Tag: Africa
The evolution of languages illuminated by a script from Liberia
Do the writings tend to become simpler over time? In order to answer this question, researchers studied the evolution of the Vai script, originating in Liberia, which was invented by…
government gives details of alleged coup attempt
Armed Forces Minister Aimé Barthelemy Simporé broke his silence to provide information on the alleged attempt to destabilize the institutions of the Republic. Last Tuesday, the military prosecutor, in a…
the authorities protest after the overflight of a French military plane
ECOWAS closed its borders with Mali as part of the regional institution’s sanctions intended to force Bamako to quickly organize elections. Mali responded by doing the same. But do these…
controversy over the state of health of General Ngaïfé, former chief of staff
Arrested in particular for alleged links with the CPC rebels at the height of their offensive a year ago, General Ngaïfé has been in pre-trial detention for almost a year…
debate around the issue of a Casamance currency
The campaign for the local elections on January 23 is in full swing. Door to door, caravans, meetings … Among the candidates in Ziguinchor, Casamance, in the south of the…
The line of modern man in Africa is now at least 233,000 years old!
The dating of the oldest undisputed fossil ofHomo sapiens was estimated 200,000 years ago. Radiometric dating of a volcanic layer in Ethiopia allows us to reassess the age of our…
the presidential pardon of a famous magician is controversial
The presidential pardon of the magician Mbaimba Moiforay alias LAC is controversial in Sierra Leone. Sentenced in 2016 to twenty-five years in prison for the murder of a famous DJ,…
CAN 2022: “Where is the public? “
Claw from the former Indomitable Lion: after having fought to free the players evolving in the big European clubs, one can wonder what it was for if it was to…
an opposition senator shot dead in the street in Bamenda
Emmanuel Kemende was a figure of the SDF, the opposition party founded by John Fru Ndi. His killers have disappeared in the wild, but for the police there is no…
what consequences for trade with Côte d’Ivoire
Mali and Côte d’Ivoire have important trade relations. Like the ports of Dakar or Tema, the port of Abidjan also serves as a maritime entry point to Mali. The sanctions…