Africa

Three weeks after returning to Côte d'Ivoire, Laurent Gbagbo will meet Henri Konan Bédié on Saturday 10 July at his home in Daoukro. The two Ivorian opposition leaders and former presidents of the republic intend to give new impetus to the national reconciliation process, while their respective parties fought against each other during the 2010-2011 crisis. But more than a simple meeting with sympathy,…

We know more about the reorganization of the French military system in the Sahel. The G5 countries - Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, Mauritania and Chad - met on Friday, July 9, via video conference. French President Emmanuel Macron attended the second sequence of this summit. One month after announcing the gradual end of Operation Barkhane, he presented the outlines of the new French military system in the…

South Sudan celebrated its tenth anniversary of independence on Friday (July 9). A first decade of existence marked by a bloody civil war that left about 400,000 dead and 4 million displaced. On this occasion, President Salva Kiir addressed the nation. as reported from Nairobi, Sebastien nemethDuring the ten years of…

The Economic and Financial Brigade multiplies arrests and hearings. The former head of the agency is in custody. The matter was revealed on Wednesday, July 7, in the Council of Ministers. According to the government, it was suspicious procurement, various irregularly granted bonuses and fraudulent registrations of thousands of vehicles. The damages are estimated at more than 13 billion CFA francs.…

The Pan-African Union for Social Democracy (UPADS) responds positively to the proposal for unity launched by Clothaire Moussa, President of the RAC, Trade Committee for Renewal. This union is the only way to resist Denis Sassou-Nguesso's ruling party, believes UPAD's first secretary, Pascal Tsaty-Mabiala. .

The former South African president spent his first night behind bars. "Zuma fought against the law and the law won", launches the South African newspaper's website Sunday Times, by translating this form of a local proverb: "everything has an end".For its part, the information portal Mail & Guardian tells "how JZ was pressured into surrender" and reports "intense talks between the police chiefs, the ANC leadership in…

A local Guinean official, who passed from the ruling party to the opposition, was sentenced on Thursday, July 9, to three years and four months in prison for "insulting the head of state", after declaring that only weapons could drive Alpha Condé out of power. The condemnation of opponents has recurred in Guinea since the controversial re-election of President Condé in October 2020.…

On Thursday, July 8, the UN pressured Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan to resume negotiations on the great renaissance dam on the Nile, under the leadership of the African Union. Egypt would have liked the UN Security Council to address the issue, but the fifteen members unanimously invited them to reconsider concessions in order to resolve the situation as quickly as possible.…

Paul Daumont is a young Burkinabè cyclist who will participate in the Olympics in Tokyo. He is currently cycling the biggest jump in West and Central Africa. From day one of the Olympics, he will be on the track, or rather on the road. A few tens of kilometers southwest of Tokyo, 21-year-old Paul Daumont, of whom almost four…

The most feminist film to date in competition at the Cannes Film Festival has been directed by an African man. In Lingui, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun questions the links and values ​​that are considered sacred in a patriarchal society like Chad: the absolute ban on abortion, the excision of girls and the submission of women. The Chadian filmmaker manages to turn a tragic story into an optimistic utopia thanks…