Africa

If African fashion is currently having great success around the world, Pathé'O and all the young African designers they have supported in recent years point out that the road to this success has not always been easy. From our correspondent in Abidjan,Hidden in one of hundreds of alleys in the working-class district of…

An agent for National Education was fired after a controversy over a white bac topic on homosexuality. Last year students from the Academy of Rufisque, near Dakar, worked last week on a text by the American author Armistead Maupin, himself an LGBT rights activist. The choice of this topic has caused controversy in a country where homosexuality is oppressed. Homosexual rights activists are concerned…

Laurent Gbagbo will return on June 17. The government "notes" this announcement made on Monday by its supporters, after regretting on Tuesday 1 June that it had not been heard. Discussions between the former president's and government envoys continue to prepare for this return and, in particular, to know what form it will take.…

Following ECOWAS, the African Union decided to suspend Mali from its governing bodies. But the continental organization has not made any other decision to punish Mali's new leader as the country awaits the appointment of the new prime minister. Soldiers must "go back to their barracks." The term had already been used after the…

For ten days he has been responsible for the relocation of hundreds of thousands of inhabitants from the Congolese city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Nyiragongo, the most dangerous volcano in Africa, once again threatens this city in the eastern part of the country. This volcano, located in the great East African rift, continues to fascinate scientists and poses an eternal threat to the…

In Ethiopia, the Tigray War continues. Federal forces, especially supported by Eritrean troops, launched a large-scale military operation in November 2020. The soldiers confront the men from the former power in Tigray, TPLF. The conflict has claimed thousands of lives. Several abuses against civilians have been committed. The region is undergoing a serious humanitarian crisis. In the face of this…

Following the alleged massacre, Ethiopia says it is moving fast to restore order in Tigray ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Ethiopian authorities are keen to restore peace and stability to the Tigray region, which has now emerged, months after the assassination, which killed thousands of government critics, leading to massive international condemnation. The Tigray crisis shocked the world after reports…

The relatives of Floribert Chebeya and Fidèle Bazana celebrated on Tuesday, June 1, the 11th anniversary of the murder of the two human rights activists after the police call. The next day, June 2, the body of the former body was found; the other has not been until today. Following revelations on our antenna, the organization Voice of the Voiceless submitted a memorandum to the Presidency of the…

According to the spokesman for the Ivory Coast Government, Amadou Coulibaly, the date of 17 June presented by FPI-GOR on the return of former President Laurent Gbagbo to the country has not been the subject of a "consent election". It would not have been communicated to the authorities by Laurent Gbagbo's entourage. as reported…

Civil society in southern Kivu demands an apology from Rwandan President Paul Kagame, following comments to RFI and France 24 during his visit to Paris two weeks ago. Paul Kagame considered the UN survey report to be controversial, and that other reports had concluded that there was no crime in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Words that shocked civil society in southern Kivu, which organized a seat in…