Description
Added on the 22/09/2020 21:01:17 - Copyright : AFP EN
Malians take to the streets en masse after the military junta called for protests against stringent sanctions imposed by the West Africa bloc ECOWAS over delayed elections. IMAGES
In tonight's edition: Niger celebrates 60 years of independance from France. It's one of eight francophone African countries to mark its sovereignty this month. Ten thousand tests a day, Gabon positions itself as a regional leader in coronvirus testing, transforming a sports arena into a giant laboratory. And from foe to friend, fishermen in Senegal join the effort to protect the endangered sea turtle. Despite a ban on turtle poaching, illegal hunters continue to threaten their numbers.
In tonight's edition: Belgium's King Philippe expressed his "deepest regrets" for the harm done during Belgian colonial rule in DR Congo, in a first for his country. Philippe made his remarks in a letter to the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Felix Tshisekedi, on the 60th anniversary of Congo's independence on June 30, 1960. And in Belgium, young people are working towards reclaiming their Congolese identity as remains of colonial rule are still dotted throughout their cities. Finally, we head to Chad where Covid-19 is hitting the economy hard.
The court of the West African Economic and Monetary Union ordered Thursday the suspension of sanctions imposed on Mali over delayed elections. Regional bloc ECOWAS and the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) both slapped economic and diplomatic sanctions on Mali in January after the military junta proposed staying in power for up to five years.
In tonight's edition: Sixty years ago today French and Algerian officials inked a peace deal, the Evian Accords, bringing the end to an 8 year war, and paving the way for Algerian independence. A 19 year old says she was raped by Sudanese security forces on the sidelines of a protest. Rights groups fear sexual violence is being used as a weapon of war. And we bring you a report on Ugandan efforts to track down the ADF islamist militia.
U.S.-led air strikes hit 10 units of Islamic State fighters in Syria in recent days as well as militants with the al Qaeda-linked Khorasan Group. Jillian Kitchener reports.
|
Support : Technical 
- Content 
- Editors 
