Glimmers of Hope – Week of
"Pritzker", a prestigious brand of recognition, which goes for the "Nobel" for architecture, has just been awarded to Burkinabè Diébédo Francis Kéré for 2022. His country grew out of it. Africa too.…
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“My work is a service to humanity for the poor
For the first time in its history, the Pritzker Prize, the highest award in the world of architecture, has been awarded to an African. Burkinabè Diébédo Francis Kéré has always been committed to his homeland, Burkina, with sustainable architecture that respects…
the architect Diébédo Francis Kéré will be the first
An African winner of the Pritzker Prize 2022. This is a first. The largest prize for architecture was awarded on Tuesday, March 15, to Burkinabè Diébédo Francis Kéré. 56 years old, this architect now works all over the world. His agency is based in Berlin,…
DRC: the Chinese mega-contract is fighting to stay
To date, only a few infrastructure works have been carried out in some DRC cities such as Kinshasa and Lubumbashi. NGO Afrewatch, which has just published a report on mega-contratchin, believes that the performance has not yet fulfilled its promises. From our correspondent in Lubumbashi,Georges Nkulu, a road transporter, sits…
abduction operation “Release
In Gabon, following a 48-hour ultimatum, authorities sent the army to stalls from street vendors in the capital. The goal is to get rid of all traders who sell illegally on the sidewalk. It is within the framework of a clean-up operation called "Free the sidewalks" that the soldiers acted on Sunday, June 20 from kl. 4. They started the operation at PK12 outside Libreville.…
after the volcanic eruption, an overload of
One month after the eruption of the Nyiragongo volcano in Goma, east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the starvation of the city is on the agenda. For specialists, this will prevent a disaster. In May, the urgency of the residents to evacuate Goma caused major traffic jams in the direction of the town of Sake. This is the…
Francis Kéré, social architect
The future National Assembly in Benin was represented by Burkinabè architect Francis Kéré. Based in Germany, he is known for his use of local materials. Impeccable white shirt, portable in hand, FrancisKér saves the site of the future National Assembly, an 8-hectare site in the center of Porto-Novo, the Benin capital, occupied…
Congo-Brazzaville: in Brazzaville, the development of
Decades old, built in the lowlands of northern Brazzaville, the Jacques Opangault district has more than 35,000 residents who say they are "abandoned". The development of the only access road to this residential area, which was launched in 2018, suddenly stopped. The then mayor of the capital who initiated them, accused of…
Bridges, structures to be supported
In 2021, it can be believed that walkways and bridges will be built to withstand loads and climate risks. It is under surveillance and warning that new tools will appear. .
rehabilitation of dikes in Niamey after floods
Nigerian President Mohamed Bazoum will go to the rehabilitation work on the banks of the Niger River in Niamey in the approaching days. The heavy rains in August and September 2020 had precipitated historic floods and destroyed a few of the dikes alongside the river. Because the wet season approaches, keen residents eagerly…