@QulshTM

Unconstructed Mshamba Mtaani. Climate Change, conflict, displacement, and urbanization, Email: [email protected],

 Brooklyn/Nairobi/Washington.
qulshtm.substack.com/
Joined February 2009
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“There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear,” Toni Morrison
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Today, 48 of the roughly 60 villages and towns within Israeli-occupied southern Lebanon are mostly levelled, a NYT analysis has found. nytimes.com/interactive/2026…

Israel’s Destruction of Southern Lebanon Intensified After the Cease-Fire

Much of Israeli-occupied southern Lebanon has been leveled, according to a Times analysis. The majority has been destroyed by Israel since the April truce.

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François Luambo Luanzo Makiadi, the true #BabaYao, before #BabaYao. @mqhlay Nianze the story that never happened behind this, ama uta nimulika?
Rumba Chronicles 🇰🇪 🇨🇩
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In this classic footage, the legendary Franco Luambo Makiadi introduces TPOK Jazz musicians in a humorous way. Note at how the members are proud of the roles they play in the band. Each musician played a crucial role in shaping the iconic sound of this legendary Congolese band. From guitarists to vocalists, drummers to saxophonists, discover the brilliant artists behind the timeless rumba and soukous hits that defined an era. Luambo liked Malage de Lugendo.
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Natembeya Si mchezo, lakini do not sleep on Jack Wamboka.
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Drama as UDA-nominated Senator Wakwabubi is heckled, and MP Jack Wamboka forcibly takes away her microphone after she mentions President Ruto during a burial in Bungoma.
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tribunemag.co.uk/2026/10/lul…

Lula’s Leap Into the Future

The people’s president won by combining 20th-century politics with 21st-century campaigning.

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The best part, he's a football correspondent, where he's hand a down the best South American football analyst in English language. Also, Brazil is his adopted country.
New Singaporean🇰🇪🏇🏿@NewSingaporean_Oct 26
A thread on the just concluded Brazilian election. Good read, great anecdotes.
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Just so people are clear, Tim is a football correspondent, and Brazil is his adopted country.
Tim Vickery@Tim_VickeryOct 26
I worked the Brazilian elections for France 24. For what it's worth (and armed with a degree in History and Politics!!), here's my take on what happened.
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Akbar Shahid Ahmed
@AkbarSAhmedOct 26
Notable 1) Underscores continuity in Biden-Trump policy for ongoing Palestinian suffering + reluctance to pressure Israel even for stated US goals 2) Interesting read on who’s got reach in the party: within admin, Greenspan was close to Brett McGurk + upset Gaza policy skeptics
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@axiosOct 26
Trump's Board of Peace taps ex-Biden aide to lead Congress outreach axios.com/2026/10/26/trump-g…

Trump's Board of Peace taps ex-Biden aide to lead Congress outreach

The proposal will need bipartisan support if Democrats win the House or Senate.

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This was the last time I took this award seriously. A year later, Juve was relegated because of the Calciopoli scandal.
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Have You Been to the Sixth-Worst McDonald’s in America? - Washingtonian

The sixth-worst McDonald’s in America is nestled between a Chase Bank and a Wawa in a forlorn parking lot off of I-95, ten miles south of Quantico in the exurbs of Stafford County, Virginia. The...

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Damn, when in doubt, always Swift it.
Variety
@VarietyOct 26
Lula’s Election Win: How Taylor’s Swift’s Advice to Fandom Helped Him to a Historic Victory and Defeat for Trump variety.com/2026/film/global…

Lula’s Election Win: How Taylor’s Swift’s Advice to Fandom Helped Him to a Historic Victory and...

Lula’s defeat of far right candidate Flávio Bolsonaro is a massive win for Brazil’s cinema and the environment, health service and democracy.

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Give these folks the ManU reign because they are capable.
The Good, The Bad & The Football
@goodbadftblpodOct 26
Scholes & Butt say YES or NO to potential next Manchester United manager to replace Michael Carrick… 😱
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Tommy Miles@tommymilesOct 26
“Africa's problem has not been its failure to learn but its learning too well” —“Our Continent, Our Future” (1998), p.37. “Read more Mkandawire” is always good advice. Full text: idl-bnc-idrc.dspacedirect.or…
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Mkandawire and Soludo pulling no punches re: technical assistance in Africa
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1/ One year ago today, the RSF captured El Fasher. This week brought new evidence that the terror hasn’t ended, Geneva talks with no ceasefire, and an Emirati bid to lead the UN. Last December I sat with El Fasher’s survivors in eastern Chad. 🧵 refugeesinternational.org/pe…

No Real Refuge: Sudanese Refugees in Chad - Refugees International

Refugees International shares firsthand testimony from people who survived the fall of El Fasher and the journey out of Sudan.

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7/ Chad keeps its border open, but the money hasn’t followed. US humanitarian funding for Chad fell from about $338M in 2024 to $112M in 2025. In December, I met a family of 14 in one 3x4m shelter, the children living on tea and borrowed tomatoes. fts.unocha.org/countries/44/…
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The UAE sits in the Quad, mediating this war. UN experts found that the Emirates re-exported howitzers used by the RSF in breach of the Darfur arms embargo; Abu Dhabi denies it. On Wednesday, its former UN ambassador entered the race for Secretary-General france24.com/en/americas/202…

Emirati diplomat could become next UN chief despite human rights concerns

Human rights defenders are sounding the alarm over the United Arab Emirates’ nomination of its former envoy Lana Nusseibeh to be the next UN Secretary General. They say electing a diplomat from the...

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