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...

A Nairobi court this week sentenced four convicted ant smugglers from Belgium, Vietnam and Kenya to each pay a $7,700 fine, or spend one year in jail, for attempting to smuggle 5,440 Giant African Harvester Queen Ants out of the country.

Don’t go putting our ants in your pants

It doesn’t matter how Belgian you are, you can’t have any more African colonies.

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