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Thirty-three years after the assassination of former Burkinabé president Thomas Sankara, the case was referred to the control chamber of the Ouagadougou Military Tribunal, which according to authorities gives hope for a trial in 2021. lawyers for the deceased's family broke the news last Thursday. But France has not delivered all its archives, hence the impatience, expressed in a press release from the international network "Justice for Sankara, justice for Africa". In 2017, during a visit to Burkina Faso, French…

The ECOWAS delegation, which met with Ivorian political actors, referred to as on the federal government and the opposition to "make a big effort" in order that the presidential election on 31 October takes place in a peaceable method. Clashes have left a number of useless in latest days. The stream stays rigid by suspending the vote. The opposition implements a method of civil disobedience. What's the logic of the 2 camps? To attempt to perceive that, our visitor this morning is Ivorian political analyst Sylvain…

Anger at police violence remains strong in Nigeria, and despite the repression of the anti-crime group, middle-aged and upper-class youth in the largest cities in the south of the country refuse to line up. The protests continue and the marchers' slogans are now openly directed at Nigerian political elites. with our…

In the highlands of Minembwe, there are thousands of displaced refugees near the UN mission in Congo and without international assistance. There are almost 3,000 in Mikenge, mostly Banyamulenge, and they say they have suffered many attacks. With our special correspondent in Mikenge, Sonia RolleyIn Mikenge, the displaced say…

Negotiations on the withdrawal of Sudan from the US checklist of states that help terrorism proceed. A significant retreat for the nation's financial system, however one vote suggests a fast and optimistic end result: Donald Trumps. On Twitter, the US president assured on Monday night, October 19, of an impending settlement.…

Direct talks between two opposing Libyan delegations began on Monday 19 October in Geneva beneath the auspices of the United Nations. Ten members of the Navy and Safety Fee, representing the Authorities of Nationwide Unity (Tripoli) and the Libyan Nationwide Military (Benghazi), should proceed negotiations till October 24 to be able to obtain an enduring ceasefire in Libya.…

Basil Davidson, a British historian, and an Africanist, as quickly as wrote that England was a mere geographic expression when Mansa Musa of the Mali Empire was melting metallic and gold (Basil Davidson, Historic previous of Africa). Within the an identical token, at a time when neighboring African states are at their “take-off stage,” per the 5 developmental ranges Walt Whitman Rostow formulated throughout the Nineteen Sixties as a response to the Marxian ranges of human development, Somalia is, as a result of it exists…

Guinea's opposition candidate CellouDaleinDiallosaid on Monday had received the primary spherical of presidential elections on October 18, however his declare was shortly disputed by the election fee and the federal government, setting the stage for a resistance. "Regardless of the intense irregularities that mar the graceful…

Guinea's opposition chief Cellou Dalein Diallo declared on Monday with out ready for official outcomes that he had received a presidential election in opposition to incumbent Alpha Conde, who's searching for a controversial third time period. At a press convention within the capital Conakry a day after the extremely…

A Muslim physician has been denied German citizenship after refusing to shake a woman's hand when she gave him his certificates. The 39-year-old Lebanese nationwide was on the purpose of turning right into a German after residing throughout the nation for 13 years, ending his medical analysis and passing a citizenship check out with the most effective attainable mark. Nonetheless he failed on the last word hurdle after refusing to shake the hand of the female official on the ceremony in 2015, important state authorities…