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Le réalisateur somalien Kahdar Ahmed a remporté hier soir, L’Etalon d’or de Yennenga, récompense suprême du Festival panafricain du cinéma et de la télévision de Ouagadougou (FESPACO), pour son film « La femme du fossoyeur». Il a reçu son trophée des mains des présidents, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré et Macky Sall du Sénégal, pays invité d’honneur de la 27e édition du Fespaco.

Mercredi 6 octobre 2021 ((rezonodwes.com))–Le fait que l’Académie suédoise n’ait pas choisi d’auteur non occidental depuis 2012, année où le Chinois Mo Yan a été récompensé, et que cela fait deux décennies qu’un écrivain africain n’a pas été récompensé (le Sud-Africain JM Coetzee, en 2003) a conduit les principaux journaux suédois à spéculer sur la possibilité d’un Nobel afri

A polling station in Moyale town, Somali Regional State, has had to be shut down due to security threats, disclosed Birtukan Mideksa, head of the National Election Board of Ethiopia (NEBE).

Over five million voters are expected to cast their ballots in the Regional State today, after the Board postponed the polls in June citing similar security concerns.

Voters in 47 constituencies in the Somali, Harari and Southern regional states, as well as Dire Dawa City Administration, are casting their ballots in the sixth national elections. These were some of the constituencies that did not go to the polls along with most of the country in June this year, as the National Election Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) deferred votes due to irregularities with voters’ registration and security concerns.

A total of 7.6 million voters are expected to cast their ballots today.

Consumers are no strangers to sharp increases in the prices of goods and services, considering the consistent inflationary pressure in the economy. Nonetheless, not many were prepared onions, usually stable and cheap, would also be a victim at such a fast pace. Lately, the vegetable used to prepare nearly all traditional cuisine was selling for up to 60 Br a kilo, twice its cost from two weeks ago and right before the New Year holiday.

There are two editions of The Economiston Africa influenced by the narrative on the continent over the past two decades. Published at the turn of the century, one and rather infamous, was an all-black cover that displayed a photo of a young African carrying a bazooka superimposed over the continent. The headline read, “The Hopeless Continent.” The main theme of the issue has this opening line: “Floods in Mozambique; threats of famine in Ethiopia (again); mass murder in Uganda; the implosion of Sierra Leone; and a string of wars across the continent.”

Etenesh Yizengaw, 41, left her home in the Hanna Mariam neighbourhood at the crack of dawn this past Tuesday. Donning a scarf to withstand the bitter morning cold, the mother of four was heading to the nearby produce market to buy a month’s supply of onions.

When voters went to the polls in June this year, Tesfahun Adugna was following the political theatre from his home in Jigjiga, the seat of Somali Regional State, 622.5Km from Addis Abeba. Though he was among close to 40 million registered voters, Tesfahun could not vote for the candidate to represent him in regional and federal legislative houses for five years to come. That was because officials at the National Election Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) scrapped voting in the Somali region over allegations of irregularities in the voters’ registration process.

He did not give up.

Organisé par l’Agence Culturelle Africaine (ACA) et parrainé par l’Union africaine, le Pavillon Africain s’installe sur la Croisette, au cœur du Village international du Marché du film de Cannes du 6 au 17 juillet 2021. Pour sa 3ème participation consécutive, le Pavillon Africain est le lieu privilégié de rendez-vous des professionnels du continent, et accompagne les jeunes talents d’Afrique.

Un Pavillon panafricain

By Siyanne Mekonnen @siyaanne 

Addis Abeba, March 01/2021 – Faced with delays of various types, the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) has, for the second time, postponed the candidate registration schedule, originally set to take place between 15 – 28 February 2021.