Barbara Holtmann Fixed.Africa
@bholtmann.bsky.social
Feminist urban safety & community development practitioner. Escaping the toxic trumpets. Hoping for provocation, conversation, inspiration & collegiality.
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Iceland joins Eurovision boycott. "The decision to allow Israel to take part in the next Eurovision, which will be held in Vienna in May, earlier prompted Spain, the Netherlands, Ireland and Slovenia to withdraw in protest, citing Israel’s conduct in the Gaza war." www.trtworld.com/article/4495...
TRT World - Iceland becomes 5th European country to bow out of Eurovision 2026 over Israel's inclusion
Iceland was among the countries that had requested a vote last week on Israel's participation.
www.trtworld.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Iceland joins Eurovision boycott. "The decision to allow Israel to take part in the next Eurovision, which will be held in Vienna in May, earlier prompted Spain, the Netherlands, Ireland and Slovenia to withdraw in protest, citing Israel’s conduct in the Gaza war." www.trtworld.com/article/4495...
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Trump’s Attack on Somali Americans Is Vile Fascism
He’s testing our country’s tolerance for ethnic persecution. And we’re failing the test.
@saletan.bsky.social
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-atta...
He’s testing our country’s tolerance for ethnic persecution. And we’re failing the test.
@saletan.bsky.social
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-atta...
Trump’s Attack on Somali Americans Is Vile Fascism
He’s testing our country’s tolerance for ethnic persecution. And we’re failing the test.
www.thebulwark.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Trump’s Attack on Somali Americans Is Vile Fascism
He’s testing our country’s tolerance for ethnic persecution. And we’re failing the test.
@saletan.bsky.social
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-atta...
He’s testing our country’s tolerance for ethnic persecution. And we’re failing the test.
@saletan.bsky.social
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-atta...
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Anatomy of a settler abduction
Ambushed, dragged to a hilltop outpost, beaten unconscious: Palestinian teen Owais Hammam recounts his brutal torture by Israeli settlers and soldiers.
www.972mag.com/owais-hammam...
Ambushed, dragged to a hilltop outpost, beaten unconscious: Palestinian teen Owais Hammam recounts his brutal torture by Israeli settlers and soldiers.
www.972mag.com/owais-hammam...
Anatomy of a settler abduction
Ambushed, dragged to a hilltop outpost, beaten unconscious: Palestinian teen Owais Hammam recounts his brutal torture by Israeli settlers and soldiers.
www.972mag.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Anatomy of a settler abduction
Ambushed, dragged to a hilltop outpost, beaten unconscious: Palestinian teen Owais Hammam recounts his brutal torture by Israeli settlers and soldiers.
www.972mag.com/owais-hammam...
Ambushed, dragged to a hilltop outpost, beaten unconscious: Palestinian teen Owais Hammam recounts his brutal torture by Israeli settlers and soldiers.
www.972mag.com/owais-hammam...
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Denmark has labeled the United States as a potential security concern for the first time in an annual report released by one of its intelligence agencies, offering more evidence of the increasingly fraught transatlantic alliance between Europe and the US.
Denmark sees US as potential security concern | CNN
Denmark has labeled the United States as a potential security concern for the first time in an annual report released by one of its intelligence agencies, offering more evidence of the increasingly fraught transatlantic alliance between Europe and the US.
cnn.it
December 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Denmark has labeled the United States as a potential security concern for the first time in an annual report released by one of its intelligence agencies, offering more evidence of the increasingly fraught transatlantic alliance between Europe and the US.
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The World Health Organization reports that 73 million abortions occur worldwide each year. 6 out of 10 unintended pregnancies, and 3 out of 10 of all pregnancies end in abortion.
The new WHO fact sheet is here: www.who.int/news-room/fa...
The new WHO fact sheet is here: www.who.int/news-room/fa...
How dangerous are unsafe abortions? WHO report paints a grim picture
A WHO report reveals that 73 million abortions occur annually, with unsafe procedures causing severe physical complications, mental trauma, and major public health burdens
www.theweek.in
December 10, 2025 at 10:21 PM
The World Health Organization reports that 73 million abortions occur worldwide each year. 6 out of 10 unintended pregnancies, and 3 out of 10 of all pregnancies end in abortion.
The new WHO fact sheet is here: www.who.int/news-room/fa...
The new WHO fact sheet is here: www.who.int/news-room/fa...
He does love a dictatorship
Speechless.
December 5, 2025 at 12:45 PM
He does love a dictatorship
Isn't that your job?
He commits crimes against humanity to stop “drug traffickers” while pardoning a notorious drug trafficker.
He attacks veterans while committing treason.
Make it stop.
