West Africa

The fight against the Ebola virus disease in Guinea is strengthened with two community radios creation project. The first one in Forécariah and the other one in Yomou, two localities where the reluctances of the populations remain another blocking in the anti-Ebola fight. This project is an initiative from the …

Isabelle Sambou is appointed by the World Wrestling Union as the « African women Wrestler of the decade« . The Senegalese champion is honored for a decade of unshared reign in the discipline in Senegal as well as on the Continent. The titles gleaned by Isabelle Sambou these recent years do no …

The Senegalese music star, Ismaël Lô, will be the in the spotlight during the opening ceremony of the 24th Pan-African Cinema and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO) planned on 28th February at the Sports center of Ouaga 2000. Several other artist musicians will be beside the Senegalese musician, particularly the …

Press freedom remains one of the fundamental principles of democracy. And Burkina Faso turns out to be a good example. In spite of the sociopolitical crisis occurred in Burkina Faso, the journalists more or less freely did their job. In its report 2015 on the state of the press freedom …

Second prize-winner of the prestigious Innovation Prize for Africa (PIA 2014), the Togolese inventor and industrialist, Logou Minsob, shifts into higher gear in the production and the distribution of the Foufoumix machines. The machine to make foufou (a dish very appreciated in West Africa) is henceforth made at assembly-line, what …

The actor-comedian, Eugène Bayala alias Agent Oyou, is not satisfied at all with his financial treatment in his quality of key actor and even the funniest of « Commissionership de Tampy » (Tampy police station), a Burkinabe police TV film that continues making the happiness of thousands of household of the West …

When announcing a few months ago his ambitious project to equip every Togolese student with a laptop computer, few of his fellow countrymen believed it. And nevertheless on Friday, 13th February 2015, Komi Avodeh, the chairman of the Organization for the Support of the Local Development (OADèB) kept his promises …

At 24 years old, the singer, Chindimma appears among the most appreciated artists in Nigeria and whose popularity rating is still rising. Young, beautiful, talented, she gathers crowds during her shows everywhere she presents and her fees cost millions of FCFA. With several strings to her bow: Nigerian singer, composer, …

The Malian Head of State, Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta alias IBK, will personally chair the 15th edition of the Forum of Bamako which opens next Thursday in the Malian capital. Space of high-level reflection, the Forum of Bamako gathers every year, hundreds of intellectuals, business managers and political leaders willing to …

Lomé, the Togolese capital, welcomes the first edition of the Africa Best Practices Forum on 26th and 27th February 2015. The Pan-African bank, Ecobank, the AfricSearch recruitment agency and the Ellipse communication company join together to organize this first forum exclusively dedicated to the improvement of the framework and the …

January, 15th, 2015 will remain memorable for Amatevi Clement Klutse. The Togolese has just voted for his first time as a German citizen and candidate for the general election in the district of Hamburg. Clement was chosen by the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) to represent it. The German candidate of …

Ivory Coast has made a « qualitative jump » by gaining 15 positions in the world ranking of the press freedom published last Thursday by the Reporters Without Borders; report the APA agency. In a declaration, the National Union of the Journalists of Ivory Coast (UNJCI) congratulates itself on the improvement of …

The program of the strategic support for the scientific research in Ivory Coast (PASRES) has just launched a call for the application for the « Prize of the young inventor 2015« , awarded in partnership with the Ivorian Intellectual property Office (OIPI). Provided with the amount of 2 000 000 FCFA, this …

The Burkinabe banker, Idrissa Nassa, was raised at the head of the group of the managers of banks and credit institutions of Africa. This group includes the main managers of banks and credit institutions of Africa. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Coris Bank International, Idrissa Nassa is reputed hard-working …

Elections are planned this year in several countries of the sub-region of which Burkina Faso. And the preparations are on good way in the country of the honest people. With the prospect of these electoral terms, the Burkinabe government decided to launch a vast operation of free provision of birth …

In spite of their young age, they are among the cream of the artists who raise very high the Nigerian music by their immense talent. They are Wiskid and Davido who, after having spent almost 2014 to hate each other on the social networks, finally decided to bury the hatchet …

The African cinema will be in the spotlight from 28th February to 7th March for the next 24th edition of the Pan-African Festival of Cinema and Television of Ouagadougou (FESPACO). As a reminder, the theme chosen for this edition is: « African Cinema: production and broadcasting in the digital technology era« . …

The Congolese (Congo Brazza), Christian MOUALA, the UNAIDS new representative in Togo, officially started his activities with contacting of the Togolese authorities. The expert of the national institute of health and medical research (Inserm Paris) met on Tuesday, 11th February 2015, the chairman of the National Assembly of Togo, Dama …

Officially launched on 5th September 2011, the National Institute of Health Insurance (INAM) that takes into account only the public service workers of Togo is henceforth opened to other sectors of the society. The Togolese craftsmen and farmers have just joined the group of the beneficiaries of the services by …

The Burkinabe subsidiary of the Pan-African bank, Ecobank, realized a Total balance sheet of more than 600 billion FCFA in 2014, got APA from the managing staff of the financial institution. This total balance sheet thus underwent a progress these recent years, moving from 433 billion FCFA in 2012 to …

He succeeded in joining the closed circle and desired of the 100 most influential people of the continent. He is Me. Joseph Fifamin Djogbénou, trial lawyer in Benin and manager of the Law Study and Judicial Institutions Research Center in Africa (CREDIJ). It is the bimonthly French magazine, « New African » …

The Malian cotton was celebrated from 15th to 18th January 2015 during the 8th edition of the Daoulaba Festival placed under the theme « The role of the cultivations in the reconstruction« . The meeting of the African fashion designers and the cotton producers was the opportunity for the promoter, Awa Meité, …

People living with a handicap have potential in the domains of art and the craft industry and intend to value it on the occasion of the « Handi Talent » Festival. A great meeting, the first of this kind, held from the next 25th to 28th February in Pô in the south …

For the first time since the outbreak of the Ebola epidemic in West Africa, a medicine administered to sick persons showed « encouraging » results with a reduction of the mortality. This Japanese antiviral treatment, the favipiravir, worked out by a subsidiary of Fujifilm, was tested on 80 sick of Ebola in …

By the end of the year 2015, the federal government of Nigeria intends to allocate 10 billion naira (50 million dollars) that will come to support the local start-ups working in the creation of software. On this matter, Omobola Johnson (photo), the Minister of the communications, revealed that over the …

For « her effort in favor of justice and human rights« , the United Nations Organization (UNO) has just awarded the Peace Prize to Fatou Bensouda, prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC). The awards ceremony for prestigious prize took place in Barcelona, Spain. Former Minister of Justice and general prosecutor of …

Annie, the wife of the Nigerian singer, 2Face Idibia, is no one other than one of the beautiful girls appearing in the video clip « African Queen« , a hit that moreover propelled the artist to the stage of the African musical scene. As regards to the marriage of the couple, it …

How to help the Comoros to overcome the serious electricity shortage that has paralyzed the economic and commercial activity for years? That is the major concern of the African Development Bank (ADB) that made it its priority number 1 according to its manger, Donald Kaberuka, whose mandate will expire within …

The richest man of Africa, the Nigerian billionaire, Aliko Dangote, continues having noble ambitions for the Black continent. In the realization of his multiple projects intended for the development of his native Nigeria, Dangote could well find solutions for the difficulties to which the tomato producers of the State of …

Day after day, things become more complicated for the Pan-African bank, Ecobank. After its condemnation in Ivory Coast by the commercial court of Abidjan in the case opposing it to its former manager, Thierry Tanoh, the group based in Togo is one more condemned in Lomé in another case still …