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The vanilla export campaign started a month and a half ago (September 15), but at the moment buyers are not killing with exporters from the Big Island, the world's largest producer of this spice. After years of high prices and peaked at $ 550 per. Kilo in 2018, the vanilla sector has seen a marked decline since last year. To avoid a sudden drop in prices in this volatile market, the Malagasy government has set a minimum export price of $ 250 per kilo. Despite this price halved compared to 2018, orders are currently few.…

This Sunday, November 1, was the first day for the submission of candidacies for the presidential and legislative elections on December 27. Many have already traveled or been represented to submit their presidential candidacy. Very early Sunday morning, President Touadera, Annicet Georges Dologuélé, Martin Ziguele and others were still presenting their case. Later in the morning, MPs introduced…

In Tanzania, 29 million voters will be called to the polls on October 28. The country holds presidential, legislative and local elections. The vote takes place in a tense context following violence on Tuesday in Zanzibar, a semi-autonomous region that voted one day in advance. The opposition accuses the police of killing a dozen people who protested against attempted fraud. Police denied having shot anyone. as reported from Nairobi, Sebastien Nemeth In Tanzania, fifteen candidates are vying for the presidency,…

A few days after the Geneva agreement on a permanent and immediate ceasefire in Libya, the UN Support Mission in Libya (Manul) announces the launch at video conference on Monday 26 October of a meeting to bring together 75 Libyan personalities to advance the Libyan political process and prepare for it. meeting scheduled for 9 November in Tunis. However, the list of participants is already divided.…

The prosecutor of the Worldwide Prison Courtroom, Fatou Bensouda, ended his go to to Khartoum on Tuesday, October twentieth. First go to of an ICC consultant to the nation for the aim of speaking in regards to the crimes dedicated in the course of the civil struggle in Darfur. as reported from Nairobi, Sébastien NémethThe…

In the DRC, teachers who are members of the Union of Teachers of the Congo (SYECO) and those affiliated with the National Union of Catholic Teachers (SYNECAT) have started their strike movement. They demand improvement in their pay conditions. They also suspect the presence of tens of thousands of fictitious teachers on the payrolls. After promises made especially by the President of the Republic, the…

In Ethiopia, members of the federal parliament have begun announcing the modalities of the gap between the authorities in Addis Ababa and the regional state of Tigray in a state of de facto insurgency. The latter, for his part, no longer considers the government of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed "legitimate", given that his term expired on Monday. The Ethiopian federal government will no longer have any interaction with the exercise of the state of Tigray and its various bodies. From now on, he will only have to deal with the…

Ivory Coast on Monday launched the construction of a new container terminal in the Port of Abidjan, one of Africa's largest and economic centers, supplying 90% of the country's foreign trade. After refilling of approx. 30 hectares begins a new phase and should last 18 months. It will consist of the installation of superstructures and equipment at the new terminal.…

Since Thursday, the Malian junta has published the transition charter. And the document takes into account a significant demand from ECOWAS to lift the sanctions. The embargo against the country could therefore soon be lifted while the malians become impatient. as reported from Bamako, Jean-Claude Kassi Brou, President of the ECOWAS Commission, made a trip on Sunday that could be crucial for the abolition or not of sanctions. He arrived in particular in Accra to meet with the Head of State of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo,…