Que revive le théâtre radiophonique !

Le théâtre radiophonique renaît ! Du moins sur Radio France internationale sur l’antenne de laquelle, depuis le 14 juillet dernier et ce jusqu’au 29 août prochain, sont diffusés, chaque jour (à 14 h 10 TU sur l’antenne monde et Paris, et à 23 h 10 TU) sur l’antenne Afrique) les 35 épisodes des Maître du mystère considérée comme « l’émission de fictions radiophoniques la plus populaire de l’après-guerre ».

Ce retour d’une émission d’anthologie est un exploit archivistique, puisque les épisodes proviennent des archives de l’Institut national français de l’audiovisuel (on se demande d’ailleurs quand est-ce que le Sénégal va en créer un dont le fonds serait constitué des archives de l’Orts (Office de radio-télévision du Sénégal, ancêtre de la Rts) et des chaînes de radio et de télévision privées).

Pour cet été donc, Rfi a ressorti des rayons de son service Archives Les Maîtres du mystère que, de 1957 à 1965, « des millions d’auditeurs en France et à l’étranger, de tous âges et de tous milieux sociaux, (écoutaient) frénétiquement chaque semaine cette émission. Ces fictions dramatiques diffusées chaque mardi sur Paris Inter (puis France 1 et France Inter), puisent leur inspiration dans les romans policiers, un genre très en vogue à l’époque. Parmi les acteurs y ayant participé, on compte Rosy Varte, Michel Bouquet ou encore Juliette Gréco. »

En écoutant ce style de théâtre, on a l’impression de suivre un film à la télé, grâce à une mise en scène experte, à une ponctuation sonore bien choisie, pittoresque selon les séquences et qui donne parfois des frayeurs. Le bruitage, les dialogues… tout est art dans ce théâtre radiophonique. Un film radiophonique en quelque sorte. C’est sur cette même technique qu’était produite le « Concours théâtral interafricain » diffusé sur Rfi et qui, de 1968 à 1991, a révélé de nombreux dramaturges d’Afrique, des Caraïbes et de l’Océan Indien, comme le Sénégalais Alioune Badara Bèye auteur de Le sacre du Ceddo, pièce adaptée à la télévision en 1984 par l’Orts de l’époque et dont une maladresse d’interprétation provoqua le courroux de la communauté sérère.

Ce théâtre radiophonique a eu ses années de gloire, dans les années 50 à 90. Au Sénégal, le père de cet art fut Ibrahima Mbengue (père de la romancière Sokhna Benga) en créant le feuilleton radiophonique Makhourédia Guèye chauffeur de taxi (interprété par le vertigineux comédien Makhourédia Guèye, décédé en avril 2008) et a eu des grands noms comme El Hadj Abdoulaye Seck, décédé lui aussi, et qui nous a été présenté par un autre comédien disparu le 28 juillet 2014, Malick Ndiaye Fara Thial Thial). Au Sénégal, le théâtre à la radio a eu ses grands noms, je vous dis, comme Ousmane Cissé Madamel alors directeur de Radio-Sénégal, Babou Faye, Cheikh Tidiane Diop, Mass Guèye, Ibou Laye Mbaye, Ken Bugul, Moustapha Diop… C’est par cette production sonore que les auditeurs sénégalais découvrirent la mythique troupe du théâtre populaire Diamonoy Tey qui éclatera pour donner naissance aux troupes Daaray Kocc et Libidor. Enorme fut le succès de ce théâtre à une époque où la télévision venait de naître.

C’est en raison de ce succès que nous plaidons pour un retour du théâtre radiophonique dont un des derniers animateurs fut Malick Ndiaye Fara Thial Thial et la troupe Libidor sur les ondes de la Chaîne nationale de Radio Sénégal. Et citant toujours leur maître El Hadj Abdoulaye Seck, Malick Ndiaye disait, à l’ouverture de chacune de ses pièces : « Nit, danga koy fek ci lu mu gëna bëg, wonn ko ci li koy lor ak li koy jërin » (un individu il faut lui proposer ce qu’il aime le plus pour lui montrer par cette occasion qui peut lui être utile ou nocif). Par-là même, il présente l’objectif du théâtre qui est de distraire et d’éduquer.

