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Ghislaine Dupont and Claude Verlon scholarship winner in 2020

Seven years after the assassination of Ghislaine Dupont and Claude Verlon in Kidal in northern Mali, RFI awarded the scholarship with their names to young Cameroonian journalist Charles Donatien Abossolo Oba and Burkinabe technician Romain Bouda. In an unusual health situation, an unprecedented price reduction. It was by…

Hussein Bakri, the “humanistic” architect of Akon City

Hussein Bakri is the Lebanese architect responsible for the design of the Akon City project in Senegal. We met him in the United Arab Emirates, where he lives. This “citizen of the world” told us about his architectural philosophy. "I'm surprised by your request". These are the first words that Hussein Bakri used when we met…

Courtroom pointers Muslim doctor who refused to shake woman’s hand

A Muslim physician has been denied German citizenship after refusing to shake a woman's hand when she gave him his certificates. The 39-year-old Lebanese nationwide was on the purpose of turning right into a German after residing throughout the nation for 13 years, ending his medical analysis and passing a citizenship check out with the most effective attainable mark. Nonetheless he failed on the last word hurdle after refusing to shake the hand of the female official on the ceremony in 2015, important state authorities…

G20 extends moratorium on debt of poor countries by six months

The finance ministers of the G20 countries have decided to extend the moratorium on debt service in the poorest countries by six months (until June), which has already given 46 countries out of 73 the right to suspend a global repayment amount estimated at five billion dollars. The moratorium was expected, although the IMF and the World Bank, as well as a number of NGOs fighting poverty, this gesture is still insufficient given the needs of poor countries. An extension of the moratorium was expected. But many were hoping…

pro-Condé Facebook pages create confusion before the presidential election

The Stanford Internet Observatory, a US research institute on disinformation and abuse on the Internet, looked at about 100 Facebook pages linked to the Rassemblement du peuple de Guinée, the ruling party or its supporters. According to'Stanford Internet Observatory study, Facebook pages linked to RPG or its followers will not promote "transparent political life or fair elections". The proliferation of accounts, automation techniques, and the use of advertising would create the illusion of "massive and spontaneous…

thousands of emails from US diplomacy being declassified

It is a new look at the underside of American foreign policy. In recent days, Mike Pompeo, the head of US diplomacy, has finally promised to declassify emails sent at the time by Hillary Clinton, who was sitting between 2009 and 2013, under pressure from President Donald Trump under President Donald Trump during President Donald Trump. The content of some of these emails is already known: it allows us to better understand the position of the United States at the time of the Arab Spring, especially towards the Muslim…

Bellator 248, the first worldwide dubbing of MMA in France

After many years of criticism, mixed martial arts (MMA) has finally found a place in France. The practice of MMA, approved since February 2020 on French soil, has just experienced a leap forward with the possession of the Bellator 248 at the Accor Arena - Paris Bercy, on Saturday 10 October. An evening marked with a milestone for this sport.…

satisfaction of WFP workers in Africa

In countries in Africa where the organization is involved, the announcement of the award was welcomed by workers from the World Food Program. In particular, the Nobel Peace Prize emphasizes the link between security and the eradication of world hunger. The workers of the World Food Program (WFP) in Burkina Faso were all in…

40 million more poor in Africa, according to the World Bank

Weighted by the economic downturn from the Covid-19 pandemic, growth in sub-Saharan Africa is expected to fall to -3.3% by 2020, dragging the region into its first economic recession in 25 years, according to the latest regional economic analysis ”, Produced by the World Bank. The pandemic also risks pushing 40 million Africans into extreme poverty and erasing at least five years of progress in the fight against poverty. It is a relaxing figure: 40 million Africans are at risk of falling into extreme poverty, about three…

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