The Continent
The Continent, Harare Review of BooksThe Continent is a weekly newspaper produced by African reporters, photographers, illustrators and editors. It's designed to be read and shared on WhatsApp (and other social messaging platforms).
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Daily |
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The US-Europe love pact rekindles their colonial kink
NANJALA NYABOLA
THIS VALENTINE’S DAY, it wasn’t just couples publicly declaring their eternal love. At the Munich Security Council, the United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio declared that, despite his president’s moves on Greenland,...
The African Union is paralysed
Delivering us: Presidents Kagame of Rwanda and Tshisekedi of the DRC flank US President Trump.
CHRISTINE MUNGAI
MARCO RUBIO, JD Vance, and Donald Trump are wrong about the way the West was made, says African-American author and hi...
This time around, the colonisers have AI
SIMON ALLISON
A STANDING OVATION. At the Munich Security Council on Sunday, Marco Rubio, US President Donald Trump’s chief diplomat, delivered a speech to foreign ministers, defence chiefs, and foreign policy experts. In it, he exte...
‘Halal’ investment scams resurge in Egypt
Fake faith funds: Ahmed Al-Rayan created the most notorious investment scam in Egypt.
SHAIMAA EL-YOUSSEF IN CARO
BASSEM NATHAN is a day labourer from the village of Tanouf in Minya Governorate, southern Egypt. He was looking for a...
A glimpse into Burundi’s silent decline
NANJALA NYABOLA IN BUJUMBURA
BUJUMBURA, the smallest of East Africa’s economic capitals, unfurls from Lake Tanganyika’s shores into the nearby hills. Its centre is only a few kilometres from the hippo-populated waters of the freshw...
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