West Africa

The Boké mining region in northwestern Guinea also makes a living from agriculture and animal husbandry. Over the past ten years, an economic player has developed the region's fertile land by producing rice over hundreds of hectares, to the great satisfaction of the local population. From our correspondent in Conakry, On the left bank of the river Rio Nunez, the vast plains of Denken, as far as the eye can see, hundreds of people work under the leadership of an agricultural director, Mamadou Bobo Denken Diallo. For…

One in five out-of-school children worldwide is Nigerian. In Africa's most populous country, at least 10.5 million children under the age of 14 are in school. In the northern regions of the country, a large number of them receive only "Quran education", which does not necessarily include learning to read and arithmetic. In an effort to address this, Unicef ​​has developed a program to introduce some of…

In Guinea, the parties that supported the candidacy of their opponent Cellou Dalein Diallo in the last presidential election signed an agreement yesterday in Conakry to form a political alliance. But in the wake, in the late afternoon, two of their activists were arrested. An electoral coalition formed for the last presidential…

Wednesday morning "the South Africans woke up again from the shooting", explains The inhabitant, to set the interior directly. A new muscular awakening "as extensive protests and looting continued in large parts of Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal, with the risk of spreading to other provinces", states the citizen. On the first page of its website, the daily newspaper also keeps records: 1,234 people have been arrested at the…

The election of the new office of the Independent National Electoral Commission is a big deal. The election, which was scheduled for last Monday, has been postponed until Thursday 15 July. The opposition parties challenge the representative of the usual chief. The candidate nominated by the ordinary chief is one of the candidates for the post of President of the Electoral Commission. According to the Election Act, the chairman of the Election Commission must come from civil society. But opponents suspect him of being an…

In Mali, former interim president Bah N'Daw and former prime minister Moctar Ouane have been under house arrest since the second coup led by the ruling military junta on May 24. They have just hired a lawyer with a very offensive strategy. Because Colonel Assimi Goïta is "the one who gives orders", because he is the one who…

Nigerian President Mohamed Bazoum has just paid a so-called "working and friendly" visit to Algiers with five of his ministers. During their joint press conference yesterday, Mohamed Bazoum and his Algerian counterpart Abdelmadjid Tebboune declared themselves "completely in agreement on all areas discussed". The algae exchange…

In Mali, Father Léon Dougnon was released on Tuesday afternoon, July 13. The parish priest in the village of Ségué, in the Mopti region, was kidnapped on June 21 three and a half weeks ago while traveling with four other faithful Christians. It was close to the town of Bandiagara. Father Léon Dougnon and four faithful had been…

Final preparations for the Tokyo Olympics, which begin on July 23. Twelve Senegalese athletes are eligible for the Olympics and Paralympics. Among them is judoka Mbagnick Ndiaye, one of Senegal's flag bearers, with the French-Senegalese swimmer Jeanne Boutbien. A dream for this colossus "a little too sore", according to his coach.…

Loïc Djeukam, known as "Shakiro", and Roland Mouthé, known as "Patricia", had been weakened in prison since February. Shakiro and Patricia were arrested on suspicion of homosexuality in February last year while eating at a restaurant because they were wearing dresses, stilettos and make-up. They were sentenced on April 11 to a maximum sentence of five years and a fine of 200,000 CFA francs in the first instance for "attempted homosexuality". The two transgender women were finally released on bail by the judges on…