An Israeli human rights lawyer interrupts her own Al Jazeera interview for a tearful plea condemning Israel’s war on Gaza and Israelis attacking aid trucks headed for Gaza.

The meaning of the song makes this 10x funnier. Nigerians really said lets do indirects to your enemies😭

My sister Elena Dudum just dropped a must read in the The Atlantic about what it means and how it feels to be Palestinian.

A must read 😭

theatlantic.com/culture/archiv…

Discovered a new singer with the voice of an angel:

Anaïs Cardot

President Nana Akufo-Addo honors Stevie Wonder’s 74th birthday with a commemorative event at the Jubilee House.

Things we love to see!

Cc: Gh Hyper.

'As a member of the uni-educated left, Macklemore’s single is a refreshing entrant as a potential song of our moment. At the same time, who decided that a liberationist anti-colonial authoritarian mood can’t produce incite-ful cultural products as well?' africasacountry.com/2024/05/beware…

This is the most alarming story I've worked on in a while. The French billionaire Vincent Bollore, described as 'the French Rupert Murdoch', is trying to bring Africa's biggest broadcaster - MultiChoice, that's DStv, ShowMax and SuperSport - into his 'right wing media empire'.

If you're interested in an African feminist approach to economics, check out Afrifem Macroeconomics Collective.

I am morbidly fascinated by this Mike Tyson-Jake Paul match-up.

Meghan visited Nigeria as a Duchess and left as an African Princess! My wrap piece on CNN Africa on their first major trip to Africa post royal duties. This visit dispelled myths about Nigeria being a dangerous place.

#MeghanInNigeria #RoyalVisit
edition.cnn.com/2024/05/13/afr…

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Israeli protesters blocked aid trucks headed for Gaza, throwing the packages of food on the ground and destroying them. Palestinian civilians “are being starved and killed, and we are prevented from helping them,” a U.N. official said.

For live updates: wapo.st/3QIl7XM

The Philadelphia Inquirer HIGHLY recommend the documentary film Let the Fire Burn, fantastic job showing what happened using only archive footage. Available for free on Kanopy.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=p9eCA0…

39 years ago today the City of Philadelphia dropped a bomb on a rowhouse on Osage Avenue belonging to MOVE, a West Philadelphia-based Black liberation and activist group.

The bombing and fire killed 11 people, and destroyed 61 homes.

🔗 inquirer.com/move-bombing/

As we mark two years since the killing of #ShireenAbuAkleh , her family established a foundation to preserve her legacy. It aims to help future journalists globally through scholarships. Join us in this cause; your support can shape the future of journalism.donorbox.org/justice-for-sh…

Our family has established the Shireen Abu Akleh Foundation to honor her legacy. Your support would go towards helping build the next generation of journalists across the globe.

A standing ovation for Asna Tabassum, USC valedictorian, and cheers for her “resistance to genocide” minor today at the USC student awards ceremony

Yes, Biden is pursuing unrealistic ideas for post-war Gaza. But Israel isn't pursuing anything at all. Ask almost anyone in the Israeli military, and they will tell you the war has been adrift for months now because Israeli politicians refuse to even talk about what comes next.

Xavier University has canceled U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield’s commencement speech following student and alumni concern

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