{"id":2979,"date":"2021-11-08T10:13:12","date_gmt":"2021-11-08T10:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/francophone.port.ac.uk\/?p=2979"},"modified":"2021-11-08T10:13:12","modified_gmt":"2021-11-08T10:13:12","slug":"francophone-africa-update-8-november-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/francophone.port.ac.uk\/?p=2979","title":{"rendered":"Francophone Africa update: 8 November 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>West African regional bloc <strong>ECOWAS<\/strong> imposes new sanctions on military transition leaders in <strong>Mali<\/strong> and <strong>Guinea<\/strong>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/africa\/20211108-west-african-regional-bloc-ecowas-imposes-new-sanctions-on-mali-and-guinea\">France 24<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2021\/11\/7\/west-africa-bloc-ecowas-imposes-sanctions-on-mali-leaders\">Al Jazeera<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Two attacks in <strong>Niger<\/strong>\u2019s Tillabery region kill 69 civilians and eleven soldiers. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lefigaro.fr\/flash-actu\/ouest-du-niger-onze-soldats-tues-et-neuf-disparus-dans-une-attaque-20211105\">LE FIGARO<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Literature<\/strong>: Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, 31-year-old writer born in Senegal, awarded Goncourt prize for <em>The Most Secret Memory of Men<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/afriquexxi.info\/article4853.html\">Afrique XXI<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rfi.fr\/fr\/afrique\/20211103-le-prix-goncourt-de-mohamed-mbougar-sarr-fait-la-fiert%C3%A9-du-s%C3%A9n%C3%A9gal\">RFI<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/2021\/nov\/03\/senegals-mohamed-mbougar-sarr-wins-french-literary-prize-prix-goncourt\">The Guardian<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ex- <strong>Central African Republic <\/strong>president and other rebels said to be in N\u2019Djamena. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rfi.fr\/fr\/afrique\/20211106-fran%C3%A7ois-boziz%C3%A9-et-d-autres-chefs-rebelles-centrafricains-se-trouvent-%C3%A0-ndjamena?ref=tw_i\">RFI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>British Council study finds English language is gaining ground in <strong>Morocco<\/strong>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theafricareport.com\/142297\/morocco-will-english-replace-french-as-the-new-primary-official-language\/?utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_campaign=post_articles_twitter_05_11_2021&amp;utm_medium=social\">The Africa Report<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Long read\u00a0(in French): \u201cAu <strong>Sahel<\/strong>, le d\u00e9r\u00e8glement climatique a bon dos&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/afriquexxi.info\/article4872.html\">Afrique XXI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Interview (in French): Dr Rama Salla Dieng\u00a0: \u00ab\u00a0L\u2019Afrique a aussi eu ses <strong>f\u00e9minismes<\/strong> et elle ne le doit pas \u00e0 l\u2019Occident \u00bb <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/afrique\/article\/2021\/11\/07\/l-afrique-a-aussi-eu-ses-feminismes-et-elle-ne-le-doit-pas-a-l-occident_6101264_3212.html#xtor=AL-32280270-%5Bwhatsapp%5D-%5Bios%5D\">Le Monde<\/a><\/p>\n<p>New publication on the <strong>Sahel<\/strong>: Bruno Charbonneau, \u2018Counter-insurgency governance in the Sahel\u2019, <em>International Affairs<\/em>, 97: 6, November 2021 <a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/ia\/article\/97\/6\/1805\/6412468\">https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/ia\/article\/97\/6\/1805\/6412468<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>West African regional bloc ECOWAS imposes new sanctions on military transition leaders in Mali and Guinea. France 24 Al Jazeera Two attacks in Niger\u2019s Tillabery region kill 69 civilians and eleven soldiers. 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