Africa

In view of the presidential election and the legislative election that will take place on November 22, MPS is leading a proximity campaign for Yacouba Isaac Zida in the absence of his candidate. In fact, the former transitional minister is living in exile in Canada. Announced several times in Ouagadougou, he has not yet returned to the country due to an arrest warrant for "abandonment in peacetime and…

For the first time in the Malagasy mining sector, Madagascar representatives of major mining and craft operations, who regularly opposed each other, sat around the same table. The aim: to discuss the way out of the crisis caused by the coronavirus, but also to oppose the reform of the mining law, whose new taxation could plague the already gloomy sector.…

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, tensions between Joseph Kabila's Front Commun pour le Congo (FCC) and Félix Tshisekedi's Cap for Change (Cach) are not diminishing. The current president of the republic's political family wants to put an end to the coalition. She claims that the conflicts with the political grouping of Joseph Kabila no longer allow the coalition government to work in peace and…

Because the navy coup on August 18, Mali has had a caretaker president and vice chairman, a chief minister and a caretaker authorities. The CNT is the final physique offered for within the transitional constitution, however its set up is sluggish and has given rise to controversy. Submission of purposes has been closed since…

Emmanuel Macron congratulated Alassane Ouattara on his re-election as head of Côte d'Ivoire on 31 October following a highly controversial vote that led to violence across the country. The French head of state sent an official letter to his counterpart this week, calling for dialogue in the country. In this letter dated…

On the run from a fratricidal war that has been going on since the beginning of November, more and more Ethiopians are taking refuge in neighboring Sudan. In less than a week, 25,000 refugees arrived in Sudan (SUNA bureau). They are currently stacking a few kilometers from the border, in the village of El Hashaga. The vast majority are Tigrayans. Some did not cross the border unscathed.…

In Burkina Faso, the last week of the campaign for the 13 presidential candidates. Large gatherings continue, as do local campaigns. While the outgoing President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré was in Gaoua in the southwestern region, Kadré Desiré Ouedraogo was on his way to Bobo Dioulasso with stops in major cities, that Eddie Komboïgo from the Congress for Democracy and Progress was in the center-south,…

In Ghana, Jerry Rawling's death aroused popular sentiment. Less than a month after the presidential election, the two main political parties are vying for tributes to the former president. From our Accra correspondent,Since death of "JJ Rawlings"Went into Ghana a period of national mourning. The two main parties vying for the…

In Dakar, Senegal, a Fab Lab helps working-class Grand Yoff girls to realize digital expertise and begin entrepreneurship. On this place for prototypes, creativity and sharing, seamstress is launched for apprentices to digital embroidery and 3D modeling. Aim: that they worth their work and acquire autonomy. .

The fight against Daesh continues and is now passing through Africa, according to the international coalition against the Islamic State group, which met this week with a video conference, at the initiative of the United States and Nigeria. If the group in Iraq and Syria, where the coalition has done a lot of military work, no…