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pambazukanews.bsky.social @pambazukanews.bsky.social · 8d

🔥US Africa Command at the Center of President Trump’s National Security #Policy Toward Africa.

📍Volman has more details here: pambazuka.org/US/Africa-Co...

#AFRICOM #USA #Africa #Trump #Security
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Gen Dagvin (Commander AFRICOM) receives the flag from Admiral Grady (Vice chair JCOS) in Stuttgart, August 15, 2025. Staff Sgt Emely, AFRICOM

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Hanno Brankamp 🍉☀️ @hannobrankamp.bsky.social · 12d

Blair heading a military occupation nested within an existing long standing occupation. What could go possibly go wrong?

Britain's former PM Blair eyes key role in Gaza under Trump peace plan, FT says

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair seeks a senior role in running postwar Gaza under a peace plan being developed by the Trump administration, the Financial Times said on Thursday, citing people briefed on the proposal.

www.reuters.com

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Hanno Brankamp 🍉☀️ @hannobrankamp.bsky.social · 13d

Just realised my review of Anooradha Iyer Siddiqi’s book “Architecture of Migration” is out now in the Journal of Modern African Studies (JMAS).

Architecture of Migration: the Dadaab refugee camps and humanitarian settlement by Anooradha Iyer Siddiqi Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2024. Pp. 432. US$31.95 (pbk). doi: https://doi.org/10.1215...

www.cambridge.org

Hanno Brankamp 🍉☀️ @hannobrankamp.bsky.social · 22d

“If he is extradited, it is believed it will be the first time a current or former British soldier has ever been extradited to another country to face trial for the murder of a civilian.”

Kenya seeks arrest of former British soldier over alleged murder of Agnes Wanjiru

High court judge issues arrest warrant, saying a suspect has been charged in relation to 2012 death of 21-year-old

www.theguardian.com

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Hanno Brankamp 🍉☀️ @hannobrankamp.bsky.social · 23d

Baerbock must go!

Progressive International @progintl.bsky.social · 23d

On 9 September 2025, Annalena Baerbock — who refused to enforce ICC arrest warrants for Israeli officials — assumed her post as President of the UN General Assembly.

✍️ Join the global movement to demand her resignation.

Baerbock, Resign From the UNGA Presidency

Only a movement millions strong can stop Baerbock's presidency at the United Nations General Assembly.

buff.ly

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Hanno Brankamp 🍉☀️ @hannobrankamp.bsky.social · 28d

New article out by my brilliant friend Mohamed Hassan Mohamud on budget cuts and the crisis of accountability in aid.

“Budget cuts are not a rupture to an otherwise fair system: they are the latest manifestation of a model of governance that has always sidelined the people it claims to serve.”

Lack of accountability, not budget cuts, is the real humanitarian crisis

The impact of funding cuts on refugees and displaced communities is being framed as a crisis of resources. But this moment is better understood as a crisis of legitimacy. The current model excludes a....

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Hanno Brankamp 🍉☀️ @hannobrankamp.bsky.social · Sep 1

When they started using the term “differentiated assistance model” a while back, it was clear to many of us that this just meant institutionalising aid cuts—more displacement, police repression and impoverishment is afoot in Kakuma.

South Sudan refugees flee Kenya's Kakuma camp

At the heart of the exodus is a drastic aid reduction after the World Food Programme (WFP) slashed food rations by up to 60 per cent.

www.standardmedia.co.ke

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Nanjala @nanjala.bsky.social · Aug 27

If he had written with his own imagination instead of relying on AI he would have known that this is also a title of a novel by @nnedi.bsky.social with only one word changed.

Katie Clark Gray @katiecgray.bsky.social · Aug 27

This byline

Steven Marche is the author of several books, including "Death of an Author," a novel written with the aid of three AI programs

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Hanno Brankamp 🍉☀️ @hannobrankamp.bsky.social · Aug 20

And just like that, it has a cover 🤯. Starting to feel real now.

Out 17 Feb 2026!!!

www.dukeupress.edu/occupied-ref...

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Hanno Brankamp 🍉☀️ @hannobrankamp.bsky.social · Aug 20

Thank you!!🙏

Hanno Brankamp 🍉☀️ @hannobrankamp.bsky.social · Aug 20

And just like that, it has a cover 🤯. Starting to feel real now.

