• In Sudan, violent clashes continued this week between the regular army and paramilitaries, despite multiple calls for a ceasefire. In the face of ongoing fighting and shortages threatening the capital, thousands of civilians have fled Khartoum for quieter areas.

  • In Tunisia, the leader of the Islamic-conservative Ennahda party, Rached Ghannouchi, the main opponent of President Kaïs Saïed, was placed under arrest on Thursday, three days after his arrest. He was arrested earlier this week on the basis of statements in which he said that Tunisia would be threatened with a "civil war" if left-wing parties or those from political Islam, such as Ennahda, were eliminated.

  • In Mali, Oumar Traoré, chief of staff to Colonel Assimi Goïta, president of the military-dominated transition, was among four people killed in an attack Tuesday night near the border with Mauritania. The unclaimed ambush in which the official delegation fell was revealed on Wednesday, but the identity of the victims had not been communicated until then.

  • In Senegal, an opposition front of a hundred political organizations and civil society collectives was formed in Dakar, to block the road to a possible third term of outgoing President Macky Sall, 10 months before the presidential election. This movement was launched in the presence of several opposition leaders, including Ousmane Sonko.

The Wagner Group keeps a low profile to preserve its interests in Sudan

As Sudan is plunged into a fratricidal war between the regular army, loyal to General Burhane, and Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hemedti, the leader of the RSF, a powerful paramilitary group, experts wonder about the role that the private Russian militia Wagner could play in the current conflict. Present since 2017 in Sudan, with whom it has partnered to plunder the country's gold resources, Moscow's armed wing on the African continent is reputed to be close to Hemedti.

File photo shows a man on camel riding greeting paramilitaries of the Rapid Support Force (RSF) near the village of Abraq, 60km north of Khartoum, June 22, 2019. © Graphic Studio France Media World / AFP

The film "The Last Queen", released in theaters this week in France, traces the story of the coming to power of Aroudj Barbarossa in 1516, but also the destiny of Zaphira, the last princess of the kingdom of Algiers, who stood up to the famous privateer, defying all the patriarchal codes of the time. To talk about it, the Journal de l'Afrique received this week the co-director of the film and interpreter Adila Bendimerad.

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Wave of anti-LGBT hatred in Uganda

Uganda is going through a new wave of "anti-gay" hatred following the revelation of a paedophilia case in a school, used as a pretext to condemn the entire LGBT community. Same-sex relations are already punishable by up to life imprisonment. But in a new bill passed in March, the authorities want to strengthen its enforcement and condemn the simple fact of publicly presenting oneself as homosexual.

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Focus © Screenshot France 24

Circus Baobab and its latest show "Yé!": high-flying acrobatics along the water

It is a pioneer company in sub-Saharan Africa. Created in 1998 in Conakry, the circus company Circus Baobab is deployed on the slopes of the world. She is in the middle of a European tour with her latest show: Yé ! A word that means "water" in soussou. This epic tells a story along the water, this essential resource as rare as it is precious. Circus Baobab has become a springboard for many young people, a social circus that juggles between art and reintegration. The director of the troupe, Kerfalla Bakala Camara, is the guest of this edition of Afrique Hebdo.

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Kerfalla Bakala Camara, guest of Afrique Hebdo © France 24

Faced with galloping inflation, Morocco's agricultural model in question

In Morocco, inflation continues to rise, exceeding 10% year-on-year in February. Food prices are exploding, forcing the population to restrain itself. Faced with this situation, some economists question the country's agricultural model, which is mainly focused on exports.

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At the market of Sidi Moussa in Salé, Morocco AFP - FADEL SENNA

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