2026-03-16T14:54:45Z https://yabu.me The Continent https://yabu.me/npub1umkxf7a37msnd0k02z3d207vamt2znsd5wp9kk8e30hltr2gdpdsrj2hjm https://media.mas.to/accounts/avatars/109/483/845/223/607/964/original/08624a63fd34bce7.jpg https://media.mas.to/accounts/avatars/109/483/845/223/607/964/original/08624a63fd34bce7.jpg https://yabu.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://yabu.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://yabu.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://yabu.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://yabu.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://yabu.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://yabu.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://yabu.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://yabu.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://yabu.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://yabu.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://yabu.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://yabu.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://yabu.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://yabu.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://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgjthgucscn92g6yqrgmtttve8ayd2emds3yy7k9qg90ghn8zw22gzyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59kyvmcj9 Photo Essay: The Tigray Disabled Veterans Association in Mekele, survived the war in Tigray and is rehabilitating disabled people regardless of their role in the carnage. <a href="https://continent.substack.com/p/photo-essay-the-scars-we-bear">https://continent.substack.com/p/photo-essay-the-scars-we-bear</a> 2024-11-12T08:18:12Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr3tj63xd0kltdugt2xq4xhynwl030lcjqq9er0pghl6cgz95cwzgzyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59kqalxqp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswluynvcj4ylguvqgxr0j6hdejd5ap38n6fpc3csfd7z6ppahguls9uwuqx'>nevent1q…wuqx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Alternatively you can download every issue thus far from our archive here. <a href="https://thecontinent.org/archive">https://thecontinent.org/archive</a> 2024-11-09T04:03:58Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9aqtcsw0xa3phsgadcvwujl57tu2c4qmfw9w79dl5rq3j8h43crszyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59kvwjn7w All Protocol Observed <br/><br/>Welcome to Issue 181 of The Continent.<br/><br/>Trump is back: on the African continent we must build the post-American world order we want; the sun is setting on liberators in southern Africa; and rebuilding limbs in post-war Tigray.<br/><br/>Read the full issue here: <a href="https://bit.ly/TC181">https://bit.ly/TC181</a><br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/113/449/523/355/622/206/original/4d41ed15711c18f3.jpg"> <br/> 2024-11-08T21:46:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxedmvytvradntjqmj92ke5teefdlcstvjs3cnx7k3wzfjdau3cxszyrnwce8mk8mwzd47eag294flenhddg2wpk3cyk6clx97lavdfp59kk44zyw Galamsey is the popular Ghanaian term for what used to be small-scale artisanal gold mining. It is now often mechanised, illegal and perceived to be clandestinely bankrolling political bigwigs. <br/>#StopGalamseyNow <a href="https://continent.substack.com/p/akufo-addo-has-dug-himself-into-a">https://continent.substack.com/p/akufo-addo-has-dug-himself-into-a</a> 2024-10-15T08:16:53Z