Samuel Gebre
@habesha.bsky.social
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If you see some of your beloved friends and colleagues not speaking out in outrage about the state of the world as you are; consider that they may still be healing from their own recent trauma. Give them space to heal.
October 29, 2025 at 5:31 PM
If you see some of your beloved friends and colleagues not speaking out in outrage about the state of the world as you are; consider that they may still be healing from their own recent trauma. Give them space to heal.
If you have perfect health and are looking to change it; switch on the News.
October 21, 2025 at 11:26 AM
If you have perfect health and are looking to change it; switch on the News.
Hello non-Gen-Z's!!!
October 19, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Hello non-Gen-Z's!!!
Remember "Day Zero" in Cape Town a few years ago? It is and has been everyday for many African cities. #Water youtube.com/shorts/unMgi...
Africans Are Living Past Cape Town Type Day Zeros #NoWater #Sanitation
YouTube video by DARE
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October 3, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Remember "Day Zero" in Cape Town a few years ago? It is and has been everyday for many African cities. #Water youtube.com/shorts/unMgi...
U.N. investigators on Tuesday accused South Sudanese authorities of plundering their country's wealth, including by paying $1.7 billion to companies affiliated with Vice President Benjamin Bol Mel for road construction work that was never done. www.reuters.com/world/africa...
UN report details 'systematic looting' by South Sudan's rulers as citizens went hungry
U.N. investigators on Tuesday accused South Sudanese authorities of plundering their country's wealth, including by paying $1.7 billion to companies affiliated with Vice President Benjamin Bol Mel for road construction work that was never done.
www.reuters.com
September 16, 2025 at 3:37 PM
U.N. investigators on Tuesday accused South Sudanese authorities of plundering their country's wealth, including by paying $1.7 billion to companies affiliated with Vice President Benjamin Bol Mel for road construction work that was never done. www.reuters.com/world/africa...
Belated Breaking News: DC Metro now accepts tap to pay!
July 20, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Belated Breaking News: DC Metro now accepts tap to pay!
Do you have an opinion too?
July 17, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Do you have an opinion too?
FYI: Middle Eastern and North Africans (MENA) are considered white (race) in America.
July 8, 2025 at 3:52 PM
FYI: Middle Eastern and North Africans (MENA) are considered white (race) in America.
NEPA turned its coal mines into warehouses.
July 8, 2025 at 3:48 PM
NEPA turned its coal mines into warehouses.
"Gentrification is a step too close to colonization", heard in Mexico City.
July 6, 2025 at 12:01 PM
"Gentrification is a step too close to colonization", heard in Mexico City.
What a rebuke from the Economist! William Ruto is taking #Kenya to a dangerous place! www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
July 6, 2025 at 3:37 AM
What a rebuke from the Economist! William Ruto is taking #Kenya to a dangerous place! www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
Farmers. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/u...
Trump Tells Farmers ‘Changes Are Coming’ to Immigration Crackdown
www.nytimes.com
June 13, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Farmers. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/u...
Throwback to the teargas days!
June 12, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Throwback to the teargas days!
Gives me the creeps. Praying for the families and friends. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...
Live Updates: Over 200 Dead in Air India Crash, Official Says
www.nytimes.com
June 12, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Gives me the creeps. Praying for the families and friends. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...
The Opinion pieces keep coming, keep missing -- just like they did in "Africa".
June 10, 2025 at 1:04 AM
The Opinion pieces keep coming, keep missing -- just like they did in "Africa".
A few years ago I had a Google alert for Chad (for obvious reasons) and I kept getting articles about drunk young men in America. #Tchad, however, works great.
June 5, 2025 at 10:30 PM
A few years ago I had a Google alert for Chad (for obvious reasons) and I kept getting articles about drunk young men in America. #Tchad, however, works great.
The Growing Scandal of $Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/o...
Opinion | The Growing Scandal of $Trump
www.nytimes.com
May 29, 2025 at 3:50 AM
The Growing Scandal of $Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/o...
One great thing about this list is seeing a couple of startups tackling post harvest losses. www.bloomberg.com/features/top...
25 African Startups to Watch in 2025
These solutions-oriented companies are focused on tackling regional challenges including health care, food storage, and banking services.
www.bloomberg.com
May 23, 2025 at 5:53 AM
One great thing about this list is seeing a couple of startups tackling post harvest losses. www.bloomberg.com/features/top...
A little reflection: A colony gate in New Delhi reveals more about India’s economy than most headlines: technology is here—but so are three guards managing a sensor that doesn’t need them. #India #Jobs #Technology samuelgebre.substack.com/p/where-tech...
EXTRA: Where Tech Meets the Watchmen
A colony gate in New Delhi reveals more about India’s economy than most headlines: technology is here—but so are three guards managing a sensor that doesn’t need them.
samuelgebre.substack.com
May 17, 2025 at 3:54 AM
A little reflection: A colony gate in New Delhi reveals more about India’s economy than most headlines: technology is here—but so are three guards managing a sensor that doesn’t need them. #India #Jobs #Technology samuelgebre.substack.com/p/where-tech...
Tchad.. www.reuters.com/world/africa...
Chad's former PM taken into custody, party official says
Chad's former prime minister and opposition leader Succes Masra was abducted by security forces from his home on Friday morning, a member of his party said, though the reason was not immediately clear.
www.reuters.com
May 16, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Tchad.. www.reuters.com/world/africa...
I have a confession. I can't stop buying books and I need your help. Please recommend your all time must reads in non-fiction. Thank you in advance.
May 16, 2025 at 4:59 AM
I have a confession. I can't stop buying books and I need your help. Please recommend your all time must reads in non-fiction. Thank you in advance.
The White House National Security Council has ordered U.S. agencies and departments to suspend work with the Group of 20 conference set to be hosted by South Africa this year.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
White House bans U.S. agencies from all work on G-20 in South Africa
President Donald Trump previously suggested a boycott of the G-20 convention over South Africa’s “land confiscation” law.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 14, 2025 at 6:43 PM
The White House National Security Council has ordered U.S. agencies and departments to suspend work with the Group of 20 conference set to be hosted by South Africa this year.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
“It will absolutely [happen] this year, on the theme of trade and investment,” [said] Fitrell. “It won’t be a summit to talk solely about politics and war, and such. It will prioritise exchange between partners and relations between equals.”
www.theafricareport.com/383817/trump...
www.theafricareport.com/383817/trump...
Trump expected to host US-Africa Leader’s Summit in New York - The Africa Report.com
State Department’s acting Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Troy Fitrell lays out a six-point trade engagement plan with the continent.
www.theafricareport.com
May 14, 2025 at 4:16 PM
“It will absolutely [happen] this year, on the theme of trade and investment,” [said] Fitrell. “It won’t be a summit to talk solely about politics and war, and such. It will prioritise exchange between partners and relations between equals.”
www.theafricareport.com/383817/trump...
www.theafricareport.com/383817/trump...
AI is so existential that the West/East have thrown all manner of norms out the window, yet basic food security in third world countries registers so little that we force countries to end direct food support to poor households as pre-conditions for ‘life-saving’ loans.
May 14, 2025 at 2:54 PM
AI is so existential that the West/East have thrown all manner of norms out the window, yet basic food security in third world countries registers so little that we force countries to end direct food support to poor households as pre-conditions for ‘life-saving’ loans.
Two stories about refugees on WashPo. Irony is alive and well.
May 13, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Two stories about refugees on WashPo. Irony is alive and well.