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In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the city of Zongo, which borders the capital of Central Africa, in the far north of the country, celebrated its fifty years of existence on Friday. Many personalities from the province of Equateur but also from Bangui attended the ceremony as mayors of the two cities, financially highly dependent on each other, who signed a memorandum of understanding to…

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…

On a tense day, Azali Assoumani celebrated his second birthday as head of state on Wednesday, May 26. A new president should have been invested today, but Azali Assoumani was able to fight for his own legacy and was re-elected in 2019, following a change in the 2018 constitution. But the latter had shown his willingness to resolve the situation peacefully and followed his word.…

Mali remembers and pays tribute to Amadou Hampâté Bâ who died on Might 15, 1991. A day of remembrance marked by a convention on the life and work of the well-known Malian writer and ethnologist. as reported from Bamako, Kaourou MagassaThey sit virtually 100 underneath a thatched cottage within the gardens of the Palais de la…

Al-Shabaab celebrates Eid al-Fitr in central and southern Somalia MOGADISHU, Somalia - A number of areas below the management of Al-Shabaab militants in Somalia have began the Eid Al-Fitr festivities, marking the tip of the holy month of Ramadan, the place Muslim devoted quick for a full month. A test by Axadlehas proven that areas in central and southern Somalia, the place the…

It is a first in Algeria. The nation celebrates the memorial this Saturday, Might 8, the nationwide memorial day. This memorial day, determined by President Abdelmadjid Tebboune a yr in the past, will now honor all of the victims of the bloody repression launched on Might 8, 1945 by France towards independence protesters. It…

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,…

Amadou Mahtar Mbow celebrated his centenary at the Museum of Black Civilizations in Dakar on Saturday, March 20th. Teacher, activist for independence, minister, director general of Unesco and president of the National Assembly under Abdoulaye Wade ... Personalities paid tribute on Saturday to the rich career of this wise man from the continent.…

The Alliance for the Republic (APR) celebrated its 12th anniversary on Tuesday. The RPA is facing internal tensions, especially with the newly opened opposition that the president wanted. The official ceremony was therefore an opportunity for activists to mobilize again, despite the absence of the head of state. as reported…

After a career in satirical journalism, the Senegalese Pape Samba Kane returned to his first literary and artistic love. With two collections of poems and a novel published over a decade, the 60-year-old has established himself as one of the greatest voices in African literature. "I am the fruit of you / Of your laughter that makes me eat / You guava my nostalgia /…