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X/Twitter showing location by default is wild.

23.11.2025 20:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The decline in the Academic Freedom Index,as reported in the recent Free to Think publication 2025,raises significant concerns for the development,education and finance sectors for several reasons.
1.Stiffles Creativity
2.Constrained Pedagogy
3.Reduced Competitiveness
4.Erosion of Democratic values

18.11.2025 14:03 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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1 Israeli killed and 3 wounded in West Bank attack Israel's rescue service reports an Israeli has been killed and three wounded in a ramming and stabbing attack at a busy West Bank intersection.

BREAKING: Israel’s rescue service says one Israeli has been killed and three wounded in an attack at a West Bank intersection.

18.11.2025 12:56 πŸ‘ 38 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 2
Imagine you have to leave your home where your ancestors have lived for centuries
Imagine you have to leave your home where your ancestors have lived for centuries YouTube video by Human Rights Watch

Forced displacement is a major problem brought by climate change. Glad, more organisations, like @hrw.org are looking deeply into these issues to come up with sustainable solutions youtube.com/shorts/2PZEN...

18.11.2025 13:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Today @hrw.org published input on the draft @ilo.org treaty on decent work in the platform economy - the 1st global effort to set rules for work organized through businesses like Uber & DoorDash. A historic chance to ensure tech works for workers not against them: www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...

14.11.2025 14:29 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hi Bluesky!

I am new, and would love to connect to drive positive transformation. I focus on creative storytelling, human rights and politics. More can be done not alone, but as a collective. πŸ™πŸΎ

18.11.2025 13:43 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We're here to connect, share and create. We are simply a broadcast media production and distribution company that puts complexity to simplicity, that tells a story, the African story.

06.11.2025 16:32 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Today, I am at the Bindura University of Science Education (BUSE), overseeing the ongoing election for Student Representative Council (SRC). #Zimbabwe

18.11.2025 13:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Muhammad Zakariya Ayyoub al-Matouq, a one-and-a-half-year-old child in Gaza City, Gaza, faces life-threatening malnutrition as the humanitarian situation worsens due to ongoing Israeli attacks and blockade. His mother cradles his almost lifeless body which is skeletal. Photograph credit to Ahmed Jihad Ibrahim Al-arini for Anadolu via Getty Images

Muhammad Zakariya Ayyoub al-Matouq, a one-and-a-half-year-old child in Gaza City, Gaza, faces life-threatening malnutrition as the humanitarian situation worsens due to ongoing Israeli attacks and blockade. His mother cradles his almost lifeless body which is skeletal. Photograph credit to Ahmed Jihad Ibrahim Al-arini for Anadolu via Getty Images

Photo of the Day

Widely shared but rarely credited to the photographer, Ahmed Jihad Ibrahim Al-arini.

Gaza is the most dangerous place that has ever existed for journalists. But they work on, documenting a genocide for a world desperately trying to look away.

May their images haunt us forever.

23.07.2025 15:08 πŸ‘ 551 πŸ” 297 πŸ’¬ 23 πŸ“Œ 27
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πŸš€ Day 1 of the #MineTech Innovation Challenge Bootcamp kicked off at the Zimbabwe School of Mines! πŸŽ“β›οΈ 30 young innovators (18–35) from across πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡Ό were selected from 276 applicants to pioneer the future of sustainable, innovative mining! πŸ’‘πŸŒπŸ”₯ #MiningInnovation #UNDPZimbabwe #Youth

23.07.2025 10:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Fluffy but dangerous this one πŸ˜‚

23.07.2025 19:29 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Hairy caterpillar - species unknown.

Hairy caterpillar - species unknown.

Don’t know which species this is… but it sure was fluffy!

πŸ“Harare, Zimbabwe.

#NaturePhotography

05.07.2025 06:13 πŸ‘ 57 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1
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Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe

highlanderimagesphotography.com/2025/07/04/v...

#victoriafalls #zimbabwe #zambezi #river #zambia #africa #waterfall #gorge #Podium #elitepix #highlanderimages

06.07.2025 21:05 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Great White Pelicans at 'The Hide', Hwange Waterhole/Zimbabwe, Africam
#birds, #pelican, #nature, #webcams, #Africam

07.07.2025 18:39 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Nothing quite like spending up-close and personal time - on foot - with these amazing creatures. Meet "Tusker" of Mana Pools National Park, Zimbabwe

08.07.2025 05:39 πŸ‘ 233 πŸ” 25 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 0
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How Elephants Say They Like Them Apples

Cool findings on gestures used by elephants around food access in a semi-captive situation in Zimbabwe. Nice details on sensitivity to audience. Research led by @vestaeleuteri.bsky.social #elephants #animalcommunication #language #anthropology πŸ§ͺ

10.07.2025 13:22 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is great news! πŸ‘πŸΎ

23.07.2025 19:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Couldn't agree more!

