Tag: African
At the Cannes Film Festival, the emergence of a generation of African filmmakers
The year 2023 was exceptional for African films at the Cannes Film Festival, revealing a new generation of filmmakers from Senegal, Sudan, Tunisia, Cameroon and elsewhere. For the 77th edition…
discovering Nigerian and African cinema
This is the eleventh edition of the festival “ Nollywood week » in Paris, at the Arlequin cinema from this Thursday until Sunday May 5. The opportunity to discover a…
Rising death toll in East African monsoon rains
share-arrowShare unsaveSave expand-left full screen Vulnerable people in Nairobi, Kenya, receive help from the Red Cross. Photo: Edaward Odero/AP/TT The death toll continues to rise due to the severe rains…
the 15th biennial of contemporary African art postponed to November
The 15th biennial of contemporary African art was due to open on May 16 in Dakar. Its postponement, due to a lack of funding, is a hard blow for the…
After the deadly shipwreck of a whaling boat, the Central African Republic mourns
Three days after the sinking of a whaling boat on the M’poko River, the toll continues to rise. This Monday, civil protection announced a new provisional death toll of at…
Abidjan hosts the 5th Africa-Europe forum on the safeguarding of African cultural heritage
Abidjan hosts the 5th Africa-Europe regional forum of the French Institute, “Our Future”, from April 20 to 22. The challenge of this edition, which is held between several places in…
Export of French arms: the African impasse
France in 2023 has risen to second place among arms exporting countries in the world, we talked about it in Lines of Defense last week… But behind this success there…
in the Central African Republic, research continues after the deadly shipwreck
In the Central African Republic, several dozen people died in the sinking of a barge. The boat, also called a whaleboat, was overloaded. The tragedy occurred on the M’poko river,…
Record floods in several African countries, drowning in the need for assistance
East Africa has been experiencing torrential rains in recent weeks which caused the death of at least 58 people in Tanzania during the first half of April and 13 others…
France and the Central African Republic pave the way to reconciliation
Central African President Faustin-Archange Touadéra was received this Wednesday, April 17 at the Élysée by his counterpart Emmanuel Macron. This interview – the second in less than six months –…