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Algeria is waiting, on Sunday 13 June, for the results of the legislative elections on Saturday. We work towards the participation of about 30% of about 24 million voters, the lowest number of legislative elections in at least twenty years, in Algeria. With our special correspondent in Algiers, Magali LagrangeThe early…

Today, Sunday 13 June, marks the International Day for Albinism Awareness. In Kenya, activists working to change attitudes believe that progress is visible, even if the stigma remains. as reported from Nairobi, Albane ThirouardLocal actors agree: in recent years, the situation has developed in the right direction. Isaac Mwaura…

An army vehicle jumped on an improvised explosive device this Saturday, June 12. Three soldiers were killed, according to Chief of the General Staff of the Armies, General Lassina Doumbia. It happened in Tehini, the night before Saturday to Sunday, in the area where an Ivorian soldier has already died earlier this week after a jihadist attack.…

In Niamey, attackers attacked the residence of Seini Oumarou, the president of the National Assembly, Friday night, June 11 until Saturday, June 12. Terrorist attack or crime by petty criminals in Niamey? Monopolizes the case. An investigation is underway. as reported from Niamey, Moussa KakaArmed men on motorcycles shot at…

Clashes pitted young Tunisians against police on Saturday, June 12, in the popular Sidi Hassine district. Earlier in the day, a demonstration against police violence took place in front of the Interior Ministry following the suspected death of a young person. "Who protects us from the police?", "Save a life - judge a…

"Polyphonies, polyphiles" is the name of this musical show presented at the Alliance française de Bangui, the fruit of the meeting between polyphonic pygmy songs and the legendary Bambari horns. as reported from Bangui, Carol ValadeIt is a meeting led by guitarist Camel Zekri, the French-Algerian musicologist and composer, who…

In Chad, the extraordinary congress of the patriotic rescue movement, the late President Idriss Déby Itno, convened yesterday, has appointed the President of the National Assembly, Haroun Kabadi, as the new Secretary General. A consensus and even an abbreviated congress. with our correspondent in Ndjamena, Madjiasra NakoMany…

This is a confirmation, another sign that relations between France and Rwanda are improving. While Paris no longer had an ambassador in Kigali, the Rwandan Council of Ministers validated the accreditation of the diplomat proposed by Paris: Antoine Anfré, a good connoisseur of the continent. A new representative of France in…

After a series of so-called "economic" tours that took him to the center of the country, President Macky Sall began a second tour on Saturday, June 12, this time in the regions of Saint-Louis and Matam in the north. A stay that will be reinforced by the mobilization of these supporters who want to forget the parentheses from the riots in March last year. Riots were seen by some as a political message.…

During his last Council of Ministers, held on June 9, 2021, the Ivorian president announced the creation of 12 new autonomous districts. The district is the first level of administration for the territorial division. It is in the implementation of the policy of decentralization and local development, the head of state explains. The opposition believes that this reform aims to better control the…