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While Paris has decided to facilitate access to the archives of the Algerian war in France, Algerian historians are demanding access to the archives for this period in Algeria. They have just sent an open letter on Thursday, March 25, to the President of the Republic, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, condemning the bureaucratic obstacles to their research.…

This Saturday, March 20, marks La Francophonie's International Day. Postponed for a year, the Estates General of French-language books will gather publishing professionals in September next year, in Tunis, on the sidelines of the summit of heads of state La Francophonie. Access to books is still too difficult in the…

Emmanuel Macron decided, as he had been asked in connection with the Stora report on the Algerian war, to facilitate access to classified archives. Following the recognition by France a few days ago of the fact that nationalist leader Ali Boumendjel had been tortured and murdered, the head of state wants to show that he continues to make progress on the sensitive issue of Franco-French relations. .…

Turn in the alleged money laundering case of Access Bank. This subsidiary of a Nigerian bank is under investigation, suspected of allowing businessman Saleh Assi, as well as other personalities under US sanctions for terrorist financing, to open accounts for fictitious companies. An RFI survey had shown that millions of dollars had actually been paid in cash to at least one suspect account and withdrawn…

Within the state of Benue, within the central japanese a part of the nation, virtually 50,000 internally displaced individuals are pressured into crowded camps across the metropolis of Makurdi. The variety of victims of recurring conflicts between shepherds and peasants is definitely a lot greater on this area, which concentrates the biggest variety of displaced individuals after the Borno state, within…

4.5 billion folks on the planet nonetheless don't have entry to protected sanitation. Nigeria is the second worst nation on the earth on this space: 23% of the inhabitants in probably the most populous nation in Africa - or 46 million folks, together with many youngsters - don't have entry to a sanitation system and are pressured to defecate open air, with severe well being dangers.…

It has been ten days since an settlement was signed with the United Nations that help employees would have entry to Tigray, which is going through many shortcomings, however nonetheless nothing has been realized. On Sunday, a UN crew was arrested after being shot. A critical gesture, absolutely adopted by the federal government of Addis Ababa, which refuses to provide full entry to the area.…

Ethiopia and the UN reached an settlement on Wednesday to permit help to government-controlled areas within the Tigray area the place federal troops have declared their army operation towards native forces, two UN officers stated. The settlement will enable first help to the area of 6 million individuals who have been interrupted throughout preventing that started a month in the past between the federal and Tigray regional governments. Every considers the opposite unlawful in an influence battle that…

The French institute inaugurated the arrival in the Ivory Coast of a "Micro-Foil", a cultural device initiated by La Villette that has spread throughout France and abroad. It is a flexible space and computer and educational tool that provides access to more than 1,500 digitized works of art from national and international cultural institutions, such as the Louvre or the Philharmonie de Paris. This is…

Several associations have taken a stand to warn of a number of restrictions regarding the so-called sensitive archives for the role of the French army in Rwanda in the early 1990s. For some historians, access to these archives is only a problem for the Duclert Commission. , especially since they treat a painful substance. The…