Year: 2011

APPEL A CANDIDATURES – Prix africain du journalisme d’éducation (1er mai 2011 au plus tard)

L’Association pour le développement de l’éducation en Afrique (ADEA) est persuadée qu’un des moyens efficaces d’appuyer le développement d'une éducation de qualité est d’encourager la communication sur ce thème. En instituant un prix qui récompense les meilleurs articles sur l’éducation parus dans la presse africaine, l’ADEA a voulu promouvoir une communication sur l’éducation de qualité ainsi que l’intérêt et l'expertise des médias qui couvrent l’éducation en Afrique.

African migrants abandon the American dream

he American dream is not all it is cut out to be and some Africans are turning their backs on life in the US.

Frustrated by tough economic times in the United States, Sammy Maina is packed, ready and waiting to return to Kenya.

"I'm fed up and finished with the US," declares Mr Maina, 33, owner of a prepaid calling card firm, Myaatel, and a money transfer company, Doubles Xpress, that caters for African immigrants.

Ending Ivory Coast’s Stand-Off

Nearly five months after presidential elections in Ivory Coast, violence has persisted between supporters of internationally recognized winner Alassane Ouattara and incumbent president Laurent Gbagbo.

Ivory Coast: Laurent Gbagbo ‘running out of troops’

Besieged Ivory Coast leader Laurent Gbagbo has fewer than 1,000 troops left in the main city of Abidjan, French Defence Minister Gerard Longuet says.

He estimates 200 of these fighters are at the presidential residence, where the strongman refuses to stand down.

Mr Gbagbo is encircled by forces loyal to rival Alassane Ouattara, who is thought to have several thousand men.

A BBC correspondent in Abidjan says a fresh attack is expected at any moment on the presidential compound.