West Africa

After peaceful protests against police and violence that degenerated into riots and vandalism last week after a bloody breakdown, we are now witnessing numerous looting of food aid reserves, principally intended for families of vulnerable people affected by the coronavirus crisis. never distributed by the authorities. as…

Ivory Coast is voting this Saturday, October 31, for the first round of the presidential election. Nearly 7.5 million Ivorian citizens are urged to have their vote put on the ballot. They had until last Sunday to withdraw their voting cards. But less than half of the registered voters turned out to collect it. A weak mobilization that could be explained by the call for civil disobedience and an active…

A joint UN-AU-ECOWAS mission has been in Conakry since Sunday to try to find a solution to the crisis. After meeting on Monday, October 26, officials from Ceni, the government and the diplomatic corps, she went home to her opponent Cellou Dalein Diallo. Meanwhile, there is still an uncertain calm in the capital Conakry. The violence after the election now amounts to 21 deaths according to the…

In Senegal, indignation continues after the explosion of the engine of a pirogue of secret migrants. A minimum of twenty passengers would have died in a ship carrying greater than 200 folks. A complete of 51 folks had been rescued and transported to the naval base, in keeping with the Senegalese military. Traffickers have been arrested. From Saint-Louis, the place they're from, survivors and family…

The Cameroonian president finally expressed his condolences via Twitter to the victims of the massacre on Saturday, October 24, which took place at a school in Kumba, in the English-speaking southwest, in which seven students aged 9 to 12 were killed. as reported from Yaoundé,Polycarp EssombaHis silence was more than shrunk. It…

A complete of 21 folks have been killed in unrest in Guinea after a controversial presidential election final week, state tv reported on Monday as worldwide envoys tried to ease tensions within the West African nation. The RTG state information channel mentioned 21 folks had been killed since Oct. 19, together with safety forces…

In Côte d'Ivoire, for a month now, cocoa exporters have stopped buying futures contracts for the next production season. They are asking for a discount on taxes and especially on the quality premium called the "country differential". Information revealed by Bloomberg Agency. It is an arm that is invisible to the public, but…

In Senegal, 75% of respondents in a latest survey say they're for secure abortion in case of hazard to maternal well being. And 42% in case of rape or incest. A research that revives the talk on girls's proper to abortion in Senegal, whereas abortion may be punished with 3 years in jail. Solely the moral guidelines permit it…

In Burkina Faso, gold has grow to be crucial export product since 2008. From 10 mines in operation in 2010, the nation has grown to 17 mines 10 years later (as of 30 June 2020). By way of export earnings, they went from 974 billion CFA francs in 2016 to 1.420 billion in 2019. Burkina predicts a manufacturing of 53 tonnes for…

In tonight's edition: The Cameroonian government blames the separatists for the killing of at least seven schoolchildren in its restive English region. The attack has been described as an "act of terrorism of unbearable cruelty and barbarism". And Tanzanians go to the polls Wednesday in an election that is to be a test of President John Magufuli's authoritarian style. And finally, with a few days left…