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Image of Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno. Screenshot from theTv5monde YouTube channel. Fair use. On May 6, 2024, Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno was elected to a five-year term as the next president of Chad. His election marked the end of a transition period that began in April 2021, following the death of Idriss Déby Itno, president from 1990 to 2021. According to the provisional results that the National Election Management Agency (ANGE) announced on May 9, 2024, Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno received 61.03 percent of the vote. This was a sweeping victory over his main rivals. These included his prime minister...
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Image of the American military base in la base in Niger. Screenshot from theRadio France Internationale (RFI) YouTube channel. The repercussions of Niger’s coup d’état on July 26, 2023, continue to impact daily life in this country. Following the withdrawal of French troops in December 2023, it’s now time to withdraw US troops at the request of the country’s military rulers. On March 16, 2024, the ruling powers in Nigerien capital, Niamey, issued a statement criticizing the military cooperation agreement signed between their country and the United States in 2012. According to the Nigerien gove...
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A suckermouth catfish kept in an aquarium. Image by Maxmann via Pixabay. Used under a Pixabay License A highly invasive vermiculated sailfin catfish, originally from the Madeira River Basin in South America, is poised to be a major threat to native fish in the rivers of Eastern Nepal. Around four years ago, in July 2020, a pair of suckermouth catfish was found in an irrigation canal in Belbari, Morang District of Eastern Nepal. The news quickly went viral in news outlets and social media. Similar reports emerged from the Lohandra River in October 2021, with anecdotal evidence of the fish being...
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Radio journalist Sira Sow. Photo provided by Sira Sow, used with permission. Journalist Sira Sow sits behind a green microphone in a recording booth in a hot rural village in eastern Senegal. She speaks in the local language of Wolof on La Laghem FM community radio, her words radiating out into the taxis, homes, stores, and cellphones of hundreds of locals in the N'Dofane region. She is reporting on stopping gender violence, and the local imam she interviewed for her story agrees with her. Gender violence is not supported by the Quran, Islam's sacred text, he says. Her radio broadcast reaches ...
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Ibrahima Yakubu, the Team Leader of NPJ, makes a point during a meeting. Photo by Mohammed Ibrahim, used with permission. This story was written by Mohammed Ibrahim and originally published by Peace News Network. An edited version is republished on Global Voices as part of a content-sharing agreement. Nigeria, a country of over 200 million people with more than 250 ethnic groups, has consistently made headlines because of various crises. In northern Nigeria, religious or ethnic conflicts have resulted in the loss of countless lives and property. Some blame the media for fueling societal divisi...
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Global Voices photomontage. Photo by Jose R. Zamora in Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0 DEED) This story was written by Simón Antonio Ramón in Prensa Comunitaria on May 14, 2024. An edited version is republished in Global Voices under a media agreement. The Board of Trustees of the foundation created by the late journalist, writer and Nobel prize winner, Gabriel García Márquez, awarded the Gabo 2024 Awards for Excellence in Journalism to Guatemalan journalist Jose Rubén Zamora Marroquín. The 13 journalists, writers and scholars on the Gabo Foundation's Board recognized Zamora as “the paradigm of a...
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Bassirou Diomaye Faye, president of the Republic of Senegal. Screenshot from the Senegal7 YouTube Channel. Fair use. On March 24, 2024, Bassirou Diomaye Faye became the youngest elected president in the history of Senegal at just 44 years of age. Faye subsequently entered office on his birthday on March 25. This story is truly remarkable, given that just six months ago, Faye was still in the shadow of his former mentor, opposition leader and former presidential candidate, Ousmane Sonko. First career in state institutionsIn 2000, Faye graduated from Lycée Demba Diop in Mbour, a coastal town 80 ...
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Agbéyomé Kodjo; Screenshot from the Tv5monde YouTube Channel It has become increasingly common for opponents of the Togolese regime to live out their lives in exile. That’s to say, in hiding far from home until their death for political reasons. The latest of these was Agbéyomé Kodjo, who died in Ghana on March 3, 2024. Although there are no exact figures for the number of Togolese citizens living in exile, a few leading names stand out. In March 2021, political activist and opponent of President Faure Gnassingbé‘s regime, Foussena Djagba, died in Ghana following a short illness. On January 9,...
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Judith Suminwa Tuluka, DRC's prime Minister. Screenshot from France24 YouTube channel. OnApril 1, 2024, in a historic decision few nations worldwide can boast of, Judith Suminwa Tuluka was named prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). As prime minister, she will be responsible for running the day-to-day administrative tasks and implementing the policies set by the president, who oversees the executive functions of the government. WithJudith Suminwa Tuluka‘s appointment as prime minister, the Congolese people's wait for a new government has finally concluded. Three months ...
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Paul Amegakpo, president of the Tamberma Institute for Governance (ITG) based au Togo. Photo by Jean Sovon, used with permission. Originally scheduled for April 20, 2024, Togo is getting ready to hold its combined legislative and regional elections on April 29, 2024. As this will be the first regional election to be held under the decentralization process, this election will be a first for this country of over nine million inhabitants. Togo is divided into five administrative regions and has 113 members of parliament elected for a six-year term (including the April 2024 elections). Following t...
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