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during the holidays, support courses given to
In Burkina Faso, all students are on school leave. But hardly the result of the published baccalaureate prepares toddlers and middle school students for the next return to school, which is scheduled for September for some schools.
as reported from Ouagadougou, Yaya BoudaniIn several schools, student support courses are arranged…
a puzzle for Gabon’s Téké
In Gabon, the wedding season is in full swing. There are ceremonies of custom throughout Libreville every weekend. For some bridal couples, the preparation has become a headache, as some desired gifts are no longer on the market. This is the case with the anvil, requested by Téké in the province of Haut-Ogooué (southeastern Gabon).…
Cécile Mégie (Director of RFI): nominations for
On Monday, August 16, applications for the Ghislaine Dupont and Claude Verlon Scholarship open today. This is the eighth edition of this scholarship, which each year trains ten young journalists and radio technicians from French-speaking Africa. An award bearing the name of our colleagues who were murdered in 2013 while reporting in Kidal, in northern Mali. The selected candidates will first be trained for one month, then the scholarship…
Opposition candidate Hichilema wins Zambia’s president
Opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema has defeated incumbent Edgar Lungu in Zambia's presidential election, the election commission said on Monday as releasing the final results from 156 constituencies, without one.…
Ivory Coast discovers the first Ebola case in 25 years
Côte d'Ivoire has declared a first-degree Ebola hemorrhagic virus for 25 years, the health minister and the World Health Organization (WHO) said separately on Saturday.
Health Minister Pierre Dimba said on national…
The fire brigade is making progress as the Algerians pray for those who have lost
Firefighters in Algeria are finally making progress in their fight against fires that have ravaged northern parts of the country. The rescue service says most of the forest fires in the worst-affected region of Tizi Ouzou have been extinguished thanks to firefighters, army engineers, civilian…
Algeria orders investigation of mob lynching of man linked to
An Algerian prosecutor has ordered an investigation into the death of a man lynched by a mob after being accused of setting fire to the region, Algeria's official APS news agency said.
Forest fires in Algeria have…
Libya’s delegates do not reach agreement on
The first day of new UN-led talks between delegates from war-torn Libya failed to reach an agreement on a constitutional framework for holding elections as planned in December, the UN said.
The UN support mission in Libya said that the participants in Wednesday's meeting held via video conference discussed four proposals, the content of which was not revealed.
"A final decision on the constitutional basis" for legislative and presidential elections would be taken at the next meeting, UNSMIL said,…
Algeria arrests 22 suspected arsonists
Algeria has arrested 22 people suspected of being behind the most devastating forest fires in the country's history, killing 69 people, President Abdelmadjid Tebboune said on Thursday, calling the fires a "disaster" and calling for national unity.
Dozens of forest fires have hit mountainous areas in northern Algeria since Monday, mainly in Tizi Ouzou, the main province of the Kabylie region east of the capital, Algiers. On Thursday, Algeria held a national day of mourning for dozens killed.
"Some…
Forest fires continue to rage over Algeria, suspected
Flames erupted across northern Algeria on Thursday as the country observed a national day of mourning for dozens of people killed in recent forest fires to cover the Mediterranean.
The North African country has been…