A self-funded convoy of lawyers, doctors, farmers, students and families is winding its way overland across North Africa, heading east from Tunis to Egypt’s Rafah border crossing. Their goal is to break Israel’s siege of Gaza.

Civilian convoy in overland bid to break past Israel blockade

With governments cracking down on pro-Palestine actions, a North African caravan aims to push through the siege.

On average, doctors in Ethiopia earn just $80 a month – a fraction of what their counterparts elsewhere in Africa take home. Now, doctors and healthcare workers are going on strike to demand better pay. But instead of negotiating, the government is locking them up.

Doctors on strike, Ethiopian government on the attack

Doctors and healthcare workers are going on strike to demand better pay. But instead of negotiating, the government is locking them up.

President Trump’s so-called “big beautiful bill,” includes a 3.5% tax on remittances by non-citizens. New analysis by The Continent shows this could raise transaction costs to over 9% in at least eight African countries, especially for small transfers.

Trump tax will cost some African senders 10% of remittance

According to the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, the average cost of sending remittances to Africa is 7.4%, even before the Trump tax kicks in.

Trying to weather the storm Amid worsening drought and crop failure, Africans are adjusting their lives and habits to climate change. Check out Afrobarometer’s latest survey in this week’s issue of The Continent: https://bit.ly/202_TC

Two DJs played a 24-hour set in an unfinished arts centre in Kampala — not for clout, but to help build it. Locals danced, kids joined in, and their livestreamed gig raised money to get the job done. As DJ Kampire puts it, "The only antidote to despair is to do something."

A 24-hour rave to build Uganda’s first contemporary art centre

‘The antidote to despair is to do something. And to do it with your friends and community.’

We Built This City is a limited series of photo essays by The Continent on African cities. This week, we are in Lilongwe with James Jamu.

Lilongwe, and how we hold the space we make

We Built This City is a limited series of photo essays by The Continent on African cities. This week, we are in Lilongwe with James Jamu.

We Built This City is a limited series of photo essays by The Continent on African cities. This week, we are in Addis Ababa with Amanuel Sileshi.

Addis, alive and unrelenting

We Built This City is a limited series of photo essays by The Continent on African cities. This week, we are in Addis Ababa with Amanuel Sileshi.

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All Protocol Observed. Welcome to Issue 200 of The Continent. In an exclusive investigation, reporters went undercover to expose how Zimbabwe's ruling party, Zanu-PF, helped rig Mozambique’s election. Get your copy of this week's edition here: https://bit.ly/200_TC

Arab artists are leaning east towards the Gulf states, which are pouring billions of dollars into culture to push past their ‘petrostate’ image on the world stage. It’s hurting feelings in Cairo.

Out of Egypt: Art flows where the money goes

Arab artists are leaning east towards the Gulf states, which are pouring billions of dollars into culture to push past their ‘petrostate’ image...