2026-06-30T20:06:12Z https://njump.me The Continent https://njump.me/npub1umkxf7a37msnd0k02z3d207vamt2znsd5wp9kk8e30hltr2gdpdsrj2hjm https://media.mas.to/accounts/avatars/109/483/845/223/607/964/original/a3b8c8ba718b6af3.png https://media.mas.to/accounts/avatars/109/483/845/223/607/964/original/a3b8c8ba718b6af3.png https://njump.me/nevent1qqsgry0e8grq45fprfzjqpddn9v74zqa7hu2t4906ew7umr3khetj7czyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59kw57gne A recent survey found that the average Nigerian company experienced more than 300 power outages a year. The World Bank says Nigeria loses 5% to 7% of GDP a year to its lack of reliable power. At $25‑billion, this is one of the largest structural drags to its economy. <a href="https://continent.substack.com/p/another-entry-in-the-long-log-of">https://continent.substack.com/p/another-entry-in-the-long-log-of</a> 2026-02-02T08:05:15Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsrhfr6wuwdpzhs6635p0pm7rk7cytl8p5gxdxmd2h30ktl8t99y9szyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59khqe3fn Jonglei State is seeing renewed fighting between government forces loyal to President Salva Kiir and an armed opposition aligned with former first vice-president Riek Machar. More than 180,000 people have already been displaced in the South Sudanese region. <a href="https://continent.substack.com/p/tensions-soar-as-juba-seeks-to-retake">https://continent.substack.com/p/tensions-soar-as-juba-seeks-to-retake</a> 2026-02-01T08:05:54Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsvfsjn074w46wsx86jhmzkvknn54r6554kt60uc4fzmy83qd8ct5szyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59kvd3kpx All Protocol Observed<br/><br/>Welcome to Issue 226 of The Continent<br/><br/>The story of Kenya’s first semiconductor plant shows how quickly geopolitics can turn promise into collateral damage for the Global South.<br/><br/><a href="https://bit.ly/226_TC">https://bit.ly/226_TC</a><br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/985/443/672/814/506/original/e7447113b7c1189a.jpg"> <br/> 2026-01-30T18:24:20Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsy2mm6a9etr9rnfsfwsx8tj27pgzld27m7qwadxmazrcpu802cjgczyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59kjtjpuh Kenya plans to spend 100-million shillings ($775,000) paying influencers and bloggers to push its narrative in a bid to formalise long-reported, co-ordinated online campaigns to counter youth-led protests. <a href="https://continent.substack.com/p/need-for-speed-ruto-shells-out-for">https://continent.substack.com/p/need-for-speed-ruto-shells-out-for</a> 2026-01-27T08:05:21Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsta0459quz5yuu8a54ctwmufpj8lzf6lem3fmkum47yg27rzg3eagzyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59kvwe6pt Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox Christians around the world celebrated Timket, or Epiphany, on 19 January. Families usually gather for a day of faith and community. In the US, however, ICE knocked the wind out of the holiday in Minneapolis and St Paul in Minnesota, where many people who immigrated from the Horn of Africa live. <a href="https://continent.substack.com/p/a-holy-day-on-ice">https://continent.substack.com/p/a-holy-day-on-ice</a> 2026-01-26T08:04:43Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsyfkkxp0gz5a8g2y27pzhq5puvs2tk44fryx3zfqzwacss6r77m9czyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59kcatn2k All Protocol Observed <br/><br/>Welcome to Issue 225 of The Continent <br/><br/>Superpowers don’t only control African minerals with loans, bribes and threats. Sometimes it’s through financial sleight of hand, as is the case of a Malawian mining licence granted in 2017.<br/><br/><a href="https://bit.ly/225_TC">https://bit.ly/225_TC</a><br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/946/202/667/789/823/original/a3295891a662cb4c.png"> <br/> 2026-01-23T20:04:19Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqszt28f72yytg06xj9uzv8sran4lvxhf7d7yvttj6l3ul898f5aeygzyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59k4zgvyu At 10am in Karen, Nairobi, on the last Saturday of the month, three dozen people hand over their phones. It’s the first rule of the Serenity Social Club’s Disconnect event – a whole day of no screens or digital notifications. In their place are yoga, pottery, crocheting, conversations with strangers – or even just sleeping on the grass. <a href="https://continent.substack.com/p/airplane-mode-for-scattered-souls">https://continent.substack.com/p/airplane-mode-for-scattered-souls</a> 2025-12-11T09:46:22Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsv9hvjkjj6hjpwrr7u9dyac6kp30y3x3mc0qj2tdtk2g46axnagqczyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59kvwj459 Two years ago, negotiators at COP28 in Dubai agreed to “transition away from fossil fuels”. Now, that language has been dropped from the final proposal emerging from the COP30 summit in Belém, Brazil, underscoring deep divisions over the future of global energy. <a href="https://continent.substack.com/p/hope-percolates-despite-fossil-foolishness">https://continent.substack.com/p/hope-percolates-despite-fossil-foolishness</a> 2025-11-24T08:35:22Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsz6shxp5wgzjmllj20h2yqnc004qak9zrmu26u02a50he33gcng7qzyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59krkygre Mali’s capital Bamako isn’t yet spiralling into chaos, and the militants are not quite at the gates, but the fuel crisis has cracked the image of control the junta has worked hard to project <a href="https://continent.substack.com/p/bamako-is-grinding-towards-a-halt">https://continent.substack.com/p/bamako-is-grinding-towards-a-halt</a> 2025-11-15T09:33:25Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsyyrhth6e3qzs5jxr5puht3kxuhjzrr837ra7rlkzv79zqaz0sz8czyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59k64wfwr Just us: A dog and his companion share a moment of almost sacred stillness and solitude on the shores of Lake Abaya, Ethiopia, in an image that was recognised at the recent Uganda Press Photo Awards. <br/><br/>Photo: Lucas Oyugi<br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/547/703/698/844/756/original/da058752b21b34fc.