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Welcome to Issue 157 of The Continent

We’re back for Season 14! We had a break, planned the path towards world domination, and caught up on some emails. Expect more journalism about life on our ever-spectacular continent.

Delve into my newest feature in The Continent, chronicling the dire ramifications of climate change on #Malawi 's agricultural landscape. Read about how this existential challenge is inexorably pushing farmers to the precipice of survival.

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Welcome to Issue 156 of The Continent 

There are candidates. There are (very short) campaigns. There is an actual election date.

Emmanuel Eseme: “My goal is to put Cameroon on the map in athletics.”

Did a piece on Eseme’s 100-metre gold at the #AfricanGames2023 and how the 30-year-old nearly gave up the sport in 2020, for The Continent.

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Bujakera said conditions in Makala Prison resembled “the antechamber of hell”. He described how more than 14,000 prisoners occupy a facility built to hold just 1,500, with a dire shortage of
sanitation facilities. The Continent

Also, the past few issues of The Continent have made Great efforts to cover and provide background on Sudan. Highly recommend it for learning more

#KeepEyesOnSudan

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“In Nigeria, a kidnapping happens every 15 hours,” is the statement that smells like the worst kind of journalism about Africa. Yet, sadly, it would not be far off-base.

In my fave weekend newspaper today The Continent
What difference will a few thousand policemen without local knowledge or context make in a country with 200 gangs?

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In older, more gangster days, some South Africans liked to show off the fruits of their illicit labour.

Into this month edition of The Continent finds your dedicated curator ✌🏼

The stunning artwork on the cover this week is by galal yousif

Great 🧵 on the Resistance Committees of 🇸🇩 by The Continent

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As the war rages on, the resistance committees are keeping Sudan’s revolution alive – but only just.
We will call her Amal. That’s not her real name,but using her real name could get her abducted or killed..

It's always a thrilling moment to publish with Africa's finest The Continent Dive into this week's issue where a cross-border investigation has unveiled how a multinational tobacco company is avoiding paying tax in Malawi Zuza Nazaruk Lydia Namubiru Juliet Atellah CiFAR Simon Allison

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The civil war in Sudan has brought untold death and destruction. And yet, somehow, life goes on.

A month after being threatened with arrest over a story about military corruption, investigative reporter Gregory Gondwe still cannot return to #Malawi . RSF asks the 🇲🇼 authorities to guarantee his safety. 👇
rsf.org/en/malawi-s-au…

It's funny how almost every climate change solution proposed by the west hinges on the exploitation of African land and labour. Nyaruai's wonderful reporting into Eni's biofuels experiment in Kenya is just the latest example.

Okay Ladies and gentlemen; Kampala, Uganda to the world. Thanks you The Continent team for the feature.
Shout-out to you Geofrey Ndhogezi, my ninja Lydia Namubiru and super paulbotes

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The world is poised to enter a new era of extraction from Africa to avert catastrophic climate change.

Samira Sawlani in her “Continental Drift” in The Continent this week tells African leaders that “running for office for the sixth time does not count as cardio”🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣Someone help me from the floor, I am finished