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[Série pont Sénégambie]: the economic downturn in the city of Farafenni (3/3)

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West Africa
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…

[Série pont Sénégambie]: the bridge that changed the lives of carriers (2/3)

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Somalia
Until Sunday, November 15, we offer a series of reports dedicated to the Senegambia Bridge, which has changed the lives of Gambians and Senegalese for a year. After decades of waiting, the Senegalese bridge was open to individuals in January 2019. Then to trucks in July. This bridge built in the Gambia across the river is intended to open the Casamance region of southern Senegal. And to increase trade…

Nigeria: the character of Ken Saro-Wiwa, his battle, his “heirs”, 25 years later (1/3)

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West Africa
On November 10, 1995, Nigerian author and environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight comrades had been by chance executed by President Normal Sani Abacha's regime after a controversial trial. A member of the Ogoni minority, he warned the worldview concerning the ecological disasters linked to the exploitation of oil within the Niger Delta. Twenty-five years later, Ken Saro-Wiwa has left heirs. .

Madagascar: casual panning of gold as a supply of livelihood

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East Africa
In Madagascar, greater than ever throughout this tough financial interval, rural individuals are doubling their efforts to search out new technique of subsistence. Within the jap a part of the nation, within the Ifanadiana district, the hope of a greater life got here from gold panning. Dozens of households started trying to find gold nuggets in hand throughout the dry season. Within the mattress of…

DRC: resumption of cultural activities in Lubumbashi after six months of closure

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Central Africa
In Lubumbashi, cultural activities resumed for the public in early October following a six-month suspension due to the coronavirus pandemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo. For some cultural centers, the period of health emergency was an opportunity to reconsider the organization of activities. The artists themselves waited impatiently to return to more or less normal, although respect for barrier movements remains mandatory during the performances. .

Nigeria: a refuge for pangolins in Lagos

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West Africa
Nigeria is the world's most vital hub for the unlawful commerce in pangolin. It represents 60% of worldwide seizures in 2018, based on a UN report. This mammal is a uncommon protected species that resembles a protracted hedgehog coated in scales. Its meat is in excessive demand in Asia in addition to its scales for alleged medicinal properties.…

Madagascar: khat and Diego-Suarez

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In Madagascar, no laws regulates cultivation, sale or consumption: neither prohibited nor permitted, consumption of khat is tolerated. For the World Well being Group (WHO), this plant is without doubt one of the medication. Khat was launched within the early twentieth century in Diego-Suarez, the capital of the northern a part of the island, by Yemeni, Somali and Comorian emigrants who had been recruited to fulfill the labor wants of French settlers. The Diego-Suarez area is in the present day the primary khat-producing…

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