Muhamad Yehia DAKAR, Senega — It’s been a tumultuous month for France and its relationship with former colonies in Africa, as its influence on the continent faces the biggest challenge in decades. As Paris was devising a new military strategy that would sharply reduce its permanent troop presence in Africa, …
Read More »Muhamad Yehia DAKAR, Senegal — French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday for the first time recognized the killing of West African soldiers by the French Army in 1944 as a massacre in a letter addressed to the Senegalese authorities. Macron’s move, on the eve of the 80th anniversary of …
Read More »Muhamad Yehia DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Polls closed in Senegal on Sunday for a parliamentary election set to determine whether the country’s newly elected president can carry out ambitious reforms. More than 7 million registered voters in the West African country were choosing 165 lawmakers in the National Assembly, where …
Read More »Muhamad Yehia DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Niger’s military junta has banned the French aid group Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development, or Acted, from working in the country amid tensions with France. The Ministry of the Interior signed a decree on Tuesday withdrawing the nonprofit organization’s licence to operate, without …
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موقع وجه أفريقيا موقع وجه أفريقيا هو موقع مهتم بمتابعة التطورات في القارة الأفريقية