Africa

According to the UNHCR, more than 620,000 Central Africans are refugees, especially in neighboring countries (Cameroon, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo). Returns are made regularly. This week, two convoys of volunteer returns were organized. And these returning confidence in their desire to exercise their civil rights. as…

Pascal Affi N'Guessan's lawyers condemn the "arbitrary detention" and "isolation" of his client, which they have not been able to access since November 9, when he first appeared before the judge. The leader of the FPI, which is recognized by the Ivorian authorities, is accused, as are other leaders of the opposition, of the…

Two elected officials from Tripoli State Council and the former Constituent Assembly spoke in Tunis in opposition to the plan of Libya's political dialogue forum, with the support of the UN, to organize elections on December 24, 2021 without a constitution in advance. as reported from Tunis, Mathieu GaltierThe emergence of a…

The last episode of our series of reports dedicated to the Senegambia Bridge that has changed the lives of Gambians and Senegalese for a year. Inaugurated on January 21, 2019, the Sénégambien Bridge stretches across the Gambia River and allows easy connection of southern Senegal to the north. It replaces the old ferry that required waiting long hours before crossing or even several days for truck…

Following the autumn of President Laurent Gbagbo, 11,000 Ivorians fled the post-election disaster to hunt refuge in Ghana. For these early refugees, the political disaster that the Ivory Coast is experiencing at present is painfully paying homage to that of 2011. From our Accra correspondent,Justin Koné Katinan was the funds…

Closed in mid-March as a result of pandemic, the border publish between Tunisia and Libya as soon as once more allowed autos and pedestrians to go on Saturday. Flights between the 2 international locations will resume this Sunday. This opening is a breath of contemporary air for Tunisia, which has been hit arduous by a severe financial disaster.…

Where are we in Farabougou, Mali? It has only been a week since the Niono Forum ended. Four ministers had made the trip to promote reconciliation between communities and restore security in this circle of the Ségou region, in the center of the country. At the same time, a pact was signed between dozo hunters and representatives of the Fulani community. One week later, however, the situation is far…

In Ethiopia, the war in Tigray has now lasted eleven days. The conflict is still very difficult to estimate due to the cut-off of all telecommunications in the province. The government has taken over a small part of the western part of the province but clashes continue. as reported from Addis Ababa, Noé Rochet-BodinThe…

Together with her new novel "This Mournable Physique", the Zimbabwean Tsitsi Dangarembga is taking part this yr for the distinguished Booker Prize, the English equal of the Goncourt Prize. It's a highly effective novel that tells the story of the descent into postcolonial Zimbabwe. The announcement in July of the primary collection of works listed for the prize coincided with the writer accused by the police of getting inspired rebel and…

The presidential plane with the body of the former Malian head of state, Amadou Toumani Touré, arrived this Saturday, November 14, around 04:00 in Bamako, from Turkey, where he died. The plane was parked near the presidential pavilion at Bamako airport, where several hundred people were waiting, including the Malian authorities. A sober meditation ceremony took place.…