Africa Is a Country
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In this episode of the African Five-a-side podcast, Maher Mezahi recaps the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying (CAF zone) confederation play-off between Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon and DR Congo. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ihh...
Nigeria and DR Congo advance to final of African 2026 World Cup qualifying playoffs
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November 14, 2025 at 1:12 PM
In this episode of the African Five-a-side podcast, Maher Mezahi recaps the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying (CAF zone) confederation play-off between Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon and DR Congo. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ihh...
Africa’s first G20 presidency could mark a turning point for the continent—or simply another performance of green-washed extraction led by mining elites. africasacountry.com/2025/11/whos...
Whose transition is it anyway?
Africa’s first G20 presidency could mark a turning point for the continent—or simply another performance of green-washed extraction led by mining elites.
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November 14, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Africa’s first G20 presidency could mark a turning point for the continent—or simply another performance of green-washed extraction led by mining elites. africasacountry.com/2025/11/whos...
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When solidarity becomes spectacle
Francesca Albanese’s visit to South Africa exposed a truth we prefer not to face: that our moral witness has hardened into ritual. We watch, we clap, we call it solidarity.
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November 14, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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After 29 COPs, what has truly shifted? The theatre of inclusion masks a structure designed to preserve the status quo.
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After 29 COPs, what has truly shifted? The theatre of inclusion masks a structure designed to preserve the status quo.
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The geography of a storm
Hurricane Melissa made clear what COP30 obscures: the climate crisis still follows the lines of empire.
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November 14, 2025 at 4:58 AM
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After 29 COPs, what has truly shifted? The theatre of inclusion masks a structure designed to preserve the status quo.
africasacountry.com/2025/11/the-...
After 29 COPs, what has truly shifted? The theatre of inclusion masks a structure designed to preserve the status quo.
africasacountry.com/2025/11/the-...
From Iraq to Gaza, empire no longer needs to annihilate populations when it can dismantle the very structures that make collective life possible. africasacountry.com/2025/11/elim...
Elimination by other means
From Iraq to Gaza, empire no longer needs to annihilate populations when it can dismantle the very structures that make collective life possible.
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November 13, 2025 at 3:45 PM
From Iraq to Gaza, empire no longer needs to annihilate populations when it can dismantle the very structures that make collective life possible. africasacountry.com/2025/11/elim...
Made just as Sudan descended into war, 'Khartoum' captures the beauty, pain, and humanity of a city shaken by violence—and the filmmakers who became refugees alongside their subjects. africasacountry.com/2025/11/film...
Filming what survives
Made just as Sudan descended into war, Khartoum captures the beauty, pain, and humanity of a city shaken by violence—and the filmmakers who became refugees alongside their subjects.
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November 11, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Made just as Sudan descended into war, 'Khartoum' captures the beauty, pain, and humanity of a city shaken by violence—and the filmmakers who became refugees alongside their subjects. africasacountry.com/2025/11/film...
Some readers asked for it, so we delivered. You can now get our "Weekend Special" newsletter as a sharable standalone webpage. africasacountry.com/list/campaig... ... Archive available soon, subscribe on africasacountry.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Some readers asked for it, so we delivered. You can now get our "Weekend Special" newsletter as a sharable standalone webpage. africasacountry.com/list/campaig... ... Archive available soon, subscribe on africasacountry.com
From indirect rule to Operation Dudula, the lines dividing citizen from stranger trace back to the way empire organized identity and labor. Ntsika Dapo takes a look at citizenship in South Africa through the lens of Mahmood Mamdani africasacountry.com/2025/11/the-...
The invention of foreigners
From indirect rule to Operation Dudula, the lines dividing citizen from stranger trace back to the way empire organized identity and labor.
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November 10, 2025 at 6:10 PM
From indirect rule to Operation Dudula, the lines dividing citizen from stranger trace back to the way empire organized identity and labor. Ntsika Dapo takes a look at citizenship in South Africa through the lens of Mahmood Mamdani africasacountry.com/2025/11/the-...
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This names exactly why I just feel burned out rn: a constant barrage of human suffering without actual care to it is deeply alienating and traumatizing and I'm sick of pretending otherwise
Using folk's suffering to feel ethical, then ignoring them, is a monstrous practice we've normalized
Using folk's suffering to feel ethical, then ignoring them, is a monstrous practice we've normalized
Francesca Albanese’s visit to South Africa exposed a truth we prefer not to face: that our moral witness has hardened into ritual. We watch, we clap, we call it solidarity. africasacountry.com/2025/11/when...
