#AFRICA

John Burn-Murdoch

jburnmurdoch

NEW: fresh data from trials in Brazil, South Africa and the UK shows the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine is highly effective with a 12 week gap between doses.Efficacy is in fact much

Alasdair Munro

apsmunro

Lots of talk about schools and #COVID19 today, which is no surprise!Time for a bumper thread on the evidence we have so far on schools, children, teachers, and #SARSCoV2 plus

Aiiduh

aiiduh

I’m glad Juneteenth was an opportunity for (descendants of) Black immigrants to understand how Black American cultural traditions are often usurped under Pan Africanism, but understand that this extends from

Michael Galant

michael_galant

What’s most amazing is how widely accepted it is that this is how it has to be. That we’re right to hoard vaccines for ourselves. That lives in the Global

Shiamak Baria-Unwalla

Crikipedia

Both Dhoni and Raina began their ODI careers with first-ball ducks. Dhoni was run out by Baisya & Mashud vs Bangladesh, Raina was bowled by future CSK teammate Muralitharan. Goes

hibo wardere

HiboWardere

#nofgm. Thread aboout prior to mutilating.First they erect a hut. For days i didn't know what was thatfor. I thought it looked cool. Maybe its something to play in .

Sam Adeyemi

sam_adeyemi

His nickname was “Sholay”, derived from Sola, a Yoruba name. He was two years ahead of me in high school. He did something that shifted my paradigm and that has

Rasool Berry

rasoolberry

William David Chappelle was born enslaved in 1857 in Winnsboro, South Carolina, one of the eleven children of Henry and Patsy McCory Chappelle.He would emerge from his chains to become

Raph Cormack

RaphaelCormack

In 1932 a group of Chinese students arrived in Egypt on a scholarship to study at Al-Azhar. They were put up in the Takiya of Ibrahim al-Gulshani (which was damaged

Don Robotham

dondee_don

Despite a huge tradition of slave revolts Jamaica also plagued by authoritarian conservatism. Powerful rebel tradition and punitive and controlling. A paradox? Not really. One reinforces the other locked in

abolitionism = spicy reformism

no_slave_coasts

Neocolonialism clearly identified/outlined "The theory of neocolonialism was developed by the socialist-inclined leaders of the newly independent, or 'post-colonial', nations following the break-up of the colonial empires. A co

Nick Britten

Nick_Britten

Defenders of Rorke's DriftLieutenant John Rouse Merriot Chard No. 5 Coy. Royal EngineersChard was born in Boxhill on the 21st December 1847 and he joined the Royal Engineers after passing

Foggy Rupert

FoggyRupert

We start with @RUSI_org. https://rusi.org/event/progressive-terrorism-studies-webinar-series-%E2%80%93-persistent-online-presence-shift-platform14 Jul, 2pm (BST)Webinar presenting analysis of the Jihadi info ecosystem (Salafi-Jihadi context

NY AG James

NewYorkStateAG

#BREAKING: I filed a lawsuit to dissolve the National Rifle Association for years of self-dealing and illegal conduct.The @NRA is fraught with fraud and abuse.No organization is above the law.

ThecrossGuy

_MitchThagod

Amazing facts about animalsTHREAD1. The heart of a shrimp is located in its head. 2. A snail can sleep for 3 years 3. The fingerprints of a koala are so

abdul hamid

baymath

There is a concerted, calculated & coordinated effort underway currently in South Africa to deride government regarding vaccines, from previous members of the advisory committee, to academic & the media

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