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Vanessa Mballa, or the dream of a first medal

Offer Cameroon its first medal in judo. This is Vanessa Mballa's mission that will be fought on Friday, July 30. In order to participate in the race, she must meet the representative of Turkey, Kayra Sayit. In life, all dreams are allowed. This is what Vanessa Mballa has to say to herself, the four-time African champion, with…

Libya’s leaders are discussing the December elections with the AU

Libya's interim leader Mohammad Younes Menfi met with Congolese President Denis Sassou Nguesso, head of the African Union's conflict-ridden North African country, to discuss plans for elections in December. Libya's new transition leader emerged from a UN trial launched in November in Tunis, then voted on in Geneva and confirmed by Libya's parliament on March 10. The elections are tentatively set for December 24, but many conditions have not yet been met, Menfi and Sassou Nguesso said in a joint…

The Ennahdha party demands early elections

Following his removal from the presidency on Sunday, Hichem Mechichi, now the former Tunisian prime minister, said he was ready to step down. As for the main party in parliament, Ennahdha, which supports him, he condemned a coup, but after a political bureau was held that evening, he is now calling for early elections. The…

Libya to return to “square one” on elections

If Libya's national elections scheduled for December are delayed, the war-torn country will return to "square one" and unrest in 2011, the speaker said, with a new rival government likely to set up in the east. The election is seen in the West as a critical step in efforts to create stability in Libya, which has been in chaos since the NATO-backed uprising in 2011 against Muammar Gaddafi. Libya, a major oil and gas producer, was divided in 2014 between an internationally recognized government in the…

Restoration of African works of art:

In Britain, the issue of restoring the African heritage is regularly in the news. The country is full of museums where visitors can discover paintings and sculptures from around the world, but also works acquired during the time of the British colonial empire and which have now become embarrassing. as reported from London,When…

In the spotlight: political crisis in Tunisia

"President Kaïs Saïed attacks the institutions", headlineRelease. "The Tunisian head of state has given himself full executive powers, closed parliament and fired the prime minister. Deputies have started a sit-in and condemn a coup ". Here is the scene that Libéqui puts here sees "a coup of power by Kaïs Saïed".Le Figaroalso notes that the president gave Ennahdha a real "blow", but that "the border of the Islamist party…

Tunisia’s Prime Minister is leaving his large parliament

On Monday, most of Tunisia's political parties and parliamentary blocs blocked President Kais Saied's decision to suspend parliament and oust the government. On Sunday, Saied fired Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi, froze parliament and adopted the executive with the help of a new prime minister. The Ennahdha Movement, which has 53 seats in parliament with 217 members, rejected Saied's move and considered them contrary to the Tunisian constitution. Rached Ghannouchi, head of Ennahdha and speaker of the…

Chancellors urge Tunisia to avoid

In Tunisia, 36 hours after his prime minister was ousted and parliament suspended, President Kaïs Saïed announced on Monday, July 26, the resignation of the defense minister. The presidential strategy receives strong support from the political class. Ennahdha, for its part, still condemns "a coup" and the international community is worried about a possible authoritarian operation.…