West Africa

Over 1,800 prisoners dressed in Nigeria. They fled in an armed group attack on a prison in Owerri, in the state of Imo, in the southeastern part of the country. And for the authorities, it is the trail from Biafran's separatists that seems privileged. According to the Nigerian police chief, the attackers would be well "members…

In Mali, according to the care staff, it is now older or in the risk zone that can be vaccinated since Tuesday 6 April. A little less than a week ago, on Wednesday, March 31, Malia's healthcare campaign began by vaccinating the first, then it was medical staff who could benefit from the first doses. From our special…

In Mauritania, ten days after the medical staff, the vaccination campaign against Covid-19 on Monday was extended to the elderly with chronic pathologies. Medical teams have been mobilized in health centers to receive vaccine candidates. as reported from Nouakchott, Salem MejbourAt the Covid Pavilion at the National Hospital of…

When will Laurent Gbagbo set foot on the ground at Félix Houphouët-Boigny Airport in Abidjan? Almost a week after the final acquittal of the former president of Côte d'Ivoire by the International Criminal Court, his return to the country is being discussed, at the insistent request of his supporters. The modalities are far from fixed.…

"Macky is playing his game!" Announces the Daily Inquiry in Dakar. “The conquest of young people continues. The President of the Republic does not miss an opportunity to wink at the youth, massively out (on the streets) in early March, to proclaim his tiredness after the arrest of his opponent Ousmane Sonko. Since then, Macky has continued to multiply initiatives aimed at these vacancies, which are victims of many…

In Benin, Patrice Talon has been in place for five years and the opposition does not want him to stay another second. The amendment to the constitution and the election calendar gives it an extension of one and a half months. Its political opponents from the diaspora demand that they take to the streets. A sensitive day that worries Cotonou, especially when incidents were reported during the night.…

Lots of fish as well as dead dolphins have been reported in recent days off the Ghanaian coast. An investigation is underway to determine the causes of this accident, unparalleled in this English-speaking West African country. A team of experts from the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture went to the website. The locations of fish and dolphins, in the hundreds, stretched for miles of coastline. Richmond Kennedy Quarcoo has never seen so many. Co-founder of the local NGO Plastic Punch, which aims to combat plastic…

More than 1,800 prisoners escaped from a prison in southeastern Nigeria over Sunday to Monday following an attack by armed men, the attack has not been claimed, but the suspicion turns to Ipob, the independence group from Biafra, established in the region of Imo, where this attack took place. The Nigerian police chief said…

In its annual report published this week, the US State Department made a condemnatory assessment of the past year: arbitrary arrests, poor conditions in prisons ... But for Conakry's Minister of Information and Communications Amara Somparé, this report is not serious. .

In Benin, the opponent Reckya Madougou was detained by the court for repression of economic crimes and terrorism on the Chancellery's decision? In any case, a judge in this court condemns the repression of economic crimes and terrorism. Essowé Batamoussi testifies at RFI. This magistrate, a member of the Criet of Freedoms and…