Politics

Festivals have been succeeding since January 2014 in Morocco, the land of King Mohamed VI. Opened last 8th August, the 8th International Festival of Rai d’Oujda might have come to an end on Saturday. Thus, during more than one week, a public of great days really enjoyed entertainment by high-level …

Efficiency and transparency are the motto that will henceforth guide the supply system of Kenya. Indeed, the Kenyan president, Uhuru Kenyatta just launched an electronic payment and supply system. According to the explanations of Mr. Kenyatta, electronics supply will guarantee that public financial resources are carefully used and achieve the …

One week after his return from Washington outside the USA / Africa Summit, the Senegalese Head of State, Macky Sall is at present on a private visit in France. According to a communiqué of the Senegalese government, it is on invitation of his French counterpart, François Hollande, within the framework …

The 34th summit of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) will be held from 17th to 18th August in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. This meeting is preceded by the SADC Council of Ministers’ meeting planned on 14th and 15th August. According to the SADC executive secretary, Stergomena Lawrence Tax, the summit …

The very first USA – Africa Summit has belonged to the past since 6th August 2014 with satisfaction of from about fifty African leaders as well as the Obama administration.   Important decisions were thus taken at the end of this high-level meeting marking thus a decisive stage in the …

The major event testifying the political relations evolution of France with the African countries, the France-Africa Forum will be held on 15th and 16th December 2014 in Dakar, Senegal.   France welcomed one year ago the same meeting centered on peace and safety in Africa.   The celebration of the …

Many important decisions were made at the USA – Africa Summit, going from promises to fruitful exchanges.   And by the way, it is really the Black continent that is winner even if the outcomes are not immediate.   And Madagascar already got a « positive assessment » from the participation of …

Everybody would like one day with a few exception to pose in picture with the presidential couple of the first power to the world. It is not the African leaders who will tell us the opposite.   Indeed, on the closing ceremony of the USA-Africa Summit in Washington, the couple …

Today, the number of women in the world is higher than that of men. Educating then a girl is to educate a whole nation. Well, the First lady of the United States understood this assertion. On the last day of the United States / Africa summit in Washington, Michelle Obama …

After his wife, Michelle last week, it’s the turn of Barack Obama to assert loud that he is proud of his origins.   During an official dinner on Tuesday evening in the White House gathering all the leaders in the US-AFRICA Summit, the American president drank a toast in these …

Would Africa have become the continent the most desired by the world? With growth rates higher than 6 %, the Black continent continues to attract foreign investors among which, the United States.   Conscious that Africa abounds in potentialities and remains an expanding zone of all opportunities, Barack Obama has …

Busy agenda for Hery Rajaonarimampianina within the framework of the USA-AFRICA summit. Arrived since Saturday on the American land, the president of Madagascar did not have necessary time for tourism. On Sunday, the Madagascan delegation took part in Believe in Africa day. With a GDP higher than 2000 billion dollars …

The statement of President Barack Obama was clear last Friday and it is as a precautionary measure.   Participants in the USA-Africa summit in Washington, coming from countries affected by the Ebola virus, will undergo medical controls on their arrival in the United States.   « We make sure that they …

« As an Afro-American woman, the blood of Africa flows in my veins and the future of this continent is very important for me« , declared basically Michelle Obama on Wednesday.   The First Lady of the United States of America made this declaration in a moving speech in front of the …

Outside the USA – Africa summit that will take place on 5th and 6th August, meetings between African and American investors, called « US Africa Business Forum » as well as a meeting on the African Growth Opportunity Act (AGOA) are planned.   In a communiqué published on Thursday by the government, …

Grace Lath Akaffou was elected on Sunday, 27th July 2014 as the new chairwomen of the children parliament of Ivory Coast for a 4 year mandate. Grace Lath Akaffou placed her mandate under the sign of the protection of the poor children. The exercise allows to teach democratic values to …

For the very first time since the death the South African former president, Nelson Mandela on 5th December last year, the whole world is celebrating on Friday, 18th July « Mandela Day », recognized by the UNO five years ago.   An outfit of activities is thus scheduled in the big cities …

On the invitation of Barack Obama, 47 African Heads of States will participate in a summit on the next 5th and 6th August in the White House. This summit is organized within the framework of the strengthening of the links between both continents. In other words, it is a question …

End of the ECOWAS 45th summit last Friday in Accra, Ghana. Almost all of the Heads of State got back to their various countries after two days of works. The first to have arrived in Accra, the Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan, was the first to get back to his country …

End of the suspense. Henceforth, the successor of the ex-Senegalese Prime Minister Aminata Touré is known. Mahammed Boun Abdallah Dionne was appointed last Sunday to rule the new government composed of 33 ministers. Mahammed Boun Abdallah Dionne is considered as a close relation of the Senegalese President Macky Sall. IT …

In spite of the crises on the African continent, there are all the same reasons for hope. And it is pleasing to get encouragements and supports from the international community, from the UNO in particular. In the opening on Thursday of the 23rd summit of the African Union in Malabo, …

The brand new conference Palace of Sipopo in Malobo (Equatorial Guinea) is crowded. The country is welcoming the 23rd summit of the heads of States and governments of the African Union (AU) which works start on Thursday. Boko Haram, the Lake District, Sahel and the Central Republic of Africa will …

The outgoing president, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz won the elections with 81,89 % of the votes which first ballot took place on Saturday, announced on Sunday evening, the National and Independent Electoral Commission of Mauritania (CENI) in Nouakchott. In a communiqué read by the chairman of this commission, Mohamed Ould …

Vested with power last Sunday for the presidency after his crashing victory (96, 91 % of the votes), the Egyptian president and former warlord, Abdel Fattah al-Sissi received messages of congratulations and supports on behalf of his peers of Africa and all over the world. By the way, we noticed …

More than 200 professionals of the African agriculture are expected on 13th and 14th October 2014 in Abidjan (Ivory Coast) for the Africa Agri Forum (AAF). Placed under the theme « Which green revolution for the African continent », the meeting will be the opportunity to private and public actors of the …

« Mrs Lalla Mariem Mint Moulaye Idriss deposited at the General Secretary of the Constitutional Council, her candidacy file for the presidential election of 21st June. » These were the words used by the Mauritanian Constitutional Council to announce the candidacy of the only woman in the race for the presidential election …

Extending of a few days his stay in Tunisia, the King of Morocco Mohammed VI was perceived in the streets of Tunis yesterday. He was accompanied with the members of his delegation and his son, the Crown prince Moulay El Hassan. Through this stroll in the streets of Tunis that …

The Equatorial Guinea’s president, Theodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo was honored last Friday in Malabo by the African Guarantee and Economic Cooperation Fund (FAGACE). The ceremony took place in the presence of the government members, the senators and members of parliament. This title rewards the president for his efforts in favor …

The former leader of the army and the strongman of Egypt, Abdel Fattah al-Sissi, has just obtained a crushing victory in the presidential election with 96,2 % of the votes in about 90 % of polling stations, according to the television of State. The retired marshal, Sissi, will de facto …

For the first time in its history, South Africa has a « Black » Minister of Finance in the name of Nhlanhla Nene and it was since Sunday evening, the symbol of the radical socioeconomic changes that president Jacob Zuma promised for his second mandate. Mr. Nene, 55 years old, the former …