SENEGAL :
The AfDB grants more than 6 billion in Senegal: "The African Development Bank has injected 6.285 billion CFA into Senegal for the construction of the Rosso Bridge under a loan. The Minister of the Economy, Finance and Planning, Amadou Bâ signed the agreement on yesterday. For him, this regional infrastructure project, with a total cost of 57, 482 billion CFA, is a favorable response to an old complaint of the populations of Senegal and Mauritania, especially those bordering the Senegal River. "This modern infrastructure that meets international standards and standards will contribute to improving the conditions of transport of people and goods between Senegal and Mauritania ...."
Repetitive strikes in Education: Macky reasons the teachers: "For Macky Sall, the quality of education is not commensurate with the efforts made by the state in the sector. In Diamniadio, yesterday, as a part of the official opening of the Triennale of Adea, the President of the Republic, who leaves to the academic and school community the task of regulating the instability of education, nevertheless demanded teachers the quality. In the face of the African educational world, Macky Sall lamented the instability of the school and university system, which had been plagued by cyclical strikes for years. The President of the Republic, who chaired at the Abdou Diouf Center on yesterday the 11th Triennale of Education and Training of the Association for the Development of Education in Africa Adea, listed the efforts made in the sector by his regime since 2012...."
CAMEROON:
President Paul Biya will pay a state visit to Italy from the 20th to the 22nd of March: "In diplomatic jargon the state visit is considered the highest degree of a president's visits abroad. This testifies to the high reputation of the Italian Republic to President Paul Biya. Indeed, the communiqué of the presidency of the republic was read this Thursday in the newspaper of 5 PM announcing the state visit that will carry out Mr. Paul Biya in Italy at the invitation of Sergio Mattarella. Obviously, it was a year ago that the Italian president was also on a state visit to Cameroon. This visit was enriched by the signing of three new agreements, namely: The Short-stay Visa Agreement for Holders of Diplomatic and Service Passports, the Agreement on Cultural, Technical and Scientific Cooperation and the Framework Document for the Use of Resources Resulting from the Cancellation of the Cameroon ... "
In a new video, Abubakar Shekau denounces the "lies" of Cameroon after the announcement of the death of 60 Islamists and the release of 5,000 civilian hostages. In this 27-minute video, which the AFP was able to consult, the elusive leader of Boko Haram appears seated, a heavy machine-gun in front of him and flanked by two masked fighters. Alternating between the Hausa, Kanouri and Arabic languages, Abubakar Shekau claims that the images date from Thursday and that he is "in good health", thus refuting the rumors that he was wounded. But the leader of the Islamist group seems to be diminished compared to his previous appearances, speaking slowly and difficulty. "Beware, Paul Biya" As usual, Shekau attacked the presidents of the regional coalition against Boko Haram, including the Cameroonian President Mr. Paul Biya, whose government announced on Wednesday that 60 Islamists had been killed And arrested by the army. Cameroonian government spokesman Issa Tchiroma Bakary also said more than 5,000 civilian hostages had been released during military operations on the border with Nigeria from the 27th of February to the 7th of March. The affirmations refuted in block by Shekau: "We fought along the Cameroonian border. You lied by saying that you killed 60 of our fighters, that you arrested 20 of our men, that you released 5,000 people.... "
BURKINA FASO :
The four remaining North Korean banks still linked to the SWIFT network will soon be excluded from this system of processing international banking, said onThursday Reuters, a restriction that will only increase the isolation of the North Korean regime seeking to develop its nuclear and ballistic programs. According to the British Agency, quoting officials from the Interbank Network, these banks will be disconnected because they do not fulfill the criteria of operation. However, no details were given as to the nature of the breaches and it was not clear whether governments acted to do so. Currently, the Foreign Trade Bank, Kumgang Bank, Koryo Credit Development Bank and North East Asia Bank, all North Korean, are still a part of the SWIFT network despite the US sanctions against them. The United States imposed sanctions against Foreign Trade Bank in 2013, accusing it of facilitating the development of weapons of mass destruction. The other three banks were blacklisted last December to support the Northern armaments program. Founded in 1973, the SWIFT network is a network linking banks around the entire world and offering various services such as account-to-account transfers, currency or securities transactions and collections ... "
MADAGASCAR :
Enawo cyclone worsens to 78 deaths Last week's trail of cyclone Enawo on the island of Madagascar has increased to 78 deaths and nearly 400,000 people, said Tuesday night the Malagasy National Bureau of Risk and Disaster Management indicating that the Malagasy authorities have declared the state of a "national disaster". The high winds and floods caused by Enawo also caused 250 wounded, 18 missing and nearly 250,000 displaced, added the Malagasy National Bureau of Risk and Disaster Management in a statement ... "
Crédit : IMPERIUM MEDIA
