InternationalAfricaCentral African RepublicKenyaMoroccoLibyaMaliSenegalSouth AfricaAfrican politicsEgyptBurkina FasoAlgeriaRwandaTunisiaNewsSubscribers onlyIn Morocco, French companies have great economic ambitionsDuring Emmanuel Macron's first state visit to Morocco from Monday, October 28 to Wednesday, October 30, multiple agreements and partnerships are due to be signed, including in the energy sector.Published today at 2:56 pm (Paris)Alexandre AublancInvestigationSubscribers onlyHow the Chinese mafia kidnaps Africans to swindle WesternersAfricans are being trapped by cartels, lured by the promise of lucrative customer service contracts, and forced into laboring in centers devoted to cyberfraud across Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia.Published today at 11:04 am (Paris)Noé Hochet-BodinLaureline SavoyeAlexandre AublancIn DepthSubscribers onlyMacron visits Morocco in reunion likely to irritate AlgeriaOn a visit to Rabat starting on Monday, Emmanuel Macron will solemnize the reconciliation with Morocco after a three-year feud, at the cost of a new crisis with Algiers.Published yesterday at 10:45 pm (Paris), updated at 11:15 amFrédéric BobinNewsSubscribers onlyHow Rwanda is managing to contain the Marburg virus outbreakThis highly lethal virus, a cousin of Ebola, is striking the country for the first time. In three weeks, Rwanda has received 1,700 doses of vaccine and installed measures to stop the spread.Published on October 22, 2024, at 1:45 am (Paris), updated on October 22, 2024, at 8:12 amDelphine RoucauteNewsPresident Biya returns to Cameroon amid health speculationThe West African Nation's 91-year-old leader appeared on television after his plane landed, following weeks of speculation about his health and whereabouts after he vanished from public view after leaving Beijing in early September.Published on October 21, 2024, at 7:50 pm (Paris)Le Monde with AFPNewsMacron to visit Morocco next weekThe French president will head to Morocco on a three-day state visit on October 28, the Moroccan royal palace said in a statement Monday, after three years of tense relations between the two countries.Published on October 21, 2024, at 6:02 pm (Paris)Le Monde with AFPNewsSenegal's president and prime minister are creating fashion waves with their 'tradi-modern' styleBassirou Diomaye Faye and Ousmane Sonko like to wear clothes inspired by the traditional boubou that also borrow key details from Western fashion.Published on October 21, 2024, at 1:50 am (Paris), updated on October 21, 2024, at 8:50 amJules CrétoisOp-EdSubscribers onlyCOP29: 'The need to reform the global financial architecture has become even clearer'The prime ministers of Denmark, Mette Frederiksen, and Barbados, Mia Mottley, call for state-backed 'blended' finance instruments must be scaled up, to channel private investment toward the fight against global warming.Published on October 18, 2024, at 2:45 pm (Paris)Mette FrederiksenMia MottleyNewsSubscribers onlyHungary deploys aid in Chad, with soldiers to followDelegations of Hungarian diplomats and military officers are increasingly shuttling between Budapest and N'Djamena, as Viktor Orban's government prepares to deploy a military mission to the Sahelian country.Published on October 18, 2024, at 2:12 pm (Paris)Carol ValadeNewsKenyan deputy president toppled in historic impeachmentKenya's Senate voted to impeach Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua on charges of 'violation' of the constitution, but cleared him of corruption. He is the first official to be sacked since impeachment was introduced in Kenya's revised 2010 constitution.Published on October 18, 2024, at 8:18 am (Paris)Le Monde with AFPIn DepthSubscribers onlyCameroon: President Paul Biya's health is on everyone's mind, but no one is allowed to talk about itThe 91-year-old head of state has not appeared in public since the China-Africa summit in Beijing in early September, but the government has 'strictly prohibited' any media discussion of his state of health.Published on October 18, 2024, at 3:12 am (Paris), updated on October 18, 2024, at 8:56 amCyril BensimonMorgane Le CamNewsEU announces €30 million package to prevent irregular migration from SenegalThe European Commission already funds a €5.75 million project strengthening the capacity of Senegalese security forces to combat irregular immigration, trafficking and migrant smuggling.Published on October 16, 2024, at 10:32 