West Africa

Despite warnings from the authorities, several meetings are being held in several cities in Nigeria, on the occasion of "Democracy Day". In Lagos, Abuja or Benin City, protesters had come to protest against growing insecurity, poor governance and the shutdown of Twitter for more than a week in the country. A popular dissatisfaction that President Muhammadu Buhari did not mention in his traditional…

A deadly attack took place on Thursday evening, June 10, at a science college in northern Nigeria. At least one student was killed and several people were abducted. Teachers and students at Zaria Science and Technology College are still in shock after the attack took place on Thursday night."I'm pregnant, I can not walk," said…

"Memories of slavery are memories of the abyss," explains Nicola Lo Calzo, who for more than ten years has photographically documented the remnants of four centuries of trade between Africa, Europe and the American continent. This summer, this monumental work pays homage to several exhibitions and a book. Cham, says the Bible,…

Since the publication in 2006 of his first novel And the sky forgot to rain, the Mauritanian author Beyrouk has established himself as one of the greatest voices in African literature in French. Author today of six novels and a collection of short stories, he tells story by story the breaking lines of his society torn between tradition and modernity. The desert so close, its majestic and disturbing enormity form the background of his…

Paris on Friday confirmed the death on June 5 of Baye ag Bakabo, the alleged leader of the command that had kidnapped our colleagues from RFI, Ghislaine Dupont and Claude Verlon, on November 2, 2013 in Kidal, northern Mali. With his death, only one member of the command remains alive and one of the alleged co-organizers of the kidnapping.…

Coups that are increasingly tolerated by the African Union, the sub-regional organizations and some African friends, it will be necessary to stop putting their authors in the position of having to account. Emmanuel Macron, who announced the end of Operation Barkhane, says France does not need to replace African states forever.…

One week ago, Burkina Faso woke up to the news of a horrific massacre in the northern village of Solhan. You wrote a comment "warm»On social networks the day after this tragedy.Yes, there was a small personal dimension to this reaction. I learned the news of Solhan's tragedy when I landed in Dakar, after a week in Ouagadougou, as part of WATHI's advocating efforts for health system reforms in the region. So far from…

Saturday 12 June is World Day Against Child Labor, a day organized under the auspices of the UN. Three days ago, Unicef ​​and the International Labor Organization pointed out in a report the increase in the number of children forced to work in the world due to the effects of the pandemic. Children's rights NGOs warn of the physical, health and economic consequences of these forms of exploitation for minors. The majority of them are between 5 and 11 years old. According toa report published by Unicef ​​and the…

M2D staged demonstrations on Friday, June 11 in Dakar, Diourbel and Ziguinchorp to demand the release of detainees following the riots in March last year. Violence that had left at least 13 dead in connection with the trial against Ousmane Sonko. The coalition between political parties and civil society organizations supporting him, the demonstrations were suspended after mediation by the caliph general…

The winner in Tunisia 2-0 on June 11, 2021, the Algerian team signed its 27th game without defeat in a row. The Algerians have thus done better than the Ivory Coast Didier Drogba, undefeated in 26 matches between 2010 and 2013. Algeria has undoubtedly entered the history of African football on June 11, 2021 in Radès. Not…