Africa

Post-covid revival in Senegal: the government focuses in particular on the agricultural sector, which employs about 60% of the working population. The aim is to strengthen food sovereignty, but also to promote the export of fruit and vegetables produced in Senegal. An ambition was confirmed at the first international agricultural fair in the north held near Saint-Louis (in the north of the country) at…

Urban planning in Goma had begun before the eruption of Nyiragongo. The recent awakening of the volcano, the destruction and displacement of the population that it has caused gives these projects a new urgency. Minister of Urbanism Pius Mwabilu gives details. How to alleviate congestion in Goma and more easily predict seismic…

Since the announcement of an agreement on the recognition of the genocide in Namibia by Germany, criticism has increased in Namibia, focusing on the fact that the text does not prescribe compensation without development aid. The head of German diplomacy reacted on Wednesday in parliament. as reported from Berlin, Pascal…

In Burkina Faso, the radio and television antenna Radio Oméga was interrupted for five days by the Superior Council of Communication. According to CSC's press release, this decision is motivated by a serious failure in the processing of information about the attack by Solhan and by the psychosis that this created in the population.…

In the Central African Republic, the French citizen who was arrested on May 10 in custody was arrested. Juan Rémy Quignolot is especially accused of espionage, conspiracy and danger to state security. The Advocate General of the Court of Appeal in Bangui Didier Tambo confirmed on Wednesday that Juan Rémy Quignolot,the Frenchman…

Following talks on Tuesday, June 8, with the new President of the Malian Transition, Assimi Goïta, ECOWAS met with representatives of the African Union and the United Nations on Wednesday morning with the new Prime Minister Choguel Maïga. In particular on the program: the development of consultations on the formation of an inclusive government.…

In Uganda, the list of the new cabinet prepared by President Museveni overnight was published and there are many women in strategic positions. To help him in the presidency,Yoweri Museveni chose Jessica Alupo. Retired from the army, she was Minister of Education in 2011 before Janeth Museveni. The latter was finally appointed…

The early legislative elections must take place this Saturday, June 12, in Algeria in order to elect the 407 deputies to the National People's Assembly for five years. For power, it is a further step to restore all their legitimacy to the country's institutions after the fall of Abdelaziz Bouteflika in 2019. But this election is rejected within Hirak and by part of the political class, in a context of…

A 37-year-old South African woman broke the Guinness World Record by giving birth to ten children, according to media reports on Tuesday. The IOL news site said that Gosiame Thamara Sithole, a resident of Tembisa East in Johannesburg, delivered seven boys and three girls by caesarean section at a hospital in Pretoria. Teboho Tsotetsi said his wife also had 6-year-old twins. He said he was happy and emotional about the news. Reports earlier showed that Sithole was expecting eight children, but two apparently missed the…

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, justice has not yet ended with Brenda Okale, the widow of the former head of military intelligence, Delphin Kahimbi, and her mother, acquitted to everyone's surprise on Monday by the tribunal de grande instance Kinshasa-Gombe. The two women were accused of murdering General Delphin Kahimbi…