Out 17 Feb 2026!!!

www.dukeupress.edu/occupied-ref...

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Hanno Brankamp 🍉☀️ @hannobrankamp.bsky.social · Aug 8

www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/...

Why are people starving in Sudan’s el-Fasher?

A siege by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has caused a famine in North Darfur’s capital el-Fasher.

www.aljazeera.com

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pambazukanews.bsky.social @pambazukanews.bsky.social · Jul 29

💥So, Who is a #Terrorist in #Kenya?
🎯Mutunga interrogates the tagging of #protesters in Kenya’s mass action as #terrorists and unveils acts of terrorism and the perpetrators that should be so characterized.
👉More at tinyurl.com/PZ-Kenya-Ter...
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pambazukanews.bsky.social @pambazukanews.bsky.social · Jul 26

🔥Issue 902 is packed with informative takes on the expulsion of the #French #Army from #Senegal, #terrorism, contradictions in #sports, and more.
📌Get the articles here: pambazuka.org
#Sudan #Kenya #Nigeria #Egypt #Cuba #US

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Hanno Brankamp 🍉☀️ @hannobrankamp.bsky.social · Jul 10

Mural for “Mashujaa Wetu” (Our Heroes) in Dandora, Nairobi Eastlands.

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Nanjala @nanjala.bsky.social · Jul 7

The final tally from today’s protests in #Kenya. All killed or injured by the police. (KNCHR is the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights).

At least 10 people killed, 29 injured, two abducted and 37 arrested across 17 counties during Saba Saba protests, KNHCR says.
www.ctandardmedia.cokp

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Hanno Brankamp 🍉☀️ @hannobrankamp.bsky.social · Jul 2

Found an iconic piece of Scotland on Nairobi’s supermarket shelves!

@uofglasgow.bsky.social

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Refugees @refugees.skyfleet.blue · Jul 1

Malawi: Police Look on as Peaceful Protesters Assaulted #Refugees

Malawi: Police Look on as Peaceful Protesters Assaulted

On June 26, 2025, about a dozen weapon-wielding men in Malawi attacked demonstrators peacefully protesting the government’s handling of upcoming national elections.

www.hrw.org

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Nanjala @nanjala.bsky.social · Jun 26

The final tally of yesterday’s protests in #Kenya. Nine killed, 400 injured and 61 arrests. All killed by the police because the president will not listen to the young people who put him in power.

nation
DAILY©NATION
Black Wednesday: Nine killed, 400 injured as protests rock 27 counties
Nine people were killed, about 400 injured, and 61 arrested on Wednesday as at least 27 counties witnessed protests marking the first anniversary of the June 25, 2024, demonstrations that saw youth protesters storm Parliament.

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Hanno Brankamp 🍉☀️ @hannobrankamp.bsky.social · Jun 24

Tomorrow (young) Kenyans will go to the streets to remember and demand justice for those killed by the government since June 2024.

Many more mashujaa will never be known by name.

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Hanno Brankamp 🍉☀️ @hannobrankamp.bsky.social · Jun 22

My thoughts are with Palestinians in Gaza and the people of Iran 💔

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Hanno Brankamp 🍉☀️ @hannobrankamp.bsky.social · Jun 19

This is so relatable, Nando!

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Hanno Brankamp 🍉☀️ @hannobrankamp.bsky.social · Jun 15

Outrageous. The UK must NOT defend the military aggressor.

UK moves jets to Middle East as Starmer refuses to rule out defending Israel

Military assets to provide ‘contingency support’ as PM repeats call for de-escalation after Iran’s retaliatory strikes

www.theguardian.com

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Hanno Brankamp 🍉☀️ @hannobrankamp.bsky.social · Jun 14

Words have lost their meaning. We live in an Orwellian world in which war is peace and love is hate.

Keir Starmer, once again, beating the imperial bullsh*t drum like few others.

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pambazukanews.bsky.social @pambazukanews.bsky.social · Jun 13

🔥The Struggle Continues!!!
📖 #Issue899 is full of inspiring pieces and answers on Movements for #Reparations, #Liberation, and #Commemorations in Global Africa.

👉Access it here: pambazuka.org
✍️Read, comment, and share
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