Jean Meïssa DIOP

Post-scriptum : Nous voudrions profiter de cette évocation du théâtre radiophonique pour rendre un vibrant hommage au comédien Malick Ndiaye Fara Thial Thial, un attachant et plaisant artiste que nous avions côtoyé du temps de notre passionnante carrière de journaliste culturelle; et dont nous avons ri aux larmes de son rôle dans « Kumba am ndey ak Kumba amul ndey » (une adaptation du conte populaire « Penda l’orpheline » ; une orpheline victime des maltraitances des caprices de sa demi-sœur et de sa marâtre Aïda Souka au sujet de qui l’époux falot, incarné par Fara Thial Thial, disait « Lu mu wax laa wax, lu mu waxul waxu ma ko !».

 African Proverbs

“A healthy person who begs for food is an insult to a generous farmer”

Sent by Kenneth Opare-Obuobi in Nyankpala, Ghana

“A baby who does not cry dies on its mother's back”

Sent by Tsitsi Muza, Harare, Zimbabwe

“What you recognize as deadly will not kill you” 

Sent by Elijah Doro, Kampala, Uganda 

 Travelling slowly doesn't stop one from arriving
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“Even our tongues and our teeth sometimes clash”

A Somali proverb sent by Zakariya Adam Mahat, Cape Town, South Africa

“Every vessel has its own waves”

A Swahili proverb sent by Innocent Munyuku, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

“A cow gave birth to a fire; she wanted to lick it, but it burned; she wanted to leave it, but she could not because it was her own child”

Sent by Dawit Hailu, Addis Ababa in Ethiopia

“If a dog cannot crack a bone there is no need to give it to a chicken to crack”

Sent by Matthew Amoah in Accra, Ghana, and Alhaji Abubakar Alhaji in Madrid, Spain

“He who chases a fowl should expect to fall down”

An Igbo proverb sent by Obioma Achara, Isuochi, Nigeria

“Even the lion will eat grass if he is starving”

A Ndebele Proverb from Zimbabwe sent by Mercy Changwesha in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the US

“You learn a lot about a man by his behaviour when hungry”

A Zambian proverb sent by Jonas Mumba in Nanchang, China

“The hyena does not eat its baby, and you know how insatiable it is”

A Kikuyu proverb sent by Jesuis John in Kenya

“Things that you don't know are like a dark night”

A Swahili proverb sent by Eshe, Birmingham, UK

“It's only when a lion is sick that the antelope visits him to reclaim an old debt”

An Igbo proverb sent by David Heart in Orlu, Imo state, Nigeria

“If a dog bites you and you don't bite him back, it will say you have no teeth”

A Sudanese proverb sent by Tut John Nyuon in Wollo, Ethiopia

“When you see a frog climb a fence, you know that the ground is hot”

A Krio proverb from Sierra Leone sent by Sigismond Wilson in Oklahoma, the US

“A goat eats where it is tied”

Sent by Alpha Amadou Bah, Conakry, Guinea

“A man who pays respect to the great paves the way for his own greatness”

An Igbo proverb sent by Vitus Uche Ngwumoha in Awo-omamma, Imo state, Nigeria

“When killing a monkey do not stare into its face”

A Chewa proverb sent by James J Awali in Blantyre, Malawi,and Suzgo Lungu in London, the UK

“A poor man shames us all”

A Gabbra/Borana proverb from northern Kenya and southern Ethiopia sent by Saied Usman Abdi in Winnipeg, Canada

“If you throw ashes, ashes will follow you”

A Krio proverb from Sierra Leone sent by Harold Wilson, Maryland, US

“A man with a cough can never conceal himself”

A Yoruba proverb sent by Consolata in Lagos, Nigeria

“Kindness killed the partridge”

A Chewa proverb sent by Missy Mercy-Elsie Kazembe, Malawi

“The person who has an axe does not lack firewood”

A Swahili proverb sent by William Jol Bak, Wau, South Sudan

“A goat that dies in a barn was not killed by hunger”

An Igbo proverb sent by Chukwuemeka Ekere, Nigeria

“It is easy to be brave in a crowd ”

A Luhya proverb sent by John Manyalla, Kisumu, Kenya

“Even the crazy can make some sense”

Sent by Bethany Mzungu Moses, Lilongwe, Malawi

“Staying near the anthill made the hartebeest brown”

An Acholi proverb sent by Belkos Palenga in Gulu, Uganda

“There is always a winner, even in a monkey's beauty contest”

Sent by Martin Manyiel Wugol, Juba, South Sudan

“No matter how sharp a knife is, it cannot cut its own handle”

