2024-10-18 09:31:00
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Beninese pan-Africanist and activist Kemi Seba was arrested in Paris and placed in police custody. According to his lawyer, who denounces political criminalization, he is suspected of activities aimed at harming the interests of the French nation.
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A project for the “partition” of Western Sahara was submitted to the UN Security Council and “categorically” rejected Thursday by the Sahrawi separatists. Morocco and the Polisario Front, supported by Algeria, have disputed the territory for half a century.
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Kenyan President William Ruto has appointed Interior Minister Kithure Kindiki as the new vice president, hours after the historic impeachment of Rigathi Gachagua, the National Assembly Speaker said.
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Nearly a year and a half after the start of the war in Sudan, General Fattah al-Burhane launched a major operation in Khartoum at the end of September to wrest control of the capital from the paramilitaries. The army thus hopes to reverse the trend, until now favorable to the Rapid Support Forces, while the humanitarian catastrophe worsens.
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Chad saw 25,000 refugees flock from neighboring Sudan to escape the war during the first week of October, a record in 2024. Eighteen months after the start of a conflict of rare violence, the situation is far from stabilizing according to the UN.
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The explosion of a tanker truck in Jigawa state, in northern Nigeria, left at least 140 dead and around 50 injured. After the accident, residents flocked around the vehicle to collect the fuel that had spilled onto the road and shoulders, before being killed by the explosion.
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Eight countries have now obtained their ticket for the final phase of the 2025 African Cup of Nations which will take place in Morocco. After Morocco, automatically qualified as host country, and the qualifications of Burkina Faso, Algeria and Cameroon, it is the turn of Senegal, Egypt, Angola and DR Congo to validate their participation in the competition at the end of the 4e playoff day.
Avenue de Gaulle, Place de la Francophonie: Niger is erasing the colonial heritage from its streets
On Tuesday October 15, Niger renamed several emblematic places in Niamey, formerly associated with France. By erasing traces of French colonization, the military regime wishes to pay tribute to its “national heroes”.
Slavery: busts of former African captives regain their identity
Testimonies of the history of slavery, 53 busts of former captives from the 19th centurye century, who had been sleeping for 80 years in the reserves of the royal castle of Blois (Loir-et-Cher), have just emerged from oblivion thanks to a historian who managed to restore their identity.
Fight against irregular immigration: Senegal receives an envelope of 30 million euros from the EU
Faced with the explosion of arrivals to the Canary Islands from the African coasts, particularly Senegalese, the European Union announced aid of 30 million euros to Dakar. The funds will be used to rescue migrants at sea and fight against illegal departures.
Mariette Monpierre and Faty Sy Savanet: two artists from beyond borders
In “L’Affiche Planète Afro”, Fatimata Wane welcomes two artists who do not hesitate to cross borders in their art. A Guadeloupean director and producer, Mariette Monpierre, whose first feature film, “Le Bonheur d’Elza”, was praised by critics and won awards at several festivals. Mariette Monpierre continues to explore themes linked to identity and diaspora in the series “Manmzel New York”, on France Télévisions from October 19. Faty Sy Savanet is the author, composer and performer of the multivitamin Parisian duo Tshegue.
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