pm (Paris), updated on October 17, 2024, at 7:14 amLe Monde with AFPInvestigationSubscribers onlyIn the Central African Republic, 'They say their peacekeepers came to protect us, but they rape us'Together with The New Humanitarian, Le Monde has collected stories from 19 women, victims of sexual abuse by MINUSCA troops. Unsure of what to do, doubting support and fearing reprisals, many haven't reported their assaults.Published on October 16, 2024, at 7:15 pm (Paris)Barbara DeboutIn DepthSubscribers onlySub-Saharan Africa 'trapped' by insufficient growthThe region's economic recovery continues to 'lag' behind the rest of the world, according to the World Bank, which advocates greater investment in education.Published on October 16, 2024, at 12:21 am (Paris), updated on October 16, 2024, at 8:16 amMarie de VergèsNewsSubscribers onlyUkrainian drones provide support for northern Mali's rebelsSince this summer, fighters from the predominantly Tuareg Permanent Strategic Framework have been using this type of weapon against the Malian army and its Russian Wagner auxiliaries. They are benefiting from discreet but decisive support from Kyiv.Published on October 13, 2024, at 4:28 am (Paris), updated on October 13, 2024, at 9:15 amBenjamin RogerEmmanuel GrynszpanIn DepthSubscribers onlyHow Hezbollah raises funds in West AfricaThe Shiite movement is able to raise funds from the large Lebanese community in Côte d'Ivoire and Guinea, and relies on an organized crime system based on drug money laundering.Published on October 12, 2024, at 9:00 pm (Paris)Noé Hochet-BodinArnaud DeuxCyril BensimonNewsSubscribers onlyMorocco built Africa's largest theater but it remains closedRabat's giant infrastructure, which cost almost €200 million, is still closed three years after completion, leaving local elected officials baffled.Published on October 10, 2024, at 3:01 am (Paris), updated on October 10, 2024, at 8:30 amAlexandre AublancNewsTunisian President Kais Saied wins second term in landslide victoryTurnout in Sunday's presidential election stood at just 28.8%, the highest abstention rate since the advent of democracy in 2011.Published on October 7, 2024, at 8:48 pm (Paris), updated on October 7, 2024, at 9:49 pmLe Monde with AFPNewsWorld commemorates October 7In Israel, Paris, London, Germany, the US, Australia and Switzerland, ceremonies for the first anniversary of Hamas's attack on Israel were organized. Protests against the wars in Gaza and Lebanon were also held.Published on October 7, 2024, at 9:05 am (Paris), updated on October 7, 2024, at 5:52 pmLe Monde with AFPNewsTunisia's incumbent President Saied set to win presidential electionKais Saied is set to win the election with 89.2% support despite low turnout, according to exit polls. Three years after he staged a power grab, rights groups fear his re-election will only entrench his rule in the country.Published on October 7, 2024, at 2:58 am (Paris), updated on October 7, 2024, at 7:30 amLe Monde with AFPNewsTunisia's presidential election sees low turnoutAt the time polling stations closed on Sunday, 2.7 million voters − 27.7% of the electorate − had cast ballots. That's far fewer than the 49% who participated in the first round of the last presidential race in 2019.Published on October 6, 2024, at 10:55 pm (Paris)Le Monde with APNewsTunisia polls open as Kais Saied set for re-electionAlmost 10 million Tunisians will head to the polls on Sunday for a vote in which experts say incumbent President Kais Saied is poised for victory.Published on October 6, 2024, at 10:16 am (Paris)Le Monde with AFPIn DepthKenya's President William Ruto urges young people to emigrateNairobi is negotiating agreements with countries with aging populations, such as Germany and Canada, to send workers there. Experts believe it's both a way to keep a hostile youth away and to bring money into Kenya.Published on October 6, 2024, at 5:05 am (Paris), updated on October 6, 2024, at 10:52 amArthur Frayer-LaleixIn DepthCôte d'Ivoire crowned African champion of gender equality, stirring controversyAccording to the OECD, Côte d'Ivoire is the leading African country in the fight against discrimination against women. However, local feminist NGOs claim that this ranking reflects progress in legal frameworks rather than social norms.Published on October 6, 2024, at 1:14 am (Paris), updated on October 6, 2024, at 11:32 amDialla KonateIn DepthSubscribers onlyTunisian President Saied, the