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■ Following the American elections, several African leaders congratulated the new 47e president of the United States. The King of Morocco, Mohammed VI, sent a message to Donald Trump recalling the support that the latter had given to Rabat during his previous mandate in the Western Sahara issue. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, for his part, said he “welcomes the continued cooperation with the United States”.
■ The World Health Organization (WHO) announced that more than 50,000 people have been vaccinated against the mpox outbreak in Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The head of the UN organization warned that the virus was still not under control, specifying that to avoid the risk of a pandemic, nearly six million doses of vaccines should be available by the end of the year. ‘year.
■ In Uganda, at least 14 people, including several children, were killed in a refugee camp in Lamwo district on Sunday after lightning struck a makeshift church in which they had taken shelter during a violent storm.
■ The foreign ministers of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda met on Wednesday under the mediation of Angola. They officially launched a mechanism to monitor the security situation in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. A new step for peace, according to the Angolan mediator.
■ Clashes between police and demonstrators in several cities in Mozambiquewhere the opposition contests the results of the presidential election, marred by multiple irregularities, according to international observers.
Thiaroye massacre: deputies finally want to break the omerta
Approaching 80e anniversary of the massacre of Senegalese riflemen at the Thiaroye camp in Dakar, historians, lawyers and deputies gathered at the National Assembly for an advocacy conference. Ten years after President François Hollande spoke of a “bloody repression”, they are demanding official recognition of this massacre by France and the creation of a parliamentary commission of inquiry.
Kenya: American funds crucial for health
In the wake of the American presidential election, the rest of the world is waiting to see what consequences the new administration will have on their daily lives. On the continent, many questions arise, notably that of maintaining certain funding. After the election of Donald Trump in 2016, many funds were cut, including those financing contraception and abortion. The United States is investing a lot in health, as is the case in Kenya.
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American presidential election: what are the challenges for Africa?
Before the election of Donald Trump for a new term, the Journal de l’Afrique wondered on Tuesday about the challenges of the American presidential election for the continent.
Elements of response with Landry Signé, university professor, senior researcher at the Brookings Institution and researcher at Stanford University.
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“If you are black, it is no longer possible to live here”: in Tunisia, these migrants who changed their life plan in the face of racism
In Tunisia, the situation of sub-Saharan migrants continues to deteriorate. A country of transit on the road to Europe for some, but also a country of arrival for many exiles in search of work, the country has become a trap from which many are now seeking to escape.
InfoMigrants has collected testimonies from exiles who have decided to give their lives a different direction.
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