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This sort of hate affair!
While supporters of Laurent Gbagbo are jubilant, part of the Ivory Coast view is insulted to see the former president definitively acquitted, rehabilitated given the allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity, for which he was indicted. Do you understand the plight of the victims, who saw him as responsible for the prejudices they suffered during the war that took place when he was head of…
the postponement of the native elections has been voted on,
In Senegal, the postponement of the local elections last night, Friday, April 2, was voted in the National Assembly. A new deadline has finally been set for 31 January 2022.
as reported from Dakar, Charlotte idracIn Senegal, the election of municipal and departmental councils was to be held before the end of March 2021. This is…
Mohamed Bazoum invested, the opposition shouldn’t be diminishing
Mohamed Bazoum was invested in Niamey on Friday, April 2nd. He succeeds his 30-year-old friend, Mahamadou Issoufou. For the first time since the country's independence, two democratically elected presidents pass the baton. A vision that does not share the political opposition, which continues to challenge the election of Mohamed Bazoum.…
two assaults goal UN forces and
Two terrorist attacks targeted the Malian army, in the middle of the country, and the UN mission in Mali (Minusma), in the far north. The latter was particularly violent. In the same region, the French army, for its part, carried out an attack on a camp of suspected jihadists on Thursday, April 1.
From our special…
African researchers absent from the important
Of more than 2,000 articles published between the beginning of the pandemic and in September last year, only 4% were written by African researchers, according to a study published in the British Medical Journal. An absence that risks weakening the response to the pandemic on the continent.
If Africa has historically lagged…
Mazembe flag, overwhelmed by way of Belouizdad
Tout Puissant Mazembe dropped a little more, in Group B of the African Champions League, on April 2, 2021. The Congolese club lost 2-0 against the Algerian formation of Belouizdad. Previously, Al Hilal (Sudan) and Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa) made it 0-0. All results from match day 5 in the group stage here.
2020-2021 CAF…
Eumeu Sène-Lac 2, an excellent poster to release
One year after the sudden end of the season due to Covid-19, the Senegalese fight resumes its rights on April 4, the country's independence day. A royal revival with a battle for tenors: Eumeu Sène-Lac de Guiers 2.
The Senegalese wrestling season officially began on March 1, but it is indeed this Sunday, April 4 that the…
The UN accuses France of obstructing the investigation
In a letter to the French authorities, a copy of which Mediapart and the Guardian had, the UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial Executions accuses the French army of obstructing the UN investigation into the murders of Ghislaine Dupont and Claude Verlon in Mali. And condemns "troubled gray areas".
In his letter of 30 pages…
The Gbagbo deal, a brand new indicator of
The Court of Appeal of the International Criminal Court upheld the acquittals in favor of Laurent Gbagbo and Charles Blé Goudé in January 2019. The two men are now free. But the case will have shed a strong light on the prosecution's deep malfunction and weakened prosecutor Fatou Bensouda's already fragile record. His successor, Karim Khan, is expected to reform in June.…
African tradition: the conferences in April
Where will the flagship meetings of African cultures take place in digital form or face to face in March? Here are eleven suggestions. Do not hesitate to send us your "essentials" to fipageculture@yahoo.fr.
The New African Film Festival of Washington DC celebrates its 17th online edition, expanded to audiences across the…