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AFRO, an African attempt to revolutionize

There are over 7,000 cryptocurrencies in the world and just a few dozen in Africa. And yet very few of them are actually used. Among the most promising projects is AFRO, a cryptocurrency launched in 2018 that addresses the Senegalese artist's Mansour Sy Kanakassy's idea. AFRO aims to be a pan-African cryptocurrency and in the service of development. Some countries have already adopted it for specific…

armed groups kill at least 50 civilians in

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, armed groups, hitherto unidentified, killed at least 50 civilians during the night from Sunday to Monday, May 31, according to a still preliminary report from the Kivu Security Barometer. The attack took place in two villages in the territory of Irumu, in the province of Ituri, north of the border with Kivu. An attack of unprecedented scale. The attackers also…

reunion day between Imam Dicko and M5

A delegation from the movement that contributed to the downfall of the former Malian president IBK visited the priest in his home on Monday 31 May. Their relationship has developed into a roller coaster. This visit is a strategy for the M5 to sharpen its ranks. as reported from Bamako, Serge DanielTo see the pictures, the…

there is a role for jihadists in

Mali is still awaiting the announcement of the appointment of its new Prime Minister. More than a week after the arrest of Colonel Assimi Goïtade's military, former president and transitional minister, the country remains uncertain. French President Emmanuel Macron has threatened to withdraw French troops involved in the fight against terrorism if Mali gives in to the "temptation of radical Islam".…

return to calm in Casamance after a swipe

In Senegal, calm returned on Monday morning, May 31, in Casamance in the south of the country. Yesterday, the army carried out airstrikes in an area west of Cassolole, near the border with Guinea-Bissau. They targeted parts of the MFDC's separatist movement. This sweep is in line with the army's operations in the region in January and February.…

Over 50 lives lost in DR Congo’s worst night of

More than 50 people were killed in two separate attacks on villages in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo during one of the worst violent nights the area has seen in at least four years, the Kivu Security Tracker (KST) research group said on Monday. The army and a local civil rights group blamed the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), an extremist armed group, for looting the village of Tchabi and a camp for displaced people near Boga, another village. Both are close to Uganda's border. Albert…

a new kidnapping of students in a school

A Koran school in the state of Niger in the north-central part of the country was attacked by armed men on Sunday, May 30, 2021. The school accommodates more than 200 students and no results are yet known. According to a statement from the local police, armed men arrived on motorcycles and attacked the Salihu Tanko Koranic…