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NHS
Volunteers
needed
Africa faces
high risk of
COVID-19
resurgence
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The NHS and Royal Voluntary
Service are calling for more
NHS Volunteer Responders to
support their community with essential
tasks. The volunteers help people who
are continuing to keep contact with
others to a minimum because they
have other health conditions which
make them particularly vulnerable to
COVID-19.
NHS Volunteer Responders
provide support with lifts to medical
appointments, collecting shopping,
medication or other essentials, and by
making ‘check in and chat’ calls to
people who would enjoy regular phone
contact and friendly conversation.
Despite lockdown easing, those
with underlying health conditions such
as cystic fibrosis, severe asthma will
continue to minimise their exposure to
COVID-19 and each volunteer who
steps forward is helping to keep people
in the community safe.
The GoodSAM app puts volunteers
in touch with people needing help.
NHS Volunteer Responders now
encourages volunteers to add all the
languages they speak to their
GoodSAM profile so they can be
matched with people who would prefer
to talk to a volunteer in one of those
languages. The programme currently
has volunteers who speak English,
French and Spanish.
Mark Wilson, Co-founder at
GoodSAM said: “It’s fantastic that the
GoodSAM app enables people to input
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Over 350 people perish or go missing
in the Mediterranean
By Ted Chaibanand and Afshan Khan
114 unaccompanied children rescued at
sea off the coast of Libya - More than 350
people perish or go missing in the
Mediterranean since year began
“This week, 125 children including 114
unaccompanied were rescued at sea, off the
coast of Libya.
“The Central Mediterranean continues
to be one of the deadliest and most
dangerous migration routes in the world.
At least 350 people, including children and
women, have drowned or gone missing in
the Central Mediterranean while trying to
reach Europe since the beginning of the
year, including 130 just last week.
“The majority of those rescued are sent
to overcrowded detention centres in Libya
under extremely difficult conditions and
with no or limited access to water and
A child stands in a room where women and
children sleep on old mattresses laid on the floor
at a detention centre in Libya (Pic - Romenzi,
UNICEF)
health services. Nearly 1,100 children are
in these centres.
“Libya has 51,828 migrant children and
an estimated 14,572 refugee children; most
are unable to access services and are
vulnerable to exploitation and abuse within
the country. Those in detention are cut off
from clean water, electricity, education,
health care and adequate sanitation
facilities. Violence and exploitation are
rampant.
“Despite these dangers, compounded
by the COVID-19 pandemic, refugee and
migrant children continue to risk their lives
in search of safety and better life. Attempts
to cross this sea route are likely to increase
in the summer months ahead.
“We call on the Libyan Authorities to
release all children and end immigration
detention. The detention of children in
migration contexts is never in the best
interest of children. We call on authorities
in Europe on the Central Mediterranean to
support and receive migrants and refugees
coming to their shores and to strengthen
search and rescue mechanisms.
“With partners, UNICEF is committed
to support all governments across the
Central Mediterranean to find safer
alternatives to sea crossing, develop and
implement child sensitive arrival
procedure, reception and care facilities and
long-term solutions for children attempting
to cross the sea”.
* Ted Chaiban is the UNICEF
Regional Director for the Middle East and
North Africa; while Afshan Khan is the
UNICEF Regional Director for Europe
and Central Asia and Special Coordinator
for the Refugee Migrant Response in
Europe.
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The risk of COVID-19 resurgence
remains high in several African
countries due to poor adherence to
public health measures, mass gatherings, low
testing and vaccination rates, an analysis by the
World Health Organization (WHO) has shown.
Three countries face very high risk of
COVID-19 resurgence, 20 face high, 22
moderate risk, and only one country faces low
risk, according to the risk assessment of 46
countries. The risk was estimated using seven
indicators with data from the past four weeks,
including COVID-19 cases per million people;
the percentage of change in new cases; the
percentage of change in new deaths; the
reproductive number (the rate at which an
infection spreads); the pandemic trend; the
average weekly number of tests per 10 000
people; and the percentage of the population
that has received at least one vaccine dose.
