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Moroccan Inter Tridim company to construct aeronautical maintenance center in Senegal

The Blaise Diagne International Airport of Dakar “AIBD” and the Moroccan steel construction company “Inter Tridim” have signed an agreement for the construction of the MRO Aeronautical Maintenance Center in Senegal, announced the AIBD. The construction works of the Aeronautical Maintenance Center of the Blaise Diagne International Airport of Dakar will start at factory in […]

UNESCO deplores Turkey’s decision to change status of historic Hagia Sophia

As the Turkish President signed a decree on Friday converting the ancient Hagia Sophia in Istanbul into a mosque, the UN cultural agency (UNESCO) said that it “deeply regrets the decision” made “without prior discussion”. UNESCO had earlier in the day called on Turkey to abide by its “legal commitments and obligations” in accordance with […]

Jeune Afrique editorialist wins La Francophonie’s Cinq continents literature award

Tunisian writer Fawzia Zouari has been crowned laureate of the 15th edition of Cinq Continents literature of La Francophonie for her novel “Le corps de ma mère” (My mother’s body). She succeeds Congolese writer In Koli Jean Bofane author of “Congo Inc. Le testament de Bismarck” (Congo Inc. Bismarck’s will). Zouari’s novel depicts her mother. […]