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Algeria is celebrating the 60th anniversary of its independence with great fanfare this Tuesday, July 5th. After laying a wreath at the Martyrs' Sanctuary in Algiers, President Abdelmadjid Tebboune inspected units from several security services before launching…

On June 26, 1960, the Big Island regained its sovereignty after greater than half a century of French colonization. While the coronavirus pandemic for the previous two years has prevented the typical festivities and standard jubilation, this yr rallies, live…

On the fiftieth anniversary of the end of federalism, on Friday, May 20, Cameroonian Prime Minister Paul Biya led a civilian and military parade in the capital, Yaoundé. This traditional parade, which had not taken place in three years due to the Covid-19…

This Friday, May 20, marks the fiftieth anniversary of the end of the two federated state systems: Western Cameroon and Eastern Cameroon. The year 1972 is thus the birth of the United Republic of Cameroon. A date with special resonance in the English-speaking…

This Friday will mark the fiftieth anniversary of the end of the federalist system of two federated states (Western Cameroon and Eastern Cameroon) and the birth of the United Republic of Cameroon in 1972. On this occasion, a military and civilian parade is…

To have fun the fiftieth anniversary of May 13, 1972, which many name "true independence", or "Malagasy May 68", inventive scenes, debates and testimonies of "sextiodouzards" had been organized on the Place du 13 May. It is a vital date within the nation's…

It is today, at noon, that Emmanuel Macron in the Elysée Palace will give a speech which Le Parisien qualifies as much more of a "balancing act" than a ceasefire, the date of…

Screening of films, exhibitions and workshops ... The target school in Poto-Poto, the very first in Brazzaville, founded in 1951 by the Frenchman Pierre Lods, ended a series of events on Saturday 26 June to celebrate its 70th anniversary. This facility was not saved by the Covid-19 pandemic. Built at the foot of a baobab tree, Poto-Poto target school borders other trees that protect the building like a bird's nest. Seen from near and far, it has the shape of an obelisk. “I was 20 (when I came here). Young people were…

The oldest party on the Ivory Coast celebrates its 75th anniversary. During the launching ceremony for the memorial service at the party's headquarters, Executive Secretary Maurice Guikahué and President Henri Konan Bédié insisted on the need to "question" the functioning of the governing bodies. as reported from Abidjan,…

This Saturday, December 19, marks the second year of the outbreak of the Sudanese People's Revolution, which overthrew the regime of former President Omar al-Bashir. It all started on December 19, 2018 in the working class Atbara, 300 km north of Khartoum. That day began the first manifestations of discontent that would lead four months later to a thirty-year dictatorship.…