The F24, the platform that brings together more than a hundred civil society organizations and opposition parties including Pastef, the party of opposition Ousmane Sonko held a press briefing this afternoon on the riots in Senegal. The platform accuses President Macky Sall of being responsible for the situation. At least 16 people were killed in violent protests late last week. More details in this correspondence in Dakar by Elimane Ndao.
In Sudan, while the inhabitants of Khartoum have spent yet another day under the crash of bombs, Saudi Arabia and the United States are seeking to "continue discussions" between the belligerents for a new ceasefire. The precedent had not been respected and the humanitarian situation is critical.
It is World Environment Day, an opportunity to go to Benin where one in four households uses wood as a source of energy. In 2020, the country's authorities undertook to put an end to the exploitation and carbonization of wood in an uncontrolled manner. An initiative within the framework of the Classified Forest Management Project in the country. Financed by the World Bank, it has made it possible to reforest nearly 3 thousand hectares in 18 years. Emmanuelle Sodji and Raphael Ntalé report.
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