Africa

In Ethiopia, the number of deaths in the attack on Wednesday, December 23, by gunmen in the western Benishangul-Gumuz region of the country rose to 207, according to the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission. Humanitarian workers had reported up to a hundred dead, victims of the attack in the Benishangul-Gumuz region, populated…

This Sunday, December 27, the last election rally of the year 2020 will be held in West Africa. In fact, Nigerian voters are urged to go to the polls for the first round of presidential elections as well as for the legislative elections. Status with Wathi. Gilles Yabi: Yes, Niger is one of the Sahel countries that is the…

On the eve of the presidential and legislative elections in the Central African Republic, the fighting between the coalition between rebel groups and government forces continues. This Friday, following the interruption of a ceasefire unilaterally adopted by the rebels, three peacekeepers from Burundi were killed in Doka, 250 kilometers north of Bangui by unidentified armed fighters. Votes were raised to…

The forerunner of Martin Luther King, Malcolm X and the negritude movement, the American WEB Du Bois has dedicated his life to the fight against racism and to the defense of black culture. Her monumental work, which consists of sociological and historical essays, but also of fictions and autobiographical narratives close to prose poetry, strikes the astonishing modernity in the analyzes of the balance of power between races in the United…

In Mali, Transitional Minister Moctar Ouane will travel to Bandiagara this Saturday. He is to be accompanied by four ministers on this important journey to the center of the country. Bandiagara is the first city in the Dogon country, the Mopti region, an area where the presence of jihadist groups is more and more marked. Demonstrations also took place in Bandiagara earlier this week to protest…

In a few months, he joined the club with contemporary African artists with the best ratings. Amoako Boafo is Ghanaian, he is 36 years old and that is a bit of a revelation in 2020. His works inspired the last spring-summer 2021 collection of Dior Hommes, and he now follows his compatriot El Anatsui at auctions. One of his paintings sold for over $ 1 million this month at Christie's.…

Three UN peacekeepers have been killed by unidentified fighters in the Central African Republic, the UN said, as the country prepares for a general election and fighting continues between rebels and government forces.

In Ethiopia, last Friday, the electoral authorities finally chose a date for holding parliamentary elections. The vote, which was eagerly awaited given the volatile political situation, was originally scheduled to be held last summer, but it had been postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. However, some opponents doubt that the conditions are met for these choices to take place correctly,…

The Central African Republic is on the verge of the date of the combined legislative and presidential elections. The situation is still unstable in the country. Fighting was reported on Friday, December 25, at several locations in the country, and three Burundian peacekeepers were killed. The Coalition of Armed Groups CPC seems determined to disrupt the election. Despite this uncertainty and the doubts it raises in the vote, Minusca is still firmly opposed to postponing the election. Mankeur Ndaye, number 1 on the UN…

A team of young Malagasy people won $ 24,500 from the US State Department for their project "Women Break The Silence", which is due to start in January next year. It aims to support victims of sexual violence and to combat the stigma surrounding sexual assault. with our correspondent in Antananarivo, Like Laetitia"Help victims…