Africa

The Senegalese opposition calls the mobilization to say no to the changes to be made to the new election code. The bill, which will be discussed in the National Assembly on Monday 12 July, contains articles that the opposition considers dangerous to democracy and which exclude potential political opponents of President Macky Sall.…

Tributes are rising in the Democratic Republic of Congo following the death of Laurent Monsengwo, Cardinal and Archbishop Emeritus of Kinshasa. He was the most famous figure in the Catholic Church in Congo, president of the Bishops' Conference in Zaire, already critical at the time of Marshal Mobutu. Despite his opposition to all regimes for 30 years, the tributes on Sunday night were unanimous.…

Should the president's wife be paid? It is this issue that is upsetting Ghana right now. Parliament recently adopted an amendment allowing President Akufo-Addos and his Vice-President's wife to receive compensation, but as the country is in the midst of an economic crisis and protests erupted last week, the measure goes wrong with the people.…

This is the second stage of Laurent Gbagbo's visit to the Henri Konan Bédié fortress, in the middle east of the Ivory Coast. Following the reunification, on Saturday 10 July, in Douakro, the two opposition leaders will meet, this Sunday 11 July, in Bédiékro, in the bush, in the heart of the plantations of the former president of the PDCI. At the end of this day, Henri Konan Bédié called for "a new…

Morocco has since Saturday, July 10, faced a stifling heat that should peak, this Sunday, July 11, with record temperatures approaching 51 degrees. According to the country's meteorological services, this is a full-time height. For the head of Morocco's National Meteorological Research Center, Hassan Haddouch, this phenomenon…

In Mali, a year ago, until today, 14 people died after police intervention during the demonstrations against the dismissed President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, according to figures from the UN and the UN. Human Rights Watch NGO. A ceremony will be held on Sunday, July 11, in honor of the Imam Dicko Mosque, located in Badalabougou. The district was then the epicenter of the protest against the old regime.…

Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo urged the Congolese to be vigilant after the "conglomerate" bill was introduced. This text aims to introduce a condition for accession to the presidency of the republic to have a father and mother with Congolese nationality. "I urge you to resist hate speech and initiatives that exclude and divide…

Elected on April 11, the President of Benin promises to resign in 2026 at the end of his current term. Patrice Talon made this commitment to several African civil society organizations, such as Togo Debout and Tournons la page, this Saturday 10 July. "The terms of office should be limited," said Patrice Talon. When you weigh…

The curtain fell this Saturday, July 10, in Kinshasa on the third day of the States General on Mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo. They make up the bulk of the country's exports, but do not earn enough in the treasury. More than a hundred recommendations came out of this meeting, written by the hundred participants, the authorities and the managers of mining companies, to make the mining sector…

It is a hunt that keeps Kenya in suspense. Police officer Caroline Kangogo has been wanted by her colleagues for seven days now. She is suspected of having shot two men to death on July 5 and 6. The 34-year-old has been on the run since then. The Kenyan authorities may well have mobilized significant human resources, Caroline Kangogo is still traceable to this day.…