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The Continent Issue 9 – 13 June 2020 African journalism. June 13 2020 ISSUE NO. 9 The Continent with A pan-African history of flags How red, green and gold came to define a continent The Continent Page 2 ISSUE 9. June 13 2020 Editorial Not all the dead are saints Wafa wanaka is a Shona expression. why did we have to wait centuries to It means, loosely, that all the dead are acknowledge this self-evident truth? saints. The closest equivalent in English This week, Burundi’s President is the aphorism, “Do not speak ill of the Pierre Nkurunziza died in office (see dead”. There are good reasons why cultures Why did we have to wait the world over choose to treat their centuries to acknowledge deceased with reverence. To spare the feelings of the family, perhaps; or to this self-evident truth? prevent the actions of the departed from returning to haunt the living. our obituary on page 15). The crimes But in recent weeks, no one has been committed under his rule have been well taking this injunction very seriously. documented – the rapes, the torture, the Inspired by the Black Lives Matter murders. He oversaw a reign of terror so movement, some parts of the world are violent that more than 400,000 citizens, now reconsidering their monuments – from a population of just 11-million, and their history. were forced to flee the country. The statue of a slave trader in Bristol He was no saint – and we will not was torn down by an angry crowd and wait centuries to say so. ■ dumped into a harbour. In Belgium, protesters have given the Belgian government an ultimatum to remove all busts and statues of King Leopold II – the monarch who orchestrated the deaths of 10-million Congolese in the early 20th century (see page 13). In Kentucky, the hand was chopped off a statue of Louis XVI, the French Cover photograph: The imperial colours king who oversaw one of the most of Ethiopia’s Emperor Haile Selassie – brutal slavocracies that the world has pictured here in an official ceremony in 1966 – inspired the flag design of 23 African ever seen. countries. Full story on page 17 (Photo: Not all the dead are saints. But Mondadori via Getty Images) The Continent ISSUE 9. June 13 2020 Page 3 Inside: Cover story: How the colours red, Obituary: Pierre Nkurunziza put green and gold came to define a politics before the pandemic. Now continent (p17) he’s dead (p15) Tanzania’s authoritarian creep The pandemic is killing Zambia’s continues (p9) democracy (p23) The Sudanese revolutionaries who Investigation: The luxury jet and the are now fighting Covid (p11) Nigerian oil minister (p26) Share real news The Continent is free to read, and free to share. We have no delivery trucks or roadside newspaper traders: we rely on you, our readers, to disseminate our newspaper. If you like our journalism, please share it with your friends and family - not indiscriminately, but with people and networks who you think might value the work that we do. The Continent Page 4 ISSUE 9. June 13 2020 Continental Drift In the headlines this week Samira Sawlani Madagascar and Chad Madagascar’s minister of education has flunked out of cabinet: Rijasoa Andriamanana was relieved of her position after spending $2.2-million on sweets for school children, to encourage them to take the government’s Covid-19 herbal remedy. It is proving, for some, to be a bitter pill to swallow. Instead of a spoonful of sugar to help this particular medicine go down, The Continent recommends a large pinch of salt – something that must be in short supply in Chad, which has just ordered a second consignment of Madagascar’s artemisia-based Covid- Organics remedy. Stranded: Ethiopian domestic No word on whether it also got a workers in Beirut have been discount deal on any huge stashes of abandoned by their employers and surplus sweets, but Chad is probably now by their embassy too (Photo: too busy giving its army leaders Marwan Naamani via Getty Images) their marching orders to indulge a sweet tooth: General Ahmat Koussou in the middle of the pandemic, and Moursaal was relieved of duty after Guinea got to vote in a controversial accusing President Idriss Déby of constitutional referendum, but Ethiopia neglecting troops and victims of former has decided it won’t send its own dictator Hissène Habré. citizens to the polls in August after all. Seems General Moursaal forgot that Parliament has voted to keep Prime one is not supposed to bite the hand Minister Abiy Ahmed in office for now, that feeds you sweets. and not everyone is okay with that. Opposition politician Keria Ibrahim Ethiopia resigned as speaker of the upper house Burundi went ahead with elections in protest, saying delaying the election The Continent ISSUE 9. June 13 2020 Page 5 was in violation of the constitution. And in Senegal, youthful protesters While those tensions simmer at took to the streets, angry over Covid-19 home, circumstances are growing more lockdown measures they say are distressing abroad: growing numbers crushing their economic prospects. of Ethiopians working as domestic And instead of responding with force, workers in Lebanon are seeking refuge the government...