23.07.2025 19:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Neighbourhood watch, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe

#artforwildlife, #adventurewildlife, #wildlifeseeker, #photography4life, #artforconservation, #activetravel, #amazingwildnature, #wildlifeplanet, #wildlifelovers #giraffes #giraffelover

10.07.2025 22:01 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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A couple of Marabou storks.
Hwange NP, Zimbabwe.

#wildlife #wildlifephotography #bluesky #blueskyphotography #zimbabwe #photographersofbluesky #photography #nature #naturephotography

14.07.2025 18:04 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Amazing art 🎨! This is indeed home!

23.07.2025 19:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Rugby: le Zimbabwe qualifié pour le Mondial 2027, une première depuis 1991 Vainqueur de la Coupe d'Afrique samedi, le Zimbabwe a décroché samedi 19 juillet son billet pour le prochain Mondial qui se déroulera en 2027 en Australie, une première depuis 1991.

Rugby: le Zimbabwe qualifié pour le Mondial 2027, une première depuis 1991

19.07.2025 19:28 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Photo of a round dwelling with thatched roof, the walls are painted with a floral design

Photo of a round dwelling with thatched roof, the walls are painted with a floral design

The women of Matobo, Zimbabwe paint their dwellings with intricate designs using charcoal, ash, water and soil, an annual ritual with continually changing imagery #WomensArt

23.07.2025 04:45 πŸ‘ 494 πŸ” 84 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Top U.N. Court Says Countries Must Act on Climate Change

The ICJ has ruled that states must protect people from the β€œurgent and existential threat” of climate change and that all states have the obligation to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/c...

23.07.2025 18:54 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is yet another bad decision from the Trump Administration. Certainly will have a dire impact yes on journalists/press freedom, but on basic education overall especially in communities that's are already struggling.

23.07.2025 19:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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"The U.S. government's decision to withdraw from UNESCOβ€”which has a mandate to protect journalists and press freedomβ€”is a clear declaration of disdain for facts and for the public's right to be informed." β€” @gypsyrights.bsky.social, CPJ's Chief Global Affairs Officer

23.07.2025 19:01 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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UN: End Impunity for Israeli Crimes Against Palestinians United Nations member countries should use the ministerial-level conference on Palestine on July 28-29, 2025, to publicly commit to concrete actions aimed at ending decades of impunity for Israeli aut...

UN member countries should use the July 28-29 ministerial-level conference on Palestine to publicly commit to concrete actions aimed at ending decades of impunity for Israeli authorities’ violations of international humanitarian and human rights law against Palestinians www.hrw.org/news/2025/07...

22.07.2025 21:16 πŸ‘ 60 πŸ” 33 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
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The Imperative for Free and De-politicized Higher Education in Zimbabwe In a recent interview with the Zimbabwe Human Rights Monitors Platform, Emmanuel Sitima, the President of the Zimbabwe National Students Union (ZINASU),

One of the ways to solve the quality crisis in Zimbabwe, is through allowing free access and de-politicised institutions of learning. protectdefenders.org/2025/04/27/t...

10.06.2025 16:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Torture, Death of a Ukrainian Journalist in Russian Custody Viktoriia Roshchyna, a 27-year-old Ukrainian investigative journalist, disappeared in the Russia-occupied part of the Zaporizka region of Ukraine in August 2023. A year later, she called her family fr...

Viktoriia Roshchyna, a 27-year-old Ukrainian journalist, disappeared in a Russia-occupied area of Ukraine in August 2023 and died in Russian captivity.

Russia’s abhorrent treatment of Roshchyna and her subsequent death require urgent investigation.

06.05.2025 08:46 πŸ‘ 151 πŸ” 70 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 3

For over 2 months, a journalist has been behind bars for carrying out his constitutional duty as a journalist. This was a violation of section 61 of the supreme law of the land. We now call the state to DROP THE CHARGES leveled against Blessed Mhlanga, with costs.

06.05.2025 16:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0