A Yoruba proverb sent by Yusufu Ameh, Lagos, Nigeria

“He who does not admit defeat is not a sportsman”

A Swahili proverb sent by Abdulreheman Dada, Luton, UK

“It is the one whose leg you cured who kicks you with it”

A Luganda proverb sent by Frank Morris Matovu and Kawooya Aloysius, both in Kampala, Uganda

“When a madman walks naked it is his kinsmen who feel ashamed”

Sent by Gerishon Wambui in Nigeria and Yennu Samuel Nantiib in Ghana

“The cow that has stepped on the mud is assumed to have drunk water”

A Kalanaga proverb sent by Eke Shakwe in Tutume, Botswana

“No matter how tall the Iroko tree grows, it never touches the sky”

Sent by Micheal Iroko, Lagos, Nigeria, and Sadiq Ali, Accra, Ghana

“You cannot climb a tree from the top ”

Sent by Mary, San Diego, California, US

“Judge not your beauty by the number of people who look at you, but rather by the number of people who smile at you”

Sent by Nuriye Gezginci, Neukölln, Berlin, Germany

“If you do not agree with the phases of the moon, get a ladder and repair it”

A Hausa proverb sent by Jamil Habib, Port Harcourt, Nigeria

“If a lizard decides to wear trousers, it should know where to put the tail”

A Soga proverb sent by Jivram Orsbourne Rosenburg, Uganda

“A dog with a bone in its mouth cannot bite”

Sent by Williams Mawogole, Jinja, Uganda

“Do not abuse midwives while children are still being born”

A Swahili proverb sent by William Jol Bak Bak, Wau, South Sudan

“The shea butter laughs at the salt when it rains, forgetting that the sun will soon shine”

Sent by Emmanuel Fiamordzi, Accra, Ghana

“A cowardly hyena lives longer but it suffers the most”

Sent by Mario Tombe Lino Germiah in Juba, South Sudan

“A monkey doesn’t laugh at a burning bush”

Sent by Adam Zziwa Mbiringi and Ainomujuni Norman, both in Uganda

“One can only go round a pepper tree, but can never climb it”

An Igbo proverb sent by Emeka Obia and Ndudi Ateli, both from Nigeria, and Matamba, from Dakar, Senegal

“The rough skin of a crocodile is what makes it beautiful”

A Swahili proverb sent by Tosh Kasamba, Kenya

“The axe forgets, the tree does not forget”

A Swahili proverb sent by Israel Makaza, Zimbabwe

“The basket goes where it will be returned”

A Kinyarwanda proverb sent by Shyaka Ahmad Fababby, Kigali, Rwanda

“No matter how hot your anger is, it cannot cook yam”

Sent by Joyce Adhiambo in Nairobi, Kenya

“A dog destined to be lost does not hear the hunter's whistle”

A Yoruba proverb sent by Akande James, Ibadan, Nigeria

“Big melons fall upon those who have no pot”

An Ndebele proverb from Zimbabwe sent by Thoman Sikowelo, Johannesburg, South Africa

“Rats don't dance in the cat's doorway”

Sent by J Hendrix Fahnbulleh, Monrovia, Liberia

“A person who walks wisely can travel a long distance”

An Oromo proverb sent by Zerihun Tesfaye, Woliso, Ethiopia

“If the owner of the goat is not afraid to travel by night, the owner of a hyena certainly will not be”

A Hausa proverb sent by Salisu Ibrahim Mukhtar in Kano, Nigeria

“A dog that belongs to everyone will die of hunger”

Sent by Ibrahim Aboma, France

“Ash laughs at flour”

An Amharic proverb sent by Mekdes Gezahegn, Ethiopia

“A fierce buffalo has its hide made into a shield”

A Luo proverb sent by Owino Onyango Mak'Oburu in Kenya

“If you try to straighten a sweet potato, it breaks”

A Bemba proverb sent by James Chiwala, Ndola, Zambia
 “It is the head that disturbs the wasp that the wasp stings”
An Igbo proverb sent by Emeka Eze in Aba, Nigeria 

 “No matter how long they live, donkeys are meals for hyenas”

An Oromo proverb sent by Salah Ahmed in Minneapolis, US

The Senegal tech hub run by women for women

By Naveena Kottoor Senegal

Ms De is helping to boost the number of women with IT jobs in Senegal

Coudy Binta De's eyes light up when she talks about how she first became fascinated with computers.