He attacks veterans while committing treason.
Make it stop.
December 5, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Isn't that your job?
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Good headline
apnews.com/article/trum...
President Trump's contempt shocks the country's largest Somali community
apnews.com/article/trum...
President Trump's contempt shocks the country's largest Somali community
President Trump's contempt shocks the country's largest Somali community
Even for a president who has long made clear he’s no fan of Somalia, the latest round of contempt from Donald Trump was a shock in the country’s largest Somali community in Minnesota.
apnews.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Good headline
apnews.com/article/trum...
President Trump's contempt shocks the country's largest Somali community
apnews.com/article/trum...
President Trump's contempt shocks the country's largest Somali community
The question to ask is: who is going to benefit from this sophisticated tech? What's it going to deliver? Our data is already in the wrong hands, the greasy, chubby hands of billionnaires and their cohorts. We should be looking at the next stable door, not worrying about this one.
Labour wants to ramp up facial recognition. What if our data ends up in the wrong hands? | Simon Jenkins
Labour wants to ramp up facial recognition. What if our data ends up in the wrong hands? | Simon Jenkins
We know from recent hacks, and even the Snowden revelations, how vulnerable information gathered is to theft and misuse, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:57 AM
The question to ask is: who is going to benefit from this sophisticated tech? What's it going to deliver? Our data is already in the wrong hands, the greasy, chubby hands of billionnaires and their cohorts. We should be looking at the next stable door, not worrying about this one.
That's kind of same same in virtually every country these days.
Dubai immigrant, Isabel Oakeshott, whines that Farage got nothing from his deal with the Tories last time, so why should he do that again.
Christ. The whining victimhood of these spoiled brats. Squabbling over power, while the rest of us live with the mess they’ve made of our country and our lives.
Christ. The whining victimhood of these spoiled brats. Squabbling over power, while the rest of us live with the mess they’ve made of our country and our lives.
December 5, 2025 at 10:52 AM
That's kind of same same in virtually every country these days.
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Our Minnesota Senator responding to being called “garbage” by the Orange Dictator 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
December 4, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Our Minnesota Senator responding to being called “garbage” by the Orange Dictator 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
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Even for a President Trump who has long made clear he’s no fan of Somalia, the latest round of contempt for them as “garbage” was a shock in the USA’s largest Somali community.
President Trump's contempt shocks the country's largest Somali community
Even for a president who has long made clear he’s no fan of Somalia, the latest round of contempt from Donald Trump was a shock in the country’s largest Somali community in Minnesota.
apnews.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Even for a President Trump who has long made clear he’s no fan of Somalia, the latest round of contempt for them as “garbage” was a shock in the USA’s largest Somali community.
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LONDON, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Malaria killed around 610,000 people in 2024, mostly young children in sub-Saharan Africa, the World Health Organization said on Thursday, warning of the risks of rising drug resistance, climate change and funding cuts.
Malaria deaths rose in 2024, funding cuts risk surge, WHO says | Daily Maverick
www.dailymaverick.co.za
December 4, 2025 at 11:28 AM
LONDON, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Malaria killed around 610,000 people in 2024, mostly young children in sub-Saharan Africa, the World Health Organization said on Thursday, warning of the risks of rising drug resistance, climate change and funding cuts.
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‘I have been defeated’: hundreds of Palestinians face eviction from East Jerusalem
Residents in Batn al-Hawa have all but given up hope and blame the Gaza war which, they say, has created ‘an atmosphere of hate’ towards them
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Residents in Batn al-Hawa have all but given up hope and blame the Gaza war which, they say, has created ‘an atmosphere of hate’ towards them
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
‘I have been defeated’: hundreds of Palestinians face eviction from East Jerusalem
Residents in Batn al-Hawa have all but given up hope and blame the Gaza war which, they say, has created ‘an atmosphere of hate’ towards them
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:57 AM
‘I have been defeated’: hundreds of Palestinians face eviction from East Jerusalem
Residents in Batn al-Hawa have all but given up hope and blame the Gaza war which, they say, has created ‘an atmosphere of hate’ towards them
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Residents in Batn al-Hawa have all but given up hope and blame the Gaza war which, they say, has created ‘an atmosphere of hate’ towards them
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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What does it say about this country that that the kind of open, rank bigotry Trump administration officials regularly express towards black immigrants apparently has no social cost because of the number of Americans who quietly agree or don't care.
December 3, 2025 at 11:35 AM
What does it say about this country that that the kind of open, rank bigotry Trump administration officials regularly express towards black immigrants apparently has no social cost because of the number of Americans who quietly agree or don't care.
Everything about these men is embarrassing.
