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more than ten soldiers killed during two consecutive attacks in the center of the country

A military position in Sokoura, in the circle of Bankass, "was the subject of a terrorist attack" from Monday night to Tuesday, said the army, which reports a preliminary death toll of "nine dead" and wounded in its ranks ". A reinforcement sent to the scene then fell Tuesday morning into an ambush that left "three dead, ten wounded" and missing, according to the statement. as reported from Bamako, The Malian army faced two attacks. First, that of his camp in the center of the country, a few dozen kilometers from the…

the slopes of Kilimanjaro in flames

The highest mountain in Africa has been hit by a fire that started on Sunday. This large tourist resort, located in Tanzania, rises to 5895 meters above sea level. On the spot, hundreds of people - firefighters, soldiers, volunteers - are trying to limit the advance of the flame. With our regional correspondent in Nairobi, Nearly 400 soldiers, 600 firefighters, residents of the region, students and staff from tourism companies have been deployed on the slopes of Kilimanjaro in an attempt to control the fire. The flames…

“We monitor daily government spending” (IGF)

The Treasury General is on all hot topics of the hour: civil servant pay, exceptions, answers to covid, Go pass, Bukanda Lonzo ... This institution, which relies on the presidency of the republic, is currently carrying out current 34 control missions including 26 in Kinshasa. However, it only has about forty inspectors still active ... IGF has not recruited for thirty years. The need is so much more urgent, as the Inspector General of Finance now daily checks all the revenue and expenditure of the state to prevent abuse.…

thousands of emails from US diplomacy being declassified

It is a new look at the underside of American foreign policy. In recent days, Mike Pompeo, the head of US diplomacy, has finally promised to declassify emails sent at the time by Hillary Clinton, who was sitting between 2009 and 2013, under pressure from President Donald Trump under President Donald Trump during President Donald Trump. The content of some of these emails is already known: it allows us to better understand the position of the United States at the time of the Arab Spring, especially towards the Muslim…

the Norwegian Financial Supervisory Authority on all fronts

The Financial Supervisory Authority is on all hot topics: pay officials, exemptions, responses to Covid-19, Go pass, Bukanda Lonzo ... This institution, which relies on the Presidency of the Republic, is currently carrying out 34 control missions, including 26 in Kinshasa . However, it only has about forty inspectors still active. IGF has not recruited for thirty years. But, and this is a small revolution, with the support of the firm Price Waterhouse Cooper, it must in the coming weeks recruit about sixty inspectors.…

Alpha Condé continues its campaign in the interior of the country

After Nzérékoré, Lola, Macenta and Guéckédou, the head of state held a meeting on Monday 12 October in the forest city of Kissidougou in the south of the country. During his speech, he said he regretted the violence that took place in the Kankan region, where the procession from his main rival, Cellou Dalein Diallo, was blocked the day before. With our correspondent After Macenta and Guéckédou in the morning, it is in Kissidougou that the presidential helicopter landed in the early afternoon. From the stadium, Alpha…

controversy over the allocation of fishing licenses to Chinese companies

In Senegal, the international environmental NGO Greenpeace condemns in a report the non-transparency of the issuance of industrial fishing licenses to Chinese vessels. A practice that had already condemned stakeholders in the fisheries and Senegalese media. as reported from Dakar, The controversy over the allocation of industrial fishing licenses continues in Senegal. It all started in May last year. In a letter to President Macky Sall, Senegalese fisheries organizations condemn the license application from 52 foreign…

students returning to school after seven months at home

Officially, more than 1.3 million students, from kindergarten to high school, have returned to the path on Monday, October 12, at the start of the 2020-2021 school year. All in all, they are happy to return to their places of learning after seven months of forced leave due to coronavirus, whose cases have dropped significantly in the country. But their joy is somewhat ruined by the hassle of transportation. as reported from Brazzaville, His parents dropped him off by car early in the morning at Chaminade High School,…

France claims to have played a secondary role in hostage negotiations

Four days after the release of Sophie Pétronin, Soumaila Cissé and the two Italian hostages, the gray areas are still numerous. France assures it in any case: its role in this affair was only secondary. "The operation was carried out by the Malians, the terms of the negotiations were not carried out by France". This is the message conveyed by the Elysée while the conditions for the release of Sophie Pétronin raise questions. If the two countries' external services have worked together, it is Bamako who has kept control…

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