With more than 4.5 million confirmed cases
and over 120 000 deaths to date, the continent
has not experienced a surge in cases since
January and the epidemic curve has plateaued
for six weeks. However, the relatively low
number of cases has encouraged complacency
and there are signs of reduced observance of
preventive measures. Recent political rallies in
countries such as Benin, Cote d’Ivoire, Guinea
and Kenya caused a spike in new cases.
Upcoming elections in Cabo Verde, Ethiopia,
The Gambia, Sao Tome and Principe and
Zambia could trigger a rise in cases due to mass
gatherings.
“We cannot be lulled into a false sense of
security. The devastating surge of cases and
deaths in India, and increases in other regions of
the world, are clear signs that the pandemic is
not yet over in African countries. A new
upsurge of COVID-19 infections is a real risk in
many countries even if the region’s case count
in recent weeks appears to be stable,” said Dr
Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for
Africa. “Combating COVID-19 fatigue appears
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Most countries in the region are
experiencing community transmission, yet 31
out of the 46 countries analysed performed
fewer than 10 tests per 10 000 people per week
in the past four weeks. This suggests that the
number of cases reported in the past 28 days
may not reflect the true situation as countries
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enhance response to the pandemic.”
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The pandemic has had widespread impact
across many sectors, with key health services
in several African countries still reeling from
disruptions experienced more than a year since
the first cases were confirmed on the continent.
Of the 40 countries responding to a WHO
survey conducted earlier this year, 95%
reported disruptions of varying degree.
While the survey shows there has been an
improvement in service provision, with 41% of
services disrupted between January and March
2021 compared with 64% in the last quarter of
2020, the persistent high levels of disruption to
health services even after many countries have
eased restrictions is concerning. The COVID-
19 pandemic appears to be having a long-term
impact on health services.
“The pandemic’s shockwaves have
persisted, but we must work hard to ensure that
they do not become intractable and further
weaken health system’s capacity to cope with
potential surges in COVID-19 infections,” Dr
Moeti said.
Most countries have implemented policies
to revamp essential services, but more support
is needed to enhance the welfare of health
workers, restore people’s confidence in seeking
health services and build stronger safeguards
for health system to better cope with shocks.
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the languages they speak. It means that we
can connect with people from all
communities across the country and ensure
that everyone who needs help is able to
access it.”
Rose Odudu, 43, a NHS Volunteer
Responder from Stevenage who wanted
to support her community said: “I am
someone who really enjoys giving back,
but I never anticipated just how rewarding
my time as an NHS Volunteer Responder
would be. I feel that I have been fortunate
throughout this pandemic to have a strong
network of family and friends and to be in
good health, but I recognise that this is not
the case for everyone. I have helped people
by picking up prescriptions from the
pharmacy and chatting with them. It’s
amazing to know that I can help in some
way and speak with them, even if it’s just
for five minutes.
“Volunteering for me has been a great
way to give back in a meaningful way and
be able to see an instant real difference in
people’s lives. Not only this, but when you
give back to the world in such a way, it
increases your own happiness and selfappreciation,
which is important,
especially in times like these.”
Rebecca Kennelly MBE, Director of
Volunteering for Royal Voluntary
Service said: “The way that volunteers
have stepped forward during the pandemic
has been nothing short of amazing.
Volunteering has brought people together
over the last year in amazing ways, I would
like to thank everyone who has stepped up
to support the NHS and their community
this year.”
Since the programme’s launch in
March 2020, around 400,000 on-duty
NHS Volunteer Responders have played a
vital role in keeping people safe and have
now completed more than 1.7 million
tasks.
Those who apply will have the
opportunity to support their community
with six roles:
• Community Response volunteer: to
collect and deliver shopping,
medication or other essential supplies.
• Community Response Plus
volunteer: to collect and deliver
shopping, medication or other essential
supplies for people with learning
disabilities and other conditions
• Patient Transport volunteer: to give
lifts by car to patients who are
medically fit to attend routine medical
appointments.
• NHS Transport volunteer: to
transport supplies between NHS sites,
and make medication deliveries.
• Check in and Chat volunteer: to
provide telephone support to people
who would enjoy regular phone contact
and friendly conversation.
• Check In and Chat Plus volunteer:
this is a peer-support role, provided by
responders who are at risk from
COVID-19 themselves. Regular
telephone support and a ‘listening ear’
is offered to people who are also at risk
or experiencing challenges as a result
of COVID-19.
