Kenya has provided evidence that Ebola is treatable, and not invariably fatal.
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Whether you are a fan of her politics or not, Kemi Badenoch is a formidable leader
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This post is based on fear. Not fear of injustice. But fear that people like @KemiBadenoch are taking away a living that rests on a narrative of grievance. A living that needs people to be defined by the past and the colour of their skin. A fear that people like Kemi offer a different liberation and equality based on merit, ambition and the content of character.
A fear that people will discover it is ok for us all to live now, understand our past but not allow our future to be defined by it.
A fear that hope and the future will win.
I have always been fascinated by a particular breed of African politicians in Europe who seem to have made it their life’s ambition to be more British than the British, more French than the French, and more hostile to Africans and immigrants than the most rabid nationalists in their adopted political circles.
You find them in Britain, France, Belgium and across Europe, particularly in countries that once colonized Africa. Many are the children of African immigrants, sometimes the first generation born in Europe, whose parents arrived in those countries as foreigners. Yet their children have somehow developed an almost religious devotion to the most reactionary interpretations of European nationalism. They speak about immigration as though their own parents descended from the heavens with citizenship certificates in their hands.
And I am not talking about Africans who happen to be conservative. I am talking about those who appear determined to prove their loyalty to their political constituencies by expressing a degree of contempt for immigrants, Africans and their own ancestral history that would embarrass even some European conservatives. The irony would be hilarious if its consequences were not so serious.
Because these politicians occupy a particularly convenient position in the racial politics of Europe. Their African ancestry gives certain political movements an opportunity to present deeply contested positions on immigration, race and colonial history through someone whose very presence is then offered as proof that racism could not possibly be involved.
It is the political equivalent of the racist who insists that he cannot be racist because he once dated a Black woman. Except that this time, instead of producing a Black girlfriend, they produce a Black politician with an African surname and a spectacular appetite for defending their ideological prejudices.
What particularly disgusts me is the historical revisionism that sometimes accompanies this performance. Imagine being so desperate to demonstrate your European patriotism that you begin defending an imperial history whose victims included people who looked like your grandparents.
And for what? To prove that you are sufficiently British? Sufficiently French? That your African ancestry has been politically disinfected to the satisfaction of your audience? I find this obsession with proving oneself more authentically European than Europeans themselves intellectually fascinating and morally disturbing.
This is the context in which I examine Kemi Badenoch’s politics. Badenoch is entitled to her conservative convictions, just as anyone else is entitled to challenge them. But her Nigerian heritage does not make her interpretation of British colonial history more credible, nor does it make her positions on race and immigration immune from criticism.
The British declared slavery as abhorrent and ended it in their lands, afterwards they acted decisively to rid to abolishonist causes. Descendants of formerly enslaved persons should express profound gratitude.
Having just left Elmina Castle in Ghana, where enslaved Africans were imprisoned before being shipped across the Atlantic, I think Europeans should never tire of acknowledging the horrors of our shared history and asking forgiveness from our African friends.
Britain played its own shameful part in that history.
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This party is fond of off-roading.
This is the reality of life for residents of Kwale. How long must they continue to endure this?
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#LindaKwale
#LMMinKwale
This will be a very Kwasi Kwarteng moment.
As soon as Edwin Sifuna takes office, he will move to scrap the housing levy, do away with fuel levy and eliminate an estimated Ksh 500 billion deliberately added into the national budget to be stolen through corruption.
#LindaMwananchiMovement
#LMM
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🏴🇬🇧 Britain sent warships into a friendly country's harbours. 🔥
And burned its ships at anchor. ⚓
That country was Brazil 🇧🇷
More enslaved Africans were taken to Brazil than to any other country on earth. ⛓️
Not America 🇺🇸 Brazil 🇧🇷
Nearly half of everyone shipped across the Atlantic went there. Ten times more than the United States. 🌍
In 1826 Britain made Brazil sign a treaty. The trade would end by 1830. 📜
Brazil signed. Then ignored it. They even had a phrase for laws like that: "para inglês ver". For the English to see. 👀
Tens of thousands of people kept arriving every year. 😔
So Britain changed the law. Brazilian slave ships could now be tried in British courts as pirates. ⚖️
In 1850 the Royal Navy sailed into Brazil's ports, under the guns of the forts. They cut out the slave ships and burned them. 🚢
Emperor Pedro II's government had a choice. War with Britain. Or end the trade. ⚔️
That September, Brazil banned it. Within two years the trade was dead. 🕊️
Yet today only one country is asked to feel ashamed. 🤔
The one that stopped it. 🇬🇧
Be part of us. 🇬🇧
Be Proud Of Us. 🙏🇬🇧
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𝗘𝗶𝗻𝘄𝗲𝗶𝗵𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗞𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗮 🏟️
Ein besonderes Spiel zum Start ins neue Jahr: Der FC Bayern reist am 5. Januar 2027 nach Nairobi und trifft dort im Rahmen der feierlichen Eröffnung des neuen Nationalstadions „Raila Odinga International Stadium at Talanta Sports City“ auf Ajax Amsterdam.
🔗 Alle Infos: fcbayern.com/2zB4o
The Swiss infectious disease medical teams are seeking experiential learning.
Earlier this morning, the Ebola patient in Nigeria and her contact, who is also her husband, were medically evacuated to Switzerland.
