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[Série pont Sénégambie]: the economic downturn in the city of Farafenni (3/3)
The last episode of our series of reports dedicated to the Senegambia Bridge that has changed the lives of Gambians and Senegalese for a year. Inaugurated on January 21, 2019, the Sénégambien Bridge stretches across the Gambia River and allows easy connection of southern Senegal to the north. It replaces the old ferry that required waiting long hours before crossing or even several days for truck…
Deportations in Ghana since 2011, pro-Gbagbo refugees fearful over Côte d’Ivoire disaster
Following the autumn of President Laurent Gbagbo, 11,000 Ivorians fled the post-election disaster to hunt refuge in Ghana. For these early refugees, the political disaster that the Ivory Coast is experiencing at present is painfully paying homage to that of 2011.
From our Accra correspondent,Justin Koné Katinan was the funds…
Tunisia, hit by a extreme financial disaster, is reopening its border with Libya
Closed in mid-March as a result of pandemic, the border publish between Tunisia and Libya as soon as once more allowed autos and pedestrians to go on Saturday. Flights between the 2 international locations will resume this Sunday. This opening is a breath of contemporary air for Tunisia, which has been hit arduous by a severe financial disaster.…
Egypt lastly launches its qualifiers by profitable forward of Togo
After two attracts within the first days, Egypt, with out Mohamed Salah, received their first victory in these qualifiers by profitable in opposition to Togo (1-0). The Pharaohs be a part of the Comoros on the head of G.
Lastly, Egypt honored its rank as the favourite in Group G and the large in Africa by profitable for the…
Ethiopia detains suspected militants Al-Shabaab and ISIS
ADDIS ABABA - The Nationwide Intelligence and Safety Service (NISS) revealed that it has arrested 14 Al-Shabaab and ISIS members on a mission to hold out terrorist assaults in varied focused areas of Ethiopia, together with the capital.
Al-Shabaab and ISIS despatched their members to Addis Ababa and varied components of the nation to hold out terrorist acts that destroy human life and property in addition to tarnish the picture of the nation, NISS added.
The Nationwide Intelligence and Safety Service, in cooperation…
Italian NGO withdraws from Somalia on account of ‘systematic fraud’
MOGADISHU, Somalia - INTERSOS, a UN-funded NGO offering well being care and different providers to lots of of hundreds of individuals in Somalia, is withdrawing from the nation after an investigation revealed "systematic fraud", which the Italian-based support group thought-about too harmful to attempt to remedy .
In an interview with The New Humanitarian, INTERSOS CEO Kostas Moschochoritis mentioned it was a "robust choice" reached after "big debate" throughout the NGO. "We realized we couldn't repair it," he…
Libya’s highest authorities minister celebrates the election in Libya
On Saturday, the President of Libya's Supreme Council of Ministers welcomed an settlement to carry presidential and parliamentary elections within the nation by the tip of 2021.
"We're eager to encourage Libya - for instability in any case these crises and struggling," Khalid al-Mishri mentioned in an announcement on Fb.
He proposed {that a} referendum be held on a brand new structure on February 17 earlier than the election.
On Friday, Stephanie Williams, the top of the UN assist mission in Libya,…
Farabougou still under the yoke of the jihadists
Where are we in Farabougou, Mali? It has only been a week since the Niono Forum ended. Four ministers had made the trip to promote reconciliation between communities and restore security in this circle of the Ségou region, in the center of the country. At the same time, a pact was signed between dozo hunters and representatives of the Fulani community. One week later, however, the situation is far…
fear of abuse in Tigray where clashes continue
In Ethiopia, the war in Tigray has now lasted eleven days. The conflict is still very difficult to estimate due to the cut-off of all telecommunications in the province. The government has taken over a small part of the western part of the province but clashes continue.
as reported from Addis Ababa, Noé Rochet-BodinThe…
Tsitsi Dangarembga, dissident novelist and feminist from Zimbabwe
Together with her new novel "This Mournable Physique", the Zimbabwean Tsitsi Dangarembga is taking part this yr for the distinguished Booker Prize, the English equal of the Goncourt Prize. It's a highly effective novel that tells the story of the descent into postcolonial Zimbabwe. The announcement in July of the primary collection of works listed for the prize coincided with the writer accused by the police of getting inspired rebel and…