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The only African representative at the South by Southwest Innovation Fair (SXSW) in Austin, Texas, the GiveDirectly-Novissi application received a special jury award. Recognition for this unique digital creation, from Togo, which aims to fight poverty.…

Father Pedro Opeka's dedication to the poorest in Madagascar is informed in a collection. Akamasoa, Father Pedro, Humanity by Action, printed by the reunion publishing home Des Bulles dans l'Océan, was introduced on Saturday, March 26, on the French Institute…

The World Water Forum will be held until March 26 in Senegal. On Thursday, the small company Filtre Plante with UNHCR presented a sanitation project through phyto-cleaning of several refugee camps in the Sahel. This organic process has recently been applied to Dakar corniche where papyrus plants feed on dirty water to make it useful again. A first in West Africa. Follow the tube.…

Fighting rape using technology is now possible in southern Kivu in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In this province, violence against women is still very much present, perpetrated by civilians but also by combatants from the many militias and…

From Ukraine to Yemen, via the Sahel or Central Africa, the issue of access to drinking water is a constant in countries at war. And for some of them, global warming is only exacerbating tensions when it's not the cause. Interview with Guillaume Pierrehumbert, Head of the Water Unit at the International Committee of the Red Cross, met alongside the World Water Forum held in Dakar this week.…

The World Water Forum opens its doors for a week in Dakar. This is the most important meeting devoted to this resource. It occurs only every three years and is the first in sub-Saharan Africa. Created in 1997 by the World Water Council, linked to large companies in this sector, it is therefore not part of the UN. Explanations of the problems with Abdoulaye Sene, hydraulic engineer and executive secretary of the event.…

Ivorian Christelle Hien Kouame won the sixth edition of the Challenge App Afrique Award with her platform "Take the leaves", which provides access to school programs in the format of course summaries by chapter and by subject, followed by a series of…

For the first time in its history, the Pritzker Prize, the highest award in the world of architecture, has been awarded to an African. Burkinabè Diébédo Francis Kéré has always been committed to his homeland, Burkina, with sustainable architecture that respects…

For several years, Qatar has sought to become an important mediator not only in the Middle East but also internationally. Sudan, Yemen, Lebanon, then between Washington and Tehran, but also between Washington and Kabul ... The small gas emirate in the Gulf…

Emotions are still high in Burkina Faso, following the attack on Wednesday, August 18, which left 80 victims, 65 civilians and 15 gendarmes in the north of the country. The story of a 19-year-old young man, Ganaba Ib, particularly touched the country and became the face of the victims of this attack, he visited his cousin in Djibo, then Dori and used the convoy escorted by the army. to visit his family…