The « regular » armed forces at the presidential palace in Khartoum on 26 March 2025. XINHUA/ABC/ANDIA.FR
The « war of the generals » is entering its third year, with no hope of peace in sight. The country is ravaged by violence and fighting. Its people are exhausted. Regional powers are playing their cards to gain strategic control over wealth. And the continent remains powerless in the face of disaster.
While there are relatively few female heads of state, African women in positions of real power are not just an exception. In politics, business, institutions, new technologies, design, sport and the arts, they are very much present, exercising authority, determination and influence. Here are 25 personalities to illustrate our point. It is also a way of acknowledging the many women who prefer to remain in the background...
It’s almost in the heart of Abidjan. And for a long time, Akouedo, was one of the region's most toxic landfills. After being closed in 2018, it underwent an ambitious rehabilitation and has now morphed into the green lung of the megalopolis, open to the public. An example to follow!
In her first book, journalist Yasmina Jaafar pays tribute to the African-American idols of the 1950s. Free and feisty, they express deeply political views.
In early January, three metric tonnes of bullion extracted by Canadian company Barrick Gold were seized by the Malian authorities. The value of gold has skyrocketed on world markets. There are likely to be significant reserves throughout the region. And tensions between miners and authorities are at boiling point. The aim is to improve profit distribution. It remains to be seen who stands to gain.
She was set to become the first African woman to be the Commissioner of the 61st Venice Biennale, the epicentre of the contemporary art world. At the helm of one of the continent's leading contemporary art museums, the Zeitz-MOCAA in South Africa, for the past six years, Koyo Kouoh, who grew up between Douala in Cameroon and Zurich, passed away suddenly and tragically on 10 May. Hers was an authentic and talented African journey. Re-read our interview with her published in February 2025.
Meeting the expectations of young people must be a priority. Green growth could be one of the keys.
He is Prime Minister, but not President. Yet he is undeniably at the centre of the revolution currently underway, the echoes of which go far beyond the country's borders. At once a sovereignist and a pan-Africanist, conservative and pragmatic, impulsive and a good listener, he is above all the bearer of hope for change for a large part of the population... Here follows a five-point attempt at portraying the enigma that is Ousman Sonko.
He's the richest African in the world. Aliko Dangote has seen his fortune soar with the commissioning of his colossal refinery on the outskirts of Lagos. This mammoth project is designed to enable Nigeria, an exporter of black gold, to stop importing its fuel... despite opposition from certain all-powerful lobbies.
The quest for access to the sea via breakaway state Somaliland, energy sovereignty by means of a major dam on the Nile... Ethiopia's Prime Minister, winner of the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize, wants to reassert his country's dominance and give his deeply divided people a common ideal. At the risk of losing investors, falling out with his neighbours and setting the whole region ablaze.
