West Africa

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…

"Manga 2", whose real name is Hyacinthe Ndiaye, is a figure in Senegalese wrestling. A former champion, he received the prestigious title "King of the Arena" in 1984. He is now vice chairman of CNG, the national wrestling committee, with responsibility for traditional wrestling without a strike. In Senegal, stood a battle…

Ahmada Ag Bibi is the mediator who negotiated on behalf of Mali and with the Malian intelligence services for the release of Soumaïla Cissé, Sophie Pétronin and two Italian hostages held by the Islamic and Muslim Support Group, linked to al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, in October 2020. the Malian state now shows its willingness to discuss with jihadist groups, what role can Ahmada Ag Bibi play today?…

While India has suspended vaccine deliveries, which should prevent Nigeria from receiving several million doses as planned at the end of March, the country announced this week that it was making progress in developing its own vaccine. In January, Abuja released $ 25 million to develop a local vaccine response. Currently, two vaccine candidates are being developed according to the president's working…