• Steward Volunteer: help on site by
guiding people to make sure the
vaccination process runs as smoothly
and efficiently as possible. They help
ensure social distancing and identify
people who need additional support.
Recruitment to this role has been
paused but you can register your
interest for future vacancies.
NHS Volunteer Responders is a
scheme established by the NHS as part of
the COVID-19 response, involving
volunteers who carry out simple, nonmedical
tasks to support people who need
to stay safe and well at home during the
pandemic. It also provides non-clinical
support to NHS organisations. It operates
across England.
NHS Volunteer Responders are not
intended to replace local groups helping
their vulnerable neighbours but is an
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Domestic Abuse Bill receives Royal
Assent
The United Kingdom’s Domestic
Abuse Bill has passed both Houses of
Parliament and been signed into law.
The Domestic Abuse Act will
provide further protections to the millions of
people who experience domestic abuse and
strengthen measures to tackle perpetrators.
For the first time in history, there will be
a wide-ranging legal definition of domestic
abuse which incorporates a range of abuses
beyond physical violence, including
emotional, coercive or controlling behaviour,
and economic abuse.
The measures include important new
protections and support for victims ensuring
that abusers will no longer be allowed to
directly cross-examine their victims in the
family and civil courts, and giving victims
better access to special measures in the
courtroom to help prevent intimidation –
such as protective screens and giving
evidence via video link.
Police will also be given new powers
including Domestic Abuse Protection
Notices providing victims with immediate
protection from abusers, while courts will be
able to hand out new Domestic Abuse
Protection Orders to help prevent offending
by forcing perpetrators to take steps to
change their behaviour, including seeking
mental health support or drug and alcohol
rehabilitation.
In recent weeks, the Government has
added new measures to the Bill to further
strengthen the law, including creating a new
offence of nonfatal
strangulation, extending an offence to
cover the threat to disclose intimate
images, and clarifying the law to further
clamp down on claims of “rough sex gone
wrong” in cases involving death or serious
injury.
The Domestic Abuse Bill was originally
published in draft for pre-legislative scrutiny
and the Government worked closely with the
Domestic Abuse Commissioner and charities
to make key changes to the Bill, ensuring the
law is as robust as possible.
Speaking on the new law, Home
Secretary Priti Patel said: “Domestic abuse
and violence against women and girls are
utterly shameful. As Home Secretary, I am
determined to work tirelessly to
keep vulnerable people safe and bring crime
down.
“The Domestic Abuse Act is long
overdue. This landmark Act will
transform the support we offer across society.
This includes the support Government
provides to victims to ensure they have the
protection they rightly need, so that
perpetrators of these abhorrent crimes are
brought to justice.”
Lord Chancellor Robert Buckland said:
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“This landmark piece of legislation steps up
the response to domestic abuse at every level
– giving victims more support than ever
before while ensuring perpetrators feel the
full force of the law.
“Thanks to the many survivors, charities,
parliamentarians and colleagues from across
government who have worked tirelessly to
make this possible, more vulnerable people
and families will be protected from the
scourge of domestic abuse.”
Other measures included in the Act
include:
* Extending the controlling
or coercive behaviour offence to cover
post-separation abuse;
* Explicitly recognise children as victims
if they see, hear or experience the
effects of abuse;
Establish in law the office of Domestic
Abuse Commissioner and set out the
Commissioner’s functions and powers;
* Placing a duty on local authorities in
England to provide support to victims of
domestic abuse and their children in
refuges and other safe accommodation;
* Provide that all eligible homeless
victims of domestic abuse automatically
have ‘priority need’ for
homelessness assistance;
* Place the guidance supporting the
Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme
(“Clare’s law”) on a statutory footing.
Safeguarding Minister Victoria Atkins
said: “This law will fundamentally
transform our response to tackling domestic
abuse by providing much greater protections
from all forms of abuse.
“I’m grateful for the brave victims and
survivors who have inspired
this strengthened action and have helped
inform this legislation throughout.”
The Domestic Abuse Commissioner,
Nicole Jacobs, says: “Today marks an
historic moment for victims and survivors of
domestic abuse when change is needed the
most.