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-11-14T11:00:39Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs9u852g40rkhdaqgwaqzghmv6unnegssejrcelu8h5fz9h5t5j8eqzyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59kl8fy68 The high court in Johannesburg has ordered an anti-migrant vigilante group to stop blocking foreigners from entering government health facilities and schools, actions it said were unconstitutional. <a href="https://continent.substack.com/p/judge-eviscerates-xenophobic-vigilantes">https://continent.substack.com/p/judge-eviscerates-xenophobic-vigilantes</a> 2025-11-09T10:05:11Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsfpk9hjw4yzharp8rjxju3c7f865pvlfsdy6dj6a6nn4206l2tduczyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59kgckrva Samia Suluhu Hassan ran all but unopposed in Tanzania’s presidential elections on 29 October. The only surprise came from the streets when protests broke out. Under the cover of an internet blockade, security forces met the protesters with force. Official statements now claim it was all nothing but a few skirmishes with “foreign” rioters. Our readers recount what they saw. <a href="https://continent.substack.com/p/beneath-suluhus-blackout-a-blanket">https://continent.substack.com/p/beneath-suluhus-blackout-a-blanket</a> 2025-11-08T11:05:52Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqstatal7m5pw3cdzjmmu7rtx0kznpdhfjcv2j6tvm3edenja0n4zyszyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59k4nucc3 Nearly a million people across six states in South Sudan are battling floods, the UN Office for the Co‑ordination of Humanitarian Affairs warns. About 335,000 people have also been displaced – many are crammed onto shrinking patches of higher ground in Jonglei and Unity states, two of the hardest‑hit. <a href="https://continent.substack.com/p/water-water-everywhere-but-not-a">https://continent.substack.com/p/water-water-everywhere-but-not-a</a> 2025-11-04T09:20:40Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsgyexmnhufrntszkqa0sn0l5cap82cuqy6fphjuwny5v7uc2gntlszyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59kjyjmag The Rapid Support Forces seized El Fasher this week after besieging the city for more than 500 days. It was the last Darfuri city not under the paramilitary group’s control. The 6th Infantry Division of the Sudanese Armed Forces and allied groups withdrew on Monday. This brought El Fasher’s long resistance to an end and gave the RSF control of all five states in the Darfur region. <a href="https://continent.substack.com/p/sudans-split-in-two-again-is-now">https://continent.substack.com/p/sudans-split-in-two-again-is-now</a> 2025-11-01T08:27:19Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqspyzsv4zdx7mww47r4pxu75wtupxhvay56dz78evmy09w2sqqjfzszyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59kqvjpmk After a brief pause, young Moroccans returned to the streets of Rabat on Saturday. Rallying outside Parliament, they demanded better healthcare, education reforms, and action on corruption and rising prices. <a href="https://continent.substack.com/p/moroccan-youth-protesters-stay-on">https://continent.substack.com/p/moroccan-youth-protesters-stay-on</a> 2025-10-29T12:57:36Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsyty529yhf49ahngqjf3df99nl9swehuwvfvsjz0dkfjz7faaxaxqzyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59kc7xxs4 In 2024, the IOM tracked 446,000 people leaving the Horn of Africa via the “Eastern route”, crossing into Yemen to reach the Arabian Gulf. Ninety-six percent were Ethiopian, and a third of those were Tigrayan – although Tigrayans make up only 6% of Ethiopia’s population. <a href="https://continent.substack.com/p/the-exodus-out-of-tigray">https://continent.substack.com/p/the-exodus-out-of-tigray</a> 2025-10-25T09:34:03Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsz84n0rz69tax6k485y9mz57zxngze0hs72eaeuc3ja7t5saty98gzyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59kd62gq7 Building up: The annual replastering of the Djinguereber Mosque, also known as Djingareyber, in Timbuktu. It was erected in the 14th century during the reign of Mansa Kankou Moussa and is 700 years old. <br/> <br/>Photo: Hameye Capii/AFP<br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/429/039/750/992/711/original/626c0c9288af8de9.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-10-24T12:02:50Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsd4j4hh8u0sjmuth4udagmz2a4trqkt29lgxx0pz8d5erv5dcn93qzyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59kjfe35m In 2002, actor and filmmaker Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine&#39;s car broke down in the Ugandan town of Mbirizi. While waiting for repairs, he wandered off with his camera and stumbled on a small photo studio run by Ssalongo Kibaate Aloysius. That chance meeting sparked a 22-year journey to share Kibaate’s art with the world. <a href="https://continent.substack.com/p/review-how-to-keep-a-promise">https://continent.substack.com/p/review-how-to-keep-a-promise</a> 2025-10-24T09:40:13Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsfmt0v2yzxjcvrj8n724jk5w3htl7q92tw9wpnue863z2cp3xjd5qzyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59ksv99vz International “aid” for Africa is shrinking – hastened this year by chaos and renewed insularity in the United States. Africa’s trade with the world is shrinking too. For heavily indebted countries, a perfect storm has made landfall. <a href="https://continent.substack.com/p/the-end-of-aid">https://continent.substack.com/p/the-end-of-aid</a> 2025-10-23T09:21:30Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsxac943gdz4wu4e5dqcwfz2tmnuvjz65c6cw0r2qrh5awesy2antqzyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59kfvd97y For five months after Israel’s war on Gaza began, Sherif Naim couldn’t open his laptop. Now, he runs Taqat — a solar-powered co-working hub helping 700+ freelancers survive war. Others like Gaza Talents are doing the same: rebuilding, even under bombardment. <a href="https://continent.substack.com/p/employment-is-resistance-in-gaza">https://continent.substack.com/p/employment-is-resistance-in-gaza</a> 2025-10-08T08:45:16Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsrfadpn07exsvxjzce3n3pxu0urtv95x9dhazh0f5g096d7yg8zmgzyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59kvzuune Zimbabwean authorities took farmlands back from white farmers in the early 2000s to redress colonial imbalances. Two decades later, in lithium-rich areas, land is parceled off again – this time to Chinese miners. <a href="https://continent.substack.com/p/zimbabwes-lithium-boom-uproots-locals">https://continent.substack.com/p/zimbabwes-lithium-boom-uproots-locals</a> 2025-10-01T09:24:18Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs02hdds58qqxktmvjz0uhg8kr2du4cgw4cf0qneh78vpaznl5lz6qzyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59k45y88h It was raining hard in Tokyo when the Botswana men’s 4x400m relay team made history on Sunday, claiming gold at the World Athletics Championships and stunning the sprinting community.