West Africa

The forerunner of Martin Luther King, Malcolm X and the negritude movement, the American WEB Du Bois has dedicated his life to the fight against racism and to the defense of black culture. Her monumental work, which consists of sociological and historical essays, but also of fictions and autobiographical narratives close to prose poetry, strikes the astonishing modernity in the analyzes of the balance of power between races in the United…

In Mali, Transitional Minister Moctar Ouane will travel to Bandiagara this Saturday. He is to be accompanied by four ministers on this important journey to the center of the country. Bandiagara is the first city in the Dogon country, the Mopti region, an area where the presence of jihadist groups is more and more marked. Demonstrations also took place in Bandiagara earlier this week to protest…

In a few months, he joined the club with contemporary African artists with the best ratings. Amoako Boafo is Ghanaian, he is 36 years old and that is a bit of a revelation in 2020. His works inspired the last spring-summer 2021 collection of Dior Hommes, and he now follows his compatriot El Anatsui at auctions. One of his paintings sold for over $ 1 million this month at Christie's.…

No ceasefire on the occasion of the election campaign in Niger. While Nigerians are being called upon this Sunday, December 27, to elect their president and their deputies, jihadists are talking about them in the Lake Chad region and on the border with Mali. Rural political leaders make the issue of security one of their main themes.…

Soumaïla Cissé died on Friday, December 25, in Paris, where he was treated under contract with Covid-19. More than any other neighborhood in Bamako, Badalabougou is in mourning. The former leader of the opposition against Mali had established his family home there. It is also the headquarters of his party, the Union for Republic and Democracy (URD), that pays tribute to his memory. In Niafunké, the…

Its fine sandy beaches, lush forests and mangroves have made Casamance, the southern part of Senegal, one of the most attractive in the country for travelers. Since last March, however, tourists have left after the Covid-19 pandemic and the successive border closures. Surrounded by palm groves and postcard beaches, the seaside…

This Friday, December 25, is the last day of the campaign in Niger. The thirty candidates have until midnight to convince 7.5 million voters before the presidential and legislative elections on Sunday. The competing parties therefore organized the latest campaign events. With our Special Correspondent in Niamey, Magali…

While leading researchers were busy understanding the extent of the threat from a new genetic mutation of coronavirus first announced by the UK on Saturday, which has since been found in cases linked to South Africa, a new variant of the virus appears to have emerged in Nigeria , said Africa's top public health representative on Thursday, adding that further investigation is needed. The discovery could increase the pandemic, as the first new strain led to the rapid return of international restrictions…

The leader of the Malian opposition is just subordinate to Paris at the age of 70. He had coronavirus and had just been evacuated to the French capital for treatment. Information confirmed to RFI by several leaders of his party, URD. His family also confirmed this to the AFP news agency. According to one of his relatives,…

In Gabon, things are accelerating for the draft revision of the constitution, which the opposition strongly challenges. The text was voted by an overwhelming majority in the National Assembly yesterday Thursday afternoon. as reported from Libreville, Yves-Laurent GomaOut of 135 deputies present, 120 voted in favor and 15…