09/09/2025

Today's African news headlines

 




The constitutional court in Côte d'Ivoire has definitively barred two top opposition leaders, ex-president Laurent Gbagbo and former banker Tidjane Thiam, from standing in the presidential election on the grounds they have been removed from the electoral roll. 


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A community of nearly 9,000 homes in rural Malawi last month became the country’s first village to receive 100 percent universal access to solar power – a move that it is hoped could inspire change far beyond the region. 


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08/09/2025

New Banksy: On the repression of protests in the UK

 

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The image, posted on Banksy's Instagram account, shows a judge beating a protester with his gavel, on the walls of the Royal Courts of Justice in London.



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Security guards stand beside a metal barrier covering up an artwork by street artist Banksy, depicting a judge using a gavel to beat a protester using a placard as protection, on an exterior wall of the Royal Courts of Justice in London, on 8 September 2025.

Photo: CARLOS JASSO / AFP





Le gouvernement français et le traitement des journalistes

 

Communiqué inter-SDJ (Sociétés des Journalistes) de médias français, dont nous, à RFI



Le nouveau schéma national des violences urbaines menace la liberté d’informer



Lundi 8 septembre 2025



Le 31 juillet dernier la préfecture de police et le ministère de l’Intérieur ont publié un « schéma national des violences urbaines » présenté comme un guide pratique à l’usage des policiers pour répondre « à toutes les situations de violences urbaines, jusqu’aux émeutes insurrectionnelles ». Une phrase cachée dans un paragraphe consacré au « cadre juridique des violences urbaines » nous inquiète particulièrement : Il y est précisé que « la prise en compte du statut des journalistes telle que consacrée par le schéma national du maintien de l’ordre, ne trouve pas à s’appliquer dans un contexte de violences urbaines ».

Alors que le travail des journalistes dans la couverture des mouvements sociaux et de manifestations sous toutes leurs formes est déjà de plus en plus difficile, y compris parfois du fait des forces de l’ordre, cette phrase grave dans le marbre la possibilité pour les policiers d’entraver le travail de la presse, en remettant en cause la protection dont doivent profiter les journalistes.

Quatre ans après avoir tenté d’empêcher les journalistes de filmer le travail des policiers via un article de la loi dite de sécurité globale, cette nouvelle menace sur la liberté d’informer est inadmissible.

A quelques jours d’un mouvement social dont on ignore encore l’ampleur, nous, sociétés des journalistes, demandons à la préfecture de police et au ministère de l’Intérieur de revenir sur cette formule et de garantir expressément et sans ambiguïté la liberté de circulation et d’information des journalistes, y compris dans des contextes de violences urbaines. 


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Signé:

La SDJ de l’AFP, La SDJ d’Arrêt sur images, La SDJ d’Arte, La SDJ de BFMTV, La SDJ de Capital, La SDJ de Challenges, La SDJ des Echos, La SDJ du Figaro, La SDJ de France 3 Rédaction Nationale, La SDJ de France 24, La SDJ de France Télévisions Rédaction Nationale, La SDJ de franceinfo numérique, La SDJ de franceinfo TV, La société des Personnels de l’Humanité, La SDJ de Konbini, La SDR de La Vie, La SDJ de LCI, La Société des rédacteurs du Monde, La Société des journalistes et du personnel de Libération, La SDJ de Mediapart, La SDJ du Parisien - Aujourd'hui en France, La SDJ de Premières Lignes TV, La SDJ de Public Sénat, La SDJ de Radio France, La SDJ de Radio France Internationale, La SDJ de Sept à Huit, La SDJ de TF1, La SDJ de TV5MONDE, La SDJ de Télérama



07/09/2025

Newsletter: Fighting for justice. Finding solidarity.

 


This week in our World: Fighting for justice. Finding solidarity.


From Nigeria to Cameroon, justice and democracy are in danger. Meanwhile, in the UK, beyond the headlines on politics horrors, solidarity grows for Gazans.



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Two African stories of the week

 


Cameroon election 2025 

Fears over divided opposition and instability, as Cameroon heads to the polls 

Ahead of Cameroon's 12 October presidential election, the opposition remains divided, despite agreement on the need to unite behind a candidate to face off against President Paul Biya, who is seeking an eighth term. Meanwhile, the United Nations has sounded the alarm over whether tensions in the country will make free elections impossible.

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 By: Melissa Chemam


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ENVIRONMENT - JUSTICE 

Oil giants accused of dodging Niger Delta clean-up as UN panel intervenes 

Oil giants stand accused of walking away from decades of pollution in Nigeria’s Niger Delta without cleaning up the damage. A UN-appointed panel of experts wrote to Shell, Eni, ExxonMobil and TotalEnergies, warning the companies cannot sell off their assets and dodge their responsibilities to local communities.

 Issued on: 05/09/2025 - 16:04

 By: Melissa Chemam



05/09/2025

From Gaza to Wembley

 

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From Gaza to Wembley: Inside the sold-out 'Together for Palestine' concert




'Together for Palestine' goes beyond music, as activists reveal why they are uniting for Gaza's justice, resilience and lasting global solidarity


"I was deeply honoured to be invited to design the Together for Palestine event," Malak Mattar, UK-based Palestinian artist, told The New Arab. 

