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In Chad, the second inclusive national forum opened yesterday, Thursday 29 October. It was convened by the government to assess the implementation of the new constitution, which has been in place since 2018. On the first day of this meeting, the boycott of the largest unions and part of the opposition, participants agreed on the need to abolish the confession seat introduced by the current Constitution…

Since his first novel, published two decades ago, the Algerian Boualem Sansal has built from book to book a work of radical disagreement. Anger and creativity are the hallmarks of this fiction, which realistically testifies to the social, political, religious and economic drive of modern Algeria. In his new novel entitled Abraham or the Fifth Covenant, which just came out this fall, Sansal rewrites the Bible with its plot in the modern…

In Guinea, there is still no official winner of the first round of the presidential election last Sunday. The Electoral Commission announced new partial preliminary results on Thursday night, but the figures for three constituencies are missing. The retiring Commissioners condemn "serious irregularities" in the counting procedure.…

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.…

In Praise of the Blood of Canadian Judi Rever is a book that examines the crimes committed by the Rwandan patriotic army led by Paul Kagame, a rebel who has become the national army of Rwanda. Published since mid-September by the Max Milo editions, organizations such as Ibuka, the Survivors' Associations, or SOS Racism described the work as a negationist in a column published in the newspaper Liberation. As it passed through France to promote its work, the Canadian journalist, like her French publisher, insisted on the…