“The Act sets out my legal powers which
I will use to support all victims across
England and Wales by first tackling the
‘postcode lottery’ of services.
“So many campaigners, charities and
individuals have worked incredibly hard to
make the Bill as robust as possible and there
is no doubt that the legislation, which now
includes non-fatal strangulation as a
standalone offence, is much stronger as a
result.
“Legislation won’t transform things
overnight and we know there is more to do,
so and I will work with partners to advocate
for further changes.”
National Police Chiefs’ Council lead for
Domestic Abuse, Assistant Commissioner
Louisa Rolfe, said: “Supporting victims of
this cruel crime and bringing offenders to
justice remains a priority for the police and
we have improved our response to domestic
abuse across the country. Police attend more
than one million incidents of domestic abuse
each year, yet we know many victims will
still not come forward.
“Though policing alone cannot solve
domestic abuse, and we must work with
others in education, probation, health, social
care and housing to ensure support is joined
up and intervention is effective.
“The Bill provides an opportunity to do
this, and we welcome the measures within it,
including the new tools available to officers
to better support victims and their families.
“Finally, I want to reiterate our message
to victims of domestic abuse. You are not
alone. We will come when you ask for help
and can take steps to make sure you’re safe.”
Farah Nazeer, Chief Executive of
Women’s Aid Federation of England, said:
“The Domestic Abuse Bill has been longawaited,
and could not be more needed,
following the impact of the pandemic on
survivors and our national network of
domestic abuse services.
“Thanks to the bravery of survivors in
campaigning for change, we now have an Act
that will strengthen protection in the family
courts, improve housing law in cases of
domestic abuse, and require councils to fund
support in safe accommodation.
“We continue to urge for the law
to address the significant gaps it leaves
and protect every survivor, ensuring that all
women and children are able to access
support regardless of immigration status, and
for us to see guaranteed long-term funding
for specialist women’s domestic abuse
services, including refuge services around the
country that are saving lives every day.”
Claire Throssell MBE Survivor
Ambassador for Women’s Aid said: “As a
survivor and domestic abuse campaigner, the
new Act is a chance to make sure survivors
are safe, protected and loved. The vital
changes to the family court are long overdue
and everyone accessing them deserves better.
It is high time the family courts are safe and
supportive, protecting victims and survivors
instead of shielding perpetrators.”
Jo Todd, Chief Executive Officer,
Respect said: “We’re delighted to see a
requirement for a strategic approach to
domestic abuse perpetrators set into law. This
is something that we and over a hundred
other organisations have been campaigning
for a long time.
“Domestic abuse is not acceptable or
inevitable. A comprehensive strategy –
spanning early responses, community
interventions, quality assured behaviour
change programmes and risk management
systems, that centre the needs of survivors –
will help survivors and their families to find
freedom and reduce the numbers of new
victims, including children.”

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Ebola over in DR Congo
This week witnesses the end of the
12th Ebola outbreak in the
Democratic Republic of the
Congo, just three months after the first
case was reported in North Kivu. The
Ebola outbreak that re-emerged in
February came nine months after another
outbreak in the same province was
declared over.
The World Health Organization
(WHO) congratulated the Democratic
Republic of the Congo’s health authorities
and the heath workers on the ground for
their swift response which built on the
country’s previous experience in tackling
Ebola outbreaks. The outbreak was the
country’s fourth in less than three years.
Eleven confirmed cases and one
probable case, six deaths and six
recoveries were recorded in four health
zones in North Kivu since 7 February
when the Ministry of Health announced
the resurgence of Ebola in Butembo, a
city in North Kivu Province and one of
the hotspots of the 2018–2020 outbreak.
Results from genome sequencing
conducted by the country’s National
Institute of Biomedical Research found
that the first Ebola case detected in the
outbreak was linked to the previous
outbreak, but the source of infection is yet
to be determined.
“Huge credit must be given to the
Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of the Congo declared over
local health workers and the national
authorities for their prompt response,
tenacity, experience and hard work that
brought this outbreak under control,” said
Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional
Direct for Africa. “Although the outbreak
has ended, we must stay alert for possible
resurgence and at the same time use the
growing expertise on emergency response
to address other health threats the country
faces.”
The response was coordinated by the
Provincial Department of Health in
collaboration with WHO and partners.