embarrassing ally of European migration policy, is ready for re-electionSince the start of 2024, arrivals in Italy from Tunisia have fallen by 82%, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Although he denies it, Saied, the favorite in the October 6 elections, has become Europe's brutal border guard.Published on October 3, 2024, at 11:18 pm (Paris), updated on October 4, 2024, at 8:01 amNissim GasteliNewsFrance and Madagascar begin 'historic' human remains restitution processAs per a December 2023 French law on repatriations of human remains, a joint scientific committee will review Madagascar's request to have the skull of King Toera, beheaded under French colonial rule, returned.Published on October 3, 2024, at 6:03 pm (Paris)Le Monde with AFPNewsFrench interior minister orders deportation flights to DRCBruno Retailleau, a conservative whose stance on immigration has sparked outcry, said the flights would send immigrants in the French overseas territory of Mayotte back to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.Published on October 2, 2024, at 7:16 pm (Paris)Le Monde with AFPNewsTunisian presidential candidate jailed for 12 yearsAyachi Zammel is one of only two candidates approved to challenge the incumbent president, Kais Saied, in next Sunday's election. Zammel was sentenced on Tuesday on four cases.Published on October 1, 2024, at 1:15 pm (Paris)Le Monde with AFPNewsRwandan ex-doctor goes on trial in France accused of genocideA new trial linked to the genocide of the Tutsis in Rwanda has opened in France as former doctor Eugene Rwamucyo will have to answer for his actions both during and before the 1994 massacres.Published on October 1, 2024, at 11:26 am (Paris)Le Monde with AFPLetter from...Subscribers onlyAfrica takes aim at the video game marketA handful of African studios are enjoying considerable success in a still fledgling local market, which is increasingly attracting the interest of the industry's big names, such as Sony and Microsoft.Published on October 1, 2024, at 5:31 am (Paris), updated on October 1, 2024, at 8:18 amMarie de VergèsNewsSenegal PM vows 'corruption' probe into former government'We had no idea that things were so catastrophic,' said Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko, accusing the former authorities of having lied and falsified figures, particularly with international partners.Published on September 26, 2024, at 10:43 pm (Paris), updated on September 27, 2024, at 7:19 amLe Monde with AFPNewsUN Secretary-General sounds alarm over escalating violence in SudanThe conflict between two rival generals – the head of the army, and the head of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces – has so far displaced more than 10 million people, a fifth of Sudan's population, both within the country and across borders.Published on September 26, 2024, at 4:16 am (Paris)Le Monde with AFPFeatureSubscribers onlyMoroccan archaeology is on the road to independenceThe 2017 discovery of the oldest 'Homo sapien' fossil has given a boost to the discipline in the North African kingdom, rich in prehistoric and ancient sites. Authorities are willing to study them more independently.Published on September 26, 2024, at 4:00 am (Paris)Hervé MorinNewsSubscribers onlyKilling elephants for their meat could solve two of Zimbawe's problemsTwo hundred animals are set to be culled in a country that counts too many to accommodate. Authorities say their meat could feed populations left hungry by drought, which is accentuated by climate change.Published on September 26, 2024, at 2:00 am (Paris), updated on September 26, 2024, at 10:34 amMathilde BoussionFeature'You're killing our sons': In Senegal, migrant smugglers are in the dockIn response to the ongoing crises of immigration, the arrests of alleged traffickers have surged in recent months, along with the number of cases brought before the courts.Published on September 25, 2024, at 11:00 pm (Paris), updated on September 26, 2024, at 8:49 amCélia CuordifedeNewsSubscribers onlyEurope is considering what approach to take with Kais Saied's TunisiaAs Tunisia's presidential election approaches, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has presented a gloomy assessment of EU-Tunisia relations. However, Brussels intends to keep Tunis firmly tied to Europe.Published on September 24, 2024, at 4:38 am (Paris), updated on September 24, 2024, at 8:16 amPhilippe JacquéGallerySubscribers