Published on : 02/06/2022 – 23:16
Senegalese President Macky Sall, current chairman of the African Union, travels to Russia on Thursday for talks with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Sochi on Friday. This visit “is part of the efforts that the presidency is leading in exercise of the Union to contribute to the lull in the war in Ukraine, and to the release of stocks of cereals and fertilizers, the blockage of which particularly affects African countries”. The decryption of Sarah Sakho in Dakar.
A young man was shot and killed in Conakry on Wednesday during clashes between security forces and demonstrators protesting against rising fuel prices, family members reported Thursday. This is one of the first deaths in a context of confrontation between demonstrators and security forces since Colonel Mamady Doumbouya took power on September 5, 2021. Guinea has hardly known any unrest since September 2021 But the announcement this week of a rise in the price of gasoline has sparked localized protests. The reactions to this increase with Malick Diakité in Conakry.
Tunisian President Kais Saied, who granted himself full powers last July, dismissed 57 magistrates on Thursday for corruption and obstructing investigations, after having reinforced, via a decree, his supervision of the authority overseeing the judicial system.
In Senegal, a major innovation on the occasion of the biennial of contemporary African art in Dakar. Several works of art are exhibited in the street, in the open air along the western corniche of Dakar. This initiative aims to demystify the art often considered as elitist in Senegal where museums and galleries are not very frequented by a good part of the population. After four years of absence due to covid, there is a new breath of fresh air for contemporary African art in Dakar. Our correspondent Elimane Ndao took a look.
Editor: Célia Caracena