The 24-year-old says that as a young girl she went to visit her mother in work at one of the Senegalese government's first computer departments.
"Seeing those big computers, with their black screens and green text, was just amazing for me," says Ms De, who was inspired to grow up and become a computer engineer in Senegal.
With women holding less than 30% of information technology (IT) sector jobs around the world, encouraging and helping more people like Ms De get work in the industry has long been an aim for policymakers and equality campaigners alike.
And perhaps unsurprisingly, the percentage of women working in IT across Africa is even lower than the global average.
In Senegal itself recent data is hard to come by, but a report published in 2009 by the International Youth Foundation said women held only 14% of IT jobs in the country.
'Role model'

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“Start Quote

We want to be a role model for girls and for women in tech. They think it's just for men”

Awa Caba Jjiguene Tech Hub co-founder

To help boost the number of women in Senegal's IT sector, Ms De and three fellow female computer engineers have decided to take matters into their own hands, and set up the country's first technology hub run by and for women.

The centre is based near a busy junction in Sacre Coeur, a middle-class suburb of the capital Dakar.
It has been named Jjiguene Tech Hub - Jjiguene meaning "woman" in Wolof, the most widely spoken language in Senegal.
At the hub its earnest residents, predominantly women in their 20s, have spread themselves across five sparsely furnished rooms. Bright brainstorm doodles drawn on white sketchpads add a bit of colour to the walls.
Some of the women are there to learn, while others are working on their own entrepreneurial ideas.
"We want to be a role model for girls and for women in tech. They think it's just for men," says 26-year-old Awa Caba, another co-founder of the hub, and a specialist app designer.

Ms Caba and her colleagues at Jjiguene run training courses, not just for women who come to the hub, but also at elementary and secondary schools around the country.
The training they offer ranges from a basic introduction to IT, such as using programmes like Microsoft's Word and Outlook, to computer coding with languages such as HTML and CSS.

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“Start Quote

But we have always known that there are a lot of women who are perfect [for the IT] industry”

Coudy Binta De Jjiguene Tech Hub co-founder

At present the hub offers all its services for free. It is able to do so thanks to sponsorship, both from local businesses and US giant Microsoft, which has an office in Dakar.

Microsoft has had a presence in Senegal for a number of years, as have other global IT firms such as IBM and SAP.
The fact that they all have offices in the country is indicative of how successful the IT sector is in Senegal.
According to a 2013 study by the McKinsey Global Institute think tank, internet-facilitated business contributed 3.3% of Senegal's gross domestic product (GDP) - the highest level for any African nation - with Kenya in second place on 2.9%.
'Encouragement' One of the youngest students at the hub is 18-year-old Kate Manon Sio, who is just out of school, and now considering her different options for a university degree.
Ms Sio joined the hub reluctantly, her original plan was to study languages or communication, but it seems that she is on track to become a tech convert.

Women are under-represented in the IT sector globally

"Initially I wasn't excited about it, but I changed my mind because I realised that technology is very, very interesting, particularly for girls," says Ms Sio, who has learned coding since joining Jjiguene Tech Hub.
"Before, I didn't have the opportunity to talk with girls and women involved in this field. Even though I use technology and a computer, I thought it was for men," she adds.
Even though the focus of the hub is on women, a few men have managed to sneak in.

The number of women using Jjiguene's services has grwon since its launch in 2012

One of them is Ismayla Ba, a 58-year-old businessman, whose IT company Oasis Media Group provided the initial outside financial support for the centre.
"I wanted to support these young women and their project. It's important. And why not work together?" says Mr Ba, who now shares office space at the hub.
"They really need to be encouraged. I think in general women are much more serious and rigorous than men when it comes to work - in many domains, not just in technology," he says.
'Pushed me' To further help the young women who use Jjiguene's service to go on to thrive in Senegal's IT sector, the staff also provide coaching in being confident.

 

 Aminata Balde says the hub has helped to boost her confidence

Aminata Balde, a 22-year-old student of telecommunications, who regularly attends the centre, says: "Here at the hub they have really pushed me. I learned how to be confident as a girl. [Before] I was always afraid to express myself or to handle stuff."
Such has been the popularity of the hub that the number of women attending on a regular basis has grown from four to 65 in under two years.
Ms De says: "All the success stories [in Senegal's IT sector] have been about men.
"But we have always known that there are a lot of women who are perfect [for the industry]."

