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Six months delay for George Weah's son and greater than 20,000 euros in compensation. That is what the courtroom in Versailles close to Paris determined. In query: for loud events given by the son of the ex-star of PSG and the president of Liberia in Saint-Germain-en-Laye within the suburbs of Paris. The evenings had been…

In West Africa, the international locations of the Gulf of Guinea worry a jihadist an infection. The presence of terrorist cells in southern Burkina Faso worries border states: Benin, Ivory Coast, Togo and Ghana. On this context, Ghana, an English-speaking nation surrounded by French-speaking neighbors, is deepening its army cooperation with Paris. About forty troopers from the nation's elite items…

The Taubira Act turns twenty on Monday, Could 10, 2021. It was distinctive on the time of its adoption in 2001 and is the primary to acknowledge slavery and human trafficking as a criminal offense towards humanity. Its publication upset France's reminiscence coverage and extra: the UN additionally acknowledged slavery as a criminal offense towards humanity in 2001, adopted by the European Parliament in 2020. Backstage and on the mobilization…

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…

Algeria on Saturday honors hundreds killed by French forces in 1945, because the North African nation waits for Paris to apologize for its colonial-era crimes. Professional-independence riots following an illustration within the final months of World Struggle II prompted the bloodbath of hundreds of unarmed Muslim civilians, a turning level in Algeria's lengthy wrestle for independence. By Might 8, 1945, hundreds had gathered in Setif as Allied powers, together with colonial ruler France, marked a…

Algeria on Saturday honored tens of 1000's of individuals killed by French forces in 1945, because the North African nation waits for Paris to apologize for its colonial crimes. Measures of independence following an indication through the final months of World Warfare II that France responded with the bloodbath of tens of 1000's of overwhelmingly unarmed Algerian Muslim civilians, a turning level in Algeria's lengthy wrestle for independence. By Could 8, 1945, 1000's had gathered in Setif as Allied…

Denis Mukwege was auditioned yesterday, Wednesday 5 Might, by the French Nationwide Meeting's International Affairs Committee. The well-known Congolese physician instructed of his struggle towards rape, a formidable weapon of warfare, particularly within the jap DRC for the reason that survey report in 2010, not one of the convicted crimes have been tried. He requested for assist from France.…

On April 15, the Assize courtroom in Paris convicted a Belarusian mercenary and two officers of the Ivorian air drive within the case of the bombing of the French camp Bouaké in 2004. Bombing that killed 10 folks and left 38 wounded. To this point untraceable, Colonel Patrice Ouei, one in every of the three convicted, has simply re-emerged within the Ivory Coast. He denies any wrongdoing and claims he…

In digital or face-to-face type, the place will the flagship conferences for African tradition happen in Could? Listed here are 17 recommendations. Don't hesitate to ship us your "necessities" to fipageculture@yahoo.fr. Born in Asmara, Eritrea, Dawit L. Petros lives and works in New York. From 5 to 14 Could, in a showroom together with the Frieze New York…

The founding father of the newspaper Jeune Afrique, Béchir Ben Yahmed, has handed away. He died on Monday morning, Might 3, in Paris on the age of 93. He had been in hospital because the finish of March, after receiving Covid-19. Franco-Tunisian Béchir Ben Yahmed had based the journal, which was to grow to be "YES" in 1960, the yr of many African independence.…