West Africa

The Togolese state will cover tuition fees for all students in public colleges and high schools for the academic year 2021-22. A measure announced this weekend by the government that surprised parents of students ahead of the evening of the school year, which was planned for September. A decision is welcomed in different ways. .

Senegal officially launched the Orsec plan to deal with the floods affecting certain areas in the suburbs of Dakar and in the interior of the country. This Sunday, August 22, the Interior Minister visited the places affected by heavy rainfall noted at the end of the week. A visit that took place far from demonstrations by people who are tired of reliving these floods. Demonstrations are spread by the…

The terrorist attack on Wednesday, August 18, in which 80 people died, took place in the northern part of the country on the Gorgadji-Abinda axis, an area that has been difficult to access since 2019 and regularly targeted by terrorist groups. Why is this area so targeted? To understand this, RFI contacted this expert…

At the end of a game full of twists and turns, Senegal won 5-3 against Portugal in their second match in the group game of the Beach Soccer World Cup in Russia. As in the two previous editions, the Senegalese will play the quarterfinals. The meeting had started rather badly for Senegal, but the Lions in Teranga were able to…

In Burkina Faso, after the city of Tenkodogo, the regional hospital center in Dori, in the Sahel region, is experimenting with this new patient care procedure. The new platform is designed and set up by Burkinabè technicians from the Ministry of Digital Economy and aims to improve health care provision by allowing the people of the regions to benefit from specialist expertise in managing their sanitary…

Installed on August 5, 2021, the new office of the Confederation of Cotton Producers of Mali held its first meeting in the city of Koutialia on Thursday, August 19. Objective: to introduce its members to thousands of producers in this agricultural zone but also to support the transition. Following the recommendations of the national meetings in the sector, in addition to the fertilizer subsidy, the…

Theoretically, the presidential and legislative elections are scheduled for the end of February 2022. On that date, the transition must also end. Meetings and declarations from political parties are increasing, as are the positions taken in the vote. There are those who insist that it be kept on scheduled dates, which is also a requirement of subregional and international institutions, and those who…

Chad announced this Saturday, August 21, that it had withdrawn half of its troops deployed in February within the G5 Sahel's anti-jihadist force in the so-called "three borders" area, the border areas of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso. An announcement by the Chadian government spokesman Abderaman Koulamallah, which minimizes this withdrawal.…

As in most African countries, and despite rapid urbanization, the agricultural sector is the main source of employment and income for the people of Senegal. But in rural areas, local shop stewards emphasize that income from agriculture does not eradicate poverty. Fadel Diop:in reality, the potential for family farms is not…

Deputies from the Tillabéri region of Niger - 18 signatories out of a total of 26 - are challenging the country's authorities in a statement on the security situation in this part of the country. In the course of a month, 98 civilians and 19 gendarmes were killed in three of the six departments in the region, elected officials…