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Where will the most important meetings in African culture take place during this month of December? There are nine suggestions. Do not hesitate to send your "essentials" to fipageculture@yahoo.fr. In Cameroon, from 1 to 5 December, Festi7, the second international poetry festival in Yaoundé's seven hills, will be held. Under…

Several terrorist attacks, claimed by al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, simultaneously targeted the French force Barkhane on Monday morning in northern Mali. It was mainly rocket or shell fire. There is very little material damage and no casualties, but what is striking is the coordination of these attacks. Three cities, three…

Several associations have taken a stand to warn of a number of restrictions regarding the so-called sensitive archives for the role of the French army in Rwanda in the early 1990s. For some historians, access to these archives is only a problem for the Duclert Commission. , especially since they treat a painful substance. The…

When and how deconfin? Emmanuel Macron will speak to the French this Tuesday evening, November 24, after several weeks of strong restrictions. A situation that weighs particularly heavily in neighborhoods with lower incomes for economic reasons but also because the death rate is higher there than elsewhere. To survive, some communities organize. In Marseille, the Comorian diaspora - almost 120,000…

In an interview with the newspaper "Jeune Afrique", the French president looks back on the major projects that have been carried out with Africa since his arrival in the Élysée and can boast a change of method. He tackles Russia and Turkey who want to play against French sentiments according to him and expresses himself about the situation in many countries, starting with Mali. In Mali, Emmanuel Macron does notthis interview, comments on the current transition but recalls that he refuses discussions with jihadist groups…

Fathi Bachagha, Libya's Interior Minister for the National Accord Government (GNA), is in Paris for three days. Arrived on November 18 at Fathi Bachagha received the next day by the head of French diplomacy, Jean-Yves Le Drian, as well as by his counterpart, Gérald Darmanin. Other meetings are scheduled for November 20 at the Ministry of Defense. Fathi Bachagha is a heavyweight in Tripoli and one of the most important players in the Libyan scene. He said he responded to France's invitation while many are in the camp in…

Tiavo Randrianisa, 20, is one of the French athletes who intends to shine at the 2024 Paris Olympics in taekwondo. And since 2015, she has supported her sport in Madagascar with donations. Portrait. If the time for some athletes ends with Tokyo 2020 next summer, Tiavo Randrianisa does not need to keep an eye on the clock. The Taekwondo prodigy has just extended his professionalization contract by one year from the Val-de-Marne department, in the suburbs of Paris. In the young girl's mind, the Paris Games take precedence.…

Denis François, French Consul General in Tangier, was found dead this Thursday, November 19, in the consulate's residence. The sad news was first announced on a Moroccan news website at the end of the morning before being confirmed by a tweet from the French embassy in Rabat. as reported from Tangier, Nina KozlowskiThe French…

The French president received the leaders of the Muslim faith on Wednesday, November 18. They gave him, at his request, an overview of an Imam National Council responsible for labeling imams in France, Elysee said. On Wednesday night, Emmanuel Macron received not only CFCM President Mohammed Moussaoui and Chems-Eddine Hafiz, Rector of the Paris Mosque, but also representatives of the nine federations that make up the CFCM. The Imam Council proposed by representatives of the Muslim faith to label imams and give them an…

The Association of Senegalese Students in France warns of the difficulties faced by its members in renewing their residence permit, as this administrative process has become much more complicated, especially during this period of Covid-19. To simplify matters, the French Ministry of the Interior has set up a special platform for…