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a creativity fair to help small businesses
In Madagascar, a creativity fair to support small businesses ends after the economic downturn caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. as reported from Antananarivo, Laetitia BezainFrom 25 to 28 November, Antananarivo Chamber of Commerce and Industry, in the capital, gathered mostly rural companies. Crafts, delicacies, cosmetics or…
AU is trying to mediate, worries are growing for Tigray refugees
Two days after the announcement of the offensive against Mekele, the provincial capital of Tigray, there is still some information about the fighting in the north, where telecommunications are still cut. The African Union met with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Friday morning, November 27, as concerns grow over the civilian fate of Tigray. According to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, the 100,000…
Al-Shabaab claims a lethal suicide assault in Somalia’s capital
MOGADISHU, Somalia - Al-Qaeda-linked group Al-Shabaab has claimed accountability for the lethal bomb blast on the Gelato Devino restaurant in Mogadishu on Friday, arguing that the assault was "well-executed" in response to plans within the newest terrorist assault in Somalia. which raises doubts in regards to the nation's readiness within the combat towards Al-Shabaab. This was the group's first organized assault throughout the Somali capital Mogadishu in so many months, and authorities confirmed that eight lives…
8 intellectuals demand a new way of thinking about the organization of power
In a column published this week "Jeune Afrique" this week, eight Guinean intellectuals, all under 40, propose to open a civil dialogue to reconsider the rule of law in the country. Among them are author Tierno Monémembo, philosopher Amadou Sadjo Barry and lawyer Halimatou Camara, all concerned about the current political impasse, following the re-election of a third term for Alpha Condé.…
Ahmedou Ould Abdallah: Mauritania’s independence, “affirmation of our id”
Mauritania celebrates the sixtieth anniversary of its independence this Saturday, November 28. It was November 28, 1960, after 60 years of French colonization. Independence declared in Nouakchott by President Mokhtar Ould Daddah. Ahmedou Ould Abdallah was then 20 years previous. Former International Minister President Ould Daddah, former Particular Consultant of the UN Secretary-Normal for West Africa, appears to be like again on the nation's previous many years. He is a visitor at Charlotte Idrac's. .
opposition youths step on the plate
Following a first official contact two weeks ago between re-elected President Alassane Ouattara and opposition leader Henri Konan Bédié, negotiations on resolving the current political crisis are at a standstill. The young activists from various opposition parties spoke in silence on both sides on Friday 27 November to ensure that the slogan for civil disobedience launched on 20 November is still in…
the other November 28 victims of “humanitarian debt”
The country celebrates its 60th anniversary of its independence this Saturday, November 28. But this date also marks another anniversary, painful: the massacre of 28 black soldiers, hanged at the base of the Inal, in the Nouadhibou region, on November 28, 1990. A drama that is part of a period of bloody repression against the Negro Mauritanians, between 1989 and 1991. A period was qualified as…
Angola wants to privatize its flagships with diamonds and oils
Luanda should privatize its flagship economy by the end of 2021. This week, Finance Minister Vera Daves Da Souza announced. The national oil company Sonangol and the diamond company Endiama will be restructured to attract investors. Although in a deep economic crisis, Angola needs new money to revive its economic machine, but these privatizations are also part of a comprehensive program of state…
Port supervisor survives morning IED explosion in Somalia
MOGADISHU, Somalia - A senior official working in Mogadishu port as Normal Supervisor survived a morning assault with improvised explosive units in Somalia's capital, officers mentioned in an explosion that comes almost 8 hours after a suicide bombing within the coastal metropolis. Ahmed Washington, who works because the port's chief, is alleged to have escaped unhurt from the scene of the assault, who allegedly focused him due to his affect within the port, which has lengthy been underneath siege by al-Shabaab…
contrasting reactions after the consultation ahead of the presidential election
Political actors and civil society met on 25-27 November in Madingou, southern Congo, to calm the climate ahead of the 2021 presidential election. They agreed, among other things, to maintain the use of the single vote and to carry out a revision of the electoral rolls. If these results seem to satisfy the government, the opposition believes that they have more or less been introduced.…