Simon Allison
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Co-founder and International Editor @TheContinent_. 'Unrepentant dunderhead', according to @ProfJNMoyo.
Johannesburg, South Africa
Joined June 2010
This is the most alarming story I've worked on in a while. The French billionaire Vincent Bollore, described as "the French Rupert Murdoch", is trying to bring Africa's biggest broadcaster - MultiChoice, that's DStv, ShowMax and SuperSport - into his "right wing media empire".
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RT @Wacera_K: If you’re trying to understand what’s happening in Goma, I highly recommend this week’s issue of @thecontinent_ . It’s free t….
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RT @LibanJourno: "They dragged 10 men in front of us and killed them all at once", . My latest report for @thecontinent_ on the massacres i….
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RT @ZvikoDM: This week inside @thecontinent_.Climate: We can only adapt to, .not stop, catastrophe.Morocco: Everybody’s free to .be a ganja….
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RT @MariaSTsehai: Hivi vyama vya ukombozi vikikaa sana vinageuka kuwa ya kikoloni 🚮.@thecontinent_ put it very well! If voting it out is a….
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RT @SolomonADersso: Catching up with the latest news from around the continent & some great analysis, as I take a few hours of break from t….
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RT @thecontinent_: All Protocol Observed. Welcome to Issue 178 of The Continent. In this week's issue: Cameroon’s Schrödinger's president….
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RT @mbeatowe: La couverture de ce jour du numéro 178 du magazine hebdomadaire sud-africain @thecontinent_. "Avez-vous vu Biya?" Téléchargez….
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RT @gijnAfrica: In February, somewhere in northwestern Ethiopia, 30+ civilians were killed in a drone strike. But amid official denials, it….
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RT @KiriRupiah: ICYMI: If you’re an African newsroom you don’t have to call azaman to republish @thecontinent_ stories. Contact us on read@….
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RT @_stopdropnroll_: in a more just/accurate media environment, this kind of background paragraph/boilerplate would be in every article abo….
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