WHO had nearly 60 experts on the
ground and as soon as the outbreak was
declared helped local workers to trace
contacts, provide treatment, engage
communities and vaccinate nearly 2000
people at high risk, including over 500
frontline workers.
The response was often hampered by
insecurity caused by armed groups and
social disturbances which at times limited
the movement of responders. The area
where the outbreak took place is one
where the population is highly mobile as
people move to conduct business or visit
family and friends. Butembo city is about
150 km from the Uganda border and there
were concerns over the potential crossborder
spread of the outbreak. However,
due to the effective response the outbreak
stayed limited to North Kivu province.
While the 12th outbreak is over, there
is a need for continued vigilance and
maintaining a strong surveillance system
as potential flare-ups are possible in the
months to come. It is important to
continue with sustained disease
surveillance, monitoring of alerts and
working with communities to detect and
respond rapidly to any new cases and
WHO will continue to assist health
authorities with their efforts to contain
quickly a sudden re-emergence of Ebola.
WHO continues to work with the
Democratic Republic of the Congo to
fight other public health problems such as
outbreaks of measles and cholera, the
COVID-19 pandemic and a weak health
system.
The 2018–2020 outbreak was the 10th
in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
and the country’s deadliest, with 3481
cases, 2299 deaths and 1162 survivors.
The country also experienced its 11th
outbreak which took place in Equateur
Province last year.
Currently there is an ongoing Ebola
outbreak in Guinea, which began in
February of this year.

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Census 2021
The response to Census 2021 has
exceeded all expectations, with 97 per
cent of households across England and
Wales making sure they count when it comes
to local services like school places, GP
surgeries and hospital beds.
This is above the pre-census target of 94 per
cent, while all local authorities have seen over
90 per cent of households respond, exceeding
an 80 per cent target.
For those who haven’t yet completed the
simple online form, time is running out. The
online questionnaire will close on 17 May.
Now the main field operation has ended, as
in 2011, around 350,000 households across
England and Wales will be invited to take part
in the Census Coverage Survey (CCS). This
short, separate, interviewer-led survey will
enable the ONS to get a final view of the
response rates.
“We’ve had an amazing response to Census
2021. Our information shows 97 per cent of
households have responded so far – exceeding
our pre-census target of 94 per cent,” the ONS’s
Deputy National Statistician Iain Bell said.
“Those who have taken part have done so to
ensure they are represented for their local area.
I’d like to thank everyone who has filled out
their form so far as well as all the community
groups, organisations and local authorities who
have helped us make this census a success.
“We’re in a great place as we begin our
Census Coverage Survey. This is an important
part of making sure the census produces the
most accurate population statistics. It asks
similar questions to the main census, just fewer
of them, at addresses in a selection of postcodes
across England and Wales. An interviewer will
carry out the survey on your doorstep and it will
only take around 15 minutes.
“The CCS is a voluntary survey, but by
taking part, you will improve the quality of the
information the census gathers. This, in turn,
helps to plan and fund local services in your
community.”
Although Census Day - Sunday 21 March
2021 – has been and gone it is not too late to
respond online. It only takes around 10 minutes
per person.
If you have lost the letter or have a second
address you have not visited, go to to request
an online completion code for your address via
SMS text message.
After 17 May, only paper questionnaires
will be available.
If people refuse to take part, they could be
taken to court and issued with a £1,000 fine and
criminal record. The census non-compliance
operation will begin on May 25.
Extensive community engagement is
continuing to make sure all groups of the
population are represented in the census.
Students, for example, need to make sure they
have completed a questionnaire for their termtime
address to help get the services they need
in their university town now and in the future.
Students should complete a form even if they
were included on their family form at home.
People with second addresses also need to
fill out a short form for their properties whether
it is a caravan, holiday home or commuter flat.
From May 4, a sample of households will
receive a card through the post asking them to
take part in the CCS. After that, an interviewer,
following the government’s COVID-19
guidelines, will visit the address and fill in the
questionnaire with you on your doorstep. The
interviewer will be able to show an ID badge
on a Census 2021 branded lanyard.
For more information on the CCS visit
Census Coverage Survey - Census 2021.
