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”
Front cover of The Continent newspaper Issue 231, showing a man harvesting rainwater on an island. In the background, on the water, is a private yacht. And in the skies is an American bomber. The headline reads: "Unlikely allies move to sink Mauritius' Chagos deal'.
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.
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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.
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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.
Front cover of The Continent Issue 230, showing Chad's president Idriss Deby on a red carpet, flanked by two military officials in ceremonial attire. The headline reads "Chad pays for Deby's Sudan gamble".
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.
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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.
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"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
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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.
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'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
Said it before & I'll say it again: The Continent does *the best* coverage of Africa, and it's free! Unbelievable value in the little PDF they send out each week.
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Excellent edition of @thecontinent.org. Its cover story notes "#US Secretary of State Marco Rubio was applauded by his hashtag#European audience for a speech that invited them to dream of empire again and discard the guilt of past sins." www.thecontinent.org
Y’all this weeks edition of @thecontinent.org is so good! Yes I already skimmed most of it even though it *just* came out. A truly Pan African paper. And it’s free!
"The Wagner Group collapsed. Its Russian infowar network lives on"
"Russian operatives engineered narrative-change campaigns across Africa, paid for media coverage, and drafted policies for governments. We have papers to prove it"
Good digging by @thecontinent.org !
what a cover...here we go again indeed 😭
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The Continent Issue 229 cover.
All Protocol Observed | Welcome to Issue 229 of The Continent
🟠 Top Story: A new Western empire gathering pace. Last time, they had guns. Now they’ve got AI.
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Front cover of Issue 229 of The Continent, headlined 'Here we go again'. The image depicts Trump, Rubio and Vance as old-fashioned colonisers, fighting an imperial war.
Advert for The Continent newspaper, depicting as astronaut reading a newspaper surrounded by a pile of books. The tagline reads 'Reading is resistance'.
Our @thecontinent.org cover package:
Cartoon by Gado.
@nanjala.bsky.social on Rubio's standing ovation.
Myself on AI-fuelled colonialism.
And Christine Mungai on the levers - or lack thereof - with which Africa can defend itself.
Read a newspaper.
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The transnational effects of Ghana's illegal gold mining environmental crisis feature in this week's issue of @thecontinent.org Full story here: thecontinent.org
