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Of the eight Mauritian athletes who will compete in the Olympics in Tokyo, some have a chance to make a splash. To see in particular, boxer Merven Clair, 27, for his second Olympic participation and seventh in the world in his category, 65 kg. RFI met him during a training session at the National Boxing Center in Vacoas. From…

Somalia at 61: Struggles, Pain and Hope MOGADISHU, Somalia - Exactly 61 years ago today, the Blue Flag was hoisted in several parts of Somalia, with citizens thronging the streets to celebrate independence after the Italians gave up and returned to Rome, but leaving behind them traces of colonialism. Already, messages of goodwill have started pouring in congratulating Somalis on their…

The Benin are called to the polls this Sunday, April 11, at the end of a campaign marked by deadly violence in the center and north of the country. The economic capital was saved by the deadly violence that punctured the end of the election campaign in central and northern Benin. From our special correspondent in Cotonou,The…

The shock from the knockout stages of the Europa League between Manchester United and AC Milan, on Thursday 11 March, ended in a draw (1-1), with the young Amad Diallo excelling. Barely into the game, the Ivorian striker scored a goal, his very first with MU. The start of a great story for the 18-year-old striker? Paul Pogba,…

The Tunisian revolution is ten years old. On December 17, 2010, the deterrence of Mohamed Bouazizi in Sidi Bouzid, so the voluntary electric shock five days later by another young person from the region, Houcine Neji, saw the triggers for what we would call the Tunisian revolution, which deposed Ben Ali from on 14 January 2011. Alaa Talbi, originally from the region and Director of the Tunisian Economic and Social Rights Forum, answers questions from our Tunisian correspondent, Michel Picard. .

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.…

The continuation of our series dedicated to transformations of the Guinean economy, the country Alpha Condé is very late on the Internet, but this delay can be compensated with the arrival of optical fiber. China has funded the construction of a public fiber optic network, known under the "backbone" of Anglicism. It is now entering the marketing phase. The traffic on the two buried loops over 4400 km,…

ECOWA's financial sanctions have hung over Bamako for a month and a half. This Thursday, the junta made new promises to the West African organization. The Transitional Charter has been published and the powers of the Transitional President, Colonel Assimi Goïta, leader of the Putschists on 18 August, are limited. In the heart of the Malian power, we do not hide our impatience. "We did what was necessary, we are now awaiting the good news," a senior official close to the junta said this Friday morning. ECOWAS did not…