 Précision de l'Ambassade du Sénégal en Guinée sur la mort d'un sénégalais dans ce pays

REPUBLIQUE DU SENEGAL
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MINISTERE DES AFFAIRES ETRANGERES
ET DES SENEGALAIS DE L’EXTERIEUR
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Ambassade du Sénégal
en République de Guinée
 
                                                          
 
                                      COMMUNIQUE DE PRESSE
 
 
Dans sa livraison du lundi 4 août 2014, le quotidien ‘’la Tribune’’, repris par certain sites, a fait état du décès par contamination du virus Ebola en République de Guinée, d’un ressortissant sénégalais du nom de Ibrahima Niang.
L’Ambassade du Sénégal en République de Guinée précise, que de sources médicales Ibrahima Niang est mort de mort naturelle, le 2 août 2014 à Siguiri, localité située en Haute Guinée (700km de Conakry) et non de contamination de la fièvre hémorragique à virus  Ebola.
Ces informations ont été confirmées par la communauté sénégalaise établie à Siguiri qui a assisté à son inhumation, le 3 août 2014 dans la même localité.
        
                        
 
                                                                   Fait à Conakry, le 5 août 2014

Le NINEA obligatoire à partir de mercredi (administration des Douanes)

NINEA (numéro d'identification national des entreprises et des associations)

Les entreprises et associations opérant au Sénégal sont dans l’obligation de disposer d’un numéro NINEA à partir de mercredi, pour une meilleure fiscalisation des importations, a annoncé le directeur des Systèmes informatiques douaniers, Alioune Dione.
Le NINEA (numéro d’identification national des entreprises et des associations) est le numéro unique par lequel une organisation est enregistrée dans le répertoire des entreprises, établissements et associations. Elle fournit une identification satisfaisante pour faciliter les démarches administratives.
Les entreprises et associations, quel que soit leur secteur d’activité (foncier, commerce, agriculture et autres professions libérales) sont dans l’obligation de disposer d’un numéro NINEA.
Toute organisation exerçant au Sénégal doit disposer d’un numéro NINEA. Propriétaires fonciers, commerçants et exploitant agricoles, ceux qui exercent des professions libérales ainsi que les salariés disposant d’autres sources de revenus, des sociétés et GIE, associations, ONG.
"Au niveau de l’administration des douanes, nous avons décidé de rendre obligatoire ce NINEA à partir du mercredi 6 août et tout le monde est obligé d’avoir le NINEA pour pouvoir faire le dédouanement des produits’’, a indiqué M. Dione, dans un entretien avec l’APS.
Selon lui, cette mesure vise à mettre en place un identifiant unique en vue de "regrouper toutes les informations fiscales, comptables et financières d’un opérateur économique et d’une entreprise et ainsi permettre une meilleure collaboration entre les différentes administrations".
Il a rappelé que l’Etat du Sénégal avait décidé de mettre en place depuis 95 un système d’identification unique des entreprises et associations dans le but de centraliser toutes les informations les concernant à travers un seul numéro "pour une traçabilité parfaite des opérations".
"C’est une mesure extrêmement difficile, et si vous l’appliquez brutalement, les opérateurs ne pourront pas se retrouver et cela va causer des pertes (...)" en termes de recettes fiscales, a-t-il dit, en rappelant que l’administration des Douanes pourvoit le tiers du budget de l’Etat.
"Lorsque l’on prend une mesure qui a une incidence fiscale, il faudrait faire beaucoup attention dans sa mise en œuvre, et à cet effet, nous avons pris tout le temps de la maturation pour arriver à l’appliquer", a indiqué M. Dione.
Alioune Dione, par ailleurs docteur en droit, assure que l’administration des Douanes "a beaucoup travaillé sur le volet sensibilisation" de cette mesure. "Nous avons pris des mesures d’accompagnement afin d’avoir différents pôles à partir desquels les opérateurs peuvent délivrer les NINEA (môles 2 et 8 et à Dakar-Yoff)", a-t-il ajouté.
Le directeur des Systèmes informations douaniers assure par ailleurs qu’aucun opérateur "ne sera lésé par cette mesure". "Nous avons des bureaux secondaires dans tous les centres de dédouanement où peuvent être délivrés les NINEA", a-t-il insisté.
Selon lui, avant la mise en place de cette mesure, "un opérateur économique pouvait importer un nombre important de marchandises et ne pas déclarer cela aux impôts, et donc, cet opérateur ne donnait pas les bons éléments qui permettaient aux impôts de bien fiscaliser les opérateurs".
Il a par ailleurs souligné que cette mesure devrait permettre "une meilleure collaboration entre les impôts et les Douanes en temps réel". "Les administrations vont pouvoir bien travailler pour la fiscalisation des opérateurs économiques", a-t-il soutenu.
Alioune Dione précise que l’obligation de NINEA "va obliger le secteur informel à davantage se formaliser et donner de la visibilité dans l’information fiscale avec un référent unique car tout le monde est obligé d’avoir le NINEA".
APS