onlyIn the Congo Basin, environmental NGOs step up efforts to include Indigenous populationsPhotographer Thomas Nicolon visited the Bayaka, who are now part of forest protection teams in the Congo Basin. Hunting was banned when a national park was created in Congo-Brazzaville, but many members of this indigenous group have found new jobs.Published on September 20, 2024, at 10:55 pm (Paris)Thomas NicolonFeatureSubscribers onlySpanish enclave of Ceuta under pressure from Moroccan migrants wishing to reach EuropeFollowing Sunday's attempt, another mass border crossing is planned for September 30, organized on social media. These crossings now primarily involve Moroccan nationals, whereas until now they were mainly attempted by sub-Saharan migrants.Published on September 20, 2024, at 6:33 pm (Paris)Alexandre AublancIn DepthSubscribers onlyEthiopia's battle to regain access to the seaThe country's quest for a port on the Red Sea has greatly destabilized the Horn of Africa. In return, its neighbors are engaged in a dangerous military escalation.Published on September 19, 2024, at 2:31 am (Paris), updated on September 19, 2024, at 9:11 amNoé Hochet-BodinIn DepthDiamonds are Botswana's best friend but they aren't foreverGemstone sales account for a quarter of the country's GDP, but falling global prices are forcing it to diversify its economy.Published on September 19, 2024, at 12:55 am (Paris), updated on September 19, 2024, at 1:53 pmNoé Hochet-BodinNewsSubscribers onlyMali's capital hit by first major jihadist attack since junta came to powerThe Jama'a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin claimed responsibility for attacks on a gendarmerie training center and parts of the Modibo Keita International Airport on Tuesday, September 17.Published on September 18, 2024, at 1:37 pm (Paris)Benjamin RogerNewsGunmen attack police base in Mali capitalBamako's airport was temporarily closed after gunmen attacked a military base in the capital on Tuesday. Mali's general staff later said that the attack killed a number of military personnel but did not give a detailed toll. An Al-Qaeda-linked group claimed responsibility.Published on September 17, 2024, at 11:08 am (Paris), updated on September 18, 2024, at 12:07 amLe MondeFeatureSubscribers onlyLibya's reconstruction of Derna: 'A windfall for the Haftar clan'A year ago, the city was ravaged by deadly floods. Today, authorities in the east of the country have highlighted reconstruction that has been carried out, taking care not to detail the cost.Published on September 17, 2024, at 12:15 am (Paris), updated on September 17, 2024, at 8:33 amNissim GasteliOp-EdSubscribers onlyNiger: President Bazoum and his wife 'remain detained amid a growing and incomprehensible indifference'In an op-ed for Le Monde, Nobel Prize winners such as Congolese doctor Denis Mukwege and Nigerian writer Wole Soyinka, as well as intellectuals and law experts, call for the release of Niger's president, who has been detained since July 2023 by the junta that overthrew him.Published on September 16, 2024, at 3:25 pm (Paris)Group letterIn DepthSubscribers onlyBetween France and Algeria, an enduring cycle of conflictAlgiers and Paris are in conflict once again, for the third time in three years, highlighting the recurring turbulence in the relationship between the two countries.Published on September 15, 2024, at 7:50 pm (Paris)Frédéric BobinNewsUganda holds funeral for murdered Olympian Rebecca CheptegeiThe 33-year-old long-distance runner, who had died after being set on fire by her partner, was given a military funeral, including a gun salute. Her death has thrown a spotlight on what activists have called a femicide epidemic.Published on September 14, 2024, at 7:04 pm (Paris)Le Monde with AFPNewsComoros president's attacker found dead in prison next dayPresident Azali Assoumani was 'slightly injured' injured in an attach on Friday. The attacker was arrested and died in prison the next day.Published on September 14, 2024, at 1:23 pm (Paris), updated on September 14, 2024, at 5:13 pmLe Monde with AFPNewsPresident of Comoros 'slightly injured' in knife attackAzali Assoumani's injuries were not serious, his office said. The attacker was arrested.Published on September 14, 2024, at 10:59 am (Paris)Le Monde with AP and AFPNewsSouth Sudan postpones December elections by 2 years citing incomplete preparationsThis is the second time the country, which gained independence