Also on the front page, the Sudanese police fired tear gas canisters on Monday at thousands of demonstrators again mobilized against the power dominated by the military, which is still struggling to form a government of civilians.
Outgoing Adama Barrow was declared the overwhelming winner of the Gambia presidential election on Sunday, a proclamation hailed in the streets of Banjul by tens of thousands of supporters but contested by his opponents.
The trial of 21 people, including two French people, accused of planning to overthrow and assassinate Madagascar's President Andry Rajoelina, began on Monday in a tense atmosphere.
Finally, according to the malaria program at the World Health Organization, the Covid-19 pandemic is responsible for an increase in the number of deaths from malaria in 2020, even if the catastrophic scenario of a doubling of the number of death was avoided, thanks to the mobilization of the health authorities.
Editor-in-chief: Célia Caracena
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