Suspected Ebola victim dies in Saudi Arabia

A Saudi man who was being treated for Ebola-like symptoms has died at a hospital in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia's health ministry says.

If confirmed, this would be the first Ebola-related death outside Africa in an outbreak that has killed more than 900 people this year.
The man recently visited Sierra Leone, one of four countries in the outbreak.
World Health Organization (WHO) experts are meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, to discuss a response to the outbreak.
The two-day meeting will decide whether to declare a global health emergency.
Ebola, a viral haemorrhagic fever, is one of the deadliest diseases known to humans, with a fatality rate of up to 90%.
A WHO statement on Wednesday said 932 patients had died of the disease in West Africa so far, with most of the latest fatalities reported in Liberia.
Concern has also been growing over a number of new cases in Nigeria, the region's most populous nation. On Wednesday, a nurse who treated an Ebola patient became the second person to die of the disease there.
Nigeria's Health Minister Onyebuchi Chukwu described the outbreak as a national emergency, adding that "everyone in the world is at risk" because of air travel.
The Saudi man who was suspected of contracting the disease died of cardiac arrest, according to the website of the country's health ministry.
The 40-year-old is said to have returned from a recent business trip to Sierra Leone.
The ministry's website said he was being tested for Ebola, but did not say if the tests had concluded that he had the disease.
The website said the man had been treated in an isolation ward and would be buried according to Islamic tradition, while following precautions set out by world health authorities.
Earlier this year, Saudi Arabia stopped issuing visas to Muslims from several West African countries, amid concerns that visiting pilgrims could spread the disease.
Meanwhile, two US aid workers who contracted Ebola in Liberia appear to be improving after receiving an unapproved medicine ahead of their evacuation back to the US.
But it is not clear if the ZMapp drug, which has only been tested on monkeys, can be credited with their improvement.
Leading infectious disease experts have called for experimental treatments to be offered more widely.
The meeting of the WHO's emergency committee is focusing solely on how to respond to the Ebola outbreak.
If a public health emergency is declared, it could involve detailed plans to identify, isolate and treat cases, as well as impose travel restrictions on affected areas.
A WHO spokesman said: "We can't speculate in advance what the committee members are going to decide in advance."
The World Bank is allocating $200m (£120m) in emergency assistance for countries battling to contain Ebola.
The virus spreads by contact with infected blood and bodily fluids. The current outbreak is killing between 50% and 60% of people infected.
There is no cure or vaccine for Ebola - but patients have a better chance of survival if they receive early treatment.
Ebola has initial flu-like symptoms that can lead to external haemorrhaging from areas like eyes and gums, and internal bleeding which can lead to organ failure.
Ebola virus disease (EVD)

• Symptoms include high fever, bleeding and central nervous system damage
• Fatality rate can reach 90% - but the current outbreak is about 55%
• Incubation period is two to 21 days
• There is no vaccine or cure
• Supportive care such as rehydrating patients who have diarrhoea and vomiting can help recovery
• Fruit bats are considered to be virus' natural host

 

Ibrahima Niang, premier Sénégalais emporté par le virus Ebola

Le virus Ebola, qui est en train de faire des ravages en Afrique de l’Ouest, plus particulièrement en Guinée, a fait une victime de plus, un Sénégalais cette fois.  Il s’agit d’un nommé Ibrahima Niang, tailleur de son état, qui était basé en Guinée. Originaire de Touba Toul (région de Thiès), fils d’Abdoulaye Niang et de Nogaye Diagne, la victime a été enterrée hier à Conakry, d’après La Tribune.

Notons que le virus Ebola se propage dangereusement de la Guinée au Nigéria en passant par la Sierra Leone et le Libéria. Ce week-end, la Directrice de l’Organisation mondiale de la Santé (Oms), Marguerite Chan, a affirmé que son organisme ne disposait pas d’assez de moyens pour freiner l’avancée de la pandémie.