It’s #worldpressfreedomday & we have new data to share about the impacts of #onlineviolence on women #journalists from our UN Women survey: 💡 45% said they self-censor on #socialmedia 💡 25% had been diagnosed with/treated for anxiety and/or depression 💡 22% reported online violence to the police

The Continent is Africa's best English-language news magazine. Subscriptions are free. Yes. Those two facts shouldn't go together, but they do. This week, excellent coverage of the crisis in Mali, plus a terrific, colorful photo-essay about the ancient & unstoppable Nissan taxis of Ibadan, Nigeria.

The photo essay about the little Nissan Micra taxis in Ibadan brilliantly repays zooming and looking

I’m reading this week’s now. The Continent is one of the best weekly reads there is. Fast, broad, intelligent, analytical, factual. Hell of a deal, to be shown a continent in an hour for free in your inbox.

All Protocol Observed Welcome to Issue 237 of The Continent Mali has been at war since 2012 but its people press on. This time it's different: coordinated attacks and insurgent blockades are halting daily life, while Assimi Goïta fights to stay in power. bit.ly/237_TC

Exhibit 1M of when we tell you about people in the TESCREAL bundle and you attack us, one by one they've been shown to be worse than whatever we said. “According to my understanding, the girls you were involved with were old enough to know what they were doing, www.codastory.com/authoritaria...

'The Continent' 236, 25 avril 2026: -Espoir:les Assemblées rivales libyennes votent un budget commun. -Témoignage: --Journaliste et internet à Téhéran. --Du danger des IAgen & businessmen US. -Photo: la ville lacustre de Ganvié au Bénin. -Sondage: large soutien à la vaccination des enfants. #Afrique

I love the choice of photos in @thecontinent.org!

One of my favourite illustrations yet! This series is really hits the spot in terms of things I like to draw. Plus, all the interviewees are phenomenal people! What’s not to like?

Also in this edition: join us for coffee with the wonderful @timnitgebru.blacksky.app. Illustration by @wynonamutisi.bsky.social

In a televised address with two other presidents of the East African Community, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni (81) was asked to respond to complaints about the high cost of fuel. His response was “if the cost of petrol is so high, why don’t you just stay home?”

All Protocol Observed Welcome to Issue 236 of The Continent Geopolitics is contested with narratives as much as bombs. In Iran, journalists risk prison or worse for working with foreign outlets. One writer, under a pseudonym, explains why they persist. bit.ly/236_TC

All Protocol Observed Welcome to Issue 235 of The Continent In South African politics, Gayton McKenzie is a larger-than-life character who leans into his criminal past and blends populism, and a striking disregard for the rule of law. Remind you of someone? bit.ly/235_TC

171 murders... and counting. theintercept.com/2026/04/14/t...

My latest for Middle East Eye: satellite imagery analysis reveals that an Ethiopian army base in western Ethiopia is being used as a weapons & logistics hub by Sudan's UAE backed Rapid Support Forces (RSF), to launch cross border attacks on Sudanese army positions from Ethiopia.

what they did yesterday afternoon by Warsan Shire they set my aunts house on fire i cried the way women on tv do folding at the middle like a five pound note. i called the boy who used to love me tried to ‘okay’ my voice i said hello he said warsan, what’s wrong, what’s happened? (1/3)

I've written an article in this week's @thecontinent.org about mining giant Anglo American leaving Southern Africa, and what they are leaving behind. Free to read and subscribe: www.thecontinent.org/_files/ugd/2...

Weekend reading.

All Protocol Observed | Welcome to Issue 234 of The Continent This week, a change of pace. Come walking with us through the stark magnificence of Mauritania’s Banc d’Arguin national park. Download your copy here: www.thecontinent.org/_files/ugd/2...

'The Continent' 233, 21 mars 2026: -Témoins: Africains forcés, tués dans l'armée russe. -Bateaux de pêche ou drones navals: houthis et Chine, précurseurs pour Ormuz? -Photos: le sloughi, chien de chasse en Algérie. -Cinéma: 'Dreamers' de Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor. -Photo: Aïd el-Fitr à Goma. #Afrique

On top of the misadventure of that trusting Batswana chef in Russia - with a surprising end, another article in The Continent tells the sad fate of Gambians there. Friends don't let friends sign for a fantastic work opportunity with a free air ticket to Russia !

