SOCIETY
SENEGAL – Objective: A car for the child of the people Guy Marius Sagna
It all started with an initiative by Hannibal Djim, who came up with the idea of offering a car to Guy Marius Sagna. His appeal was heard by Senegalese netizens from the continent and the diaspora, who immediately espoused this generous idea. They decided to give him a car. This Saturday, March 27, 2021, more than 11 million FCFA were collected in 24 hours. They want to make it easier for the activist who is used to taking public transit.
They will give him a car! It’s decided Guy Marius Sagna must have his own car. More than 11 million FCFA were mobilized in less than 48 hours by Senegalese Internet users from the continent and the diaspora. It all began when, after his release from prison, the activist explained on the set of the TV channel SenTv in the program Ndoumbélane, that he took transport for his travels.
“Guy Marius Sagna is a worthy son of Senegal who does not hesitate to put himself in danger for the good of his people, it is with this in mind that the Senegalese present on the social networks decided to offer him a car for his safety”, it all started with this message spread on social networks and shared many times. The creation of fund-raising accounts on the different platforms such as Wave, Orange Money, Jaapci, koparexpress made it possible to raise the pot.
Guy Marius Sagna, the tireless fighter, the activist with decisive actions, determined and tenacious, his fair-trade cotton bag on the shoulder, spokesman for the Frapp-France-Dégage movement, is so committed that he tends to forget himself. For Internet users, those who think that others before him, must be able to move without great difficulty. “Guy Marius Sagna dafay ame auto force dolé mbame (Guy Marius Sagna will have a car cost as cost)” wrote O. Diagne, an Internet user.
“Buy the car. Don’t give him the money, the next day it will be over. He will make social actions out of it. He will buy medical equipment, make donations to prisons etc… dou nit(he does not think of himself, he only thinks of others). You have to buy the car by force,” said B. D. Koue, another Internet user.
The one who is defined by the Senegalese as the “patriot in the heart of a lion” will soon be able to travel without taking public transport.As the saying goes “The hand that does not give never receives”. In other words, Guy Marius Sagna fights for the Senegalese and the Senegalese make him so proud.
In Cameroon, about 7 million children, including more than 1.5 million in school, do not have a birth certificate. The absence of this essential document for access to education, health and other public services, particularly affects rural areas and the regions of the Far North, Northwest and Southwest. The subject was discussed during the 3rd International Economic Days of Municipalities (JEICOM), held from June 2 to 4, 2025, at the Palais des Congrès in Yaoundé.
A deplorable situation at the moment when Cameroon is celebrating the 5th edition of Children’s Day under the theme “Child-sensitive budgeting and planning: a strategic lever for the promotion and protection of children’s rights”.
Faced with the constant problem of establishing birth certificates in Cameroon, the government, through the National Civil Registry Office (BUNEC), collaborates with partners such as UNICEF or the World Bank in order to provide an effective response to the phenomenon.
In this dynamic, the Bunec provides the town halls with tools to ensure a “compliant and reliable registration of births”. It also supports them in the modernization of the civil status system, including the digitization of registers. UNICEF has enabled some town halls to strengthen their human resources capacities and develop innovative strategies.
Several initiatives were launched, notably the national forum on universal birth registration, organized in April 2024, which brought together mayors, civil status officials, and partners to discuss solutions to the problem.
A violent mutiny broke out this Tuesday, June 3, 2025, at the Maison Pénale de Bouaké in Ivory Coast. While the Prison Administration was conducting a routine search within the establishment, it encountered hostility from the inmates of Building E. According to the prosecutor’s statement, they “were attacking them with the help of clubs, machetes and other blunt objects.” To clear themselves, the agents were forced to carry out warning shots in order to cover their retreat.
Unfortunately, this incident led to a heavy toll: “the death of five (05) detainees is to be deplored. Twenty-nine (29) injured, including six (06) prison officers and twenty-three (23) detainees, were also recorded,” said the public prosecutor. He specifies that the injured were taken care of and a coroner was requested for findings of use in such circumstances.
The rapid intervention of the forces of the Gendarmerie and the National Police allowed to limit the violence and restore order. The search operation then continued without further incidents. She led to the discovery of “several blocks of cannabis, platelets of Tramadol tablets, eighteen (18) mobile phones, including eight (08) smartphones, three (03) grenades, knives etc… strictly prohibited in detention.
The prosecutor recalled that previous excavations had already led to the discovery of bladed weapons
More than 200 people were found dead after the sudden floods that hit the Central West of Nigeria on Thursday, May 29, 2025, announced the humanitarian coordinator of the state of Niger in a new report, Tuesday, June 3. Hundreds of victims are still missing.
The balance sheet is getting heavier. Trapped by sudden floods in west-central Niger, many people were still missing on Tuesday 3 June. The humanitarian coordinator of Niger state said that the death toll now exceeds 200, while hundreds of people are still missing.
“We have more than 200 bodies,” Ahmad Suleiman told Channels Television. “No one can say at the moment how many deaths there are in the state of Niger because we are still looking for other bodies,” he added.
The research continues
“We continue to search but sincerely, we cannot be sure of anything,” he added. Many victims were counted in Mokwa, the most affected agglomeration and a neighborhood of which was wiped out within hours Thursday by flood waters from the Niger River. Since then, volunteers and rescue teams have been combing the area under an overwhelming heat, sometimes finding bodies up to 10 kilometers away.
The coordinator’s announcement comes after the official toll remained stuck at 150 deaths, although some residents deplore the loss of more than a dozen family members.
Fifteen of the 36 states in Nigeria had been placed on flood alert a few days before the disaster. Climate change amplifies extreme weather events in Nigeria but for the people of Mokwa, the tragedy is also linked to human failures. In Mokwa, muddy waters swept away hundreds of houses in the town, including the lack of maintenance of the nozzles designed to evacuate floodwaters, which were clogged with debris on the day of the flood.
The death toll could exceed the 321 deaths from the floods that occurred in 34 of Nigeria’s 36 states in 2024. The Nigerian government claims to have provided aid, but on the spot, the inhabitants feel left to themselves and several families said they had received nothing.
Source: la-croix.com/ Photo credit: TV5
