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If court appeals fail, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah will become Namibia's fifth president next March. Every one of those presidents, including her, has come from the governing Swapo, which took power in 1990 after the country got its independence from South Africa.

First woman president crowned after peaceful poll

But the election was a bit of a shambles, critics say.

A football fixture in Guinea staged in honour of the president ended like the 2009 protest against Dadis Camara: in tragedy.

Horrific end to ‘Dear Leader’ football match

A fixture staged in honour of the president ended like the 2009 protest against Dadis Camara: in tragedy.

French foreign lesions: Colonial atrocities are finally catching up to Paris, and Macron’s government is too weak to put up a fight.

French foreign lesions: This reckoning is overdue

Colonial atrocities are finally catching up to Paris, and Macron’s government is too weak to put up a fight.

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The issue of Ghana’s national debt will decide 7 December’s presidential election. Much depends on the length of voters’ memories. Francis Kokutse reports from Accra.

It’s the stupid economy

Both leading candidates in this weekend’s election helped to create Ghana’s economic mess.

All Protocol Observed Welcome to Issue 185 of The Continent France isn't having a great month. This week, its government collapsed. And last week, not one but two of its former African colonies told it to get lost. A lot of western analysts are blaming Russia. This misses the point. https://bit.ly/TC185

Test of time: A teacher monitors pupils as they write their end-of-year exams in the northern Sudanese village of Usli, which is home to sites of archaeological renown, some dating back to 1,500 BC. Photo: AFP

REVIEW: The British Museum is a cemetery, a place where human remains are kept. Bones, skulls and more, some local to the United Kingdom but much, much more from its former colonies says a new book by Noah Angell. https://continent.substack.com/p/review-the-spirit-of-our-past-stalks