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Visiting Burkina Faso, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the representative of France Insoumise, visited the site of the Thomas Sankara Memorial on Sunday afternoon, 18 July. as reported from Ouagadougou, Yaya BoudaniJean-Luc Mélenchon placed a bunch of flowers at the foot of the giant statue of Captain Thomas Sankara, he bowed in front of…

Tributes are rising in the Democratic Republic of Congo following the death of Laurent Monsengwo, Cardinal and Archbishop Emeritus of Kinshasa. He was the most famous figure in the Catholic Church in Congo, president of the Bishops' Conference in Zaire, already critical at the time of Marshal Mobutu. Despite his opposition to all regimes for 30 years, the tributes on Sunday night were unanimous.…

In Mali, a year ago, until today, 14 people died after police intervention during the demonstrations against the dismissed President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, according to figures from the UN and the UN. Human Rights Watch NGO. A ceremony will be held on Sunday, July 11, in honor of the Imam Dicko Mosque, located in Badalabougou. The district was then the epicenter of the protest against the old regime.…

He was the last surviving freedom fighter. The father of Zambia's independence Kenneth Kaunda died on June 17, two weeks ago, at the age of 97. Zambia held its national funeral today in the presence of many leaders and representatives of the continent who had come to honor its memory. With our special correspondent in Lusaka,…

The African mini-tour of French President Emmanuel Macron ends. He left South Africa on Saturday, May 29, where he arrived on Friday, from Rwanda. Emmanuel Macron and his South African counterpart, Cyril Ramaphosa, appealed to the international community for Africa to be able to produce vaccines. The French president also visited the Nelson Mandela Foundation.…

The dean of Malian veterans and formally 100-year-old, Corporal Kaba Doumbia died on Monday 26 April. Recipient of the silver medal from the French Memorial 2020, he was a knight of the Legion of Honor since 2014 and the celebration of the seventieth anniversary of the touchdown of Provence. His funeral will happen on Wednesday, April 28 in Bamako.…

Remember him as someone who was deeply patriotic and then tolerant, because we had a very divisive political climate. Cameroon loses or has lost someone who had the courage to say what he thought, he preached a lot for dialogue. I think the problem that the government had is that many leaders or many ministers fought to slander Cardinal Tumi, but they found out that the cardinal was really someone who was tolerant and wanted dialogue. Elie Smith, one…

Cédric Evans is passionate about fashion. He selects and harmonizes different Kente and silk fabrics to create a bow tie. A knot made from 90% Kente, made by partner craftsmen in Ghana and 10% silk, from Italy. This designer designs each range in limited quantities to ensure that there is no overproduction. “I love to create,…

In South Africa, the ANC (African National Congress) on Friday 2 April paid tribute to Winnie Mandela, the figure in the fight against apartheid. This festival icon, nicknamed "the mother of the nation" by South Africans, died three years ago at the age of 81. President Cyril Ramaphosa used this ceremony to call on the party to remain united, while the ANC is in the midst of a crisis.…

The Zulu people expressed a final goodbye to their king on Thursday, March 18, after his 50-year reign. Gathered near the monarch's palace in Nongoma in the eastern part of the Kwazulu-Natal region, hundreds of people, political representatives and traditional leaders attended a closing national tribute ceremony to commemorate King Goodwill Zwelithini, "planted" on the ground last night according to Zulu…