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“Challenge beneath regulate” after photographs heard
Heavy gunfire was heard during the night of March 30 to 31 in Niamey, Niger, in the administrative district near the Presidential Palace. The police intervened quickly and the situation calmed down after a quarter of an hour, according to security sources.
With our Special Correspondent in Niamey, Christophe BoisbouvierAround 3…
the rebellion in March 1947 is traced to the Museum of
On March 29, 1947, in eastern Madagascar, rebel groups took up arms and rebelled against French settlers. A bloody repression of the French army ensues. Portraits of nationalist heroes by Malagasy photographer Pierrot Men and the film Tabataba are on display at the Photo Museum to celebrate the event.
In the projection room,…
the closure of probably the most greatest mines
One of the largest underground uranium mines in the world is closing its doors. Akouta Mining Company (Cominak), a subsidiary of Orano Cycle (French multinational, formerly Areva), which has been using uranium deposits in the province of Agadez in northern Niger since 1978, will stop production on Wednesday 31 March. A closure carried out under unsatisfactory conditions for non-governmental organizations which, in addition to the social…
outbreak of violence in Bakuakenge, locality
A dozen people were killed on Monday in the equivalent of an inter-communal conflict in Bakuakenge, a local disputed by the provinces of Kasai and Kasai Central, in central DRC. This is the heaviest charge since the clashes in August 2020, which led to the killing of ten people and thousands of displaced persons. The crisis remains in this part of the Democratic Republic of Congo where conflicts have…
Khartoum police chief was fired from his
The Khartoum police chief created controversy last week by demanding the return of public order laws. Very controversial texts created during the old Islamic regime and which contained many restrictions that are often used against women.
These remarks sparked an uprising that ultimately cost him his job as the first police officer in the Sudanese capital.
After his controversial comments, Lieutenant General Issa Adam Ismaël was transferred to the Interior Ministry office. A new police chief in Khartoum was appointed on…
Mali: In Timbuktu, sufferers of crime have been dedicated
In Mali, the Transitional Authority and the International Criminal Court on Tuesday, March 30, organized a symbolic indemnity ceremony in the case of the Timbuktu mausoleums, following the ICC's 2016 conviction of Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi, by Ansar Dine, who had ordered the destruction of the Timbuktu mausoleums. But thousands of victims are still waiting for justice, testifying to their experiences before…
Uranium, a depressed marketplace that might
It is final, the exploitation of the Cominak mine; north of Niger; ends today because its reserves are depleted. A closure that takes place in a global context that is characterized by still very low prices, which undermines the mine's profitability. But China is expected to revive the market in the coming years.
After 40…
Rebels go away beheaded corpses within the streets of Mozambique’s metropolis
Fierce struggle for control of Mozambique's strategic northern city of Palma left beheaded corpses strewn in the streets on Monday with heavily armed rebels fighting army, police and private military equipment in several places.
Thousands are estimated to be missing from the city, which held about 70,000 people before the attack started last Wednesday.
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack on Monday, saying it was carried out by the Islamic State, the province of Central Africa, according to…
Lots of cash in on loose AMISOM scientific services and products within the Gedo area
Hundreds benefit from free AMISOM medical services in the Gedo region
African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) forces have provided free medical services to hundreds of people in the Gedo region of Jubaland state as part of their civil-military cooperation (CIMIC) activities.
The free medical camp took place last weekend in Gedo's villages of Burahache and Gherrile. Elderly people,…
symbolic rite for the sufferers of
A symbolic ceremony to compensate the victims was organized on Tuesday, March 30, in Bamako by the Malian Transitional Authorities and the International Criminal Court. The incident follows the ICC's conviction in 2016 of Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi, executive director of the jihadist group Ansar Dine, which led the destruction of the mausoleums in Timbuktu in 2012. The mausoleums have since been rebuilt, and…