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  1. Part 5 of @thecontinent.org's #MuseumOfStolenHistory is dedicated to #Okukor, the rooster that stood in a dining hall at Cambridge University for over 114 years before it returned to #Nigeria in 2021, where it was looted from #Benin in 1897.

    pp. 15-18: thecontinent.org/_files/ugd/28

  2. Part 2 in @thecontinent's #MuseumOfStolenHistory series covers Tewodros' II, King of Kings of Abyssinia, gold crown - looted during the British Army’s 1868 siege of Maqdala.

    continent.substack.com/p/the-m

  3. Part 2 in @thecontinent's #MuseumOfStolenHistory series covers Tewodros' II, King of Kings of Abyssinia, gold crown - looted during the British Army’s 1868 siege of Maqdala.

    continent.substack.com/p/the-m

  4. Part 2 in @thecontinent's #MuseumOfStolenHistory series covers Tewodros' II, King of Kings of Abyssinia, gold crown - looted during the British Army’s 1868 siege of Maqdala.

    continent.substack.com/p/the-m

  5. Part 2 in @thecontinent's #MuseumOfStolenHistory series covers Tewodros' II, King of Kings of Abyssinia, gold crown - looted during the British Army’s 1868 siege of Maqdala.

    continent.substack.com/p/the-m

  6. Part 2 in @thecontinent's #MuseumOfStolenHistory series covers Tewodros' II, King of Kings of Abyssinia, gold crown - looted during the British Army’s 1868 siege of Maqdala.

    continent.substack.com/p/the-m

  7. ⬆️ @Ruth_Mottram @thecontinent

    >> Reminder from.the ever excellent @thecontinent that the #Ukraine invasion and conflict with #Russia has long tentacles in #Africa too

    Africa is going to be a major theater in the next global conflict, and Russia is taking large swaths of #theContinent virtually unopposed, as #France, #US, and the West withdraw from #Niger, #Mali, #BurkinaFaso, #Benin, #Togo, …

    That leaves #Wagner, #AlQaeda, #JNIM, and coupist #junta in power over large parts of the continent.

  8. ⬆️ @Ruth_Mottram @thecontinent

    >> Reminder from.the ever excellent @thecontinent that the #Ukraine invasion and conflict with #Russia has long tentacles in #Africa too

    Africa is going to be a major theater in the next global conflict, and Russia is taking large swaths of #theContinent virtually unopposed, as #France, #US, and the West withdraw from #Niger, #Mali, #BurkinaFaso, #Benin, #Togo, …

    That leaves #Wagner, #AlQaeda, #JNIM, and coupist #junta in power over large parts of the continent.

  9. ⬆️ @Ruth_Mottram @thecontinent

    >> Reminder from.the ever excellent @thecontinent that the #Ukraine invasion and conflict with #Russia has long tentacles in #Africa too

    Africa is going to be a major theater in the next global conflict, and Russia is taking large swaths of #theContinent virtually unopposed, as #France, #US, and the West withdraw from #Niger, #Mali, #BurkinaFaso, #Benin, #Togo, …

    That leaves #Wagner, #AlQaeda, #JNIM, and coupist #junta in power over large parts of the continent.

  10. From The Continent @thecontinent Issue 161

    Push to recognise Palestine statehood wins more support

    On Tuesday, The Bahamas announced that it had decided to recognise Palestine as a state. Five countries in the European Union are also reportedly considering the move: Ireland, Spain, Slovenia, Malta and Norway. Jamaica recognised it in April. Currently, 139 of the United Nations' 193 member states recognise Palestinian statehood…

    #Palestine #internationalNews #TheContinent #statehood

  11. From The Continent @thecontinent Issue 161

    Push to recognise Palestine statehood wins more support

    On Tuesday, The Bahamas announced that it had decided to recognise Palestine as a state. Five countries in the European Union are also reportedly considering the move: Ireland, Spain, Slovenia, Malta and Norway. Jamaica recognised it in April. Currently, 139 of the United Nations' 193 member states recognise Palestinian statehood…

    #Palestine #internationalNews #TheContinent #statehood

  12. #AfricanNews accounts to follow:

    ➡️ @thecontinent - Pan-African online newspaper run by non-profit based in South Africa
    ➡️ @TUKOcoke - Kenyan online news site
    ➡️ @ZekuZelalem - Award-winning investigative reporter covering Ethiopia and Horn of Africa
    ➡️ @beverly_ochieng - Security & media analyst focused on Africa
    ➡️ @teachersupdates - Education news in Kenya
    ➡️ @index - Business news in Mozambique

