President Emmanuel Macron this week hosts dozens of leaders of French-speaking countries for a summit he hopes will help boost French influence in a world beset by crises, in particular Africa.The leaders will gather Friday and Saturday for the “Francophonie” summit, the first time the event has been held in France for 33 years. Macron …
In northern Ivory Coast, thousands of refugees from neighbouring Burkina Faso have fled two threats — jihadist attacks, and massacres committed by army-backed militiamen who target the Fulani community.A year ago, the night that gunmen showed up at Ami G.’s village near Titao, in northern Burkina Faso, she and her six children left everything behind …
The Senegalese town of Kayar sits on the doorstep of the vast Atlantic Ocean, but it is a farm located further inland that provides part of its fish production.The farm’s pioneering founder, Khadidiatou Sar Seck, began the project around 15 years ago in the West African country, where fishing is a key part of the …
Senegal looks to aquaculture as fish stocks dwindleThu, 03 Oct 2024 05:25:21 GMT Read More »
Tunisians head to the polls Sunday for a presidential election in which analysts say incumbent Kais Saied is poised for victory with his most prominent critics behind bars.The near-certainty of Saied’s win has created a mood of resignation in opposition ranks and made for a deeply lacklustre campaign.There have been no campaign rallies or public …
Tunisia readies for vote as incumbent Saied eyes victoryThu, 03 Oct 2024 02:12:26 GMT Read More »
In the small fishing village of Beddouza in western Morocco, locals have turned to the Atlantic to quench their thirst, using mobile desalination stations to combat the kingdom’s persistent drought.Since 2023, Morocco has built some 44 of these desalination stations, also called “monobloc” — compact, transportable units that have come as a boon against the …
France’s interior minister said Wednesday that he had ordered authorities in the French overseas department of Mayotte to arrange deportation flights for African migrants, as Paris seeks to clamp down on illegal immigration. Mayotte, an Indian Ocean island that is the poorest French department, has long struggled with social unrest and a crippling migration crisis linked …
Paris vows more deportation flights to Africa from MayotteWed, 02 Oct 2024 15:41:20 GMT Read More »
Gabon claimed sovereignty over three islands in oil-rich waters Wednesday, telling the International Court of Justice the matter had already been settled by a 1974 treaty hotly disputed by Equatorial Guinea.The two west African nations have been squabbling over the 30-hectare (74-acre) island of Mbanie and two smaller low-lying islets, Cocotier and Conga, since the …
Gabon claims oil-rich islands in ICJ clash with E.GuineaWed, 02 Oct 2024 09:16:13 GMT Read More »
Africa has the fewest roads and cars of any region, and yet the largest ratio of vehicle deaths, caused by the usual suspects — unsafe habits, speeding and drinking — but also poor infrastructure, scant rescuers and old cars.As everywhere, speed, alcohol and not wearing a seat belt or helmet are among the main causes …
Africa roads among world’s deadliest despite few carsWed, 02 Oct 2024 06:26:59 GMT Read More »
For months after presumed jihadists attacked it in 2020, Kafolo in northern Ivory Coast resembled a ghost town.Four years later, it is flourishing again, thanks in part to a double-pronged government plan — boosting security on the one hand, tackling poverty and youth unemployment on the other.Fourteen soldiers were killed in the first assault in …
Ivory Coast employs troops, jobs to counter armed militantsWed, 02 Oct 2024 05:46:55 GMT Read More »
Come nightfall, gold-diggers, hawkers and prostitutes alike barrel into the bars of Kamituga in the eastern DR Congo, with some blaming the mining town’s nightlife for its growing mpox outbreak.”Life in Kamituga drives people to sin,” warned Bitama Sebuhuni, a prospector hospitalised after contracting the sometimes deadly viral disease during unprotected sex.Renowned for its goldmines, …