<br/><br/>Victory in those conditions felt especially auspicious. It rains so little in Botswana that the country’s people revere precipitation. The Setswana word for rain – pula – also means wealth or blessing, and lends its name to the country’s currency. <a href="https://continent.substack.com/p/world-champs-when-it-pours-the-pula">https://continent.substack.com/p/world-champs-when-it-pours-the-pula</a> 2025-09-28T09:42:46Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqswyq5gqrcja4qjzcum048g6c5v6qz3pky8u52frcvrnse5zjvcgdszyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59kj69fyx Over the next 18 months, the United States will overhaul its role in global health. A new state department policy, published on Friday, outlines a slower, more orderly pullback than this year’s abrupt closure of USAID. <a href="https://continent.substack.com/p/a-more-orderly-aid-exit-but-an-exit">https://continent.substack.com/p/a-more-orderly-aid-exit-but-an-exit</a> 2025-09-22T08:08:49Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsy9myk5uc80hxt5ladnwn0nytdn9kmpqpemyeevz0kcx3lurap6sczyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59kp7jnyy Many African countries are spending up to 9% of their national budgets on climate disasters. Leaders are trying to future-proof the continent for a world of evaporating climate finance and accelerating pollution. <a href="https://continent.substack.com/p/bootstraps-and-shoestrings-how-africa">https://continent.substack.com/p/bootstraps-and-shoestrings-how-africa</a> 2025-09-16T08:13:48Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsytf003tph58k8pmhu63r2z2jq6p83rucwremdjartgvafd429dxszyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59kaw59x6 Days after a massive landslide buried about 1,000 people, only a few rescue workers have managed to reach Tarsin, a remote village in the Jebel Marra area of Darfur in Sudan. The landslide on Sunday also killed more than 5,000 animals, including sheep and camels, destroying survivors’ livelihoods. <a href="https://continent.substack.com/p/they-fled-to-the-mountain-then-the">https://continent.substack.com/p/they-fled-to-the-mountain-then-the</a> 2025-09-07T08:47:41Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsyz94y72adgfwhwnrr8gklwl9ydzw00wg59kjmhq7x9dcn9vsy8gszyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59kzrjjdw In May 2022, an Israeli sniper shot and killed Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh. Last week, Israel targeted and killed five journalists in one attack. In between those dates, Israel became the largest killer of journalists in the world. <a href="https://continent.substack.com/p/the-worlds-greatest-killer-of-journalists">https://continent.substack.com/p/the-worlds-greatest-killer-of-journalists</a> 2025-09-06T09:57:28Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsvruup0n0tg5yg6xm92xhx265pl6d53sue7azj3dfkmxyjphxs0zgzyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59k6vdd3g All Protocol Observed.<br/><br/>Welcome to Issue 212 of The Continent.<br/><br/>We join more than 250 newsrooms in 70 countries blacking out front pages in solidarity with journalists in Gaza.<br/><br/>Read Ansam al-Kitaa’s despatch from Gaza City: <a href="https://bit.ly/212_TC">https://bit.ly/212_TC</a><br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/153/294/056/482/439/original/a9932c4b29d6c3ed.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/153/294/068/838/032/original/d227f1aee7f4a020.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-09-05T19:17:05Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsvn4yly7u7xfg9sjtrrztg24gs95m24mn82xqdrtqdwlghru6uv3qzyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59kll9ad2 From the beginning of the new school year, pregnant girls will no longer be excluded from school in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. All schools except Catholic ones, if men of the cloth have their way. <a href="https://continent.substack.com/p/what-would-jesus-do">https://continent.substack.com/p/what-would-jesus-do</a> 2025-09-04T12:12:17Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqspnqms4aglwtkcamhqpxdfgsqpu4d4wt6jtpcvtsekvsqjk427q3czyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59ke9v0ln The Sahrawi people living in the Tindouf camps of southwest Algeria are facing their worst nutrition crisis since 2010. The Almasar Library Centre in Smara camp started a seed bank, giving families seedlings and training them to create home gardens. <br/><a href="https://continent.substack.com/p/some-food-for-thought-and-little">https://continent.substack.com/p/some-food-for-thought-and-little</a> 2025-09-03T10:19:54Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs29zuyqqfeulpdx4csq23nj0gha04r2w2kcnc4q74dal3chhaa6hszyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59kg03725 Andabluesian: An elder descends through the distinctive alleys of the Medina of the northwestern Moroccan city of Chefchaouen, where the blue hues of its buildings are complemented by ornate mosaics. <br/><br/>Photo: Abdel Majid Bziouat/AFP<br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/111/710/111/708/496/original/999a342fc3641097.