    #Africa #African #Kenya #Ethiopia

  13. Part 8 of the #MuseumOfStolenHistory series in @thecontinent is not only shedding light on the #ekori headgear, originally worn to signify their status by the #Herero and #Himba women - but also one of the darkest chapters in German #ColonialHistory:

    continent.substack.com/p/the-m

  14. Part 8 of the #MuseumOfStolenHistory series in @thecontinent is not only shedding light on the #ekori headgear, originally worn to signify their status by the #Herero and #Himba women - but also one of the darkest chapters in German #ColonialHistory:

    continent.substack.com/p/the-m

  15. Part 8 of the #MuseumOfStolenHistory series in @thecontinent is not only shedding light on the #ekori headgear, originally worn to signify their status by the #Herero and #Himba women - but also one of the darkest chapters in German #ColonialHistory:

    continent.substack.com/p/the-m

  16. Part 8 of the #MuseumOfStolenHistory series in @thecontinent is not only shedding light on the #ekori headgear, originally worn to signify their status by the #Herero and #Himba women - but also one of the darkest chapters in German #ColonialHistory:

    continent.substack.com/p/the-m

  17. Part 8 of the #MuseumOfStolenHistory series in @thecontinent is not only shedding light on the #ekori headgear, originally worn to signify their status by the #Herero and #Himba women - but also one of the darkest chapters in German #ColonialHistory:

    continent.substack.com/p/the-m

  18. And in Part IV of @thecontinent's #MuseumOfStolenHistory we meet: #Ghost and #Darkness, the two lions who became (in)famous as "The Man-eaters of #Tsavo" among late 19th century railway construction workers in today's Kenya (and in a 1996 Hollywood movie).

    continent.substack.com/p/the-m

  19. And in Part IV of @thecontinent's #MuseumOfStolenHistory we meet: #Ghost and #Darkness, the two lions who became (in)famous as "The Man-eaters of #Tsavo" among late 19th century railway construction workers in today's Kenya (and in a 1996 Hollywood movie).

    continent.substack.com/p/the-m

  20. And in Part IV of @thecontinent's #MuseumOfStolenHistory we meet: #Ghost and #Darkness, the two lions who became (in)famous as "The Man-eaters of #Tsavo" among late 19th century railway construction workers in today's Kenya (and in a 1996 Hollywood movie).

    continent.substack.com/p/the-m

  21. And in Part IV of @thecontinent's #MuseumOfStolenHistory we meet: #Ghost and #Darkness, the two lions who became (in)famous as "The Man-eaters of #Tsavo" among late 19th century railway construction workers in today's Kenya (and in a 1996 Hollywood movie).

    continent.substack.com/p/the-m

  22. And in Part IV of @thecontinent's #MuseumOfStolenHistory we meet: #Ghost and #Darkness, the two lions who became (in)famous as "The Man-eaters of #Tsavo" among late 19th century railway construction workers in today's Kenya (and in a 1996 Hollywood movie).

    continent.substack.com/p/the-m

  23. CW: DRCpol

    Das Cover der neuen Ausgabe von @thecontinent scheint etwas drastisch. Dennoch wird bei der abgebildeten Konferenz mit Gewehrläufen und Menschenleben um das Zuhause vieler Menschen gepokert. Und das mal eben von #EAC Und #SADC.

    Karin Bensch gibt eine gut recherchierte Zusammenfassung der Konfliktlage und (Verwertungs-)Interessen im #Ostkongo.

    tagesschau.de/multimedia/audio

  24. CW: DRCpol

    Das Cover der neuen Ausgabe von @thecontinent scheint etwas drastisch. Dennoch wird bei der abgebildeten Konferenz mit Gewehrläufen und Menschenleben um das Zuhause vieler Menschen gepokert. Und das mal eben von #EAC Und #SADC.

    Karin Bensch gibt eine gut recherchierte Zusammenfassung der Konfliktlage und (Verwertungs-)Interessen im #Ostkongo.

    tagesschau.de/multimedia/audio

  25. I introduced 2 colleagues to @thecontinent today. They're working on a #ClimateAtlas to assist #ClimateAdaptation in #Ghana and had not heard about the new anti-LGBTI legislation that was on its way

    Thanks to #TheContinent I had - a friendly reminder that mainstream news outside #Africa is not always very broad. So give them some support...

    mastodon.nl/@nrc_nl/1120109360
    [email protected] - Ghanees parlement keurt strenge lhtbi-wet goed, lange gevangenisstraf mogelijk nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/02/28/ghane