"The organisers were familiar with my work and its focus on Palestinian identity and resilience. They reached out because they felt my art could visually represent the spirit of resistance, beauty, culture and hope that the event stands for."

British musician and producer Brian Eno is hosting the major benefit concert for Gaza at London's Wembley Arena on 17 September.

Together for Palestine aims to raise humanitarian funds and encourage artists to speak out against Israel's ongoing siege and bombardment of the Gaza Strip.

"Tickets sold out almost immediately," Josie Fernandez Marelli, CEO and founder of the NGO Choose Love, told The New Arab. 



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03/09/2025

More, more of Yasmine Hamdan

 





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Written and directed by Yasmine Hamdan Artistic supervision by Elia Suleiman Animation, editing and design by Khalil @palpableimage Thank you to Julia Patey, Scumeck Sabottca, kamal Jaafari, Alia Hamdan, Marc Kandalaft, Sofia Rasquin Music: Yasmine Hamdan Lyrics : Yasmine Hamdan Translations: Wassila Abboud et Yasmine Haj Published by Hamdanistan/Kwaidan/Les Editions de la Bascule (p) 2025 Hamdanistan Records/Kwaidan Records Label: Crammed Discs/ [PIAS] I Remember I Forget / بنسى وبتذكّر أويها بنسى وبتذكّر دوده من عوده منّه وفيه وبنسى وبتذكّر القتل عادي الكذب عادي الفشل عادي السرقة عادي اللوم عادي التهويل عادي عادي عادي القلق عادي الخوف عادي كُلّه عادي، كلّه عادي بِنسى وبتذكّر بِنسى وبتذكّر I remember to forget It’s foul from within I remember to forget Murder, is normal Distortion, is normal Fiascos, normal Looting, is normal Manipulation, is normal Intimidation, is normal Normal Hysteria, is normal Despair, is normal Normal I remember and forget I remember to forget

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Today, I realised one of the rare dreams I had left...

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Newsletter: Hello from the studio... Our podcast is back

 


Hello from the studio...

This week: Migrants deals vs human rights; Malawi solar win; and other African stories for you, including positivity and resilience!




Hello from the studio...

This week: Migrants deals vs human rights; Malawi solar win; and other African stories for you, including positivity and resilience!

Dear readers,

It wasn’t a quieter summer for most people, was it?

Yet, now, it’s September, and in the usual cycle of news, most programmes are back, including our own podcast: Spotlight on Africa!

And more stories from Africa and for Gaza.



02/09/2025

Spotlight on Africa - Season 4

 

And we're back! With a new season of the Spotlight on Africa series! 

Here am I in our studio with the podcast sound engineer, Erwan Rome, dedicated ally in this collection of episode around the African continent...




Spotlight on Africa is back after the summer break. 

In this new episode, we’re going to Rwanda then Malawi!

We first discuss how the United States of America (and some European powers) eye on third countries in Africa to expel illegal migrants, with a special look at the case of Rwanda. We'll then head to Malawi to talk about how solar energy is powering a village at 100 percent.


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To listen to Spotlight on Africa...


Spotlight on Africa: Rwanda’s new migrant deal, Malawi’s first solar-powered village




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01/09/2025

Gaza media blackout

 



RSF and Avaaz launch international media operation: 


“At the rate journalists are being killed in Gaza by the Israeli army, there will soon be no one left to keep you informed”













Hundreds of media outlets, brought together by the campaigning platform Avaaz and Reporters Without Borders (RSF), are waging a campaign calling for the protection of Palestinian journalists in Gaza, the emergency evacuation of reporters seeking to leave the Strip, an end to impunity for Israeli crimes against Gaza’s reporters and that foreign press be granted independent access to the territory.

According to RSF data, 220 journalists have been killed by the Israeli army in the Gaza Strip in less than 23 months. On the night of 10 August alone, the Israeli army killed six journalists in a targeted strike against Al-Jazeera correspondent Anas al-Sharif. Less than a week ago, on Monday, 25 August, the Israeli army killed five journalists in two consecutive strikes.

Today, hundreds of media outlets in over 50 countries are mobilising in solidarity with Palestinian journalists in the Gaza Strip, alongside RSF and Avaaz. This international operation consists of an entire or partial blackout of the front pages of print media, banners on online news sites, and audio or video messages broadcast by radio and television stations.

In line with the call launched by RSF and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) in June, the media outlets involved in this campaign are making three demands.

We demand the protection of Palestinian journalists and an end to the impunity for crimes perpetrated by the Israeli army against them in the Gaza Strip.

We demand the foreign press be granted independent access to the Gaza Strip.

We demand that governments across the world host Palestinian journalists seeking evacuation from Gaza.

With the opening of the 80th United Nations General Assembly taking place in eight days, we demand strong action from the international community and call on the United Nations Security Council to stop the Israeli army's crimes against Palestinian journalists.





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List of participating media outlets here: https://rsf.org/en/rsf-and-avaaz-launch-international-media-operation-rate-journalists-are-being-killed-gaza-israeli