The president is falling asleep durring a White House cabinet meeting with each member praising him for his resilience. What are we doing America? This is so embarrassing.
December 3, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Everything about these men is embarrassing.
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Africa’s youngest citizens are ruled by leaders in their 80s and 90s. Some are reshaping the system to hold on to power.
Africa’s oldest leaders are governing the world’s youngest populations
Africa’s youngest citizens are ruled by leaders in their 80s and 90s. Some are reshaping the system to hold on to power.
aje.io
December 3, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Africa’s youngest citizens are ruled by leaders in their 80s and 90s. Some are reshaping the system to hold on to power.
WHAT?
December 3, 2025 at 6:45 AM
WHAT?
Also don't trust anyone who calls people Piggy.
Don't trust anyone who says 'lo and behold', those words aren't even real.
November 20, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Also don't trust anyone who calls people Piggy.
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Foreign shopkeepers in Cape Town live in fear of extortion gangs. On the weekend, three Somali shop owners were shot in three separate incidents in Harare, Khayelitsha.
Read groundup.org.za/article/exto... by Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Phumeza Halonisi
Read groundup.org.za/article/exto... by Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Phumeza Halonisi
Extortion gangs terrorise Cape Town’s immigrant shop owners
Vigilantism on the rise as people accuse the police of failing them
groundup.org.za
November 20, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Foreign shopkeepers in Cape Town live in fear of extortion gangs. On the weekend, three Somali shop owners were shot in three separate incidents in Harare, Khayelitsha.
Read groundup.org.za/article/exto... by Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Phumeza Halonisi
Read groundup.org.za/article/exto... by Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Phumeza Halonisi
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"Little pig, little pig, let me come in!"
"Not by the hair on my chinny-chin-chin!"
"Not by the hair on my chinny-chin-chin!"
November 19, 2025 at 2:40 AM
"Little pig, little pig, let me come in!"
"Not by the hair on my chinny-chin-chin!"
"Not by the hair on my chinny-chin-chin!"
Men inhabit a different world, with different rules and consequences. All the forgiveness that is bestowed on men who 'stray' from common decency, nothing ever changes. I think about Clinton and @monicalewinsky.bsky.social - how publics his disgrace, yet he's still staggering around being a hero.
A guy makes ONE tiny mistake (has a years-long friendship with the world's worst sex trafficker; brags about sexually harassing colleagues; is racist; says women are stupid) and his whole LIFE is blown up (does slightly fewer speaking engagements; keeps teaching at #1 university)??!?!?!?!?!
So Harvard is keeping this guy, but Claudine Gay had to step down over ginned up plagiarism accusations and bad-faith accusations of anti-Semitism.
Got it.
Got it.
November 18, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Men inhabit a different world, with different rules and consequences. All the forgiveness that is bestowed on men who 'stray' from common decency, nothing ever changes. I think about Clinton and @monicalewinsky.bsky.social - how publics his disgrace, yet he's still staggering around being a hero.
I feel you. I was a loser the moment I arrived. My mother told me repeatedly, she only had names for a boy. Neither of us ever really got over that.
I’m a disappointment not only to my parents but also to generations of family members I’ll never even meet so yeah I’m kinda immortal
November 18, 2025 at 12:56 PM
I feel you. I was a loser the moment I arrived. My mother told me repeatedly, she only had names for a boy. Neither of us ever really got over that.
'told the news agency he had been hit in the head by a heavy drumstick thrown from the crowd'.
This quote distracted me from the more serious issues in a post about crowds storming the COP30 venue.
And here was I complaining that chickens get smaller and smaller.
This quote distracted me from the more serious issues in a post about crowds storming the COP30 venue.
And here was I complaining that chickens get smaller and smaller.
November 12, 2025 at 6:25 AM
'told the news agency he had been hit in the head by a heavy drumstick thrown from the crowd'.
This quote distracted me from the more serious issues in a post about crowds storming the COP30 venue.
And here was I complaining that chickens get smaller and smaller.
This quote distracted me from the more serious issues in a post about crowds storming the COP30 venue.
And here was I complaining that chickens get smaller and smaller.
Such a tragedy. We live in one world - Clinton's Global Village, yet it seems the North thinks it can survive or even thrive, with ailing populations in the South.
NEW: UK confirms 15% cut to the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria for its next funding round, a decision aid agenices say will result in hundreds of thousands of otherwise avoidable deaths.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
UK cuts contribution to Aids, tuberculosis and malaria fund by £150m
Campaigners say 15% cut, which is smaller than had been feared, is serious setback in efforts to combat the diseases
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Such a tragedy. We live in one world - Clinton's Global Village, yet it seems the North thinks it can survive or even thrive, with ailing populations in the South.