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FT Exclusive: Insiders expect Emirati minister of state Lana Nusseibeh to enter the race to succeed António Guterres as UN secretary-general as early as this week. Who are the leading contenders for the top job? ft.trib.al/8CQAQAk

If it keeps going at this rate, we might, for (I think) the first time in history, be about to witness the first continent-wide youth revolt in Europe - a "European spring" of sorts. The sheer number of countries where it's **already** happening is pretty overwhelming. I count 8, including 4 with violent clashes: - France, famously - Albania (see below) with daily clashes in Tirana and a government building set alight - Belgium: the French movement spilled over, including riots in Liège - Italy: "No Meloni Day" student protests since 16 October, turning into riots in Milan, Turin and Bologna - Greece: students camping in Athens' Syntagma Square over housing and education costs, explicitly inspired by France - Germany: pupils blockading schools in Berlin and Hamburg in solidarity with France - Spain: an indefinite education strike in Madrid, with students marching alongside teachers and families - Serbia: the student movement born from the 2024 Novi Sad station collapse is now running its own list in the 25 October election And, by the way, the fact it's also happening in countries with close to no immigration - like Albania - goes to show how reductive it is to label these movements, like JD Vance and Trump did with France, as the fruit of "the migrants hav[ing] taken over." As is often the case, it's much more a story of "it's the economy, stupid." As such, Trump with his war on Iran, has ironically done much more to fuel this (pun intended) than any migrant.

Unfortunately, Oginga & co. would have taken us through the pernicious tentacles of communism & majimboism. If we went back in time and had to choose between the two, it’s definitely the capitalist, more western leaning Yung Jomo.

Kenya’s government is locking in a big chunk of future fuel taxes (RMLF) to pay off old debts to road contractors. Here’s what’s happening:🧵

The multi-agency team today continued operations along Ndovu Lane, Parklands, following the issuance of notices to clear buildings constructed on top of the river channel. The exercise is part of ongoing river restoration efforts. #NairobiRiversRiverRegeneration

YEMENI MILITARY OFFICIAL TO ARAMCO SHAREHOLDERS: ADVISE ALL SHAREHOLDERS OF ARAMCO TO HAND OVER THEIR SHARES TO AVOID HEAVY LOSSES IN THE COMING DAYS - TASNIM.

Finally got to the hearings for the Education Sector budget, which I was dearly waiting for, but they had terrible AI slides, so tulistrain kusoma vitu hata. Anyway, total financial requests zao for the FY 27/28 ni ksh 1.161 trillion, half of which ni salaries za TSC.