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621 people, including 83 minors, have been arrested in Chad since the violently repressed opposition protests that left some 50 people dead on October 20, the public prosecutor in N’Djamena announced Friday. This is the first time that the authorities have publicly admitted the figure of more than 600 arrests mentioned by several local and international NGOs after these demonstrations… Read More

The 71 deputies appointed to Burkina Faso’s new Transitional Legislative Assembly (TLA) took office on Friday, more than a month after the coup d’etat that brought Captain Ibrahim Traore to power. This assembly is responsible for voting on the texts of reforms planned during the transition. The 71 deputies were appointed by the head of state (20), the defence and… Read More

Sadio Mane, who finished second in this year’s Ballon d’Or, was named to Senegal’s World Cup squad by coach Aliou Cisse on Friday in spite of a recent injury. Senegal coach Aliou Cissé named the Bayern Munich forward in his 26-man squad to the relief of a nation that had been fretting over whether Mané would be able to lead… Read More

African Union Chairman and Senegal President Macky Sall is set to attend the upcoming G20 summit in Bali, officials say. Sall would have “two hats” at the meeting, representing both the AU and Senegal, one of the officials told Reuters news agency on Friday. The visit, his first to a G20 summit, comes as Africa looks to hold wealthier nations… Read More

This episode of Business Africa: the World Travel Market was held from November 7 to 9 in London, to discuss the business advantage of responsible tourism; In the midst of population growth, Africa is facing the need for public transport; The African continent remains attractive for investors, that’s what to remember about the Africa Investment Forum that took place this… Read More

In Colombia’s Amazon jungle, indigenous people of different nations, ethnicities and languages have come together to find a single voice in cinema to tell their own stories, rather than let outsiders do it. One recent week, in the community of San Martin de Amacayacu in southern Colombia the local Tikuna tribe was joined for the first time by the Matis… Read More

Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate on Thursday urged US President Joe Biden to help those most affected by the ravages of global warming, a day before his arrival for UN climate talks in Egypt. Nakate, a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations’ children’s fund UNICEF, urged Biden to listen to climate science and those “on the frontlines of this crisis”.… Read More

The leader of the Islamist party Ennahdha, Rached Ghannouchi, appeared Thursday before a court in Sousse (east) as part of an investigation for “money laundering” and “incitement to violence”. Mr. Ghannouchi, who headed the frozen parliament in July 2021 and then dissolved by President Saied, had already been questioned last July as part of an investigation opened in this case… Read More

International Rescue Committee (IRC) President and CEO David Miliband on Wednesday visited displaced communities that have been impacted by drought in a village in the Somali region of Ethiopia. During the visit, the former UK Foreign Secretary said there was an “urgent need to stave off the growing hunger crisis in this part of East Africa.” The severe drought in… Read More

Thousands of public workers in South Africa downed tools on Thursday in a nationwide strike over wages after talks with the government hit a deadlock — threatening to affect essential services. The work stoppage was led by one of South Africa’s largest labour unions, the Public Servants Association (PSA), which has more than 235,000 members.- The wage stalemate between the… Read More