“President Infantino, we’ve got the King of Belgium on line 1, the Prime Minister of Belgium on line 2, the Minister-Presidents of Flanders, Wallonia, and the Brussels Capital Region on lines 3, 4, and 5 respectively, and the Minister-President of the German-Speaking Community of Belgium on line 6.”

Trump called Infantino on Wednesday to get Balogun's red card lifted. Nice to ride alon with Tyler Pager on what will be seen (and is) in many parts as one of the biggest scandals in World Cup history. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/05/u...

First Cristiano Ronaldo, now Folarin Balogun. When a Somali referee can't get in the country it's "unfortunate" but we should "chill and relax". No qualms with the Iranian team being ferried across the border as soon as possible. Brazen and shameful

If I were Belgium, I'd start to get a bit worried

Decent yet relatively shallow recap. Hard to establish unambiguous winners at this stage. Most activity concentrating around Anefis, where FLA/JNIM seem to be in good position to dislodge the Russians

France-Paraguay, Saint-Gilles, 4 juillet 2026 Client: "hey t'as quoi comme shots?” Serveur: "le patron ne sert pas de shots pendant les matchs" Client: "ah?" Serveur (hilare): "ouais, ça rend con. Surtout les Français" 🇧🇪 ❤️

Every Casualty Counts is hiring! @everycasualty.bsky.social everycasualty.org/we-are-hiring/

Israel's impunity is limitless. Not a peep from our governments, who support this and other outrageous acts of violence against Palestinians. www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/...

Baudrillard spinning in his grave so fast he torpedoes out of the hillside and remains airborne, lasers shooting out of his eyes with such force earth is cleanly cut in two

zero yellow cards for paraguay, this ref should never work a game again

Why ‘ungrounding’ is the defining feature of Israel’s genocide

Quelqu'un de mon entourage proche bosse à l'OIP. Le boulot qu'ils abattent avec trois fois rien (et des subventions qui rétrécissent constamment) est ahurissant et essentiel // Soutenez l'OIP faites un don

Egypt coach dedicates World Cup win to Palestine as Gaza celebrates | World Cup 2026 News | Al Jazeera

Chapter 2 of the offensive of FLA/JNIM against Bamako just opened, with multiple attacks recorded all over Mali

Birmingham University accused of weakening restrictions on investing in arms companies | Middle East Eye

Armed Israeli settlers, some wearing masks and carrying clubs and gas canisters, attacked Palestinian farmers alongside international and Israeli activists in the occupied West Bank village of Khirbet Abu Falah, near Ramallah. By Oren Ziv @mekomit.bsky.social

Sahel Countries’ Withdrawal From ICC Betrays Victims www.hrw.org/news/2026/07...

Towards Understanding the Role of Islamic Jurists in Shaping Armed Group Behavior: Accounts from Syria and Mali

Soupir... 😣

This is such a great paper by @yodoumi.bsky.social for @diis.dk. Unique insight into the governance of movement in Libya's far southeast. Must-read.

A people who already experienced genocide standing in solidarity with a people currently experiencing genocide

It's out! The full "Handbook on Authoritarianism in the Arab World" is available open access here: www.bloomsburycollections.com/encyclopedia...

#Mali: Popular Radio Show Suspended By responding to criticism with censorship, the junta's denying ppl their freedoms. The junta should lift the suspension of Allô Klédu+end its assault on media+uphold Malians’ right to freely express their views, @hrw.org www.hrw.org/news/2026/07...

L'arrière-plan de ça est le rapprochement entre Niamey et Tripoli. Haftar est fâché et Salah pourrait être l'instrument des représailles

Sudan war: RSF committed crimes against humanity in el-Fasher, Amnesty says

Hope that one day you will find someone who loves you as much as Labour loves the Reform voter.

Le Burkina ferme l'ambassade de France mais s'apprête à en ouvrir une autre... pour les extra-terrestres 👽 (true story, long segment à la télévision nationale)

Non mais Gérard Lopez... 😡

Quand on vous dit que l'AES n'a rien à voir avec le panafricanisme mais tout avec l'internationale fasciste

How children in West Bank are being killed by Israel ‘without accountability’

#Mali As fighting flares up again, the warring parties in Mali are once again carrying out grave abuses against civilians, repeating former patterns of harming civilians, @hrw.org www.hrw.org/news/2026/06...

A Better World Is Not Possible | Los Angeles Review of Books

I don't want to hear another word about how much white European visitors are enjoying ranch dressing while team officials, Africa's top referee, and now one of the world's most celebrated fans are turned away from the World Cup. The USA is an utterly unfit host — it's as simple as that

Why are leftists always this stupid

Historic, in all the bad ways. May the story be fully told. (Tariq's been doing a great job with it, and with coverage in general.) Ignominious. Damn near sadistic.

Three things: i) I'm tired of statist perspectives on central Sahel regimes which don't qualify what they are in the first place: obnoxiously violent dictatorships; ii) on a tactical level, tons of things have been tried inc massive technological surge: it's going nowhere bc of the very nature of...

Lebanon-Israel deal may stop war crime victims seeking justice, experts say

One more sickening episode of this unending genocidal nightmare

#Niger Le Groupe de travail de l'ONU s’est exprimé clairement: la détention de Moussa Tiangari est arbitraire. Maintenant, les autorités doivent agir+libérer Tiangari et les autres détenus sur la base d’accusations sans fondement et politiquement motivées. www.hrw.org/news/2026/06...

Three things: i) I'm tired of statist perspectives on central Sahel regimes which don't qualify what they are in the first place: obnoxiously violent dictatorships; ii) on a tactical level, tons of things have been tried inc massive technological surge: it's going nowhere bc of the very nature of...

The Deutsche Bahn is a gigantic social experiment whose purpose is kept secret. Creating a DNA mutation to make citizens more enduring in times of crisis? Or is it a cynical Squid Game scheme for the enjoyment of a few? In any case, I hope the survivors will get some kind of award when it's over

Tout ce thread, et les discussions qui le suivent, sur un sujet aussi difficile, meritent d'être lues.

"Never told I'm wife about it. Couldn't tell her I was a murderer". That's some kind of rabbit hole

Zarho, 200 km à l'est de Tombouctou, Mali, 23 juin. Les Russes ont tué deux jeunes Touaregs. L'un d'entre eux a été décapité et démembré. Ses bras et ses jambes ont été placés au sol autour de sa tête pour former une croix gammée. La photo fait le tour des réseaux depuis hier

Israel continues to commit genocide by targeting children in Gaza, UN inquiry finds

New report of the UN Commission of Inquiry: “The essence of childhood has been destroyed”: Israel’s deliberate targeting of Palestinian children t.co/wALpHwuT0x

#BurkinaFaso : Un éminent journaliste toujours porté disparu 2ans +tard Les autorités devraient immédiatement libérer Atiana Serge Oulon Depuis leur prise de pouvoir en sept 2022, la junte du a réduit l’espace civique, ciblant les médias indépendants, l’opposition politique et la société civile.

Why Lebanon may make or break the Iran-US deal | Israel attacks Lebanon News | Al Jazeera

Rapprochements with Algeria, Bénin, Tripoli... Niger is doing nothing in line with it's AES colleagues, after, like Burkina, failing to support Mali since the loss of Kidal. The AES is a zombie regional grouping even worse than what the G5 Sahel used to be