• In Kenya, the opposition called for the third time, Wednesday, July 19, the population to demonstrate against the high cost of living and taxes imposed by the government. During these rallies, clashes between police and protesters left at least two people dead, and more than 300 people were arrested.

  • Beatings, arbitrary detention, theft of money... Tunisian security forces have committed "serious abuses" in recent months against black African migrants, which should encourage the European Union to "stop its support" to this country in the fight against illegal immigration, pleaded Wednesday (July 19th), the NGO Human Rights Watch in a report.

  • Senegalese deputies adopted Thursday, July 20, a law abolishing a special anti-corruption court that has not, according to the government, "helped stem economic and financial crime" and was decried by opponents as a jurisdiction created to "mater" them.

  • Yevgeny Prigozhin, the boss of the Russian paramilitary group Wagner, which led an abortive rebellion towards Moscow at the end of June, announced that his men will no longer fight in Ukraine but that their activities will be concentrated in Africa, according to a video, impossible to identify, broadcast Wednesday (July 19th) on the group's Telegram channel.

KGB in Africa: shedding light on the modus operandi of a USSR in search of influence

Supporting a coup attempt in Ghana, training African fighters not far from the beaches of Crimea or spreading "fake news" in Algeria... In the midst of the Cold War, Soviet bloc spies were not lacking in imagination to try to advance the Kremlin's interests in Africa. Let's take a look back at some practical cases.

A complaint against "unknowns" was filed Monday, July 17 in Kinshasa by the family of an opponent murdered four days earlier in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where political tension is high six months before the elections, said his lawyer. Chérubin Okende, spokesman for the party of presidential candidate Moïse Katumbi was found dead in his vehicle on one of the main roads of the capital, his body riddled with bullets.

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DRC - The Onkende family files a complaint against X © france24

Increase in illegal emigration: in Senegal, families consumed by anxiety

In Senegal, dozens of young people seeking to emigrate to Spain have lost their lives in recent weeks in the Atlantic, while many others are missing. No official assessment has yet been given by the government. It is the emotion and consternation among the families of victims who are demanding drastic measures to put an end to these repeated tragedies.

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Survey: Russia-Africa, networks of influence

In France, pan-African influencers have more and more followers on social networks. Advocating a radical anti-Western and sovereignist ideology, some of them claim authorship of regime changes in Mali and Burkina Faso. A narrative close to that of the Kremlin trying to advance its pawns on the continent. France 24 paints a portrait of two French influencers who seem to have taken up the cause of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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Reporters © France 24

Senegal: the rise of synthetic football pitches in Dakar

In Senegal, many young people want to play football on synthetic turf, which they say is easier to play than the traditional sand pitches where they are used to playing. Dozens of plots of land on this surface have been built in Dakar over the past five years. "It allowed us to play all the time ... Synthetic pitches you can play at night," says Abdoul Tabara who puts on his shoes at the Temple of Football in Dakar.

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Senegal: the rise of synthetic football pitches in Dakar © AFP

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