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Local spectators will be able to participate in the Olympic Games (July 23-August 8), announced the organizers of Tokyo 2021. For African athletes who will participate in these Olympics, can count on the support of an audience, even very limited because of Covid- 19, is a relief. The 68,000 seats at Tokyo Olympic Stadium are far…

The President of the African Football Confederation (CAF), Patrice Motsepe, spoke in a statement released on Sunday, June 20. The leader confirmed that a project to create an African Super League was being considered. And he intends to rely on the failure of the European project so as not to make mistakes. Sunday, June 20,…

Funded by a 2% tax on wages and international support, the Central African Agency for Vocational Training and Employment works for the integration of young people and women as a priority, but is overwhelmed by the scale of the tasks. Business leaders and trainers who agree on one point: the solution lies in reforming the Central African education system.…

"Polyphonies, polyphiles" is the name of this musical show presented at the Alliance française de Bangui, the fruit of the meeting between polyphonic pygmy songs and the legendary Bambari horns. as reported from Bangui, Carol ValadeIt is a meeting led by guitarist Camel Zekri, the French-Algerian musicologist and composer, who…

One week ago, Burkina Faso woke up to the news of a horrific massacre in the northern village of Solhan. You wrote a comment "warm»On social networks the day after this tragedy.Yes, there was a small personal dimension to this reaction. I learned the news of Solhan's tragedy when I landed in Dakar, after a week in Ouagadougou, as part of WATHI's advocating efforts for health system reforms in the region. So far from…

Visiting Tunisia, the Director - General of Unesco, Audrey Azoulay, inaugurates this Wednesday, June 9, an atypical site located in Zarzis, in the south of the country: it is a cemetery for migrants called the "Jardin d'Afrique", fully funded and created by the Algerian visual artist Rachid Koraïchi. In the silence of the…

The summer market for football transfer is about to open in many countries on June 9, 2021. Several famous African players are about to terminate their contracts and would please many clubs. Selection. Vincent Aboubakar (Cameroon)After several years in France and Portugal, the striker has become a figure in Turkey. With…

The meeting on Friday 4 June in Brazzaville, the Heads of State of the Central African Economic Community (ECCAS), decided to follow the African Union's position on Chad. Presidents João Lourenço of Angola, Félix Antoine Tshisekedi of the DRC, Faustin Archange Touadéra of Central Africa and Denis Sassou-Nguesso of the Republic of the Congo have announced their willingness to support the transition in…

The 22nd African Athletics Championships will not take place. Nigeria, asked to host the event instead of Algeria, finally gave up because of the health context. This important step towards the Tokyo Olympics had already been postponed from 2020 to 2021 due to Covid-19. A big blow for African athletics, less than 50 days…

Where will the most important meetings in African culture take place in June in digital form or face to face? Here are 21 suggestions. Do not hesitate to send us your "essentials" to fipageculture@yahoo.fr. From 1 to 6 June, the second edition of Wekré, the market for contemporary art in Ouagadougou, will be held under the theme Cross-country skiing. Among the…