*checks notes*...eased at the consulate there, after being some of the measures. Maybe there’s turned out into the street by employers something to this people power thing hit by the country’s economic crisis. after all. But it seems the Ethiopian consulate is not opening its doors. So the women Equatorial Guinea are sleeping rough on its doorstep, and And, finally, there was a presidential have effectively been abandoned. birthday on the continent this week as Meanwhile Abiy Ahmed’s 2019 President Obiang Nguema turned 78. Nobel peace prize continues to gather The day featured a lovely cake adorned dust. with (you guessed it!) a photo of himself. The real icing on top is that he’s Tanzania, Djibouti, Mali and just two months away from celebrating Senegal 41 years in power. It just goes to show President John Magufuli has thanked that anything really is possible if you the people of Tanzania for eradicating just hang in there long enough – Covid-19 using the power of prayer. apparently you can even have your cake He has provided no evidence to and eat it. ■ support this claim – and urged people to continue taking precautions, just in case. In other countries, though, protest is proving more popular than prayer. Huge crowds came out in the Malian capital of Bamako, for instance, demanding the resignation of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, who they accuse of failing to manage the country’s economy and security situation. In Djibouti, demonstrations began following the circulation of a video clip featuring pilot Fouad Youssuf Ali, who said he had been tortured by authorities Cake boss: The president celebrates after being arrested, supposedly for his own reflection (Photo: treason. Government of Equatorial Guinea) FREE DELIVERY EVERY SATURDAY The Continent is a weekly newspaper designed to be read and shared on WhatsApp. It showcases the best of African journalism. And it’s free. Get your copy delivered to your phone or inbox every Saturday. And if you like what you read, forward it to your friends, family and colleagues – not indiscriminately, but only with people who might appreciate it. HOW TO SUBSCRIBE Email: [email protected] with ‘SUBSCRIBE’ in the subject box WhatsApp: Save +27 73 805 6068 on your phone, and send us a message saying ‘NEWS’ The Continent Share real news. with The Continent ISSUE 9. June 13 2020 Page 7 The Week in Numbers 200,000 60 The threshold of The number of Covid-19 cases Facebook accounts of crossed in Africa activists and bloggers this week. Just ten in Tunisia that were countries account recently deactivated for 75% of these without warning. cases, according Facebook claims the to the World Health deactivations were Organisation. South due to “a technical Africa is the worst- error”, but just 14 of affected – it alone these accounts have accounts for a been restored. Around quarter of all cases 60% of Tunisians in Africa. use the social media platform, and it is a (Photo: Oupa Nkosi) vital advocacy tool for 9-12 months civil society. $24,000 The length of time The amount of money that Ethiopia has that Tom Thabane delayed its general 40% (pictured), the former elections. This means The percentage prime minister of that Prime Minister by which Nigeria’s Lesotho, and his Abiy Ahmed could government proposes wife allegedly paid to have an extra year to slash its budget for assassins to have his in office – or even primary healthcare. ex-wife killed in 2017. longer if there are Pandemic, what The figure comes further delays. The pandemic? The from a police affidavit. parliamentarians who decreased budget is Thabane has not yet approved the delay supposedly due to a been charged with the said that the vote will sharp decline in oil murder, although his only be rescheduled revenues. Nigeria current wife is already once the threat currently spends less in custody and awaiting from Covid-19 has than 5% of its federal trial. diminished. budget on health. datadesk Datadesk, the M&G centre for data Brought to you by the Mail & Guardian’s Data Desk. journalism, produced this story The Continent Page 8 ISSUE 9. June 13 2020 News Zimbabwe ‘There’s Hard talk: Generals address the media in 2017 during the military nothing to coup (Photo: Jekesai Njikizana/AFP) These claims have been accompanied see here’ this month by a flurry of arrests of Zimbabwe denies coup perceived critics of the state.
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