The United Nations Secretary-General's Special Envoy for West Africa and the Sahel Leonardo Santos Simao called for the establishment of a cooperation framework between the Alliance of Sahel States ...

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In a James Bond shakeup that stirred the film industry, Amazon MGM announced Thursday that the studio has taken the creative reins of the 007 franchise after decades of family control. Longtime Bond ...

Celebrated Malian director Souleymane Cissé, who was the first sub-Saharan African director to win a major award at Cannes ...

On Saturday 15 February 2025, the first official presentation of the new and 40th book by the French-Cameroonian ...

He won multiple awards during his 50-year career, including the jury prize at the Cannes Film Festival, and spent his life ...

Cissé first gained international recognition in 1987 when his film Yeelen (The Light) won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film ...

Trailblazer of African cinema was the winner of the jury’s prize at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival for his film, Yeelen.

Malian filmmaker Souleymane Cissé, a pioneer of African cinema with a career spanning 50 years, has died at age 84.