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Oct 10, 2020 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Massive Works. The Top 4 Infrastructure Projects of 2020 (according to The Business Year): #4: ANGOLA's Caculo Cabaca Hydropower Project. When finished in 2024, the US$5billion dam will produce half of Angola's electricity needs. CONT 1/4
Top 4 Infrastructure Projects of 2020 (according to The Business Year) CONTINUED. #3: When finished the The East Africa Master Railway Plan will connect Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Rwanda, Burundi and South Sudan. One section done in 2020 is the Nairobi-Naivasha Railway. 2/4
Jul 5, 2020 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
At this time of removing racist statues from public view, how about restoring a hero's statue taken down by racists? Gen. Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, whose ancestors were West Africans via Haiti, was the highest ranking person of African descent to lead a European army. THREAD: ¼
Gen. Thomas-Alexandre Dumas died at just 44, the first person of color in the French military to become brigadier general and the first to become general-in-chief of the French army (1789). His statue removed 80 years ago by the Nazis was never put back by the French. 2/4
Jan 30, 2019 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Haven't thought of South Sudan recently? New assessment by UN agencies shows extent of Kiir's crisis: South Sudan in 2019 faces continuing severe humanitarian horror due to the cumulative effects of years of conflict and violence against South Sudanese. CONTINUED 1 of 4
South Sudan's civil war has forced 4.2 million people to flee their homes – nearly 2 million inside and 2.2 million outside the country. The number of people who require humanitarian or protection assistance in 2019 is 7 million out of a population of 10 million. CONTINUED 2 of 4