Ochi
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Ochi
@luopean.bsky.social
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creative with a pinch of extremism anti-war/pro-indigenous/ hip-hop+reggae/arsenal/web3/crime 🇰🇪🇬🇧
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🩸 Every year, 400,000 children are born with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) — most in Africa.
🇰🇪 In Kenya, 1 in 100 babies (~4,000 annually) is born with SCD.
💡Research is improving survival, with more reaching adulthood. #SickleCellAwarenessMonth
📚 Read more here : shorturl.at/86mTt
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Zeteo @zeteo.com · Aug 3
The Israeli government has told so many lies since Oct. 7.

In this video — and in under three minutes — @mehdirhasan.bsky.social debunks the top 10 Israeli lies about the genocide in Gaza.

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Of course this is unpopular in Shereheland but I personally think it's potentially a good thing. My theory is that Kenyans mostly use alcohol for escapism - from poverty-induced stresses.
Kenya's sweeping alcohol control plan sparks anger. The new proposals including raising the minimum drinking age from 18 to 21; ban purchasing alcohol in supermarkets; and outlaw online sale and home delivery of alcoholic drinks - as well as celebrity endorsements.
Nacada Kenya: Drug agency's alcohol control proposals spark anger
The proposal includes a ban on alcohol sales in supermarkets, restaurants and on public transport.
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Kenya catching strays but not one Kenyan would be surprised we find ourselves in this list.

William Ruto, the West's favourite puppet, has been flexing his dictator muscles a lot lately.

#RutoMustGo
A group of global civil society organizations have placed the US on a watchlist for urgent concern over the health of its civic society, alongside Turkey, Serbia, El Salvador, Indonesia and Kenya.
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Opinion: Recognition of a Palestinian state should not be a pawn in a diplomatic game - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/opinion-recognition-palestinian-state-should-not-be-pawn-diplomatic-game
Opinion: Recognition of a Palestinian state should not be a pawn in a diplomatic game
<article data-history-node-id="426570" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/opinion-recognition-palestinian-state-should-not-be-pawn-diplomatic-game" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/opinion-recognition-palestinian-state-should-not-be-pawn-diplomatic-game" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Opinion: Recognition of a Palestinian state should not be a pawn in a diplomatic game</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>On 29 July,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/uk" target="_blank">UK</a>&nbsp;Prime Minister Keir Starmer&nbsp;<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/pm-words-on-gaza-29-july-2025" target="_blank">announced</a>&nbsp;that&nbsp;Britain&nbsp;would recognise a&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/topics/palestine-state" target="_blank">Palestinian state</a>&nbsp;at the UN General Assembly in September, "unless the Israeli government takes substantive steps to end the appalling situation in Gaza and commits to a long-term sustainable peace".</p> <p>Of course, any British recognition of the state of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/palestine" target="_blank">Palestine</a>, if and when it happens, would mark a historic moment. Britain bears a unique responsibility as the author of the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/balfour-declaration-study-british-duplicity" target="_blank">Balfour Declaration</a>&nbsp;and the mandatory power in Palestine.</p> <p>If&nbsp;<a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/why-is-britain-recognising-palestinian-state-what-does-it-mean-2025-07-29" target="_blank">recognition</a>&nbsp;does take place, it would reinforce the British government's stated support for a two-state solution, after decades of recognising only one state,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/israel" target="_blank">Israel</a>, while denying the other.</p> <p>It would chart a trajectory that rejects Israel's attempt to impose a one-state apartheid reality across the whole of historic Palestine.</p> <p>It would set the terms for any future peace process, in which&nbsp;the end goal must include a Palestinian state, reaffirming the British government's stated commitment to a two-state solution, as outlined in its announcement.</p> <p>So why were Palestinians and others not out on the streets celebrating the British government's&nbsp;announcement that emerged from an emergency recall of the cabinet?</p> <h3>Read more:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/uk-starmer-should-have-imposed-sanctions-israel">Recognition of a Palestinian state should not be a pawn in a diplomatic game</a>&nbsp;Opinion by&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/users/chris-doyle">Chris Doyle&nbsp;</a></h3> <figure role="group" class="media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="A protester displays a satirical sign targeting UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer during a demonstration in support of Gaza in London, 4 June 2025 (Adrian Dennis/AFP)" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="6eb86022-ecf5-47d0-9892-684bb5cbebcb" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/images-story/protester-starmer-sign-london-4-june-2025-afp.jpg" width="1400" height="788" alt="A protester displays a satirical sign targeting UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer during a demonstration in support of Gaza in London, 4 June 2025 (Adrian Dennis/AFP)" typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> <figcaption>A protester displays a satirical sign targeting UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer during a demonstration in support of Gaza in London, 4 June 2025 (Adrian Dennis/AFP)</figcaption> </div> </figure> <p><span style="background: url(&quot;https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png&quot;) rgba(220, 220, 220, 0.5); top: -15px; left: 0px;"><img height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" loading="lazy"></span></p> </div> </div> </article>
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So the colonizers want to finally recognise Palestine?

As if we all don't see that this action as symbolic, and will have no actual consequence to the US/UK/EU-backed Israeli genocide.

One day this will be behind us but we must make sure those who are responsible and complicit will rot in prison.
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Ugandan health authorities have closed all the clinics that focused on patients with HIV and TB. Staffed by health workers who over time developed deep expertise in sensitively managing infectious yet stigmatised diseases, the clinics were key to cutting HIV infection rates.
The cost of Trump’s executive disorder is measured in lives
The closure of clinics is just one example of the disruption and confusion surrounding the near-total freeze on US aid and development funding ordered by US President Donald Trump
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He asked for it. Why does he have a suspicious history of interactions and communications with teens? Having such a reputation as you enter a rap beef was silly. Kendrick warned him to not go personal and he did. He got what he deserved.
2Pac went after Prodigy for having sickle cell disease. Battlers always go after dead family members. This is hiphop and you guests cannot dictate the moral code of it. Just listen and enjoy.
This is not acceptable in a creative expression such as hiphop. Imagine taking Picasso to court because his Guernica piece was offensive to some audiences. Especially when Drake said things about his wife and asked Kendrick to "talk about him liking young girls". Drake needs cultural awareness.
The Kenyan president is extremely supportive of Western values compared to some of his continental fellows.
But if you go by the remarks of our leaders you would think we are all wealthy.
Meanwhile Ruto wears one to sleep.
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“African nationals spend €56.3 million in visa application fees. The EU generated €130 million from Schengen visa rejections in 2023, an increase from the €105 million generated in 2022. Africans and Asians represent 90% of the total revenue generated from rejected visas”
😂😂 That's actually funny but the joke is mostly on y'all who don't understand crypto.
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Zeteo @zeteo.com · Dec 30
“Jimmy Carter’s bluntness will, truly, be missed.”

Mehdi Hasan lists 8 quotes you may not have heard from the late ex-president — from using the A-word to slamming US foreign policy.

Read the full list at Zeteo.com: zeteo.com/p/8-critical...
This will play nicely in the legal action.
Love this rhyme scheme from Kendrick Lamar. It must have been fun to write as it is to rap!

@kendricklamar.bsky.social #GNX #bars #hiphop
I'm not ready for the rewriting of history by this conspiracy theorist.
Thank you Wayne, for coming to your senses!
True! Very soon we'll be counting SATs. It's crazy looking back and thinking why was I holding back?!!! 😂
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In Iceland, on Christmas Eve, people give each other books so they can spend the evening drinking cocoa & reading. It’s called, Jolabokaflod, the Christmas book flood. I’ve never been more in love with Iceland than I am right now ♥️♥️