghana's president John Mahama penned a welcome opinion piece standing up for our kin in South Africa and slamming the latest attempt by Trump to undermine truth and pervert history.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Trump’s unfounded attack on Cyril Ramaphosa was an insult to all Africans | John Dramani Mahama

If we want to solve injustices in Africa today, we cannot forget the injustices that shaped our shared history, says Ghana’s president, John Dramani Mahama

www.theguardian.com

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Defector @defector.com · May 16

Netflix keeps ruining action movies: defector.com/netflix-keep...

Netflix Keeps Ruining Action Movies | Defector

Gareth Evans is the patron saint of people getting their shit wrecked. In films like Merantau, Apostle, and The Raid diptych, people get chopped by machetes, whacked with broom handles, tossed…

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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · May 18

Excellent piece, with a lot of industry details I wasn’t aware of previously

Defector @defector.com · May 16

Netflix keeps ruining action movies: defector.com/netflix-keep...

Netflix Keeps Ruining Action Movies | Defector

Gareth Evans is the patron saint of people getting their shit wrecked. In films like Merantau, Apostle, and The Raid diptych, people get chopped by machetes, whacked with broom handles, tossed…

defector.com

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delali adogla-bessa @delalibessa.bsky.social · May 18

The flooding in urban Accra today has been depressing.

Every year talk and grand standing but in the background, the state continues to allow buildings on waterways.

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delali adogla-bessa @delalibessa.bsky.social · May 16

Rejigged some earlier concerns about the foundations of John Mahama's reset for ZAM Magazine.

As we work to rebuild, let's remember that it can all come tumbling down... again.

Ghana | Recurring fires

ZAM is an international multi-media platform celebrating African creativity and new thinking. Committed to giving an edgy and contemporary viewpoint on Africa, ZAM’s content is free of clichés, platit...

www.zammagazine.com

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delali adogla-bessa @delalibessa.bsky.social · May 7

Amen!

Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · May 7

I do not, and refuse to use AI for my writing.

My writing is traditional, handmade, artisanal.

*sips tea with pinky in the air*

a man in a suit and tie with glasses on

ALT: a man in a suit and tie with glasses on

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Nisrin Elamin @nisrinelamin.bsky.social · May 5

The ICJ decision to dismiss the case against the UAE charged with genocide in Sudan will only embolden them to ramp up their support for the RSF including their drone support. These international systems of justice don't work, they merely delay justice.

www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/...

ICJ dismisses Sudan’s genocide case alleging UAE backing of RSF rebels

Top UN court says it does not have authority to rule on case accusing UAE of arming Rapid Support Forces paramilitary.

www.aljazeera.com

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delali adogla-bessa @delalibessa.bsky.social · Feb 3

Been thinking about the new beginnings for the recently razed Kantamanto market and our ravaged governance structure.

Unfortunately, all indications are that history will repeat itself on both fronts.

Like the Kantamanto market reset, Mahama is treading a path that failed us in the past

The first major news item of the year in Ghana was the fire that razed large parts of the Kantamanto market in Accra on January 2. The fire devastated thousands of traders and forced them into a re…

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