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-08-29T11:01:44Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqswhnj995tcfhxhmpzmjpx8ld08cxhgpl26pxfkavl8hseavkqmrdqzyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59kctmq9f The ylang-ylang trade sustains about 10,000 producers in Comoros, which is significant in a country with a population of less than a million. But it also drives deforestation. <a href="https://continent.substack.com/p/the-fading-forests-of-sensual-ylang">https://continent.substack.com/p/the-fading-forests-of-sensual-ylang</a> 2025-08-27T12:23:00Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsfcam57kj2zz80dqac3tnge4q7ca9hja5hneqfqc59vwaz7zh5rrczyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59klzg2vj The war in Sudan is often reduced to numbers – 12-million people displaced – or shorthand – “two generals fighting for power”. Then there are the labels – “forgotten”, “nihilistic”, and “war about nothing”. This framing oversimplifies the actors at its centre and erases the people in its path. In North Darfur’s capital, El Fasher , residents who are organising to survive an ongoing 14-month RSF siege defy such flattening.<br/><br/><a href="https://continent.substack.com/p/sudan-us-vs-them-in-a-good-way">https://continent.substack.com/p/sudan-us-vs-them-in-a-good-way</a> 2025-08-19T09:24:05Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsrfct3c2yyuegsagevvyqzlgn39re2zsv7dhe58cddzfrzv686lfqzyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59kwuhrl9 We asked Sudanese people to explain what the war is about. What emerges is clear: there is no such thing as a war about nothing. <a href="https://continent.substack.com/p/is-the-sudan-war-really-about-nothing">https://continent.substack.com/p/is-the-sudan-war-really-about-nothing</a><br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/037/607/159/867/045/original/5cb29914111665cd.png"> <br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/037/607/310/252/407/original/6e788a5786f1f918.png"> <br/> 2025-08-16T08:56:32Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsv0w8vghq0re3cnrwznerg06rz3ew6qal2l9tvc46yqgqazdt58eczyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59kwz3wz5 The who, why, and means of the Sudan war. <a href="https://continent.substack.com/p/foreign-interests-drive-local-dynamics">https://continent.substack.com/p/foreign-interests-drive-local-dynamics</a> 2025-08-16T08:18:15Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsftp0p4v5gwqup0lx838x9mh9nfr0nw5dadvmhqlvpd0w9u9e3y5czyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59klwyx2n Golden age: Faid Kassime (centre), accompanies a gold dowry to his wife’s family home in Moroni, Comoros – as part of Grand Mariage rites held years after an initial Petit Mariage seals a couple’s union. <br/><br/>Photo: Marco Longari/AFP<br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/032/434/438/444/918/original/67cc88611e750fac.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-08-15T11:00:54Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs9qk2xecv7s9f0aj7cuzy6vlvw5chcgzfmr8q4vzsuhfad29lsghgzyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59kee5hqn Blondie, a five-year-old research lion, was struck down in his prime by a trophy hunter. He was a dominant male with 10 cubs in Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park. His death risks destabilising his pride and increasing human-wildlife conflict in the area. <a href="https://continent.substack.com/p/cecil-20-another-research-lion-killed">https://continent.substack.com/p/cecil-20-another-research-lion-killed</a> 2025-08-10T09:53:29Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsvgr4sckgf0p6eefylsawn67lkwgft3894nd69hw5yd4dr9vuj5jszyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59kndqtr9 All Protocol Observed<br/><br/>Welcome to Issue 208 of The Continent<br/><br/>A gold discovery near Zambia’s West Lunga Park has triggered a chaotic rush. Thousands have flooded Kikonge, clashes have turned deadly, and illegal buyers are cashing in. It’s a gold rush with no rules — just risk, riches, and unrest.<br/><br/>Read it here: <a href="https://bit.ly/TC_208">https://bit.ly/TC_208</a><br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/114/994/347/864/626/369/original/4856b4fc895c284c.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-08-08T17:34:59Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsfeyg7zu4nqcrqe66anvxpa2uccrwr6spf4n2m93mwrm8jzf3m0xgzyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59kaqaz25 There’s money to be made in Tigray, which produces most of Ethiopia’s gold. But billions of dollars are being lost to an illicit trade run by ex-generals and smugglers bound for the Emirates. <a href="https://continent.substack.com/p/tigrays-plundered-gold-is-being-laundered">https://continent.substack.com/p/tigrays-plundered-gold-is-being-laundered</a> 2025-07-26T09:28:11Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsvej2f2tjg0qd5w3lrzgcu3kfu3qk6jdcsu33my5h4x8jv474g2cczyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59kgz48un All Protocol Observed.<br/><br/>Welcome to Issue 206 of The Continent.<br/><br/>After war ended in Tigray, a new invasion began — by profiteers. Ex-fighters dig for gold. Former generals seize mines like war trophies. Locals face chaos. Meanwhile, gold flows unchecked to the UAE — untraced, unregulated, and lucrative.<br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/114/915/640/757/252/744/original/ddab11e3757dd2f2.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-07-25T19:58:44Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsrzrflekvc8lx5f64scp3t6z8jr2cjy6nkal673kq3up6p88uf3gczyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59kjh3lmw All Protocol Observed<br/><br/>Welcome to Issue 204 of The Continent<br/><br/>Trafficking of African women into abusive domestic work remains rampant. This week we reveal a man moving women from Zambia to Pakistan — where they&#39;re exploited. Authorities know, but he&#39;s walking free.<br/><br/>Get your copy here: <a href="https://bit.ly/204_TC">https://bit.ly/204_TC</a><br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/114/717/174/513/569/975/original/2b75591d2732a655.