2023-10-26 21:50:19
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Three months ago, the president of Niger, Mohamed Bazoum, was overthrown by military coup leaders. The coup sparked strong criticism from the international community as well as the majority of ECOWAS members – who demand a return to constitutional order – refused by the military. Result: the country has been under ECOWAS sanctions since the beginning of August, while Europe and the United States have cut their aid.
Sudanese civilian political leaders met this week in Addis Ababa. The meeting concluded this Thursday. Objective for civil society excluded from negotiations with the military since the start of the conflict, which began six months ago: to organize to take part. Former members of the government, political parties, resistance committees, representatives of civil society, met for 4 days to try to overcome their divisions…
In Madagascar where the “turning of the dead” season ends. From July to September, it is the period when the Malagasy exhume the deceased to cover them with a new shroud, ask them for blessing and pay homage to them. A spectacular ancestral ritual from their ancestors from Southeast Asia. A family agreed to allow our correspondents to attend this major event in the life of the Malagasy people.
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