When solidarity becomes spectacle
Francesca Albanese’s visit to South Africa exposed a truth we prefer not to face: that our moral witness has hardened into ritual. We watch, we clap, we call it solidarity.
africasacountry.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:25 PM
This names exactly why I just feel burned out rn: a constant barrage of human suffering without actual care to it is deeply alienating and traumatizing and I'm sick of pretending otherwise
Using folk's suffering to feel ethical, then ignoring them, is a monstrous practice we've normalized
Using folk's suffering to feel ethical, then ignoring them, is a monstrous practice we've normalized
Francesca Albanese’s visit to South Africa exposed a truth we prefer not to face: that our moral witness has hardened into ritual. We watch, we clap, we call it solidarity. africasacountry.com/2025/11/when...
When solidarity becomes spectacle
Francesca Albanese’s visit to South Africa exposed a truth we prefer not to face: that our moral witness has hardened into ritual. We watch, we clap, we call it solidarity.
africasacountry.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Francesca Albanese’s visit to South Africa exposed a truth we prefer not to face: that our moral witness has hardened into ritual. We watch, we clap, we call it solidarity. africasacountry.com/2025/11/when...
Nairobi’s cultural moment reflects both the promise of continental imagination and the anxiety of performing arrival for the world’s gaze. africasacountry.com/2025/11/glob...
Global Africa for whom?
Nairobi’s cultural moment reflects both the promise of continental imagination and the anxiety of performing arrival for the world’s gaze.
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November 6, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Nairobi’s cultural moment reflects both the promise of continental imagination and the anxiety of performing arrival for the world’s gaze. africasacountry.com/2025/11/glob...
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This is a banger of an interview, many gems: “I work as a foreclosure prevention housing counselor, I work with low income homeowners. What I’ve seen in my work is, it’s not tenant versus homeowner. Really, it is tenant and homeowner versus financial speculator and investment bank portfolio.”
In 2020, a young socialist organizer & AIAC contributor sat down with us, sharing his vision for a world that empowers working people over the rich and powerful.
Today, that vision has carried him to City Hall.
Congrats, Mayor @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social! 🌹 africasacountry.com/2020/01/roti...
Today, that vision has carried him to City Hall.
Congrats, Mayor @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social! 🌹 africasacountry.com/2020/01/roti...
Roti and roses
Will Shoki sits down with Ugandan-born rapper and housing advocate Zohran Mamdani about his bid to represent Queens in the New York State Assembly.
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November 6, 2025 at 4:00 AM
This is a banger of an interview, many gems: “I work as a foreclosure prevention housing counselor, I work with low income homeowners. What I’ve seen in my work is, it’s not tenant versus homeowner. Really, it is tenant and homeowner versus financial speculator and investment bank portfolio.”
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A good summary of what’s going on in Tanzania, and how we got here:
In Tanzania, the Gen Z uprising meets a state whose old bargains have collapsed. africasacountry.com/2025/11/afte...
After the coronation
Tanzania’s Gen Z uprising meets a state whose old bargains have collapsed.
africasacountry.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:55 AM
A good summary of what’s going on in Tanzania, and how we got here:
In 2020, a young socialist organizer & AIAC contributor sat down with us, sharing his vision for a world that empowers working people over the rich and powerful.
Today, that vision has carried him to City Hall.
Congrats, Mayor @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social! 🌹 africasacountry.com/2020/01/roti...
Today, that vision has carried him to City Hall.
Congrats, Mayor @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social! 🌹 africasacountry.com/2020/01/roti...
Roti and roses
Will Shoki sits down with Ugandan-born rapper and housing advocate Zohran Mamdani about his bid to represent Queens in the New York State Assembly.
africasacountry.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:56 PM
In 2020, a young socialist organizer & AIAC contributor sat down with us, sharing his vision for a world that empowers working people over the rich and powerful.
Today, that vision has carried him to City Hall.
Congrats, Mayor @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social! 🌹 africasacountry.com/2020/01/roti...
Today, that vision has carried him to City Hall.
Congrats, Mayor @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social! 🌹 africasacountry.com/2020/01/roti...
Hurricane Melissa made clear what COP30 obscures: the climate crisis still follows the lines of empire. africasacountry.com/2025/11/the-...
The geography of a storm
Hurricane Melissa made clear what COP30 obscures: the climate crisis still follows the lines of empire.
africasacountry.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Hurricane Melissa made clear what COP30 obscures: the climate crisis still follows the lines of empire. africasacountry.com/2025/11/the-...
