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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…

Although fighting continues in the far north of the…

In retrospect, Africa has almost returned to a time of repeated coups from the past. To the great misfortune of the people. It was in Paris this week. Africa was the guest of honor at a summit to raise awareness among partners and other donors of the need for significant funding for the revival of economies damaged by the…

5 days after the publication of its report on Chad, the Peace and Safety Council (PSC) of the African Union has nonetheless not communicated the small print of its choices. However RFI may be taught extra about it. There can be no sanctions towards the Chadian army junta, however a confirmed need to assist the transition course…

There may be co - operation inside the African Union with Chad. No sanctions, at this stage, in opposition to the junta that has taken energy since Idriss Déby's demise, however assist for the transition in Ndjamena, in line with data acquired by RFI from the Peace and Safety Council (CPS). The Pan-African physique assembly since Friday 14 Might to make a decision the destiny of the Sahelian nation…

The assembly has been postponed a number of instances for the reason that starting of the week, however this time it appears to be proper. The African Union Peace and Safety Council is lastly Chad this Friday, 14 Might. This time the assembly has taken place for the reason that morning of 14 Might. This is essential as a…

Initially scheduled for Monday, the assembly of the African Union Peace and Safety Council would open this Tuesday, Might 11, in Addis Ababa. A vital assembly for Chad the place the report of the delegation investigating the transition course of opened after the demise of Idriss Déby, three weeks in the past, and the takeover of a 15-general navy transitional council. The UA should now resolve whether…

Cracks within the African Union earlier than John Mahama's arrival in Somalia MOGADISHU, Somalia - There have been reviews of divisions within the African Union over the continued peace talks within the Federal Republic of Somalia, which have been topic to political upheavals in the previous few months following the tip of President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo's time period. Farmajo…

The picture is taken on the foot of the Lion of Judah monument in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital. Within the foreground, Bob Marley, carrying a green-yellow-red jacket, his dreadlocks hidden beneath one in every of the big caps that Rastafarians love. Behind him, excessive up on the pedestal, is the statue of the lion carrying a crown and holding a spire in its entrance left paw. The picture, stuffed with which means, is a focus of reggae symbolism. And one in every of the few images that testifies to the…

The following African Athletics Championships, which have already been postponed till 2020 to 2021 on account of Covid-19, have been postponed from the start (1-5) to the tip of June and needs to be held in Algiers as a substitute of Oran. This occasion ought to function a springboard for a lot of African athletes on the Tokyo Olympics (July 23-August 8).…