Last year before I read Elnathan John's satire on The Continent I didn't understand satire in writing. But that very piece inspired me to write these, and I'm happy they've all
found a home on Punocracy

Ta fotka je dokonalá... za sebe bych kupovala ty svatební fotky... mají větší potenciál vydržet než kdejaká vláda v současném Sahelu The Continent

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Desert hues: Motorists drive through
Benghazi in Libya, after sands blown
in from the Sahara turned the sky
orange across north Africa, over the
Mediterranean and in southern Greece.

Photo: Abdullah Doma/AFP

LucaRaineri As The Continent reports.

If the candidate uses words like 'fatherland, motherland, comrades' etc RUN. It's really taking Africans a minute to learn from their own history. Interesting piece in The Continent about Burkina Faso's President Traoré

Opposition parties in Eswatini face a greater problem than those in much of the rest of the continent – they are not even allowed to contest elections. bit.ly/4a1NUgL

My latest column for The Continent looks at whether the star signs of some African presidents can explain away their shenanigans.
Plus news from Kenya, Niger, Chad and more

All Protocol Observed 

Welcome to Issue 159 of The Continent.

The new military leaders of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger — along with the not-so-new dynasty in Chad — are promising a new dawn in the Sahel.

Best Saturday notification The Continent Today 0726 early! Good progress.

Almost two-thirds (64%) of Africans say their country needs “many political parties … to make sure that [people] have real choices in who governs them.” See Afrobarometer’s latest in The Continent.

#VoicesAfrica #Politics #Elections

Elsewhere in The Continent presidents have daddy issues😅

INSIDE:
🇹🇩 Chad: Like father, like son.
🇧🇫 Burkina Faso: Press-ganged as punishment.
🇲🇱 Mali: Bamako by night.
🇳🇪 Niger: Tales from the border.
🇾🇪 Yemen: Whose cholera is it anyway?

Like all the best children’s authors, Refiloe Moahloli tells fantastical stories while conveying universal truths about friendship, love and happiness. Happiness is something that she brings refreshing complexity to, in A Friend For All Seasons. bit.ly/4aYyxXV

Curious why hadedas are a pain for us in the early morning hours while we would like to continue sleeping? Simon Allison explains why in this week's The Continent

Dune Messiah in Chad in The Continent
Paul Atreides: Hi, cousin
Jamis Baron: well, it's not the first time i've.killed a family member.

Of course idk how to do it, I'll learn on the job. that's precisely how the magazine was made as well. 😅

btw Nanjira, The Continent got a mention in the acknowledgements, really love what you guys do! 🤙🏽🤙🏽

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This month's The Continent issue is a difficult read. Even the usual satirically flavoured piece from Samira Sawlani couldn't break the mood nor resist how dire the issues are; critics of Pres. Traoré involuntarily sent to join the civilian militia and deadly flood in Kenya.

Why is it that we can never do anything without people getting involved in #TheContingent 's business? Jeff Cannonball & THE PLEXORCIST are gonna learn really quick that you don't stick your nose in Nicholas Kaye, Ty Thomas, BT Bull, and myself's personal matters.

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