in 2011, is postponing elections and extending a transitional period that started in February 2020. South Sudan has gone through the shocks of civil war, climate change and needs humanitarian aid with an estimated 9 million people, which is 73% of the country’s population, projected to require humanitarian assistance during 2024.Published on September 14, 2024, at 2:56 am (Paris), updated on September 14, 2024, at 3:00 amLe Monde with APNewsSubscribers onlyEthiopia, the first country in the world to ban the import of gasoline and diesel vehiclesAddis Ababa has banned the import of combustion-powered vehicles which will force drivers to switch to electric vehicles in a country with only one public charging station on its territory.Published on September 13, 2024, at 3:14 am (Paris), updated on September 14, 2024, at 8:40 amNoé Hochet-BodinNewsSenegal President Faye announces dissolution of parliamentAlong with Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko, Faye ran on a ticket of sovereignty and leftist pan-Africanism, raising the hopes of young people in a country where three-quarters of the population is under 35.Published on September 13, 2024, at 12:25 am (Paris), updated on September 13, 2024, at 7:21 amLe Monde with AFPNewsSubscribers onlyFrom Guinea to Chad, floods affect 3.5 million people, killing nearly 900These new severe weather events have hit areas where the situation is already catastrophic due to food insecurity and conflict.Published on September 12, 2024, at 10:41 pm (Paris), updated on September 13, 2024, at 8:24 amLaurence CaramelIn DepthSubscribers onlyNegotiations over French intelligence agents held in Burkina Faso at a standstillAccused of espionage and attempting to destabilize the regime of Captain Ibrahim Traoré, the four men have been held in Ouagadougou for more than nine months.Published on September 12, 2024, at 11:37 am (Paris)Benjamin RogerJacques FollorouOp-EdSubscribers onlyPresidential election in Tunisia: 'Kais Saied is a new dictator, a new Ben Ali'With the first round of presidential elections scheduled for October 6, Tunisian researcher Haythem Guesmi argues that the repressive measures taken by outgoing president Kais Saied confirm the regime's move toward a return to dictatorship.Published on September 12, 2024, at 11:00 am (Paris)Haythem GuesmiNewsMali junta suspends French-language channel TV5 MondeThe 3-month suspension was set by junta-ruled Mali's High Authority for Communication (HAC), allegedly for a lack of 'balance' in covering civilian drone strike deaths without using the Malian army's version of events.Published on September 11, 2024, at 6:15 pm (Paris), updated on September 11, 2024, at 6:19 pmLe Monde with AFPNews'People have never seen anything like it': Morocco hit by extraordinary torrential rainsRainfall on Friday and Saturday exceeded annual averages in several regions of the country, leaving at least 18 people dead, according to a provisional death toll.Published on September 11, 2024, at 4:14 am (Paris), updated on September 11, 2024, at 8:26 amAlexandre AublancNewsDeath toll from boat that capsized off coast of Senegal risesThe captain of the boat, which was filled with dozens of people hoping to get to Europe, turned himself in on Tuesday.Published on September 10, 2024, at 7:20 pm (Paris)Le Monde with APNewsAlgerian presidential candidate appeals election resultThree days after Algeria's presidential election, opposition candidate Abdelaali Hassani, head of the Movement of Society for Peace party, filed an official appeal, citing 'false figures' and widely contested turnout rates.Published on September 10, 2024, at 5:31 pm (Paris)Le Monde with AFPNewsSubscribers onlyAlgeria's disputed election results and low turnout taint president's re-electionThe three candidates' campaigns, including that of re-elected President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, have accused the National Independent Authority for Elections of 'irregularities' and 'contradictions.'Published on September 10, 2024, at 1:52 pm (Paris)Hamid NasriEditorialAlgeria's worrying rift between regime and populationThe record lox turnout rate that marked the September 7 presidential election, won by the incumbent, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, with 94.65% of the vote, illustrates the fragility of support for those in power in Algeria.Published on September 10, 2024, at 11:21 am (Paris)Le MondeSee more12
