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The Grand Magal of Touba will be held well in two months, despite the resurgence of Covid-19. A decision was announced during a meeting between religious and administrative authorities. Magal de Touba empties millions of pilgrims each year to celebrate the departure of the founder of the Mouride Brotherhood, Sheikh Ahmadou Bamba. To be announced at the end of next September Grand Magal of Touba will be celebrated despite the Covid-19 pandemic. A statement from the spokesman for the caliph of the Mouride fraternity to the…

A few days before the deadline, neither Brussels nor Kinshasa can provide further information on the terms of this refund. In this context, some twenty personalities who are very involved in this issue, such as the historian Elikia M'Bokolo, the filmmaker Raoul Peck or even the researcher Ludo de Witte, have just published a column entitled "La Belgique va-t-elle se bli get rid of Lumumbas remains in silence and shame? " All these doubts about the dates, as we see, show that it was not prepared in…

The beginning of the month of Ramadan is this Tuesday, April 13 in Uganda. Social distances and restrictions related to Covid-19 must be respected in mosques. Believers are preparing for the celebration without a large gathering especially at the Kibuli Mosque. as reported from Kampala, Lucie MouillaudInside the prayer room,…

One year after the sudden end of the season due to Covid-19, the Senegalese fight resumes its rights on April 4, the country's independence day. A royal revival with a battle for tenors: Eumeu Sène-Lac de Guiers 2. The Senegalese wrestling season officially began on March 1, but it is indeed this Sunday, April 4 that the…

Re-elected with 57.87% of the vote according to preliminary results, the outgoing president of Burkina Faso, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, begins his second term. The deterioration of the political and security situation on the ground risks complicating the presidential candidate's campaign promise to build "a better Burkina Faso for all populations". Portrait.…

In a large meditation, yesterday, Friday, November 20, several Togolese personalities including parliamentarians but also personalities from ECOWAS and parents met to pay their last respects to André Kouassi Johnson. Committed activist, the third Vice-President of the National Assembly, founding member of the Union of the Forces of Change died suddenly after a short illness on 14 November 2020. A giant portrait of André Kouassi Johnson has been placed on the catafalque erected on the National Assembly's main courtyard.…

Fighting continues in Tigray, where the Ethiopian federal army on Wednesday launched an offensive to regain control of the province, which is trying to secede. Part of the army jumped off and joined the Tigrayan forces, which reportedly seized a large arsenal of heavy artillery. On Friday, a new milestone was crossed with air strikes carried out by government forces. A fascist act, the Tigrayan authorities assure Tigray is ready to shoot down any aircraft or helicopter, the TPLF party said yesterday. The party indicates…

Initiated by former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, the great mosque in Algiers, whose construction was completed a year and a half ago, is to be consecrated on October 28 with a collective prayer on the eve of Mawlid's celebration celebrating the birth of the Prophet Muhammad. President Abdelmadjid Tebboune is expected to lead the inauguration if his health permits. He has been hospitalized since…

In Mali, the Charter, which will organize the transition for the next 18 months, was published in the Official Journal of the European Union on Thursday 1 October. The document takes into account a significant demand from ECOWAS, subject to the transitional chairman, Colonel Assimi Goïta, leader of the junta. Unlike an earlier version of the Transition Charter, the one published in the Official Journal of the European Union on Thursday does not mention that the Vice President can assume the functions of President of the…