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in Cotonou, residents hope for a vote “in
The Benin are called to the polls this Sunday, April 11, at the end of a campaign marked by deadly violence in…
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Edouard Maunick, Mauritian cantor for negritude
Francophonie is orphaned, with the poet Edouard Maunick missing. The Mauritian bard leaves behind an enormous poetic work, imbued with nostalgia for…
West-Africa
The end of social reclassification villages in
In Senegal, President Macky Sall announced the abolition of the special status of villages for social reclassification. These villages – nine in…
Central-Africa
those who vote in advance
This Sunday, April 11, Chad will vote in the presidential election. Seven candidates are running, including President Idriss Déby, who has been…
East-Africa
Two explosions in Somalia kill 5 because the nation faces an election disaster
A bomber was targeting the Bay region governor who was outside the Suez Cafeteria, officials reported Another explosion went off in the…
East-Africa
“People’s victory” for power, “disguised”
Djibouti President Ismaël Omar Guelle was re-elected on Friday, April 9, for a fifth term. He would have received 98.58% of the…
East-Africa
suspected death of a retired officer arrested
In the Comoros, the death of a retired non-commissioned officer during an interrogation in a military barracks on the island of Anjouan…
Central-Africa
every third Congolese student suffered a serious one
Uncertainty, displacement of populations, restrictions linked to Coronavirus … For all these reasons, the food situation in the Democratic Republic of the…
East-Africa
Amid political unrest in Somalia, Farmajo turns the sword against critics
MOGADISHU, Somalia – With more than two months to go before his term expires, Somalia’s outgoing President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo seems relentless…
East-Africa
Somalia writes to the UNSC after the standoff talks before the election flopped
Somalia writes to the UNSC after the standoff talks before the election flopped MOGADISHU, Somalia – In the midst of the ongoing…
West-Africa
blocked roads interfere with the expansion of
The presidential election will be held tomorrow, Sunday, April 11, in Benin. Less than 24 hours before the vote, the blocking of…
