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RFI Theater Award in 2020 awarded to Guinea’s Souleymane Bah for “La Cargaison”
"I got to break and get into theater writers." Author and director Souleymane Bah, 46, will receive the RFI Theater 2020 award for La Cargaison on Sunday 27 September at the Festival des Francophonies, Les Zébrures d'Automne, in Limoges. The text from the Guinean author, exiled in France for four years, invites us to a "macabre stroll" populated by ruined destinies, stranded somewhere.
Relaxed and determined at the same time, equipped with an easy opportunity to choose words and speech, during our meeting with the winner,…
“In the world, democracy often came after the construction of the state”
Interview with Gilles Olakounlé Yabi, economist and political analyst. He is the founder of the West African Citizen Think Tank, Wathi (www.wathi.org). Commentary on the future of democracy in French-speaking Africa.
RFI: What is your assessment of the state of democracy in Africa in 2020??
Gilles Yabi: Difficult to answer this question without first remembering the diversity of the continent. This diversity has profound implications for the assessment that can be made of the state of democracy in Africa. Political…
HRW points to the responsibility of the security force in the violence in Nzérékoré
NGO Human Rights Watch investigated the violence that shook the city of Nzérékoré in southern Guinea during the double vote on March 22. It takes stock of at least 32 dead, 90 wounded and extensive property damage and also involves the security forces in this tragedy.
Polling stations were attacked, places of worship burned down and dozens of dead have done so Nzérékoré mourned in a double vote of March 22nd. HRW believes the defense and security forces "did not do enough" to stop the inter-municipal clashes that erupted…
second round of negotiations in Bouznika, Morocco
Libyan talks in Bouznika, Morocco, resume this Sunday, September 27. Two opposing delegations, representing the State High Council in Tripoli and the parliament in Tobruk, are meeting for another round of negotiations after starting in early September.
Delegations must define the mechanism for selecting the personalities who will take the head of state sovereign positions. They must also decide on the new restructuring of the Presidential Council and the next government of national unity.
These new meetings in Bouznika…
the project to build a railway to Niger is controversial
It is a project that worries Benin and is unanimous in Nigeria. Last Wednesday, the Nigerian director announced that it had released pledges of $ 1.9 billion for the construction of a 250km railway line that will connect Nigeria to neighboring Niger. A project whose foundations were launched in 2015, but whose costs and real interest rates are discussed.
The future railway line will connect the city of Kano in Nigeria with Maradi in southern Niger and pass through Jigawa, Katsina and Jibia. But the announcement of this…
Following the oil spill in Mauritius, there is concern about biodiversity
Two months after the sinking of a Japanese ship in Mauritius, the first overview of the consequences of the oil spill on biodiversity. It will take several months to assess the impact of the 1,000 tonnes of fuel spilled on the coral reef. Also on land, oil spills can have consequences, especially for two bird species that are already in danger.
The water in the lagoon is petrol blue. Two months after the oil spill that hit Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, "we sometimes find oil products on the surface," said Vikash Tatayah,…
The Covid-19 crisis weakens access to education in Madagascar
In Madagascar, we are measuring the impact of Covid-19's crisis on education. Civil society raised this issue during an online debate this Saturday, September 26th. For six months, classes have been suspended on the Big Island, except for graduate class students, to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
With our correspondent in…
Benin: agroecology for girls outside of school
Turn young Beninese out of school in rural areas into green entrepreneurs. This is the Women Agripreneures project, a project set up by the Les Jardins de l'Espoir association, which has been promoting agro-ecology in several places in southern Benin for four years.
There are four phases, funded by the American organization IREX: fifteen days of introduction to agroecology, internship on a farm for three months, training in entrepreneurship and monitoring of each participant. The goal is for them to become financially…
Faustin Touadéra candidate for president on 27 December
In the Central African Republic, it was the last day this Saturday, September 26, for the Congress of the Presidential Party, MCU. Gathered in the Bangui Sports Center, delegates from the United Hearts Movement have just invested their candidate Faustin-Archange Touadéra in the December 27 presidential election.
Gathered at the Bangui Sports Center, Muc delegates urged the outgoing president to run for another term, a mission accepted without surprise by the Faustin-Archange Touadéra. "I heard you, and it is with great…
Somali forces rescue children in raid on Al-Shabaab camp
MOGADISHU, Somalia - Several Al-Shabaab militants were killed in fragile Lower Shabelle on Friday, state media reported in ongoing operations targeting the Al-Qaida-linked group which is terrorizing security forces, civilians and even operatives audience in Somalia for decades.
State media say the Somali national army killed 16 al-Shabaab militants in Barire, further weakening the authority of the country, which has suffered insecurity for two years, killing hundreds and more. seriously injured.
Reports indicate…