#Humanitarian

International Development Committee

CommonsIDC

Tune in TODAY at 2:30 pm for our session on the DFID-FCO merger and on the UK’s global response to #COVID19.We’ll be questioning DFID’s SoS @annietrev and senior officials.Watch here:

IGBO History & Facts

IgboHistoFacts

HOLY NWEJE: The story of an Igbo Saint:(A Thread)Hezekiah Okoro Nweje, was an Anglican priest.A native of Onitsha in Anambra state. He was born in 1919 and died in June

Jessica Piffero

therealjpiff

Now is a good time for my annual reminder to please consider making financial donations to communities affected by disaster, instead of donating goods like food or clothing. Check out

Nubari Saatah

Saatah

The Gbaramatu Genocide: May 15th, 2009.In 2009 oil production had been cut significantly by militant activities of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) in their fight

Scripturient

56Dtweets

Bangladesh had a TFR of 6.6 in then East Pakistan is 1960! It has decreased to 2.1 today.Wanna know how that happened? A thread below:-https://twitter.com/porbotialora/status/1297424619138244609 In 1978, the Bangladeshi government

milk ☁️

milkstrology

aquarius mars ➫ the master thread Aquarius answers both to Uranus and Saturn. When Mars enters the sign of eccentrism - the planet of sexuality, passion, and motivation can be

Bruno Waterfield

BrunoBrussels

Tusk urges Remainers to keep the faith at the College of Europe tonight - that’s the Bruges postgrad place wannabe EU officialsIt's @eucopresident swansong before he heads off to lead

Jamie Martin

jamiemartin2

I wrote a piece for @nytopinion about the need to develop a left internationalist approach to the coronavirus crisis as it hits the developing world – & about historical analogies

Ajax thunder clap🖤

Tundaclap

Their most popular excuse is- GOWON WAS AN ILLITERATE, reason why he didn't know preventing food from getting into Igboland long after the war was over an act of GENOCIDE.

Campaign to Stop Killer Robots

BanKillerRobots

Today the @UN Security Council will debate a new report by Sec-Gen @antonioguterres that urges states to protect civilians from serious threats raised by lethal autonomous weapons systems https://www.stopkillerrobots.org/2020/05/protect-civ

Mila

sedcontra_

Intuitively, Americans understand why collective punishment is wrong. Even Americans who hated and protested GW Bush felt the deep injustice and pain of 9/11.Yet they can’t grasp this logic when

Noor (نور)

lilsp387

A thread! Tomorrow at sunset, when the new moon is spotted, the holy month of Ramadan begins inshallah. I am tearing up as I type because Ramadan is a very

Kelley Currie

KelleyCurrie

Let me tell you about @aapp_burma & co-founder Ko Bo Kyi. Bo Kyi was a college student when he was arrested & he spent 10 years in Insein prison for

Amerimutt Returns♊🇺🇸

wayne_returns

The story of the Shaw Brothers Studio is a fascinating one. There were 4 brothers Runje, Runde, Runme and Run Run. Runje founded the Tianyi Film Company in 1925 in

HUNTSMAN 🇺🇸

man_integrated

Thread of Threads on Supply Chains and US Response During COVID-19At the request of many readers, I'm compiling and pinning a master thread of all the long-form information I've prepared

Ned Forney

NedForney

We couldn’t have done it without them! On #NationalMaritimeDay, we pay tribute to the unsung heroes of America's wars: the courageous, hard-working men of the US Merchant Marine (PC: https://bit.ly/3cW41zV ).