West Africa

Hamed is the name of an elephant that has been talked about in Ivory Coast for five years. According to the authorities, he moves from village to village and destroys plantations, huts, motorcycles and cars. Although he moved to a private reserve, N'zi River Lodge Park, in September last year, the pachyderm continues to cause damage.…

In Senegal, the public transport company Dakar Dem Dikk has resumed liaison services since Monday, August 23, suspended due to the resurgence of the Covid-19 pandemic since July 17. as reported from Dakar, Théa OlivierNow that the new cases of Covid-19 are less numerous, the public company has decided to reopen the lines to the…

The Chadian contingent deployed in the three border zones (Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso) by 1,200 men has halved. The reason given by the Chadian authorities is a strategic reassignment to make the G5 Sahel force more operational in the theater for operations against terrorism. Does this withdrawal leave a void on the ground? Not…

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The Togolese state will cover tuition fees for all students in public colleges and high schools for the academic year 2021-22. A measure announced this weekend by the government that surprised parents of students ahead of the evening of the school year, which was planned for September. A decision is welcomed in different ways. .

Senegal officially launched the Orsec plan to deal with the floods affecting certain areas in the suburbs of Dakar and in the interior of the country. This Sunday, August 22, the Interior Minister visited the places affected by heavy rainfall noted at the end of the week. A visit that took place far from demonstrations by people who are tired of reliving these floods. Demonstrations are spread by the…

The terrorist attack on Wednesday, August 18, in which 80 people died, took place in the northern part of the country on the Gorgadji-Abinda axis, an area that has been difficult to access since 2019 and regularly targeted by terrorist groups. Why is this area so targeted? To understand this, RFI contacted this expert…

At the end of a game full of twists and turns, Senegal won 5-3 against Portugal in their second match in the group game of the Beach Soccer World Cup in Russia. As in the two previous editions, the Senegalese will play the quarterfinals. The meeting had started rather badly for Senegal, but the Lions in Teranga were able to…

In Burkina Faso, after the city of Tenkodogo, the regional hospital center in Dori, in the Sahel region, is experimenting with this new patient care procedure. The new platform is designed and set up by Burkinabè technicians from the Ministry of Digital Economy and aims to improve health care provision by allowing the people of the regions to benefit from specialist expertise in managing their sanitary…

Installed on August 5, 2021, the new office of the Confederation of Cotton Producers of Mali held its first meeting in the city of Koutialia on Thursday, August 19. Objective: to introduce its members to thousands of producers in this agricultural zone but also to support the transition. Following the recommendations of the national meetings in the sector, in addition to the fertilizer subsidy, the…