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Should the government be able to ban the dissemination of false information? What is the effect of social networks? Should the media communicate more about the authorities' shortcomings? Questions were asked, among other things, in the new study published on May 18 by the Afrobarometer network, while the Senegalese government is carefully considering the regulation of social networks. .

In Senegal, President Macky Sall announced the abolition of the special status of villages for social reclassification. These villages - nine in the country - were created during colonization to keep lepers out of society and are governed by a law from 1976. But the inhabitants want to see this discriminatory status disappear, while they are forced to leave society. But leprosy has not been a public…

Ten years in the past, the spark of the Arab Spring erupted in Tunisia, in Sidi Bouzid, a disadvantaged village within the heart of the nation the place Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on hearth. Ten years later, within the area, social anger has not died, fairly the other. And the well being disaster solely exacerbated the signs. Dozens of cities are demonstrating to demand the promised jobs and funding.…

A debate rages on Nigerian social networks following a case of domestic violence. A local governor organized the public reconciliation of a young woman who had been repeatedly abused by her husband. A gesture that scandalized many people. as reported from Lagos, Liza FabbianIn the video she posted on Twitter, Ifeyinwa Angbo…

In Madagascar, it causes fear and mistrust among citizens but is still an important tool for the country's functioning. She is the Malagasy administration. Yesterday, the association for former students at the National School of Administration at the French Institute in Madagascar organized a debate on the theme "serving the Malagasy state in the 21st century". How do I think about the administration,…

The Covid-19 pandemic and its economic consequences risk driving 40 million Africans into extreme poverty, according to the World Bank. From the beginning of the pandemic, governments implemented social protection measures under the leadership of the IMF and the World Bank. It was almost a global reflex. When the Covid-19…

Idrissa Seck took over as Head of the Economic, Social and Environmental Council (CESE) on Thursday 19 November during an official ceremony, after being appointed by President Macky Sall on 1 November. The leader of the opposition Rewmi, who came second in the 2019 presidential election, has become the state's third figure and joins the president's majority.…

In Nigeria, social networks are at the heart of a struggle for influence more than two weeks after the brutal repression of the youth protest movement against police violence and for better governance in the country. For two weeks, the Nigerian authorities have made several statements in favor of increased control over the…