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The 30th edition of the African Basketball Championship begins on Tuesday in Kigali. "Rwanda is organizing this flagship…

In Mali, there is talk of a judge. Idrissa Hamidou Touré is a prosecutor at the board in municipality 4 in Bamako. Its motto: "No one is above the law!" Leading the case of a Malian journalist who disappeared five years ago, he launched an international arrest warrant against suspects, prosecuting a senior army officer. Portrait of this 37-year-old prosecutor. Idrissa Hamidou Touré is first and foremost the man who uses "shock" formulas. "As much as I hate abuse of power, I hate disorder and impunity," he once wrote. It…

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the sign language used by the deaf, dumb and hard of hearing is currently the subject of intensive work by experts, interpreters and teachers from several provinces in the country. Called to Kinshasa by the Ministry of Disability, they must meet for thirty days to agree on a glossary of signs to be used so that there will be a unified strategy throughout the…

Tunisian President Kais Saied has extended his suspension from parliament "for the time being", a month after he fired his prime minister and granted himself more powers in a shock intervention that opponents rejected as a coup. In a statement from the presidency late Monday, Saied also extended a decision to freeze the immunity of legislators, saying he would address the Tunisian people in the coming days, without giving further details. Tunisia, hailed as a rare democratic success story in the Middle East and North…

The 30th African Men's Basketball Championship, Afrobasket, kicks off this Tuesday, August 24 in Rwanda. Sixteen teams compete. Four years ago, during the latest edition, the Tunisians won. They are again challengers for the title but they are not the only ones. The tournament seems more open than ever. Sixteen teams from…

In his 2010 memoir Decisive Moments, former US President George W. Bush explained his decision to invade Afghanistan with the following words: “Afghanistan is a fundamental building mission. We liberated the country from a primitive dictatorship, and we have moral principles. a commitment to leave something better. We are also strategically interested in helping people. Afghanistan is building a free society ... because a democratic Afghanistan would be a hopeful alternative to the vision of a “hopeful alternative”…

Tunisian President Kais Saied on Monday extended the suspension of parliament until further notice, the presidency said, after last month ousting his prime minister and seizing executive power in a move that opponents have called a coup .…

The prosecutor for the High Court of Justice announces that the case is ready for sentencing after four years of suspension. as reported from Ouagadougou, Yaya BoudaniProsecuted for their alleged involvement in the repression of protesters against the amendment of Article 37 of the Constitution, the 34 members of the former…

A historic trial five years ago, this corruption case had plunged the country into the most serious financial crisis since its independence and involved part of the Mozambican political class. On the bench off the accused: nineteen people, accused of extortion, forgery, embezzlement or even money laundering, for amounts of…

The Sudanese central bank has decided to freeze the bank accounts of 161 people suspected of participating in operations that destabilize the economy. The list would include a number of supporters of ousted President Omar al-Bashir, as well as members of his family. This decision follows an investigation by the Sudan Committee to Dismantle the "June 30 regime", when Omar al-Bashir took power in Khartoum in 1989. Since then, in April 2019, this committee has been responsible for highlighting the embezzlement of the…