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in Goda, in Tigray, haunted inhabitants of a
Protesters marched on the streets of Addis Ababa on Sunday, May 30, 2021, to condemn US sanctions against Ethiopian and Eritrean officials. Washington is concerned about human rights abuses during the Tigray War. RFI was able to document a massacre perpetrated by the Eritreans, the allies of the Ethiopian troops. In Goda, soldiers led residents around a bottle factory. They performed them on the…
Libya’s Prime Minister calls on Algeria to support reconciliation
Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah called on Algeria to support reconciliation efforts in Libya.
Dbeibah's call came after his meeting with Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune in the capital Algiers on Sunday.
According to Dbeibeh's office, the prime minister said Algeria "had not interfered in Libya's affairs for the past ten years", adding that "Libya sees Algeria as an older brother."
Meanwhile, the Algerian Presidency confirmed in a statement that Dbeibah had asked Tebboune to participate in…
President Macky Sall inaugurates new hospital
The construction of the Amath-Dansokho Regional Hospital in Kédougou is part of a policy of better access to health care. Three other hospitals have been opened in Touba, Kaffrine and Sédhiou at a total cost of approximately CFA 97 billion (EUR 147.7 million). After more than two years of work, Kédougou Hospital is coming to free the population and healthcare staff, although there are some fears and issues left.
The large white buildings at the new hospital with 150 beds denote the red laterite road that stretches several…
Headlines: the military is tightening its grip
"While the war against the jihadists in the north and in the center of Mali is still far from winning, the military once again intervened in the political game in Bamako. notes Le Monde Africa. On August 18, 2020, the same group of five colonels, already led by Assimi Goïta, forced President IBK to resign. Nine months later, the scenario was repeated with the interim president. The story seems to stem and the international…
In the kitchen with Sandra: bléfoutou crumbs
Candied sugar bread from pineapple, bléfoutou flour, brown sugar and palm wine-based liqueur: these are the ingredients for adapting a great British classic to the Beninese sauce: crumbs. A recipe where only butter is imported; all other ingredients are produced in Benin. This morning, Sandra Idossou invites you to her kitchen for the first recipe in a series that we find every week in "La Vie ici".…
Burkina Faso gets its first doses of
A gift that is part of the Covax initiative in which the country is involved. According to the program planned by the Ministry of Health, vaccination is scheduled to start in the first week of June and will affect healthcare professionals, people living with morbidity and pilgrimage to Mecca.
as reported from Ouagadougou, Yaya…
ECOWAS terminates Mali’s membership after twin coup
West African leaders suspended Mali from the West African Economic Community (ECOWAS) at an extraordinary summit on Sunday and ended up reintroducing sanctions after a second nine-month military coup.
The coup had raised deep concerns about stability in the volatile Sahel region and warnings of new economic sanctions. Ten regional heads of state and three foreign ministers attended the summit in the Ghanaian capital Accra, with former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan as mediator in the crisis.…
Somalia’s opposition to lodging complaints with the Election Committee
Somalia's opposition to lodging complaints with members of the Nomination Committee
MOGADISHU, Somalia - The Union of Presidential Candidates has been given the opportunity to lodge complaints against certain members of the Election Commission ahead of Somalia's votes as one of the preliminary agreements signed last week and witnessed by dozens of stakeholders.
Stakeholders agreed to have…
more than half of the province’s inhabitants
To justify its decision to follow the CMT that took power in Ndjamena after the death of Idriss Deby Itno, the African Union Security and Security Council highlighted in particular a humanitarian situation described as "catastrophic" in the country. Land, especially in the province of Lake Chad, which borders Niger, Nigeria and Cameroon. This is the region where Boko Haram is rich.…
“The return to constitutional order makes it possible for
On Sunday, May 30, ECOWAS's heads of state gathered in Accra for an extraordinary summit on the situation in Mali. The regional organization announced diplomatic sanctions against Mali. Aljoner Tine, founder of the think tank AfrikaJom Center, an independent UN human rights expert in Mali, answers Charlotte Cosset's questions.…