Local census support centres have now
closed, but help and paper questionnaires are
still available through the census contact centre
on freephone 0800 141 2021 in England and
0800 169 2021 in Wales.
Police appeal over 2018 killing
Detectives investigating the murder of a
26-year-old man in Hackney three
years ago are offering a £20,000
reward for information that leads to the arrest
and conviction of those responsible for his
murder.
Yaya Mbye Sankareh was stabbed to death
on the George Downing Estate in Stoke
Newington at approximately 23:30hrs on 28
January 2018.
Despite an extensive investigation by the
Met’s Specialist Crime Command, no arrests
have been made. The case remains unsolved
and those responsible for Yaya’s death are yet to
be brought to justice.
Detective Chief Inspector Perry Benton,
said: “We have not given up on our fight for
justice and I believe this new reward offers an
opportunity for those who haven’t come
forward before to contact police.
“Yaya’s death has understandably had a
huge impact on his family and friends and we
Yaya Mbye Sankareh
remain committed to bringing them the closure
they need and deserve.”
Enquiries since his death suggest Yaya was
stabbed several times after being chased by a
group of three or four young men dressed in
dark clothing. The suspects are believed to have
left the scene in a silver Mercedes estate car
which was later found to have been destroyed.
A post-mortem examination held at Poplar
Public Mortuary on 30 January 2018 gave
Yaya’s cause of death as a stab wound to the
stomach.
DCI Benton, added: “Three years have now
passed since this tragic incident and I know that
over time, allegiances change and people who
may have been afraid to speak to us before
could now be willing to share information. We
have been met by a wall of silence from the
community but I want to reassure you that
anything shared with officers would be treated
sensitively.
“I am asking people who were in the area in
January 2018 to think back to that night and to
try to remember if they saw or heard anything
suspicious. Was a friend or relative acting
suspiciously in the days after Yaya’s death? No
piece of information is too small.”
Anyone with information is asked to
contact the incident room on 020 8345 1570 or
101 or you can tweet information to @MetCC.
Alternatively, contact the independent charity
Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
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Obituary
Jeune Afrique Founder - Béchir Ben
Yahmed (1928 - 2021)
Béchir Ben Yahmed (Pic by Bruno Lévy,
Jeune Afrique)
Béchir Ben Yahmed (Pic by Bruno
Lévy, Jeune Afrique)
Béchir Ben Yahmed - Founder and
historic head of Jeune Afrique, died
Monday, May 3 at the Parisian
hospital Lariboisière as a result of getting
infected with Covid-19.
Born in Djerba on April 2, 1928, in
Tunisia under a French Protectorate, he
joined HEC in Paris in 1947, where he was
the only African student. At the end of his
studies, he joined the Tunisian
independence movement within Habib
Bourguiba’s political party - Neo Destour,
and was both his right arm and confidant.
In 1954, he was part of the Tunisian
delegation which negotiated with the
President of the French Council, Pierre
Mendès France, Tunisia’s internal
autonomy, and then its independence.
Bourguiba entrusted him with the
information portfolio in 1956. At 28,
Béchir Ben Yahmed became the youngest
Minister in the first government of
independent Tunisia. Always a free and
independent spirit, he decided to cut ties
with the latter in 1957, to whom he
reproached his authoritarianism, to embark
on journalism, his lifelong passion.
He left for Cuba, where he met Che
Guevara, then for Vietnam, where Ho Chi
Minh and Pham Van Dong predicted their
victory over the American superpower.
Shortly after, he founded the weekly
magazine L’Action, which he renamed
Jeune Afrique in 1961. To give himself the
means for his independence, he decided in
1962 to leave Tunis for Rome and then,
two years later, for Paris where the Group
is still established.
A respected figure in the media world,
Béchir Ben Yahmed contributed to propel
Africa’s voice internationally by the means
of a magazine. Founded to support the
emancipation movement of the countries
that, at the dawn of the 1960s, gained
independence, Jeune Afrique took an
active part in all the struggles that have
since occurred in the history of the
Continent: against single parties and for
democratization in the ‘70s and ‘80s, for
economic independence in the ‘90s and
2000s and Africa’s inclusion in
globalization in the years 2000-2020.
