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ArticleCool new things are on the way

The Con­tin­ent is com­mit­ted to cov­er­ing Africa, and the rest of the world. We are part­ner­ing with Coda Story on a new pub­lic­a­tion that expands our inter­na­tional journ­al­ism. Look out for the pilot edi­tion of The Atlas, com­ing your way on...

ArticleUganda’s high school­ers are ser­i­ous about fin­ish­ing school in style

ArticleLearned friends want racial equity, just not right now

THE PRETORIA high court has heard argu­ments in a case brought by South Africa’s biggest law firms that oppose a legal code push­ing them to rap­idly reach racial equity at their highest levels. The Johan­nes­burg Soci­ety of Advoc­ates, South...

ArticleYou-know-who was sworn in for yet another term this week

1 Which region is also known as the Somali Pen­in­sula? 2 In which city was the recent Africa For­ward Sum­mit held? 3 Saint-Louis was once the cap­ital of French West Africa. Which coun­try is it in? 4 True or false: Brazza­ville was the cap­ital...

ArticleA red line is breached and ten­sions are flar­ing

OPPOSITION coali­tion Somali Future Coun­cil plans to lead demon­stra­tions today, 16 May, to protest the exten­sion of Pres­id­ent Has­san Sheikh Mohamud’s man­date. Reports of troop deploy­ments in Mogadishu sug­gest that author­it­ies expect unrest.

ArticleDomestic work­ers uni­on­ise to care for each other

TURN left at the foot­ball field, cross a drain­age ditch, and there, over­looked by apart­ment blocks, is the Dhobi Women Park. For the domestic work­ers who cre­ated it, this is the one place in East­leigh, a busy corner of Nairobi, that is entirely...