The US has sent a small team of troops to #Nigeria, the general in charge of the US command for #Africa said on Tuesday, the first acknowledgement of #US forces on the ground since Washington struck by air on Christmas Day.

The US has sent a small team of troops to #Nigeria, the general in charge of the US command for #Africa said on Tuesday, the first acknowledgement of #US forces on the ground since Washington struck by air on Christmas Day.

#Africa accounts to follow:

NEWS
@thecontinent - Pan-African online newspaper, run by non-profit
@TUKOcoke - Kenyan news site
@ZekuZelalem - Amnesty prize-nominated journalist on Ethiopia, Horn of Africa, regional conflict
@beverly_ochieng - Security & media analyst on Africa, Sahel, Wagner Group
@JonathanMBR - Kenyan teacher, long-time Fedi user, often commenting on African news
@teachersupdates - Education news in Kenya
@index - English-language news on business/industry in Mozambique

🧵 1/3

#Africa accounts to follow (continued):

PROGRAMMING
@pyconafrica - Pan-African Python conference
@pyconza - South African Python conference
@PyConNA - Namibian Python conference
@RLadiesGaborone - Women in Botswana using R language

EGYPTOLOGY
@EssexEgyptology - Essex UK org for people interested in ancient Egypt
@MAES - Manchester UK org for people interested in ancient Egypt

3/3

#Africa accounts to follow (continued):

ENTERTAINMENT & CULTURE
@dilmandila@mograph.social (main) & @dilmandila@tv.dilstories.com (videos) & - Award-winning independent film-maker in Uganda
@sisi_collective - Ugandan film-making collective
@blogamf - Blog covering African music since 1950s
@GAYSARadio - LGBTQIA+ radio station in South Africa
@index@streamlined.news - Movie news in Africa, Asia-Pacific & Middle East

ENVIRONMENT
@index@patrolling.org - Blog about fight against poaching in Africa

CYCLING
@index@chasingcapeepic.com - South African mountain biking

2/3

#Africa accounts to follow:

NEWS
@thecontinent - Pan-African online newspaper, run by non-profit
@TUKOcoke - Kenyan news site
@ZekuZelalem - Amnesty prize-nominated journalist on Ethiopia, Horn of Africa, regional conflict
@beverly_ochieng - Security & media analyst on Africa, Sahel, Wagner Group
@JonathanMBR - Kenyan teacher, long-time Fedi user, often commenting on African news
@teachersupdates - Education news in Kenya
@index - English-language news on business/industry in Mozambique

🧵 1/3

Africa: No Visas, One Africa: [Liberian Observer] As debates over migration, borders, and national sovereignty intensify across the globe, a small but determined Pan-African team is crisscrossing the continent with a bold message--Africa must dismantle its internal visa regimes and reclaim the freedom of movement envisioned by its founding fathers. Leading that charge is former Ghanaian lawmaker and… http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TQR4Vp #Africa #VisaFreeAfrica #PanAfricanism #FreedomOfMovement #Migration

Africa: No Visas, One Africa: [Liberian Observer] As debates over migration, borders, and national sovereignty intensify across the globe, a small but determined Pan-African team is crisscrossing the continent with a bold message--Africa must dismantle its internal visa regimes and reclaim the freedom of movement envisioned by its founding fathers. Leading that charge is former Ghanaian lawmaker and… http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TQR4Vp #Africa #VisaFreeAfrica #PanAfricanism #FreedomOfMovement #Migration

Elon Musk: "I did originally come to North #America with like 2500 bucks Canadian, or 2000 US, one bag of books and one bag of clothes in Montreal at age of 17. So that is how I started out."

I try not laugh at this, a beneficiary of apartheid South #Africa telling a lie as usual.

Elon Musk: "I did originally come to North #America with like 2500 bucks Canadian, or 2000 US, one bag of books and one bag of clothes in Montreal at age of 17. So that is how I started out."

I try not laugh at this, a beneficiary of apartheid South #Africa telling a lie as usual.

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/c... 1/ "Solar has risen from almost nothing in 2019 to roughly 10 percent of South Africa’s electricity-generating capacity" #solar #battery #EV #China #Africa #solarpunk #hopepunk

Cheap Solar Is Transforming Li...

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/c... 1/ "Solar has risen from almost nothing in 2019 to roughly 10 percent of South Africa’s electricity-generating capacity" #solar #battery #EV #China #Africa #solarpunk #hopepunk

Cheap Solar Is Transforming Li...

#AfricanNews accounts to follow:

➡️ @thecontinent - Pan-African online newspaper run by non-profit based in South Africa
➡️ @TUKOcoke - Kenyan online news site
➡️ @ZekuZelalem - Award-winning investigative reporter covering Ethiopia and Horn of Africa
➡️ @beverly_ochieng - Security & media analyst focused on Africa
➡️ @teachersupdates - Education news in Kenya
➡️ @index - Business news in Mozambique

#Africa #African #Kenya #Ethiopia

Without USAID funding to help buy food for refugees, the World Food Program rushed to prioritize families based on need, determining that only half the population would get food.

Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.
https://www.propublica.org/article/kenya-trump-usaid-world-food-program-starvation-children-deaths?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #USAID #Hunger #USPolitics #Trump #MarcoRubio #Africa #Kenya

If you thought the world has gotten more fair over the past one hundred years, please think again. #exploitation #resources #oil #CrudeOil #petrol #minerals #africa #activism #environment #climate