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In Senegal, justice opens investigations into the embezzlement of response funds against Covid
In the intensive care unit of the Idrissa Pouye de Grand Yoff hospital, in Dakar, in July 2021. SEYLLOU / AFP The mobilization of civil…
A Belgian Salafist who claimed to want to build “an eco-Muslim village” expelled from Benin
Jean-Louis Denis, in a propaganda video released in 2011. YOUTUBE SCREENSHOT A famous figure of Salafism in Belgium, Jean-Louis Denis…
Melilla drama: increased sentences on appeal for migrants
Moroccan justice has increased on appeal the prison sentences of eight migrants who took part in an attempt to enter by force, at the end of June, in the Spanish enclave…
Ivory Coast: a bacterium on a fetish at the origin of 16 mysterious deaths
A germ present on a fetish used during a traditional ceremony is at the origin of the mysterious evil which has caused the death of at least 16 people, including…
Franco-Algerian activist Amira Bouraoui escapes extradition to Algiers from Tunisia after France intervenes
Franco-Algerian opponent Amira Bouraoui upon her release from Kolea prison, Algeria, July 2, 2020. ANIS BELGHOUL / AP The Algerian…
In sub-Saharan Africa, violent extremism mainly fueled by the lack of employment according to the UN
In Maiduguri, Nigeria, young repentant Boko Haram recruits in a reintegration camp in November 2019. AUDU MARTE / AFP It is the lack of…
Sergei Lavrov arrives in Mali in full idyll between Bamako and Moscow
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (left) is greeted by his Malian counterpart Abdoulaye Diop in Bamako, February 7, 2023. STRINGER / REUTERS…
Burkina Faso: at the roots of resentment against France
In Ouagadougou, January 20, 2023. VINCENT BADO / REUTERS Analysis. The withdrawal sounds like a new admission of failure for Paris. Before…
In Ethiopia, a pharaonic palace for Abiy Ahmed, taken by delusions of grandeur
Federal soldiers stand guard along the freshly paved road that crosses, for about thirty kilometers, the forest of Yeka, on the outskirts of Addis Ababa. In these woods…
In Côte d’Ivoire, “the conditions for success are finally in place for ‘fintechs'”
In Abidjan in 2019, the first promotion of students from the virtual university of Côte d'Ivoire. ISSOUF SANOGO / AFP Régis Bamba and…