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-06-20T18:46:09Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqspwq5mwtklvq2en8l35g9hcuv4c662ct2z2l0ufsy77739d0z8xqczyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59ksjvy82 Review: Femi Kuti journeys sonically through both his life and Nigeria&#39;s history. <a href="https://continent.substack.com/p/review-personal-is-political">https://continent.substack.com/p/review-personal-is-political</a> 2025-06-20T09:31:09Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsw8nltdy2zyna7kzg0vd3dzdyg6av97yhetkqn83vl30canqcfpygzyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59k6kjwsa We Built This City is a limited series of photo essays by The Continent on African cities. This week, we are in Lagos with Victor Adewale. <a href="https://continent.substack.com/p/lagos-unbound-tempest-beneath-your">https://continent.substack.com/p/lagos-unbound-tempest-beneath-your</a> 2025-06-17T08:05:07Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsvxa9fugpf8zzt0x9gse6485ykpetpspv3wr6vhe7hawjgkvdn3yczyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59ke77pur A self-funded convoy of lawyers, doctors, farmers, students and families is winding its way overland across North Africa, heading east from Tunis to Egypt’s Rafah border crossing. Their goal is to break Israel’s siege of Gaza. <a href="https://continent.substack.com/p/civilian-convoy-in-overland-bid-to">https://continent.substack.com/p/civilian-convoy-in-overland-bid-to</a> 2025-06-15T09:06:39Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqstrjsk67jhpnf0jd4pfm6y2p6d0ct5jn7vnv8gws4a7zcu2kwpamqzyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59k5rv5x0 On average, doctors in Ethiopia earn just $80 a month – a fraction of what their counterparts elsewhere in Africa take home. Now, doctors and healthcare workers are going on strike to demand better pay. But instead of negotiating, the government is locking them up. <a href="https://continent.substack.com/p/doctors-on-strike-ethiopian-government">https://continent.substack.com/p/doctors-on-strike-ethiopian-government</a> 2025-06-11T08:04:58Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsxta3arxhpeqvvgyl6n7fj32rhzjxaamn5v4ks4m4rd5k83qzcqtqzyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59k3rxgpw President Trump’s so-called “big beautiful bill,” includes a 3.5% tax on remittances by non-citizens. 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This week, we are in Lilongwe with James Jamu. <a href="https://continent.substack.com/p/lilongwe-and-how-we-hold-the-space">https://continent.substack.com/p/lilongwe-and-how-we-hold-the-space</a> 2025-06-04T07:14:23Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsphll6vp5cmzyg6gk3hxe2jvzpzr0hv6260ajrfuhwt2g73vqqvzqzyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59kd04mkd We Built This City is a limited series of photo essays by The Continent on African cities. This week, we are in Addis Ababa with Amanuel Sileshi. <a href="https://continent.substack.com/p/addis-alive-and-unrelenting">https://continent.substack.com/p/addis-alive-and-unrelenting</a> 2025-05-25T11:04:06Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs2jp3shekh2sw9lmkrlh3v9jf6fpsllun4vhl3j3v7nv9gqd3fulqzyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59k7z6tzs If The Continent matters to you, it might matter to someone you know. 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Read about the people who made the continent better.<br/><br/><a href="https://bit.ly/TC186">https://bit.ly/TC186</a><br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/113/647/020/088/607/611/original/908e648e3aaf6fd7.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-12-13T19:01:23Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsfyazn5j6h6g6ey4xy3pdkvmgwm29d3a6wxhe00hgy466kkz7ys7gzyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59kj460dy Review: The Shadow Scholars gives us a peek into the world of Kenyan college grads who are commissioned and paid by students in the most prestigious institutions in the western hemisphere to produce essays, papers, scholarly articles and graduate theses on their behalf. <a href="https://continent.substack.com/p/review-outsourcing-academia">https://continent.substack.com/p/review-outsourcing-academia</a> 2024-12-13T08:23:05Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsxxftqm0t9anf988nadys0xawl7j5awaw9ngxc3glg66jn8grwufqzyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59kteveaa After a year of intracontinental jockeying for position, Africa is making a name for itself on the netball court. Three countries are in the top 10 in the world: South Africa in fifth, Uganda in sixth and Malawi in seventh. <a href="https://continent.substack.com/p/up-and-up-and-soon-the-top">https://continent.substack.com/p/up-and-up-and-soon-the-top</a> 2024-12-12T14:51:32Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs2zlfghp7h5aemg0376k83qr2pvfdk7wxvhyeu3m69xs90f736zuczyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59ke2nn7w Borderlands: The story of the city of Kigoma is also the story of the MV Liemba and the MV Mwongozo. Both ferries have been removed from active service, leaving no government-owned ferries operational on Lake Tanganyika, leaving the city stranded. <a href="https://continent.substack.com/p/boats-to-nowhere">https://continent.substack.com/p/boats-to-nowhere</a> 2024-12-12T08:51:32Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqszuf4x8w7esvfepdekdcvskzm7y684yqe0x9dlaxw7tcarpq9jw6szyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59k5auml6 Here’s this week’s quiz.<br/><br/>It’s a mixed bag. Give it a go. 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But in the eight months following the invasion, an oil tanker loitering just outside Maltese waters sold nearly two million barrels of Russian oil to Nigerian importers. Blended with products from elsewhere, it was then sold as oil from Malta. It also sold at prices 24% higher than unblended Russian oil. <a href="https://continent.substack.com/p/done-dirty-nigerians-pay-a-premium">https://continent.substack.com/p/done-dirty-nigerians-pay-a-premium</a> 2024-12-11T08:10:57Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsxcppk355e3j5wkrq474t3cf0yes4pjln04ys5snp57225u2tmllqzyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59kwtefxd Data is important. 