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All Protocol Observed | Welcome to Issue 233 of The Continent This week, we meet an aspiring chef from Botswana. He was promised a job in a Russian hotel - only to end up in a remote military training camp, with dozens more Africans. Download your copy here: www.thecontinent.org/_files/ugd/2...

Good to see @thecontinent.org going in-depth on this

U.a. mit dieser Geschichte: "Massive media deal gives mogul the megaphone in East Africa. Newspapers of record in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda have been bought by a tycoon tied to Tanzania’s ruling party." Holla.

'The Continent' 232, 14 mars 2026: -Prix du pétrole: taxis bajaj en Somalie. -Le mépris de la CAF contre les joueuses de football. -Milliardaire et médias en Afr. de l'Est. -Nouvelles tensions au Tigré, crainte des habitants et des déplacés. -La santé des Afr: cobayes de l'IA ? 1/2 #Afrique

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All Protocol Observed | Welcome to Issue 232 of The Continent This week, we visit Ethiopia’s Tigray region – fearing the next war, while still reeling from the last. Download your copy here: www.thecontinent.org/_files/ugd/2...

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This issue contains a chilling account of the latest disaster at Rubaya Mine in DRC: Ombeni*, a survivor of previous Rubaya landslides, said the site had become a burial ground. “Some bosses don’t want the victims to be pulled out of the rubble for fear of having to pay for their funerals”

All Protocol Observed | Welcome to Issue 231 of The Continent Amid a geopolitical storm, four Chagos Islanders have returned to the archipelago - with a little help, and a private yacht, from a Reform UK mega-donor. Download your copy here. www.thecontinent.org/_files/ugd/2...

Another glorious @thecontinent.org issue this week, with an epic feature about the latest Chagos Islands plot twist !

So far the only industry that has truly been revolutionised by AI is warfare and look how that's turning out. www.codastory.com/armed-confli...

This is one of those stories you commission expecting it to go one way, and then it comes in and it has gone an entirely different, far more right-wing way.

@abeba.bsky.social Hi Dr Birhane, please could you follow back - we'd like to request an interview

Chad has closed its border with Sudan amid repeated incursions by the RSF, which Déby has been accused of backing - claims he denies. For this week's @thecontinent.org, I highlight what this means for his legitimacy, the cohesion of the military and political elite and the humanitarian catastrophe.

All Protocol Observed | Welcome to Issue 230 of The Continent. Sudan's war is spilling over its borders - and Chad's president is suddenly very nervous indeed. Download your copy here: www.thecontinent.org/_files/ugd/2...

In this week’s edition of @thecontinent.org

A different perspective on the #MSC and the speeches there.

Wonderfully written op-ed in this week’s @thecontinent.org “Rubio’s was not a diplomatic speech recognising the birth of a new world order. This was racist, violent sentiment that admitted moral defeat and invited other countries to join in conquest.”- @nanjala.bsky.social

"The intent to devour us has been declared – and people who claim to be our allies are applauding it." Here is an African perspective on the Rubio speech @munsecconf.bsky.social. @thecontinent.org www.thecontinent.org/_files/ugd/2...

"We are in desperate need of an African foreign policy and diplomacy that articulates, organises, and advances the defence of African people." In this week's issue of @thecontinent.org Download your copy here: thecontinent.org

This week's @thecontinent.org is on 🔥🌋

Here we go again. Excellent cover story of @thecontinent.org in 3 parts. "The US-Europe love pact rekindles their colonial kink" "This time around, the colonisers have AI" And: "The African Union is paralysed" Read it!

“This time around, the colonisers have AI.When the West mastered gun technology, they exported their empire across the planet. The technology they have now is much more powerful.”

This week’s @thecontinent.org is a reminder that imperialist dreams never ended, they rebranded into neoliberal antics, weaved in the “global order” institutionalized in financial institutions, UN systems, and agreed upon white supremacy as a social contract until 👨man decided to go rogue.

Another hit.

Reading really is resistance. 🤍

'The Continent' 229, 21 février 2026: -Internet et informatique devenues vitales: impact économique au Gabon et Rwanda. -L'Afrique face à Trump et Rubio. -Photos: la Saint-Valentin. -Les Russes de la guerre de l'information (ép.2). -Photo : Festival de pêche d'Arungu au Nigeria depuis 1934. #Afrique

ladies, gentlemen, &c — welcome to the weekend