The International Monetary Fund estimates that $ 285 billion in additional financing by 2025 will be needed by African countries to strengthen the response to the pandemic.

How to provide effective solutions and create jobs for young Africans?

The analysis of Khaled Igué economist, co-founder of the French-African Foundation, in this Journal of Africa.

Words by Rwandan President Paul Kagame on France 24 - RFI denying the crimes committed by foreign armies more than twenty years ago in the Democratic Republic of the Congo sparked strong reactions in the country, where many saw "negationism". .

Nearly 8,000 migrants have arrived since Monday morning in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, of which 4,000 have been returned to Morocco, according to the Spanish Interior Ministry, which has also announced the dispatch of new reinforcements from the forces of the order on the spot to deal with the massive influx of thousands of migrants from neighboring Morocco. 

Finally, and contrary to what one might think, 80% of Africa's population displacements take place within African borders.

This is one of the themes addressed by the "Zone Franche" exhibition at the Institut des cultures d'Islam in Paris.

There, we invite you to cross borders and think about the consequences of travel on the continent.

The artist Smaïl Kanouté shares the experience of his family from Fégui in Mali.

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