Regarded in its origins as a challenge,
the Group he created is celebrating its
Sixtieth anniversary this year. A true school
of journalism where personalities such as
Frantz Fanon, Kateb Yacine and, more
recently, the Goncourt award winners
Amin Maalouf and Leïla Slimani have
worked. Jeune Afrique has left its mark on
generations of readers. Its influence has
even earned it the label of “Africa’s 55th
State”. Through his positions, notably in
his famous column “What I believe”,
Béchir Ben Yahmed has influenced several
generations of students and personalities
who have fashioned the destiny of Africa.
A privileged witness to all the
upheavals in Africa and the Middle East, a
committed observer and columnist, Béchir
Ben Yahmed has worked alongside key
figures of the Continent throughout his
career: Egypt’s Nasser, Ghana’s Nkrumah,
Congo’s Lumumba, FLN leaders (and
future Algerian Presidents) Ben Bella,
Boumédiène and Bouteflika, Senegal’s
Senghor, Ivorian Houphouët-Boigny, and
Morocco’s Hassan II.
Around the weekly Jeune Afrique, a
group has been formed over the years,
expanding with other titles, newsletters, a
publishing house, a department dedicated
to events planning, and, of course, online
news sites.
By the end of the 2000s, Béchir Ben
Yahmed handed over the reins of the group
to his sons, Amir and Marwane, as well as
to the Managing Editor - François Soudan.
His wife - Danielle, who had played a vital
role alongside him throughout the history
of the newspaper, started the Group’s
publishing house.
Always passionate about current
affairs, in 2003 he embarked on a new
project, La Revue, a magazine which
analyzed international (and no longer just
African) news which ran monthly for
several years before becoming bi-monthly.
At a time when the debate on decolonial
thought and identities is in full
swing, Jeune Afrique will continue to lead
the battles of its founder, fervent defender
of a sovereign Africa, an Africa which is
innovative and which should be recognised
in the world at its true value.
Founded in Tunis in 1960, Jeune
Afrique Media Group is a pan-African
media group based in Paris. Through its
various publications (Jeune Afrique, The
Africa Report, and Jeune Afrique
Business+), the Group offers, in French
and English, coverage of African and
international news as well as avenues for
reflection on the political and economic
challenges of the Continent.
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The AKO Caine Prize announces
its 2021 judges
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The AKO Caine Prize for African
Writing has announced 153
submissions from 22 African
countries via their new online submissions
platform this year, including an entry from
Burkina Faso, for the first time. Also
announced, are the five Judges for the 2021
Prize.
This year’s Chair of Judges is the
Founder and Director of the African
Writers Trust (AWT), Goretti
Kyomuhendo. She is the first Ugandan
woman writer to receive the International
Writing Program Fellowship at the
University of Iowa, and has been
recognised for her work as a writer and
literary activist nationally and
internationally. As the founding member of
FEMRITE – Uganda Women Writers
Association and Publishing House,
Kyomuhendo has been championing the
work of African Editors and Publishers for
decades. Her work at the AWT promotes
synergies and collaborative learning
between African writers on the continent
and in the Diaspora. She will be tutoring
writers and readers in a new hybrid
Reading Residency programme in
Kampala, Uganda, across April and May
2021.
Kyomuhendo is joined on the judging
panel by Razia Iqbal, who is a BBC News
Presenter on Newshour on the World
Service, and the World Tonight on Radio
4, and was the BBC Arts Correspondent for
ten years. She will be a Visiting Journalism
Professor at Princeton in 2022. She was
born in Uganda and lived in Nairobi until
she was 8-years-old, when she moved to
London. Victor Ehikhamenor is an awardwinning
multimedia artist, photographer
and writer whose works have featured in
several international exhibitions including
the 57th Venice Biennale as part of the
Nigerian Pavilion in 2017 and the 12th
Dak’art Biennale in Dakar, Senegal in
2016. He is the founder of Angels and
Muse, a thought laboratory dedicated to the
promotion and development of
contemporary African art and literature in
Lagos, Nigeria.
Georgina Godwin is an independent
broadcast journalist. A regular Chair of
literary events, worldwide, she is also
Books Editor for Monocle 24 and
presenter of the in-depth author interview
show “Meet the Writers”. She is a frequent
host of the award winning current affairs
programme The Globalist and a
commentator on Southern African politics.
