A thick cloud of smoke once again billowed from the roofs of the South African parliament.

A fire broke out there on Sunday evening.

The firefighters had managed to bring it under control after 24 hours of intense fighting but the fire started again on Monday afternoon.

The soldiers are alone in control on Monday in Sudan after the resignation of Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok, a departure which raises fears of a return to dictatorship in the country plunged into deadly violence since the putsch.

In Gabon, the Constitutional Court has once again ruled on government measures linked to the health crisis.

The court canceled the obligation of a health pass to access public places and rejected for the second time in a row a government order concerning new measures against Covid-19.

In the Niger River delta in Mali, the populations suffer from difficulties in accessing resources caused by global warming.

In this rural area where agriculture represents the main source of income, the inhabitants are directly impacted by the rise of the armed groups which control the area and recruit young people who are often unemployed. 

Finally we will discuss this showdown between the Senegalese Football Federation and the English club of Watford.

One week before CAN, the Federation is fighting for the release of its player Ismaila Sarr.

The Senegalese Football Federation issued a statement on Sunday accusing Watford, the Senegalese winger's club, of wanting to retain the player and deprive him of the tournament organized in Cameroon.

Details in Dakar from our correspondent Elimane Ndao.

Editor-in-chief: Célia Caracena

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