Tunisia has handed over to its 14 Security Council partners a draft resolution calling on Ethiopia to stop filling the reservoir of its controversial Nile dam, denounced by Egypt and Sudan.
South Sudan is the youngest country in the world, yet the country has already established itself on the international basketball scene. The South Sudan national team recently entered the top 100 of the International Basketball Federation. Several great players like Manute Bol or Luol Deng have evolved into the most famous competitions like the NBA in the United States. Gift of nature, its inhabitants are among the greatest humans in the world. From the height of his 2.32m, the former basketball player Manute Bol, now deceased, saw in this sport a way to elevate his nation to the top of international competitions despite the persistence of conflicts and the difficulties facing the youngest country in the world. Today a center oftraining in his name tries to give the hopes of South Sudanese basketball a chance. Report by Simon Wohlfahrt.
Finally, what place for the opposition in Djibouti?
Abdourahman Mohammed Guelleh, Djiboutian political opponent and former mayor of the city of Djibouti, president of RADDE, is our guest in the Journal de d'Afrique.
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