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Welcome to Issue 214 of The Continent

The shoes and handbags cost thousands. The workers earn just enough to eat. Inside Kano’s leather pits — and the quiet fight for change.

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This is the cover of issue 214 of The Continent. It’s a picture by Temiloluwa Johnson. The headline reads: “Genuine Italian leather - straight outta Nigeria”. It features a man standing in front of a small workshop. The shop has a corrugated metal roof and a wooden beam holding up the front. A painted sign above him reads “ABDULLAHI HARUNA LITTAHAFIZUL” in faded blue and red letters. The barefoot man is wearing a cap and a dark striped shirt. He is holding up a large, bright red animal hide in front of him. Around him, several other hides in shades of red, yellow, and brown are draped over a low cement wall.. The overall scene gives the impression of a traditional leather workshop, with the man working on dyed hides for sale or processing. At the top, in bold black letters on a pale yellow background, is the headline: “Reading is resistance.” Below it, there is a cartoon illustration of Astro. The character is holding up a large newspaper that almost covers its whole body. On either side of it are tall stacks of colorful books. Under the illustration, there is a line of text that reads: “We deliver Africa’s leading independent newspaper to your device, for free, every Saturday morning: thecontinent.org/subscribe”
September 19, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Welcome to Issue 211 of The Continent.

Fuel’s been scarce in Burundi since 2018, thanks to political unrest. Now, people are risking bullets, crocodiles, even prison just to fill up.

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The cover of The Continent (30 August 2025, Issue 211) is a cartoon illustration by Gado. It shows an old, broken-down bus painted in Burundi’s national colors (red, green, and white), with a Burundian flag at the front. The bus is overloaded with an enormous, unstable pile of goods on its roof — suitcases, sacks, baskets, furniture, bicycles, even a skull. Inside the cramped bus, passengers look weary and squashed. The bus sits propped up on bricks instead of wheels, symbolising that it can’t move. Next to it, a smiling man is holding a yellow jerrycan of fuel, as if about to pour it in. The headline at the bottom reads: “The country that’s run out of fuel.”
August 29, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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Welcome to Issue 210 of The Continent

With the state absent and armed groups in control, Goma, in eastern DRC, feels like purgatory. One local artist turns to drawing to capture life in the uncertainty of occupation.

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This is the illustrated cover of The Continent magazine, Issue 210, dated 23 August 2025. The headline reads: “The Goma blues.” The artwork is vivid and layered, telling a story through images that blend into one another: At the top, there is a large silhouette of a person’s head in profile. Inside the silhouette is a dark scene of someone sitting, knees pulled to chest, depicting despair. Birds fly in the background. Below this, a line of people carrying heavy boxes marches forward, evoking displacement or migration. Flowing from this scene, a young man is shown pushing a giant box. Beneath him, people pull belongings along the ground while others appear to be running from danger in a tense urban setting. Further down, another man is shown mid-leap, as if fleeing, looking fearful. At the bottom of the cover, a schoolboy with a satchel stands facing an imposing figure lying down with eyes closed, possibly symbolizing loss or mourning. Behind them, a city street stretches into the distance under a blue sky with scattered clouds. The background is a warm earthy brown, with an orange circular glow framing the head silhouette at the top. The illustration is by Edizon Musavuli.
August 22, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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Welcome to Issue 200 of The Continent.

In an exclusive investigation, reporters went undercover to expose how Zimbabwe's ruling party, Zanu-PF, helped rig Mozambique’s election.

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The cover of Issue 200 of The Continent is from the vantage point of a Zimbabwean reporter going undercover, armed with a fake ID into Mozambique to vote there. In the bottom right corner are the words: Exclusive: How to rig your neighbour's election
May 23, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Welcome to Issue 194 of The Continent

Zambia’s pact with copper mines has decimated another river.

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The cover of Issue 194 of The Continent is by illustrator Wynona Mutisi. It shows a Zambian Air Force helicopter dumping lime onto a acid polluted river. The headline says "Acid flows in Zambia's rivers".
March 14, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Welcome to Issue 193 of The Continent.

In Tigray’s capital, Mekelle, everyday life is overshadowed by the threat of returning to war.
The cover of Issue 193 of The Continent (8 March 2025) is illustrated by political cartoonist Gado. It shows a boiling cauldron labelled TPLF - the Tigray People's Liberation Front. The fire beneath it is fuelled by an arsenal of weapons and the Pretoria Accord. Emerging from the pot are the words, " Tigray waits for another war". Noxious green fumes are rising in the shape of Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki who, in the last war, joined forces to fight against the Tigrayans. In this illustration they are holding guns to each others' heads and pointing fingers of blame at each other. #Africa #Ethiopia #Tigray #TPLF #Eritrea #PretoriaAccord #TheContinent #AfricanJournalism
March 7, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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