It was to bring energy independence to Burundi, the Mpanda hydroelectric dam, located in the west of the country, is still not completed despite funding of several million euros by the State.
Its construction began in 2011 but the work has been at a standstill for 4 years.
Visiting the site, President Evariste Ndayishimiye denounced the mismanagement of this file.
Fashion week has been on hold in South Africa for almost 2 years due to the pandemic.
But, creators and designers are back to the delight of fashion enthusiasts.
Ever higher temperatures, ever rarer rains ... The effects of global warming have caused significant damage to cocoa plantations in Cameroon.
Due to a lack of sufficient harvests, several families found themselves in difficulty.
But the country's agronomic engineers are trying to find solutions.
In Benin, nothing seems to stop Richard Odjrado ... The 32-year-old young man is an expert in new technologies.
He had stood out during the pandemic by developing a self-diagnostic application for the virus, and since then he has been making a series of innovations.
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