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Every one of those presidents, including her, has come from the governing Swapo, which took power in 1990 after the country got its independence from South Africa. <a href="https://continent.substack.com/p/first-woman-president-crowned-after">https://continent.substack.com/p/first-woman-president-crowned-after</a> 2024-12-10T08:19:39Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsx73glhms2wpmmh3qsnp40p4fp4x6f090dp82sqfft225lm7zunmqzyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59kcvmgt3 A football fixture in Guinea staged in honour of the president ended like the 2009 protest against Dadis Camara: in tragedy. <a href="https://continent.substack.com/p/horrific-end-to-dear-leader-football">https://continent.substack.com/p/horrific-end-to-dear-leader-football</a> 2024-12-09T08:08:06Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqswecu77zct08u96r9wwhp7dlsx8ey5qx88jg8ldkac9zg0nvhdn6szyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59kqwtdwk French foreign lesions: Colonial atrocities are finally catching up to Paris, and Macron’s government is too weak to put up a fight. <a href="https://continent.substack.com/p/french-foreign-lesions-this-reckoning">https://continent.substack.com/p/french-foreign-lesions-this-reckoning</a> 2024-12-08T08:03:16Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsfawe4f4z4mresm4r90m6c67xjff37uzsygk7dltc907zq5wydplszyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59kd9zstk All Protocol Observed <br/><br/>There are only 10 people at The Continent and we want to be the most reliable source of African news for anyone, anywhere. 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Francis Kokutse reports from Accra. <a href="https://continent.substack.com/p/its-the-stupid-economy">https://continent.substack.com/p/its-the-stupid-economy</a> 2024-12-07T08:01:47Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqszkcrqfng0653fjraymmdk4zg4849l7umjepfdallumhlzzzr324gzyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59k50mvde In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2acssmdyhuztx4yx2maszvdhwhknxcvvhc95mpe8usd0n540uftsr6q46l'>nevent1q…q46l</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>last regular edition of the year? Yep! 2024-12-07T07:10:53Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqspdvgpwgu7vs3sdr6sqh8x4xzkezcv28z48pawtwygheuxt5cs2wgzyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59k066uzt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw8ue0qss0ax2w27d8dm4uln4kgt0807n6ez8caxfzdtfky77kc6gm4d584'>nevent1q…d584</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This is our last regular edition. Next week you’ll get our annual special Africans of the Year edition. That’s profiles of some incredible people who have made the African continent better, as well as our highlights of the year in news, film, photography and music. Check out our archive (it&#39;s free) <a href="https://thecontinent.org/archive">https://thecontinent.org/archive</a> 2024-12-06T22:34:58Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsw8ue0qss0ax2w27d8dm4uln4kgt0807n6ez8caxfzdtfky77kc6gzyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59kmslzuh All Protocol Observed<br/><br/>Welcome to Issue 185 of The Continent<br/><br/>France isn&#39;t having a great month. This week, its government collapsed. And last week, not one but two of its former African colonies told it to get lost. A lot of western analysts are blaming Russia. This misses the point.<br/><br/><a href="https://bit.ly/TC185">https://bit.ly/TC185</a><br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/113/608/197/510/189/545/original/0432b0414b670116.jpg"> <br/> 2024-12-06T22:28:11Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsv0wdwcmkfm7ca5vxt453demd2vwwcgqgqjghq3c98kl2qvjggcagzyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59k7y93y3 Test of time: A teacher monitors pupils as they write their end-of-year exams in the northern Sudanese village of Usli, which is home to sites of archaeological renown, some dating back to 1,500 BC.<br/><br/>Photo: AFP<br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/113/605/199/166/787/993/original/7f69a9a09376d7a1.png"> <br/> 2024-12-06T09:36:18Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs8camzx5mdpyw33hwy4r4naw8kzgwq2295p00wz5vh80250jjprxgzyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59kn8jj6p REVIEW: The British Museum is a cemetery, a place where human remains are kept. Bones, skulls and more, some local to the United Kingdom but much, much more from its former colonies says a new book by Noah Angell. <a href="https://continent.substack.com/p/review-the-spirit-of-our-past-stalks">https://continent.substack.com/p/review-the-spirit-of-our-past-stalks</a> 2024-12-05T08:06:27Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqstrnyl73qgn6kdfcllp4t7wjegg00nwvv9kreu269uhkq0pzatekqzyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59k77k9vx Tech companies are hoarding African data. The African Union wants them to hand it over. If a TikTok user from the US or Europe wants any of their data that the platform collects, they can request it from the company. The same is not true for African TikTok or YouTube users, who aren’t even given the option to apply. <a href="https://continent.substack.com/p/give-us-our-data-back-says-au">https://continent.substack.com/p/give-us-our-data-back-says-au</a> 2024-12-04T08:18:49Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqst539j6anssa47x8n6xczud8y90z6wwzrc8kxr978eqvwxe3z3l8gzyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59kyk4aj7 COMMENT: It’s easy to be sceptical of pan-Africanism. The notion that Africa isn’t just a geographical space but a metaphysical entity whose population, though genetically the most diverse on earth, shares culture, heritage and a common fate, can seem dubious. But, the idea is bred of necessity not genetics. <a href="https://continent.substack.com/p/we-must-lead-the-world-or-be-damned">https://continent.substack.com/p/we-must-lead-the-world-or-be-damned</a> 2024-12-03T08:22:41Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsg5z6q8w9nlmpgy4raur2spvkd7xngacmt8gy08sv0d66yhzykr8szyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59kqec839 Borderlands: Fnideq, like other Moroccan towns near the Spanish cities of Ceuta and Melilla, has become a beacon for Africans trying to head north. <a href="https://continent.substack.com/p/the-last-resort-so-close-to-fortress">https://continent.substack.com/p/the-last-resort-so-close-to-fortress</a> 