The reasons for the evacuation are:
✅ Both the patient and her husband are Swiss citizens.
✅ The patient is clinically stable. The Nigerian medical team successfully managed her through the acute phase of the illness and stabilized her condition.
On behalf of WHO and all partners, I warmly congratulate the Government of Nigeria, health workers, clinicians, emergency responders and all those involved in the response. This is a remarkable achievement and a testament to what Africa can accomplish when we work together.
With the evacuation of the patient and her husband, Nigeria currently has no Ebola cases.
However, vigilance remains critical. Nigeria will continue the close follow-up of 52 contacts, while Switzerland will assume responsibility for the continued management of the patient and the follow-up of contact number 53, her husband.
Congratulations once again to everyone involved. This is a proud moment demonstrating African expertise, resilience, and leadership in public health.
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Ce matin, la patiente atteinte d’Ebola au Nigéria et son contact, qui est également son époux, ont été évacués médicalement vers la Suisse.
Les raisons de cette évacuation sont les suivantes :
✅ La patiente et son mari sont tous deux citoyens suisses.
✅ La patiente est cliniquement stable. L’équipe médicale nigériane a réussi à la prendre en charge durant la phase aiguë de la maladie et à stabiliser son état.
Au nom de l’OMS et de tous les partenaires, je félicite chaleureusement le Gouvernement du Nigéria, les agents de santé, les cliniciens, les intervenants d’urgence et toutes les personnes impliquées dans la réponse. C’est une réalisation remarquable et une preuve de ce que l’Afrique peut accomplir lorsque nous travaillons ensemble.
Avec l’évacuation de la patiente et de son mari, le Nigéria ne compte actuellement plus de cas d’Ebola.
Cependant, la vigilance reste essentielle. Le Nigéria poursuivra le suivi rapproché de 52 contacts, tandis que la Suisse assurera la prise en charge continue de la patiente et le suivi du 53ᵉ contact, son mari.
Félicitations encore à toutes celles et ceux qui ont contribué à cette réussite. Ce moment est une fierté, démontrant l’expertise, la résilience et le leadership africains en santé publique.
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Hoje de manhã, a paciente com doença pelo vírus Ebola na Nigéria e o seu contacto, que é também o seu marido, foram evacuados por via médica para a Suíça.
A evacuação deve-se aos seguintes motivos:
✅ Tanto a paciente como o seu marido são cidadãos suíços.
✅ A paciente encontra-se clinicamente estável. A equipa médica nigeriana conseguiu prestar-lhe cuidados durante a fase aguda da doença e estabilizar o seu estado de saúde.
Em nome da OMS e de todos os parceiros, felicito calorosamente o Governo da Nigéria, os profissionais de saúde, os clínicos, as equipas de resposta a emergências e todas as pessoas envolvidas na resposta. Esta é uma conquista notável e uma prova do que África pode alcançar quando trabalhamos em conjunto.
Com a evacuação da paciente e do seu marido, a Nigéria não tem atualmente nenhum caso de doença pelo vírus Ebola.
No entanto, é fundamental manter a vigilância. A Nigéria continuará a acompanhar de perto 52 contactos, enquanto a Suíça assumirá a responsabilidade pela continuidade dos cuidados à paciente e pelo acompanhamento do contacto número 53, o seu marido.
Mais uma vez, felicito todas as pessoas envolvidas. Este é um momento de orgulho que demonstra a competência, a resiliência e a liderança de África no domínio da saúde pública.
If you have ever been forced off the road and needed the road reserve to control the vehicle, to bring it to a controlled stop... You will be happy that there were no trees to complicate the situation.
A patriotic environmentalist Kenyan here. Despite having more than enough trees on his property, he has planted and is taking care of more trees on the road reserve.
This is what we should do on all road reserves starting with Ngong Road. Look at the brighter side of it, the trees may be useful for Affordable Housing timber and affordable charcoal fuel as we bring Singapore to Kenya. Why go all the way to Aberdares if you can get timber and wood in Nairobi?
Isn't the speed limit on the expressway, 80 kph?
Anecdotal data from the expressway:
Despite cars maintaining high speeds of over 110kph, the road has reported about 5 accidents, and 3 of those involved matatus.
It shows that:
1. Clearly labelled and lit roads work
2. Roads that isolate pedestrians from the highway work
3. Roads that don't have bumps every 200meters work
4. Roads that enforce traffic laws work.
Who is the intended recipient of this message? The presidency? Don't you have internal channels of government communication, and coordination?
Declare road safety a national disaster
Road crashes have reached a national emergency level, with about 20,000 crashes claiming over 5,000 lives annually, destroying families, overwhelming our health system and eroding economic productivity.
As an Authority, we propose that road traffic crashes be declared a national disaster to mobilise urgent government action, secure adequate funding and ensure coordinated enforcement.
Such a declaration would enable whole-of-government coordination under clear accountability, and enforce measurable targets across road agencies, the National Police Service, the health sector and county governments.
Our goal is simple: save lives, reduce fatalities and serious injuries, and protect Kenya's human capital.
Road safety is not just a transport issue; it is a national development and security priority.
With everyone's support, we can avert this disaster.
DIRECTOR GENERAL
@TransportKE
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