In Tanzania, the Gen Z uprising meets a state whose old bargains have collapsed. africasacountry.com/2025/11/afte...
After the coronation
Tanzania’s Gen Z uprising meets a state whose old bargains have collapsed.
africasacountry.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:09 PM
In Tanzania, the Gen Z uprising meets a state whose old bargains have collapsed. africasacountry.com/2025/11/afte...
In this episode of the African Five-a-side podcast, Maher Mezahi reacts to the 2025/2026 CAF Champions League group stage draw www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yws...
Mokwena drawn against Sundowns! | 2025/2026 CAF Champions League draw reaction
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November 3, 2025 at 4:35 PM
In this episode of the African Five-a-side podcast, Maher Mezahi reacts to the 2025/2026 CAF Champions League group stage draw www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yws...
The death of Kenya’s most enduring opposition leader invites a reckoning—not only with his contradictions, but with what his long struggle reveals about the unfinished work of liberation. africasacountry.com/2025/11/rail...
Raila Odinga’s Kenya
The death of Kenya’s most enduring opposition leader invites a reckoning—not only with his contradictions, but with what his long struggle reveals about the unfinished work of liberation.
africasacountry.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:35 PM
The death of Kenya’s most enduring opposition leader invites a reckoning—not only with his contradictions, but with what his long struggle reveals about the unfinished work of liberation. africasacountry.com/2025/11/rail...
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I wrote about ongoing protests in Gabès, in south #Tunisia, against factories that continue to pollute, against 'development' policies that continue to eat away human lives
'The people want to breathe!'
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@africasacountry.bsky.social
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'The people want to breathe!'
for
@africasacountry.bsky.social
africasacountry.com/2025/10/the-...
The people want to breathe
In Tunisia’s coastal city of Gabès, residents live in the shadow of the phosphate industry. As pollution deepens and repression returns, a new generation revives the struggle for life itself.
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November 1, 2025 at 11:13 AM
I wrote about ongoing protests in Gabès, in south #Tunisia, against factories that continue to pollute, against 'development' policies that continue to eat away human lives
'The people want to breathe!'
for
@africasacountry.bsky.social
africasacountry.com/2025/10/the-...
'The people want to breathe!'
for
@africasacountry.bsky.social
africasacountry.com/2025/10/the-...
Inside the crumbling walls of Nigeria's Old Secretariat, echoes of colonial governance and national awakening meet the silence of decay. africasacountry.com/2025/10/the-...
The architecture of power
Inside the crumbling walls of Nigeria's Old Secretariat, echoes of colonial governance and national awakening meet the silence of decay.
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October 31, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Inside the crumbling walls of Nigeria's Old Secretariat, echoes of colonial governance and national awakening meet the silence of decay. africasacountry.com/2025/10/the-...
In Tunisia’s coastal city of Gabès, residents live in the shadow of the phosphate industry. As pollution deepens and repression returns, a new generation revives the struggle for life itself. africasacountry.com/2025/10/the-...
The people want to breathe
In Tunisia’s coastal city of Gabès, residents live in the shadow of the phosphate industry. As pollution deepens and repression returns, a new generation revives the struggle for life itself.
africasacountry.com
October 30, 2025 at 4:12 PM
In Tunisia’s coastal city of Gabès, residents live in the shadow of the phosphate industry. As pollution deepens and repression returns, a new generation revives the struggle for life itself. africasacountry.com/2025/10/the-...
Far-right and pro-Israel actors are recasting Nigeria’s insecurity as sectarian extermination to distract from Palestine. africasacountry.com/2025/10/the-...
The myth of Christian genocide
Far-right and pro-Israel actors are recasting Nigeria’s insecurity as sectarian extermination to distract from Palestine.
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October 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Far-right and pro-Israel actors are recasting Nigeria’s insecurity as sectarian extermination to distract from Palestine. africasacountry.com/2025/10/the-...
Cameroon’s president has ruled for over four decades by silence and survival. Now, with dynastic succession looming and no clear exit strategy, the country teeters between inertia and implosion. africasacountry.com/2025/10/afte...
After Paul Biya
Cameroon’s president has ruled for over four decades by silence and survival. Now, with dynastic succession looming and no clear exit strategy, the country teeters between inertia and implosion.
africasacountry.com
October 28, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Cameroon’s president has ruled for over four decades by silence and survival. Now, with dynastic succession looming and no clear exit strategy, the country teeters between inertia and implosion. africasacountry.com/2025/10/afte...