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Students, scholars and @zammagazine came together in Groningen to reimagine Europe and visualise change, disruption and repair. Why are the hands that extract the minerals not represented in the cloud? https://t.co/UPT6oaIGUs

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New newsletter issue coming tomorrow July 8th 2026!

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Ever since the capture of much of the eastern DRC by Rwanda-aligned rebel movements, journalists in the region have been forced to work under new, dictatorial, rulers. Broadcasting bans, muzzled sources, and more. Read here:https://t.co/3CrouQXLiY
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Selay Kouassi @selaymariusk, author of the Cote d’Ivoire chapter of the Election Circus Transnational Investigation, explains what role EU funding played in Côte d'Ivoire's fraudulent elections https://t.co/DbVCi0oSa9

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South Africa’s post-apartheid Constitution is paving the way for the decriminalisation of sex work in the country. "A win for vulnerable communities." See https://t.co/nf1Ja5fCSD

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Exploiting health scarcity is when anti-vax researchers go to a desperately poor country to conduct a medical trial to see if babies really need vaccines. Read https://t.co/mlJ88dJhcP

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Besides the US happily asking Kenya to receive highly infectious American Ebola patients: have Kenyan authorities greenlighted this and not told Kenyan citizens? Says one of the comments below: "I believe (president) Ruto has had his cut already." #poisonouspartnership #ebola.

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Two imperial powers fighting for treasure maps that show Congolese wealth. Congolese leadership seems to have already sold to one. "We are left with tears." https://t.co/uJPXLeQsGS

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According to Ugandan friends, many copies were bought when the Monitor daily published our https://t.co/Jn2RoQibye. The EU still seems intimidated by the regime, but at least our colleagues in journalism are brave!

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Ivory Coast's electoral commission was disbanded on the day that https://t.co/daSzYtwTh1 was published by 4 media in that country! "We clearly contributed to the momentum for reform, exposing critical issues at a pivotal moment" says author @selaymariusk
https://t.co/UZLPSzw08V

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EU’s elections support in Africa serves “to keep the exports flowing and the migrants out of Europe.”
For five months, investigative journalists traced 100+ million from Europe for elections in five African countries. Elections Circus. Launching on 6 May.

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273 Mozambican villagers won a landmark settlement after our 2016 ruby mining investigation. Six years on, @EvelynGroenink and Estacio Valoi ask: was it really a win? https://t.co/WvPrjR6KU0

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Yesterday, the BBC (UK) and the NOS (NL) reported that Kenyan police had arrested a man for recruiting Kenyans for the Russian army. The reports confirm ZAM's investigation 'Migrant battalion', from mid 2025: https://t.co/KpSoKeezEH
https://t.co/9MZpQ8fIhy.

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On April 30th 2025, Maasai youth disrupted the signing of a carbon offsetting project agreement in Kajiado county, Kenya. On the face of it, they had simply rejected a controversial carbon project. However, they would also expose..
https://t.co/eLLOJeoHE0
M.Siele @AfUncensored

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Image source: Ukweli Media Hub. Évariste Ndayishimiye, the President of Burundi making a speech in Gitega. Design by ZAM

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Burundi’s new capital, the showcase city of Gitega, is dressed to the nines...
Yet behind this façade lie deep-seated economic and political crises. Thousands of desperate young people are leaving their homes to try their luck in neighbouring countries...
https://t.co/t0YJaD47K9

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Read now @Internazionale's republication of the article "When art becomes both refuge and resistance" written by Aminata Konaté with images by Nybé Ponzio @Nybeponzio.

Read here: https://t.co/A1YspingMK

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ZAM Magazine is searching for photojournalists and documentary photographers across the African continent who are aligned with ZAM's mission and what we stand for.

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The Nelson Mandela Lecture has been postponed to February 2027.

This shift offers ZAM a welcome opportunity to build on the remarkable momentum of the 2025 edition, with John-Allan Namu’s keynote, Souls on Fire: The Global Quest for Freedom
and Dignity
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6) Lesotho-born artist, researcher, and lawyer Thato Toeba, working with Buro Stedelijk, wins the FNB Art Prize, 2025.

https://t.co/VBp0EEIcvM

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As we step into 2026 with optimism, we celebrate 6 stories from 2025:
1 Undaunted - NAIRE
2 John-Allan Namu’s Nelson Mandela Lecture
3 Launch of https://t.co/AavkL2uQ0n
4 Glitching the Future @ Fak’ugesi
5 Lindokuhle Sobekwa wins Börse Prize
6) Toeba wins FNB Art Prize

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5) The South African Lindokuhle Sobekwa wins the prestigious Börse Prize at the Photographers’ Gallery in London on May 15, 2025.
https://t.co/1L3IGSz0nV