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Senegal: the difficulties of medical deserts in

Access to health is still uneven in Senegalese territory. A problem the government is tackling with the opening of four new regional hospitals, including Kédougou, which was inaugurated by President Macky Sall on 31 May. southeast of the territory to the despair of the population and health care. From our special correspondent…

Kenya: refugees train for the Olympics

For the second time in Olympic history, a team of refugees will be able to participate in the international competition. They come from 11 different countries and compete in 13 sports, four of which are refugees in Kenya. After participating in the Olympic Games in Rio in athletics, they will run again in Tokyo. At 800 and 1500 meters. Pending departure for Japan, they train together at the heights of…

South Africa: 30 years after apartheid,

On June 30, 1991, the apartheid laws were abolished. A step towards the end of the regime that was definitely overthrown by the ballot box in April 1994. Among the younger generations, the story of the struggle against apartheid is blurred. From our correspondent in Johannesburg,"We were almost caught by the police there. One…

Nigeria: the future of Kannywood partly via

In the 90's, a powerful film industry was born in Nigeria: it is Nollywood, a market that soon surpassed it in Hollywood in the United States. If this story is famous, however, many ignore that another film industry also developed at the same time in the northern part of the country. And more specifically in the large Muslim city of Kano.…

South Africa: several museums being traced

In South Africa, several museums that trace the country's history are now in crisis. The coronavirus pandemic has driven many of them to close their doors and has destabilized their economic model, which was already very fragile. Now large institutions but also smaller ones, especially dedicated to the history of apartheid, are struggling to survive.…

Ethiopia: tensions between communities in Ataye

The election in Ethiopia on June 21 came about within the absence of virtually 20% of the nation. Greater than 100 constituencies couldn't set up the vote resulting from the current inter-municipal violence, which is an increasing number of frequent within the nation, that is the case in Ataye, a metropolis within the Amhara area, north of Addis Ababa., Was utterly destroyed by preventing between the 2…

Tunisia: the richness of the culinary heritage

In Tunisia, the richness of the culinary heritage is unknown, often due to lack of transmission and communication that links between the different regions of the country. A tasting exhibition about Tunis paid tribute to seven governments in Tunisia. When Tunisians start debating the types of chermoula, a sauce used to cook…

Sierra Leone: on Kambui Hill, coffee

In this small West African country, a research group has found traces of a wild coffee that is believed to have disappeared since the early 1960s. in recent years through global warming. "We have been walking for two good hours now, on foot in the Kambui hills, and there we approach the garden to the wild stone shelf ...". Not…

Senegal: Tambacounda, ghost stopover of the line

In Tambacounda, a city 500 kilometers east of the Senegalese capital, the Dakar-Bamako train has not run since 2018. In April last year, the Minister of Transport announced that traffic would resume in December 2021 to Tambacounda, failing to rehabilitate rails to Mali. A promise that the people were waiting for while the train brought life to the whole region which was more isolated.…

Chad: unemployed academics

In Chad, unemployed academics demonstrate every week, mainly in Ndjamena, before being dispersed by the police. All claim that they have been integrated into the public service that some have been waiting for more than ten years. According to the unions, the Chadian government is the main employer with almost 85,000 jobs. If…

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