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Indonesia, as President of the Security Council, justifies this rejection by the lack of consensus among the fifteen members of the body. But the United States does not admit defeat. On Tuesday, August 25, the United States was once...

The African Airlines Association (AFRAA) has revised its loss estimates for the airline sector upwards. Its leaders urge African countries to coordinate their actions, including their health protocols, in order to limit the damage. For its part, AFRAA offers an interactive capacity-sharing portal for...

Dislodged from power in 1997 at the end of a civil war led by Denis Sassou-Nguesso, the former head of state died in Perpignan at the age of 88. Former Congolese President Pascal Lissouba died Monday, August 24 in...

The World Bank has just released its voluminous annual report CPIA, the Assessment of Policies and Institutions in Africa. It underlines the delays, sometimes the errors, of African countries and endorses certain progress, such as that of Togo. In the news, the World Bank's...

"The long-term impact of school closures risks further harming children, their futures and their communities," said a UNICEF official. The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) called on African governments on Thursday 20 August...

What is the specificity of the political and communication strategy of the President of Senegal, Macky Sall globally and specifically in the face of Covid-19 in Africa? The Covid-19 crisis has confirmed the leading role of some African leaders (South Africa, Morocco, Rwanda) and...

Russian anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny, one of the main opponents of President Vladimir Putin, is in hospital "in intensive care", his spokesman said on Twitter on Thursday 20 August. "We assume that Alexei was poisoned," she wrote, saying Navalny first "felt bad" on a plane and has...

The Central Bank of Congo surprised, this weekend of August 15, by raising its key rate from 7.5% to 18.5%. The institution notes a resumption of inflationary pressures, but considers that the economic recession in DR Congo could be less than feared in 2020.

The United States warned this afternoon that it was opposed to "any extra-constitutional change of government. Soldiers fired shots in the air on Tuesday, August 18, for an unknown reason, in the large military camp in the garrison town of Kati, from where...

Somewhat reassured about the consequences of a debt moratorium, Moody’s maintains Senegal's Ba3 rating. The agency nevertheless points to high debt, in view of a slowly growing wealth. Moody’s confirmed its rating for Senegalese sovereign debt at Ba3. Note therefore maintained, as for the...