2024-12-02T08:04:52Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsyk3utgny48advw2zee2a3dzqzxv5p5d7ppjrv02t3cwamxxjplmczyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59k4h2man Barbra Banda is accurate, brisk, creative, daring and an example of women’s sporting excellence – so it’s no surprise she has the footballing world at her feet. On Tuesday, she was named BBC’s Women’s Footballer of the Year, an award voted for by readers of their website. <a href="https://continent.substack.com/p/the-beeb-says-babs-is-best-no-lie">https://continent.substack.com/p/the-beeb-says-babs-is-best-no-lie</a> 2024-12-01T08:15:25Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs9mppzjuzyd5ukex7trzc8xv53fq0ddsxkfldw2fhu4g862wc5fxgzyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59k20ljwu More than a month after the presidential election, Mozambicans still haven&#39;t heard from president-elect Daniel Chapo of the ruling Frelimo party. Civil disobedience and urban warfare are immobilising the capital Maputo as the country’s election dispute continues. <a href="https://continent.substack.com/p/mozambique-hubris-among-the-elites">https://continent.substack.com/p/mozambique-hubris-among-the-elites</a> 2024-11-30T16:19:31Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqg25424lwug9j54t0cck79m33vx5ylwpqaqzkv4p47f5v6y8autqzyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59kyn08up The link between coffee and anxiety is well established. This time, however, it’s not the caffeine that is making Ugandan farmers nervous, but the government’s plans to take control of the country’s biggest cash crop. <a href="https://continent.substack.com/p/coup-de-latte-inside-ugandas-coffee">https://continent.substack.com/p/coup-de-latte-inside-ugandas-coffee</a> 2024-11-30T08:07:02Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsrt0gypm3plnc9acf6jrsfasafjywvaujsy2670replg6sgg544gqzyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59kn2u2m5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs99r4gp702f6uzznuyt8fq2pvmznl2rwm44jfvsw9p3pf7705f8xq6q5nk0'>nevent1q…5nk0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Getting a copy of The Continent each week is easy. Choose your platform and we will do the rest. <br/><br/>📱WhatsApp: bit.ly/4b2gpfI<br/><br/>💬 Signal: bit.ly/TCSignal<br/><br/>📲 Telegram: <a href="https://t.me/continentnews">https://t.me/continentnews</a> <br/><br/>✉️ Email: read@thecontinent.org 2024-11-29T22:00:31Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs99r4gp702f6uzznuyt8fq2pvmznl2rwm44jfvsw9p3pf7705f8xqzyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59k5psrgl All Protocol Observed <br/><br/>Welcome to Issue 184 of The Continent<br/><br/>Coup de latte: The trouble Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni is brewing.<br/><br/>Get your copy here: <a href="https://bit.ly/TheContinent184">https://bit.ly/TheContinent184</a><br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/113/568/402/416/558/124/original/01559d70002e4b77.jpg"> <br/> 2024-11-29T21:57:48Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqcjlfcvmum3pdzjs4uw86h3k9eukhuk28eu80uvgcw9t322zsccgzyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59kx9zj40 Malawi doesn’t let displaced foreigners integrate. So the residents of its only refugee camp hold a festival each year to celebrate their cultures together. <a href="https://continent.substack.com/p/tumaini-at-10">https://continent.substack.com/p/tumaini-at-10</a> 2024-11-29T08:10:20Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsfdg9njvf3stu437lppvgsjspe3jwxx2tqlpavu5zpu69c85h075gzyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59knuzgrt Hug it out: Ugandan wrestlers perform at the Nyege Nyege Festival in Jinja, which draws over 10,000 revellers and artists each year – as well as the ire of scandalised religious leaders.<br/><br/>Photo: Badru Katumba/AFP<br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/113/559/624/403/773/573/original/56d0ce908fbd155a.png"> <br/> 2024-11-28T08:26:01Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsdjs3w26enwetjqy4k9lz97juzuvuwkfh2g555s552aqq0rtmyjjszyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59kfx86uj REVIEW: Could Awa Holmes&#39; Soft Love really be a take on the cross-cultural, strangers-to-lovers trope that actually feels fresh? <a href="https://continent.substack.com/p/review-when-love-goes-south">https://continent.substack.com/p/review-when-love-goes-south</a> 2024-11-28T08:10:14Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsyvsls4glj48ln27xz7d9aq8v20uj3ykwrd5m5j4e25jd50kvm4kqzyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59kfrqklh Drop begging-bowl diplomacy and stress to richer nations that in a catastrophically hotter world, they will burn along with the rest of us, says Patrick Gathara. <a href="https://continent.substack.com/p/another-cop-another-incineration">https://continent.substack.com/p/another-cop-another-incineration</a> 2024-11-27T08:46:36Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqszh3wg8kn05vgglgnp7y9lr3q3frr5fwfp08u46fr7s4xnucam5jczyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59kuy9rxt By prioritising peace talks in areas where rebel movements cropped up, the military junta in Niamey may have secured its rule, and saved Nigerien lives. <a href="https://continent.substack.com/p/niger-words-over-war">https://continent.substack.com/p/niger-words-over-war</a> 2024-11-26T08:04:28Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs8f33sjvk0ttfpquz49qq77jxva6ajzzmul68raemcza03t7qe9fgzyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59k2axrax Mali is not the only African country going hard after global giants. In other lawsuits, Malawi is seeking more than $314-billion from Columbia Gem House, TotalEnergies and Star Agritech. <a href="https://continent.substack.com/p/the-rich-better-have-malawis-money">https://continent.substack.com/p/the-rich-better-have-malawis-money</a> 2024-11-25T08:12:53Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsf93w8jqvxyg2w5qu5ulm5fy96tw0rtswx4aq3rp8k62m6nx4qphgzyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59kk84tge African negotiators at this year’s UN conference on climate change