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Weak hopeful negotiations between the federal government and the Nationwide Union of Staff of Mali (UNTM). The 96-hour strike by the nation's largest union middle will subsequently happen from Monday 17 Could. It might then be a limiteless strike, say the union members, who particularly demand harmonization of bonuses and the wage scale for all staff within the nation.…

Final week, the customs authorities introduced that they'd seized a number of tonnes of unauthorized medicine, value greater than 1.5 billion CFA francs (nearly 2.3 million euros). A file seizure close to the border with Gambia. A number of operations of the identical sort have been carried out in current months. The Affiliation of Pharmacists in Senegal condemns a "lack of political will" to fight…

Thirty years in the past, on Might 15, 1991, the well-known Malian author Amadou Hampâté Bâ, creator of Amkoullel, the Fulani Baby, died in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. The muse that bears his identify organizes on this event conferences and debates as regards to his work and his reminiscence. She additionally launched into an intensive mission to digitize convention notes, correspondence or varied writings by…

Final Tuesday at RFI, Nigerian Inside Minister Alkache Alhada confirmed that discussions would quickly happen with the Algerian authorities on the migration difficulty. Specifically, to handle the difficulty of the systematic deportation of migrants from Algeria to Niger. These migrants are launched in the midst of nowhere and must stroll 15 km to achieve the Niger border. Testimony.…

The primary season of the Basketball Africa League (BAL), a pan-African basketball league, takes place from Could 16 to 30 in Kigali, following a number of launches linked to Covid. Listed here are seven issues to find out about this distinctive competitors, created by the NBA and the Worldwide Federation (FIBA). That is the…

Mahamat Idriss Déby, head of the Transitional Army Council in Chad, is on an official go to to Nigeria on Friday, Could 14. The son of former Chadian President Idriss Déby Itno was obtained at the top of the morning by Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on the Presidential Palace in Aso Rock. as reported from Lagos, Liza…

In Benin, President Patrice Talon, who was simply re-elected, shouldn't be contemplating forgiving opponents who're presently in jail and who might be convicted of making an attempt to destabilize the nation. He stated this on April 30 on RFI and France 24. How does the opposition react? Physician of Economics Komi Koutché was Minister of Finance to President Boni Yayi. He faces a heavy conviction for…

Civil society in Arlit, a mining city in northern Niger, organized a press convention on Thursday 13 Might to recall its issues over the situations for the closure of the Akouta uranium mine, owned by Cominak (Akouta Mining Firm), a subsidiary of the French big Orano (previously Areva) ), which ceased operations on 31 March.…

As Northeastern Nigeria faces repeated assaults from Boko Haram and the northwest, it's the location of mass kidnappings of native bandits - police have develop into a goal within the southeastern a part of the nation, with a marked intensification of violence in current weeks. as reported from Lagos, Liza FabbianPolice stations…

Discussions between the federal government and the Nationwide Union of Employees of Mali (UNTM) on employees' calls for, suspended on Thursday, Might 13, resume on Friday in an effort to stop a collection of strikes popping out subsequent Monday that would paralyze the nation. as reported from Bamako, Serge DanielTo take care of…