Tensions continue to rise between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). This is mainly due to the attacks by the Rwandan rebels Movement of March 23 (M23) in the eastern region of the DRC. In the process, the two countries accuse each other and one wonders whether East Africa will once again witness the genocidal events of 1994. Like a horror movie, feelings of hatred and confrontation seem to be resurfacing more and more in East Africa. According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), approximately 75,000 people have been forced to move internally…
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24 hours after the meeting between President Patrice Talon and his predecessor Boni Yayi, 17 political prisoners emptied the floor at the civil prison of Missérété. This provisional release, which took place on Tuesday 14 June 2022, was signed by the liberty and custody judge at the request of the special prosecutor of the CRIET. Like Ferdinand Combetti, Imorou Danialou and 15 other prisoners regained their freedom following a court decision. This decision was taken the day after the meeting between the Beninese President of the Republic and his predecessor. Several soldiers and civilians accused of ” undermining state security…
The tension between Russia and Ukraine has led to a general food crisis around the world. This situation led Macky Sall, current chairman of the African Union, to visit Russia to negotiate the release of grain stocks blocked in Ukraine because of the war. But Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda, finds it unacceptable that a country of 44 million people should feed the whole of Africa. According to Rwandan President Paul Kagame, “It is unacceptable for Ukraine, a country of 44 million people, to feed Africa, a continent of 1.4 billion people. I promise all Rwandans that Rwanda will achieve…
On Monday 13 June 2022, Lomé declared a state of security emergency in the area located in the far north of the country after two terrorist attacks. The decree was issued by the Council of Ministers under the chairmanship of the Head of State Faure Gnassingbé. The Togolese government has placed the northern part of the country, doubly affected by terrorism, under a state of emergency. This follows two attacks claimed by the Islamic and Muslim Support Group, the main jihadist alliance in the Sahel, linked to Al Qaeda. In the communiqué announcing the decree, it is stated that this…
Several actors of the economic and political world of Africa met on Monday 13 June 2022 at the Sofitel Hotel Ivoire in Abidjan, for the Africa CEO Forum 2022. This meeting of more than 1,500 participants allowed decision-makers to discuss the economic sovereignty of the continent. Hundreds of top African and international business leaders as well as heads of state and government took part in the 2022 edition of the Africa CEO Forum. Meeting again after missed editions due to COVID Indeed, this forum comes at a time when the world in general and Africa in particular are going through…
Scarification in Black Africa has been and remains a true mark of cultural identity. Just by seeing these signs on an individual’s face or body, one could identify the socio-cultural group to which he or she belongs and even his or her region of origin. Today, between pride and contempt, these marks of African identity are slowly dying out. In Africa, a superficial incision of the skin is made in some ethnic groups in order to leave a scar. Called scarification, this incision is applied to the cheeks, temples, forehead or body to mark membership of a particular lineage, clan…
After the sinking of the oil tanker Xelo in Gabes, Tunisia, on Saturday 16 April 2022, many questions were raised about the extraction of the 750 tonnes of diesel oil carried by the floating vessel. As a result, Italy sent a military clean-up vessel which arrived on Tuesday off the coast of south-eastern Tunisia. The main task will be to assist the technicians in the pumping operations of the gas oil carried by the cargo. The military clean-up vessel was sent in the framework of Tunisian-Italian cooperation. Indeed, The aim is to extract the 750 tonnes of diesel oil carried…
On the occasion of a visit of the British Home Secretary Priti Patel to Rwanda, London and Kigali signed a controversial agreement for the reception on Rwandan soil of migrants and asylum seekers of various nationalities brought from the UK. This decision, although an agreement between two states, was opposed by some institutions such as the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) The United Kingdom announced on Thursday 14 April a controversial plan to send illegally arrived asylum seekers to Rwanda and entrusted the surveillance of the English Channel to the Royal Navy. In this way, they hope to dissuade…
At Blaise-Diagne International Airport (BDIA) in Dakar, aircraft refuelling operations will no longer be allowed to continue from 12 noon on Wednesday 20 April 2022 and for the next 15 days. This decision by the Aviation Fuel Handling Company (SMCADY) is the result of “unfavourable international conditions”. Thus, it calls on airlines landing at Dakar airport to ensure their own fuel supply for return flights. The war in Ukraine has not spared any country from its impacts. Faced with the uncontrollable rise in fuel prices, some airports have decided to live on national reserves. This is the case of Senegal.…
Libya wants to boost its tourism with the underground dwellings in the city of Ghariane, in the north-west of the country. These houses, most of them centuries old, are the rock and merge into the rocky slopes of the Mount Nefoussa. They are real treasures and a lever of tourism development for Libya. The town of Ghariane, in north-western Libya, still has a few dozen troglodyte houses. These buildings troglodytes These areas, which are temperate in winter and cool in summer, are not only used for human and livestock habitation. In addition, some were used for worship, while others were…