in Baku, Azerbaijan were blindsided on Monday when a facilitator representing Botswana was replaced by one representing Honduras, without explanation. <a href="https://continent.substack.com/p/african-negotiator-mysteriously-dropped">https://continent.substack.com/p/african-negotiator-mysteriously-dropped</a> 2024-11-24T09:32:51Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsw5l5lhrqaezjery94ju8lunwydw73lwcx8u432fpta3j2nw3r2pgzyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59k2kwkh7 People are moving relatively freely through Beitbridge, southern Africa’s busiest border post – just not in the way the African Union intended. <a href="https://continent.substack.com/p/free-movement-if-the-price-is-right">https://continent.substack.com/p/free-movement-if-the-price-is-right</a> 2024-11-23T08:08:47Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs90kd8ehela6ve75xknraf7u0a3g75c8x8xdx9gtycg4jrufxmfzszyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59ku3mf5y All Protocol Observed.<br/><br/>Welcome to Issue 183 of The Continent.<br/><br/>This week, we travel to Beitbridge, where movement is free for the right price.<br/><br/>Get your free copy here: <a href="https://bit.ly/TheContinent183">https://bit.ly/TheContinent183</a><br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/113/528/836/470/123/700/original/8ae737b88aec5ca0.jpg"> <br/> 2024-11-22T22:00:11Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsq03zdm0txrd4ftw8sgsgv66nu5r7fm8utaz9ndgsu7wj53xs58jqzyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59kn982se Review: Maturity brings wisdom and experience. But how refreshing it is to let whim and whimsy guide your actions – if only because you don’t know any better, writes <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1vegnvjk5vdh0amcrdfhqm6gdvfljth78schpj7wtnc9n9mygdsqqwx2gvn" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Harare Review of Books</span> (<span class="italic">npub1veg…2gvn</span>)</a></span> <a href="https://continent.substack.com/p/review-oh-to-be-young-and-this-naive">https://continent.substack.com/p/review-oh-to-be-young-and-this-naive</a> 2024-11-22T08:37:54Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs96mfsgan8gl8tp43fsmwx92whgzjnxzqellmrc66vr0r4pjzla7szyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59kdatth7 Drought has highlighted the failure of the state to build dams and improve the country’s water security, and Zimbabweans are having to dig deep to compensate. <a href="https://continent.substack.com/p/if-the-state-wont-fix-it-well-you">https://continent.substack.com/p/if-the-state-wont-fix-it-well-you</a> 2024-11-21T08:07:42Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsfrrsaf4rq02mkxa2v4v3qjvgx0h7c50jauyexd47uundh7r7x2mczyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59kva2mrk The Kenya Peasants League says it is collecting a million signatures to support its appeal against a ruling that okayed genetically modified crops – the latest front in a decades-long battle to keep GMOs out of Kenya. <a href="https://continent.substack.com/p/kenyan-fight-against-gm-crops-heads">https://continent.substack.com/p/kenyan-fight-against-gm-crops-heads</a> 2024-11-20T08:39:40Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs279qq370zeze39h0jcjan0u0matc8fj94f58hany2fesk8efal3qzyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59k2gewne Today’s No 77 Wilhelmstraße is unremarkable: a residential building in Berlin. But it was at this address on 15 November 1884, that German chancellor Otto Von Bismarck gathered European leaders to carve up Africa, in what is now known as the Berlin Conference. <a href="https://continent.substack.com/p/stolen-artefacts-and-times-harsh">https://continent.substack.com/p/stolen-artefacts-and-times-harsh</a> 2024-11-19T08:16:06Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsztdha0s2fx5zs7n7jc2fhxd3d05fn5t6288taw6pys9axzs55u7qzyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59k3xqfer Opposition leader Venâncio Mondlane claims to have won the presidential election last month. He’s probably right. But instead of preparing to take office, he has been forced to flee Mozambique. <a href="https://continent.substack.com/p/meet-the-man-who-probably-should">https://continent.substack.com/p/meet-the-man-who-probably-should</a> 2024-11-18T08:05:49Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs9cmzzklx4shsm8y9wyflry80u6663m88p8wq3raem756hq8kg6xqzyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59kvrxymy The Constitutional Council evaluating allegations of electoral fraud in Mozambique’s 9 October presidential poll is stacked in favour of the accused Frelimo ruling party, according to a leading human rights defender in the country. <a href="https://continent.substack.com/p/frelimo-well-placed-to-win-constitutional">https://continent.substack.com/p/frelimo-well-placed-to-win-constitutional</a> 2024-11-17T08:52:55Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsw6tmg4ppxyghenghgg9csf74khkrc7qn2kc6r9xlt8759w8jyvpgzyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59kf2lh5g A presidential guide to stashing dodgy cash: A million dollars of unknown provenance is nice but brings its own problems: Where to store all that money, and how to make it look legitimate. Mozambican elites found a solution in South Africa. <a href="https://continent.substack.com/p/mozambique-a-presidential-guide-to">https://continent.substack.com/p/mozambique-a-presidential-guide-to</a> 2024-11-16T09:24:33Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsta57fjerep8x0rm5hpjk7s9hflh5036yj4c9t656slxjcjtrpkzczyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59khrved8 All Protocol Observed<br/><br/>Welcome to Issue 182 of The Continent<br/><br/>Even independent observers say the people of Mozambique voted for change in the 9 October presidential election. But the ruling Frelimo party isn’t going anywhere – perhaps because staying in power is simply too lucrative. That means that the man who should be president might never be.<br/><br/>Read the full issue here: <a href="https://bit.ly/TheContinent182">https://bit.ly/TheContinent182</a><br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/113/488/975/428/132/021/original/4f2642362b10c119.jpg"> <br/> 2024-11-15T21:16:21Z