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News Digest Congo (DRC): Djugu et Nizi, Kananga, Ebola, Démocratie en Afrique et Gouvernance…

Published every Monday, and updated daily through the week, our News Digest Congo (DRC) is a selected compilation of recent stories on various topics to keep an eye on, from grassroots groups, major NGOs and international media sources around the world. Available in English and/or French....

News Digest Tunisia: Elections présidentielle, Ghar El Melh, Lutte contre la déforestation, Reprise du tourisme…

Published every Monday, and updated daily through the week, our News Digest Tunisia is a selected compilation of recent stories on various topics to keep an eye on, from grassroots groups, major NGOs and international media sources around the world. Available in English and/or French. If...

Women in Sudan: ‘Tasqut bas!’, Sexism and Graffiti with Assil Diab

If you read the news round-up from our latest Newsletter, the situation in Sudan is getting tense as the people are peacefully rallying across the country for several months now, but it may not last. We are used to see men in the crowd but women are also taking their part in the protests....

Tunisie : Les salaires sont les plus faibles en Méditerranée (ITES)

C’est l’Institut tunisien des études stratégiques (ITES) qui l’indique. Le site Webdo rapporte les déclarations du directeur général de l’Institut, Néji Jalloul : la Tunisie compte près de 1,7 million de pauvres et près de 60% des familles tunisiennes sont...

The Heart of Nuba: Oscar Nominations, New Screenings and Donation Cards

We are proud to be a partner of The Heart of Nuba (visit our page dedicated to the movie here) and we regularly keep you updated with their latest news and actions as we know many of you are interested in the work of Dr Tom Catena and support him. In their November 2018 Bulletin, The...

‘L’héritière et les enfants de Bamako’, le reportage sur Mme Festoc et la Chaîne de l’Espoir

Si vous nous suivez sur Twitter @MagkaSama, vous avez certainement vu notre tweet d’hier vous invitant à regarder le reportage ‘L’héritière et les enfants de Bamako’ diffusé dans l’émission Envoyé Spécial sur France 2. Le reportage, qui a été suivi par plus de...

Inspiring performance by Angelique Kidjo singing ‘Blewu’ in Paris on Armistice Day 2018

Yesterday you could read we attended the first Paris Peace Forum (read our news), and on the same day the event started, Armistice Day ceremonies (which coincided with Veterans Day in the United States) also took place in Paris to commemorate 100 years since the end of World War I. World...

The influx of more than 300 000 Congolese migrants from Angola and the situation in Kasai (IRIN)

Last week in this post we wrote about the deteriorating humanitarian and food security situation in the Kasai region, and we also mentioned another issue: in the past weeks, Angola’s crackdown on informal diamond mining had led to the expulsion of 200 000 Congolese migrants and their...

Remaniement ministériel en Tunisie : les nouveaux ministres attendent le vote de confiance

Alors que la situation politique, sociale et économique en Tunisie est particulièrement tendue avec un chômage toujours au dessus des 15% et une inflation dépassant les 7,5% malgré une légère reprise de la croissance, le chef du gouvernement Youssef Chahed a procédé lundi dernier...

Agencies sound alarm over sexual attacks, murder and torture in Congo

In an article published this afternoon titled: ‘They killed my children and raped me’: sexual violence remains rife in Congo, The Guardian indicates the conflict in Kasai Central province that was thought to have subsided after a peak of violence more than a year ago,...