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Ocean Viking, the boat from the SOS Mediterranean organization, is conducting a new rescue campaign in the central Mediterranean. At sea, the ship rescued 796 people from Libya to Europe in January and February. RFI embarks on this mission. Every day we receive the logbook from our special correspondent. "Please play a game with me," Amias asks me. The 9-year-old boy points to two painted boards on the floor. Wooden puck acts as pawns. Amias has been aboard the Ocean Viking for three days: he has already had the…

It is again authorized to make music, songs and dances in the liquor companies under a decree of the Governor of Dakar from 20 March. Activities that had been suspended for several months to combat the spread of coronavirus. The state of health disaster in Dakar and Thiès had already ended on Friday 19 March at midnight, with the majority of Covid-19 cases concentrated. Senegal has passed the 1,000-related death mark and 37,833 positive cases of the coronavirus pandemic. The tables at this Corniche des Almadies…

In Chinguetti, Mauritania, an exhibition of photographs returns to the routes of African caravans. These camel rides have crossed the centuries as much as the deserts! Freight convoys are now being replaced by trucks. But an unexpected phenomenon, or rather an unexpected wealth, could well give them another life: the gold mines!…

The National Electricity Company justified the prolonged power outages by power outages at Inga hydropower dams in recent months. Repairs are underway, but while waiting in the neighborhoods, liquor is being heated. The impact on small businesses is huge. as reported from Kinshasa, Sonia Rolley"Here it is dark, there is no…