#AFRICA

Dr Jenner’s House

DrJennersHouse

"Inoculation" is just another word for "vaccination", right? Although we now use the words interchangeably, historically they had different meanings. So if you see a reference to inoculation in an

Kai Kupferschmidt

kakape

"This is a moment for all of us to reflect on the toll the pandemic has taken, the progress we have made, the lessons we have learned and what we

Derese Kassa

nestaneth

THREAD On Sudan 1) That there have always been disputes around border delineation and demarcation between Sudan and Ethiopia is obvious 2) These disputes flare up and emerge as bargaining

Sizwesihle Mavuso

stitchious

A Certain Amount of Madness: The Life, Politics and Legacies of Thomas Sankara by Amber Murrey (2018). "Burkina Faso was previously called Upper Volta, one of the regions of French

Sam Freedman

Samfr

I thought I'd do a summary thread of my various trawls of COVID data and reports this week. So as to try and give an overall sense of where I

Yair Wallach

YairWallach

A few quick thoughts on the B'Tselem report, calling Israel an Apartheid State: 2/ B'Tselem are right to characterise Israel/Palestine as one political unit, in which there is a permanent,

Kabelo Bokaba

DahtAbstractPoe

prt 1/6I don't really have anything against people genuinely fighting and speaking up for their rights.. but with the rate of this modern-day #feminism, I personally can project that, come

Divyansh Khandelwal 🐺

Real_Divyansh

Why I think AB De Villiers is the BEST batsman of all time considering ALL THE ASPECTS of the game ??A #Thread #ABDeVilliers He is the toughest batsman to bowl

Ben Dreyfuss

bendreyfuss

If you lived in Hawaii 300 years ago, you wouldn’t even know that ice existed. Thank about it!!!! I wasn’t expecting this search results to yield a result but I

𝙽𝚒𝚔𝚘

JustWantToGrill

Mini late night rant thread, but it pisses me the off to no avail whenever I see someone say something like “the American dream is dead” or “the American dream

Abhishek Mukherjee (@SachinAzharCT)

ovshake42

It is Justin Langer's birthday.There are many tales to tell, but this oft-recollected one gives me goosebumps even now.Langer was playing his 100th Test, at Johannesburg in 2005-06.South Africa were

Cory Morningstar

elleprovocateur

The #1 influencer for World Economic Forum/United Nations is resurrected in order to promote "#digitalization for all" as the #FourthIndustrialRevolution brings civil society into it's fold. "Access to #digital #education

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

EXCESS deaths soaring in many countries faster than official #COVID19 deaths.Mexico Russia Iran South Africa Peru Romania Poland Ukraine & Ecuador have

Wm Henry Morris

WmHenryMorris

Sofia Samatar (as part of UCSC's Living Writers series and on the theme of shelter that the series director introduced): "The story itself is the shelter. The story is a

Andrew Harris

edin_thinker

Ok #defence twitter, it's that time. The UK's Integrated Review of defence, security etc is back, and the inevitable chat about platforms, capabilities and fantasy fleets has started again. And,

Yehuda Shaul

YehudaShaul

1/25 Why occupation and apartheid are not mutually exclusive, and two states can also be the solution to Israeli apartheid in the West Bank (and why studying South African Apartheid

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