Guinea-Bissau’s deposed President Embalo arrives in Senegal after coup Senegal's Foreign Ministry says Umaro Sissoco Embalo arrived in the country a day after he was deposed in military coup.

Senegal's Foreign Ministry says Umaro Sissoco Embalo arrived in the country a day after he was deposed in military coup.

NGO accused of mismanaging Chad’s oldest national park African Parks runs conservation sites all over the continent. Former staff describe the organisation’s operations as a ‘shitshow’ of toxic mismanagement and lawlessness.

African Parks runs conservation sites all over the continent. Former staff describe the organisation’s operations as a ‘shitshow’ of toxic mismanagement and lawlessness.

Rosebell’s photo in black and white with words The First Breath announcing a TEDX event in Berlin

If you are in Berlin next week! Come join us! Tickets: tedxberlin.de/events/the-f...

1/2 The Standard New York Times Expose Slave trade billions DIRTY MONEY Kenya's labour-migration boom has morphed into a political goldmine. For the country's most vulnerable women, it has become a conveyor belt of abuse, betrayal and State-enabled exploitation. An investigation reveals how President William Ruto's government, instead of protecting domestic workers brutalised in Saudi Arabia, has aligned itself with a lucrative staffing industry rife with political ownership. conflicts of interest and gutted worker safeguards with the First Family's insurance firm at the heart of the business.

The Times investigation on labour exploitation of Kenyans in the Gulf, facilitated by a companies owned by wealthy Kenyans including the President and his family, is on the front page of one of the local newspapers (and indeed the main topic of conversation in Kenya).

CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination Audio recordings, intercepted phone calls and other intelligence link Mohammed bin Salman to killing that Saudis say was conducted by rogue elements.

A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.

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Elsevier has a 38% profit margin, and the other journal publishers aren't far behind.

Nestle accused of risking baby heath in Africa, Asia and Latin America NGO says Swiss food giant is 'putting the health of babies at risk for profit' by adding sugar to babyfood.

NGO says Swiss food giant is 'putting the health of babies at risk for profit' by adding sugar to babyfood.

Saudi Arabia: Migrant workers behind the Riyadh Metro system subjected to decade of devastating abuse Migrant workers who travelled to Saudi Arabia to work on the Riyadh Metro project were forced to pay exorbitant recruitment fees, worked in dangerous heat and earned pitiful wages during a decade of s...

“Migrant workers who travelled to Saudi Arabia to work on the Riyadh Metro project were forced to pay exorbitant recruitment fees, worked in dangerous heat and earned pitiful wages during a decade of serious abuse, Amnesty International revealed in a new report.”

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The N.Y.P.D. Prepares for Mayor Mamdani and a New Era in Public Safety

This piece makes it sound totally normal that the police gets to decide whether or not to "work with" Mamdani as mayor, and it continues, as nearly all the paper's coverage, to wield normative terms like "moderate" and left" in a prejudicial way. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/n...

And Clinton's Crime Bill.

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This is nauseating: “As the emails stretch through the years, they show how that protected realm vanished into the mists of time, pulled under by the rising forces of the internet and the #MeToo movement.” A “Gone With the Wind” framing for sexual abuse and harassment.

Behind the story: Desire Nimubona raises awareness of important issues in the African Great Lakes region As part of our "Behind the Story" challenge fundraising campaign, we feature Desire Nimubona from Burundi, who shares why working on a particular story was important. Please consider donating to keep GV strong.

Behind the story: Desire Nimubona raises awareness of important issues in the African Great Lakes region

Watching disabled people around the world mourn Alice is a reminder of the good aspect of the internet. 30 years ago, few people outside of SF would ever have known Alice existed. I never would have met her. The internet connected us all. Let’s honor Alice’s memory by using that power and community.

Some straight talk about Nigeria's 'Christian genocide' controversy A long post documenting the history of religious strife in Nigeria and critiquing popular arguments surrounding a complicated debate

"Among Western... commentators there is a tendency to enmesh it within a framework of the domestic culture wars in their societies. They have repurposed a debate about the persecution of Nigerian Christians for the globalization of their local grievances."

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After all the revelations about Epstein and all his various Harvard pals -- Larry Summers, Alan Dershowitz, Elisa New, etc etc. -- alumni are going to stop saying they went to college "outside of Boston" and start lying that they went to Tufts.

@sfdirewolf.bsky.social just passed away. What a heartbreaking loss. And a reminder of how important Teen Vogue was.

