West Africa

As Ivorians prepare to vote to elect their president this Saturday, Oct. 31, religious leaders are renewing their call for unity while artists sing in favor of tolerance. The country is still plagued by election violence in 2010. And hopes that this election will take place in peace. The Alliance of Religions for Peace, which…

On Saturday, October 31, the campaign for the presidential and legislative elections begins on November 22. 13 candidates including the outgoing president and one woman will win the election. This campaign is held in a tense security context. The country has registered nearly one million internally displaced people after attacks attributed to jihadists. Several parts of certain regions are in…

One of many massive unknowns within the first spherical of the Ivorian presidential election would be the turnout, and particularly that of ladies who historically vote lower than males. Solely 48% of Ivorian girls of voting age are additionally registered to vote. .

Since the entry of the Malian army into Farabougou, this locality in central Mali under a jihadist blockade, an insecure calm has prevailed. But this Friday morning, this tacit pact of non-aggression between the military and the jihadists was broken. About twenty villagers, perhaps 24 according to several elected officials from…

The interview, given by Laurent Gbagbo to TV5 Monde, marks the former president's return to the Ivorian political scene. Gbagbo, who is currently still in Brussels due to a lack of passports, is calling for negotiations to ease tensions in the country, while asserting his opposition to the opposition. A political positioning that for some analysts has religious resonances and allows it to assert its…

In Guinea, 10 of the 11 unsuccessful candidates for the presidential election on 18 October gathered in a collective to challenge the official results proclaimed by Ceni, which gave outgoing President Alpha Condé the winner in the first round. as reported from Conakry, Carol ValadeAt the headquarters of PACT, the party of…

In the case of the assassination of human rights activist Floribert Chebeya, Master Peter Ngomo, by the collective of lawyers for the families of the victims, yesterday announced the decision to file a further complaint against General John Numbi, former Inspector General of the Army. as reported from Kinshasa, Kamanda wa…

In Gabon, mosques will open their doors for the first time in seven months on October 30. as reported from Libreville, Yves-Laurent GomaIn March, the Gabonese government closed churches and mosques to slow the spread of Covid-19. On October 16, following strong pressure from the Catholic Church and the resurrection churches,…

On Saturday, October 31, nearly 7.5 million voters will elect their next president. But the tensions between power and opposition worry the people, especially in the economic capital Abidjan or in the interior of the country, as in Bouaké. In the heart of Bouaké, in the commercial district, companies are always full of…

A speech just before the presidential election on October 31 to invite dialogue and thus avoid "disaster". "Gbagbo speaks for the first time", launches "in the headlines" the independent Ivorian daily Soir Info."I understand civil disobedience, I share it," Laurent Gbagbo said on the cover of Nouveau Réveil. This daily close to Henri Konan Bédié's PDCI also notes that in the interview he gave to our colleague Denise Époté…