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Regional reporting and analysis from across Africa, covering diplomacy, security, politics, business, and major developments shaping the continent.
On the front page: the sixtieth anniversary of true-false
It is today, at noon, that Emmanuel Macron in the Elysée Palace will give a speech which Le Parisien qualifies as much more of a "balancing act" than a ceasefire, the date of…
The Origins of Algerian Literature: Five Questions to Ask
Hervé Sanson is a specialist in Maghreb literature. It tells of the conditions for the emergence of French-speaking Algerian literature in the 1950s when the country plunged into a brutal war of liberation. The first generation of Algerian novelists and poets paved the way between the militant and the aesthetic imperative and founded a modern and inventive literature in its form and close to the misery and aspirations of their people in…
In the spotlight: the return of President Félix Tshisekedi to Kinshasa
Le Journal, Kinshasa's news daily, reports on the Republic's return to the capital on Thursday. According to this tabloid, Felix Tshisekedi walked a bit with the crowd that came…
import dependence for merchandise of 1st class
In Madagascar, rising meals costs are changing into more and more burdensome for households. The giant island is extremely depending on imports to satisfy the wants of the inhabitants and has already been hit by inflation linked to the coronavirus pandemic. In…
the “memory file” must be processed in one way
March 19 is celebrated in Algeria as "Victory Day". It corresponds to the day of the ceasefire, the day after the Evian agreements that put an end to more than 7 years of war of independence, 60 years ago. As of Friday, Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune…
more than 220 Congolese have been rescued in Ukraine since the beginning of
The Congolese government announced on Friday that it had rescued at least 223 civilians living in Ukraine since the country was hit by the Russian invasion. But there is no news of twenty others blocked on Ukrainian territory due to the bombings.…
a first cabinet dominated by the crisis
After making contact and being installed, the members of the government held a cabinet meeting on the head of state, Lieutenant Colonel Paul Henri Damiba. An appointment that is dominated by the security situation. The Minister of Defense, the head of the…
an alternate proposes a term of seven years instead of five for
A member of the ruling party surprises everyone. While the Congolese political class has its eyes fixed on the next election law that will govern the next election, Steve Mbikayi, a former opponent who switched to Joseph Kabila's camp then Felix Tshisekedi's…
BNP Paribas suspected of complicity in war crimes:
The BNP Paribas group is suspected of complicity in war crimes and crimes against humanity in Sudan. This week, the victims of abuses by former President Omar el-Bashir's regime of French justice were heard. A judicial inquiry was launched in Paris two years…
The Association of Former Conscripts in Algeria is trying
If the Algerian war deeply affected a generation of Frenchmen, it is also because every family was confronted with it, by conscripts being sent from the contingent. About 1.5 million young people did all or part of their military service there, for what were…