South Africa to investigate ‘mysterious’ arrival of 153 Palestinians on plane Passengers held on runway for 12 hours after landing in Johannesburg without travel documents

“The Palestinians had no idea where they were bundled off to, only when in Kenya did they realise they were coming to South Africa. Some had visas for Canada, Australia and Malaysia, they were eventually permitted to leave for those countries.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

My most woke opinion is that "woke" at root is a beautiful concept: active socio-political consciousness in the context of the Black American liberation struggle. And the way it's been turned into a sneering pejorative is one of the ugliest things I've ever seen in Western political discourse.

This is the illustrated cover of The Continent (dated 15 November 2025, Issue 220). At the top, the headline reads: “Mali’s junta is running out of gas.” The scene is set in a dry, dusty desert landscape. In the centre-left is an abandoned petrol station. Its roof is sagging, the windows are cracked, and thick cobwebs cover the fuel pumps. Two vultures perch on the roof, panting with their tongues hanging out. Near the petrol station lies a set of bleached animal bones — a full ribcage and skull. On the right side of the image is a donkey struggling under an impossible burden. On its back is a mountain of luggage: pots, suitcases, buckets, sacks, and rolled-up bedding. Five people cling to the donkey as passengers — men, women and a child — all looking worried, tired, or anxious. The donkey itself is sweating heavily, its eyes wide with strain. At the top of the luggage pile is a battered “TAXI” sign.

All Protocol Observed

Welcome to Issue 220 of The Continent

With insurgencies on the rise, Mali’s military rulers can’t secure a stable supply of fuel. Amid a growing crackdown on media, tankers are under attack, pumps are dry, and Bamako is grinding to a halt.

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A Dutch war cemetery added displays showing black US soldiers. Then they were quietly removed Relatives fear the move is part of ‘the same virus affecting the US’, as historians and politicians say it coincided with Trump’s DEI purge

Can you believe this? The American Battle Monuments Commission, a U.S. gov. agency, ordered the removal of displays honouring the Black soldiers who helped liberate the Netherlands. These men fought & died for freedom, & now their contributions are being erased. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

It's being an extraordinary warm November in Europe where hundreds of records have fallen from West to East from South to North.
The exception is Italy,which is also the only country worldwide which hasn' t broken a single heat record in the whole season and is not expected to do so

Map by Dr. Maue

How many times has Israel violated the Gaza ceasefire? Here are the numbers Since the ceasefire took effect one month ago, Israeli attacks have killed at least 242 Palestinians and injured 622.

Since the ceasefire took effect one month ago, Israeli attacks have killed at least 242 Palestinians and injured 622.

Sudan medics accuse RSF of burning, burying bodies to conceal ‘genocide’ People fleeing el-Fasher for Al Dabbah tell Al Jazeera many died on the way from wounds or lack of food.

People fleeing el-Fasher for Al Dabbah tell Al Jazeera many died on the way from wounds or lack of food.

"Tens of thousands of Palestinians in the West Bank have been displaced since the start of this year and continue to face settler violence, which is at a record high, fueled by genocidal rhetoric from politicians," writes Kholood Eid in her Issue No. 8 essay hammerandhope.org/article/gaza...

Im so exhausted yall, I dont know how to tell you how desperate our friends in Gaza are, because prices haven't gone down, aid is not flowing freely, there is no infrastructure and no work, but no one is donating. The horrors continue, the stress accumulates and they are all confused and frustrated

Mexico president to seek charges after being groped on street Claudia Sheinbaum says she is pressing charges because "a line must be drawn" against the harassment of Mexican women.

The thing about being a woman and navigating the world, is that you are never safe from being sexually harassed by strangers even if you are a freaking head of state.
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Yes and yet several European countries are embracing a far-right worldview that would burn these policies to the ground, so let’s be not be smug or complacent here - particularly as Mamdani‘s pro-immigration stance is radical by European standards.

On taxes and our vampire states Drained, disregarded, and discarded – we are not the tax base African governments dream of.

Only 18% of Africans are in formal employment. The wealthiest evade most taxes, particularly on property ownership and capital gains, because states underinvest in property and company registries. Our states want taxes but don’t care to create formal jobs or invest in robust infrastructure.

Trying to bring back racism with Data !!!

if we actually don’t want another round of hell?

We have to actually hold folks accountable for this

RSF says it agrees to ceasefire in Sudan war Paramilitary says it will accept a ceasefire proposed by the Quad mediators - the US, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the UAE.

Paramilitary says it will accept a ceasefire proposed by the Quad mediators - the US, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the UAE.