@simonallison

Co-founder and International Editor @TheContinent_. 'Unrepentant dunderhead', according to @ProfJNMoyo.

 Johannesburg, South Africa
thecontinent.org/
Joined June 2010
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Natasha Kimani@Wacera_K2 Feb 2025
If you’re trying to understand what’s happening in Goma, I highly recommend this week’s issue of @thecontinent_ . It’s free to access via WhatsApp and it’s the most comprehensive weekly newspaper on matters Africa.
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Simon Allison@simonallison10 Dec 2024
Attention all readers of @thecontinent_! All protocol observed. Help us shape the future of the newspaper by completing this reader survey (we only collect data that you give us willingly. No cookies. No identifying information). forms.gle/REtRDd7XwCedsFXT7

The Continent Reader Survey 2024

All protocol observed. Our goal is for The Continent to be the most important source of African news for anyone, anywhere. To get there, we need your help and we want to learn from you. When we...

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You should read The Continent @thecontinent_ #PolitricksUK #AfricaNotPlayingAnymore
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Liban Mahamed@LibanJourno1 Nov 2024
"They dragged 10 men in front of us and killed them all at once", My latest report for @thecontinent_ on the massacres in Sudan's Gezira state. Latest death toll suggest more than 500 people may have been killed #KeepEyesOnSudan
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Our piece made tbe front page of @thecontinent_ .
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Cláudio Silva@CaipLounge26 Oct 2024
Que capa, @thecontinent_
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Kenanao Phele@kfphele26 Oct 2024
Front page of the @thecontinent_ today.
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Hivi vyama vya ukombozi vikikaa sana vinageuka kuwa ya kikoloni 🚮 @thecontinent_ put it very well! If voting it out is a challenge - what option does that leave? 😰 CCM ile ya Kambarage mmekuwa CAPTURED na wahuni waliogeuka kuwa wakoloni weusi! Ila #TutaelewanaTu
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Catching up with the latest news from around the continent & some great analysis, as I take a few hours of break from the past two weeks of daily and relentless work at the 81st session of the ACHPR in Banjul & while getting a bite before retiring for the day via @thecontinent_
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All Protocol Observed. Welcome to Issue 178 of The Continent. In this week's issue: Cameroon’s Schrödinger's president. The people who jump off Joburg skyscrapers. And the slow death of the West (but you knew that already, didn’t you?). bit.ly/TC178
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La couverture de ce jour du numéro 178 du magazine hebdomadaire sud-africain @thecontinent_. "Avez-vous vu Biya?" Téléchargez-le gratuitement ici: thecontinent.org/_files/ugd/…
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GIJN Africa@gijnAfrica15 Oct 2024
In February, somewhere in northwestern Ethiopia, 30+ civilians were killed in a drone strike. But amid official denials, it was impossible to pinpoint where. @thecontinent_ has geolocated the location of the massacre in Ethiopia. Here's the story 👉 buff.ly/3BSkNRA
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nick roll@_stopdropnroll_13 Oct 2024
in a more just/accurate media environment, this kind of background paragraph/boilerplate would be in every article about immigration and Europe As seen in @thecontinent_
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On the back of the #StopGalamseyNow and #FreeTheCitizens protests, I contributed on a story in @thecontinent_ reminding that Akufo-Addo is as culpable for the galamsey ecocide as the people dumping mercury in our rivers. Read the full story here: bit.ly/TC177 – at Accra, Ghana
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Kofi Yeboah@kofiemeritus12 Oct 2024
This piece by @simonallison asks an important question - who holds powerful countries like the US accountable when their automated weapons kill civilians in less powerful countries in Africa?
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Geolocating a massacre in Ethiopia
The Continent@thecontinent_12 Oct 2024
All Protocol Observed. Welcome to Issue 177 of The Continent. In this week's issue: Geolocating a massacre in Ethiopia. Digging for gold in Ghana. And a little bit of Africa in Buenos Aires. Read it here: bit.ly/TC177
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Sarah Mersch@sarah81m12 Oct 2024
Worth reading with several articles on the use of drones in wars on the continent
The Continent@thecontinent_12 Oct 2024
All Protocol Observed. Welcome to Issue 177 of The Continent. In this week's issue: Geolocating a massacre in Ethiopia. Digging for gold in Ghana. And a little bit of Africa in Buenos Aires. Read it here: bit.ly/TC177
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La journaliste @EkupedorcasE était pour l’hebdomadaire sud-africain @thecontinent_ dans l’extrême nord de notre pays. Elle a constaté ceci👇🏾. Téléchargez gratuitement le magazine en version pdf ici: thecontinent.org/
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Jozef Naudts@NaudtsJozef12 Oct 2024
Much appreciation to ⁦@thecontinent_⁩ for their latest issue, focussing on how the use of combat drones has changed warfare in #Africa. Good investigative work also geolocating the site of a war crime in the #Amhara region of #Ethiopia. Accountability is important.
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Pheladi Sethusa@pheladi_s12 Oct 2024
“… public officials work the media as an arena for performance rather than information... US officials are well-practiced at this dance that generates heat rather than light, drama rather than knowledge.” - Patrick Gathara in @thecontinent_ this week 👌🏾🔥
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