North Africa

Nigerian President Mohamed Bazoum is in Algiers. He left Niamey on Monday afternoon, at the head of a large delegation of five ministers, including foreign affairs and defense. Mohamed Bazoum will meet several times with Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on "Bilateral relations between the two countries". In the context of profound changes in the fight against Islamist terrorism in the Sahel,…

This is one of the UN's goals for sustainable development: to eradicate world hunger by 2030. It will not be achieved. It is now a security. According to the UN, malnutrition and hunger, largely driven by the pandemic and economic crisis, increased further in 2020. Chronic hunger now affects almost 10% of the world's population. Asia is the first to be affected, but the trend is particularly worrying…

Morocco has since Saturday, July 10, faced a stifling heat that should peak, this Sunday, July 11, with record temperatures approaching 51 degrees. According to the country's meteorological services, this is a full-time height. For the head of Morocco's National Meteorological Research Center, Hassan Haddouch, this phenomenon…

I think he was the last critical journalist through his leaders where he criticized power, corruption, the management of the health crisis ... Samir Bouaziz, RSF Advocacy Officer for North Africa .

Several rankings of the best universities in the world are unanimous in placing Cape Town and Wits in South Africa at the forefront of Africa. These top 10 overlap with nuances, depending on selection criteria, and do not include any French-speaking country. Only the University of Cape Town in South Africa wins in the league of the 200 best universities in the…

Moroccan journalist Soulaimane Raissouni was sentenced Friday night to five years in prison by a court in Casablanca. He was charged in a case of indecent assault with force and forced delivery, accusations that he has always denied. Its support committee condemns a political trial aimed at comments from the journalist, who is critical of the regime. In protest, he went on a hunger strike that has now…

South Sudan celebrated its tenth anniversary of independence on Friday (July 9). A first decade of existence marked by a bloody civil war that left about 400,000 dead and 4 million displaced. On this occasion, President Salva Kiir addressed the nation. as reported from Nairobi, Sebastien nemethDuring the ten years of…

In line with its friendly attitude towards African countries, Turkey stands with one of the youngest countries on the continent. In southern Sudan, projects are underway from Turkish aid and development agencies. In the last decade, since South Sudan gained independence, state development, aid and education agencies have helped the country implement a number of projects to lift the people. The African country of South Sudan with a population of 12 million was ousted from Sudan on June 9, 2011.…

Raja Casablanca, released in the Champions League, left by Wydad in the Moroccan championship, released in the National Cup, can beautify his 2020-2021 season if it wins the Confederation Cup, this Saturday 10 July in Cotonou. For this, it will be necessary to beat in the final a JS Kabylie who is keen to win his first continental trophy since 2002.…

The former South African president spent his first night behind bars. "Zuma fought against the law and the law won", launches the South African newspaper's website Sunday Times, by translating this form of a local proverb: "everything has an end".For its part, the information portal Mail & Guardian tells "how JZ was pressured into surrender" and reports "intense talks between the police chiefs, the ANC leadership in…