Khalifa Sall, chef du parti d’opposition Taxawu Sénégal, a accordé un entretien à France 24 et RFI depuis Dakar, dont il a été le maire. Il a estimé qu’en annonçant qu’il n’était pas candidat à sa réélection, le président Macky Sall a « délivré tout le pays », donnant une « réponse favorable …
Read More »Sénégal : après la renonciation, la succession de Macky Sall en question
Le président sénégalais, Macky Sall, a annoncé, lundi, qu’il ne sera pas candidat à un troisième mandat pour la présidentielle de 2024. Un renoncement qui a décrispé le climat politique, devenu explosif dans le pays, mais qui ouvre aussi une période d’incertitude à huit mois du scrutin.
Read More »Ongoing crisis: ‘Atrocities’ committed by all sides in troubled English-speaking Cameroon
Amnesty International has denounced the « atrocities » committed by security forces, separatist rebels and ethnic militiamen in English-speaking Cameroon in a newly released report. Their investigation found new evidence of abuses in the country’s northwest region – one of two western regions where Anglophone militants declared independence from the majority Francophone …
Read More »Au Sénégal, le soulagement prédomine après la décision de Macky Sall de ne pas se présenter en 2024
La décision du président sénégalais de ne pas briguer un troisième mandat en 2024 a suscité, mardi, de nombreuses réactions de soulagement, au Sénégal comme à l’international, dans un climat politique devenu, ces derniers mois, explosif.
Read More »Macky Sall rules out re-election bid, spelling relief for tense Senegal
President Macky Sall’s decision not to seek a third term as Senegal’s head of state has thrown open the country’s presidential election, ending widespread speculation over his political future that helped fuel deadly protests last month.
Read More »Kenya education: Turkana welcomes students in the middle of the desert
In Turkana, northern Kenya, an NGO has set up a university to train up locals in the latest tech. The region is rich in history –it’s a cradle of mankind– but it’s also the country’s poorest. It’s in the middle of the desert, which means keeping your cool in class is another challenge. FRANCE 24’s Bastien Renouil and Théo Prouvost report from Turkana.
Read More »Mozambique security: Residents return to northern region as situation improves
In Mozambique, residents have begun returning to Cabo Delgado, on the northern coast. The gas-rich province has been devastated by years of deadly insurgency linked to the Islamic State armed group. But even as locals head back home, the Defence Ministry says there’s a long way to go before things return to normal. FRANCE 24’s Carolyn Lamboley tells us more.
Read More »Uganda oil project: Drilling underway amid legal challenge in France
A huge oil development project in Uganda is meeting stiff resistance from a number of NGOs. The country wants to produce 1.4 billion barrels in the next two decades, part of which would be shipped abroad through a pipeline connecting Uganda and Tanzania — that project is also in the works. FRANCE 24’s Camille Knight tells us more.
Read More »Senegalese President Macky Sall says he won’t seek a third term in 2024 elections after protests
Senegalese President Macky Sall declared Monday evening that he will not run for a third term in next year’s elections, ending years of uncertainty over his political future that had helped fuel deadly opposition protests last month. Top opposition leader Ousmane Sonko already had called for more demonstrations around the West African country in the event Sall had instead announced his intention to run again in February. FRANCE 24’s Fraser Jackson and Emerald Maxwell explain.
Read More »Fabien Offner (Amnesty) : « La population est prise en otage entre deux camps » au Cameroun anglophone
Fabien Offner est chercheur au bureau régional pour l’Afrique de l’Ouest et du Centre de l’ONG au sein d’Amnesty International. L’ONG a publié mardi un rapport sur le conflit séparatiste qui secoue le Cameroun depuis plus de six ans, répertoriant des « exécutions extrajudiciaires », des « homicides » de civils dont des femmes …
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