She was a founder member of SW Radio
Africa, Zimbabwe’s first independent
radio station and of the Harare
International Festival of the Arts. She
serves on the board of the charities English
PEN & Developing Artists.
Writer Nicholas Makoha was born in
Uganda has lived in Kenya, Saudi Arabia
and currently resides in London. He is the
founder of The Obsidian Foundation, a
one-week retreat for black poets of African
descent who want to advance their writing
practice led by five black acclaimed tutors.
In 2017, his debut collection, Kingdom of
Gravity, was shortlisted for the Felix
Dennis Prize for Best First Collection and
was one of the Guardian’s best books of
the year. Makoha is a Trustee for the Arvon
Foundation and the Ministry of Stories,
and a member of the Malika’s Poetry
Kitchen collective.
Commenting on this year’s judges’
appointments, Ellah Wakatama OBE,
Chair of the AKO Caine Prize, said: “It is
a huge pleasure to have such esteemed
figures from the arts and literary worlds on
our judging panel this year. I am sure their
wealth of experience, knowledge and
passion for literature, as well as their
different perspectives of the arts, will make
for lively debate and another exciting
shortlist. I am especially pleased that
Goretti Kyomuhendo, a literary activist
whose work in developing and
professionalising the publishing industry
has had such a profound effect on the
Continent, will be our Chair. I am so
pleased that so many authors in Africa and
around the globe have engaged fully with
our new online submission process, during
this period of the pandemic. I wish the
judges the very best in selecting the 2021
shortlist, and celebrating the literature of
Africa and her Diaspora for another year.”
The judges will meet online in May
and, guided by the Chair, will deliberate on
their final five choices.
Each writer shortlisted for the AKO
Caine Prize will be awarded £500, and the
winner will receive a £10,000 prize. If a
work in translation is chosen as the
winning story, the prize will be shared
between the author and the translator.
The five shortlisted stories will be
compiled into the official AKO Caine Prize
anthology which has been published by
New Internationalist in the UK, Interlink
Publishing in the USA, and a variety of
international publishers around the world.
The AKO Caine Prize for African
Writing, awarded annually for African
creative writing, is named after the late Sir
Michael Caine, former Chairman of
Booker plc and Chairman of the Booker
Prize management committee for nearly 25
years. Its main sponsor is the AKO
Foundation, whose primary focus is the
making of grants to projects which
promote the arts and improve education.
The 22 countries represented in this
year’s submissions are: Benin; Botswana;
Burkina Faso; Burundi; Congo; Cote
d’Ivoire; Egypt; Ethiopia; Ghana; Kenya;
Mauritius; Morocco; Namibia; Nigeria;
Senegal; South Africa; Sudan; Tanzania;
Tunisia; Uganda; Zambia; Zimbabwe.
The Prize is awarded for a short story
by an African writer published in English
(indicative length 3,000 to 10,000 words).
An African writer is taken to mean
someone who was born in Africa, or who is
a national of an African country, or who
has a parent who is African by birth or
nationality. Works translated into English
from other languages are not excluded,
provided they have been published in
translation, and should such a work win, a
proportion of the prize would be awarded
to the translator.
Previous winners are Sudan’s Leila
Aboulela (2000), Nigerian Helon Habila
(2001), Kenyan Binyavanga Wainaina
(2002), Kenyan Yvonne Owuor (2003),
Zimbabwean Brian Chikwava (2004),
Nigerian Segun Afolabi (2005), South
African Mary Watson (2006), Ugandan
Monica Arac de Nyeko (2007), South
African Henrietta Rose-Innes (2008),
Nigerian EC Osondu (2009), Sierra
Leonean Olufemi Terry (2010),
Zimbabwean NoViolet Bulawayo (2011),
Nigerian Rotimi Babatunde (2012),
Nigerian Tope Folarin (2013), Kenyan
Okwiri Oduor (2014), Zambian Namwali
Serpell (2015), South African
Lidudumalingani (2016), Sudanese writer,
Bushra al-Fadil (2017), Kenyan Makena
Onjerika (2018); Nigerian Lesley Nneka
Arimah (2019) and Nigerian-British
Irenosen Okojie (2020).
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