West Africa

Diplomatic passports stamped with Guinea's Bissauvendu's official stamp for French employers, economists or consultants from a Parisian building. This reveals a Liberation survey. He followed in the footsteps of several men who benefited from this market. It is by investigating former police officers or soldiers who have…

Post-covid revival in Senegal: the government focuses in particular on the agricultural sector, which employs about 60% of the working population. The aim is to strengthen food sovereignty, but also to promote the export of fruit and vegetables produced in Senegal. An ambition was confirmed at the first international agricultural fair in the north held near Saint-Louis (in the north of the country) at…

In Burkina Faso, the radio and television antenna Radio Oméga was interrupted for five days by the Superior Council of Communication. According to CSC's press release, this decision is motivated by a serious failure in the processing of information about the attack by Solhan and by the psychosis that this created in the population.…

Following talks on Tuesday, June 8, with the new President of the Malian Transition, Assimi Goïta, ECOWAS met with representatives of the African Union and the United Nations on Wednesday morning with the new Prime Minister Choguel Maïga. In particular on the program: the development of consultations on the formation of an inclusive government.…

Dobet Gnahoré punctuates his sentences periodically with this information, as a justification: "you know, I'm a twin." Hard as iron, the 38-year-old Ivorian singer believes in the astrology that governs her life. According to websites that specialize in reading the sky, Gemini symbolizes communication, movement, exchange, curiosity, intelligence. These words may suit him well. "I only live by my intuitions," she adds in her beautiful, curvy voice. If I get up one morning on the wrong foot, if I'm cold sweat, if…

In Senegal, President Macky Sall is preparing a new "economic tour" in the north of the country this weekend, especially in the Saint-Louis and Matam regions. These marathon trips within the country allow, according to the head of state, "to see the state of implementation of the various projects". One of the government's major…

In Mali, the Prime Minister of the Second Transitional Government was appointed on Monday, June 7, after the new President's Colonel Assimi Goïta. As expected, Choguel Maïga was appointed. The president of the MPR party and leader of the M5-RFP coalition, which organized the protest against former president Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta a year ago, must now form his government.…

The Ivory Coast is hit by an attack in the northeast, near the border with Burkina Faso, with the death of an Ivorian soldier. The Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, General Lassina Doumbia, announced this on Tuesday, June 8, the day after the attack. as reported from Abidjan, Jean-Luc AploganThe attack is repeated and always…

In Kédougou, a landlocked region 700 km from Dakar in southeastern Senegal, young people and students have demonstrated on several occasions in recent weeks. They want to integrate international mining companies that mine gold in their region. An extraction activity that places gold in first place among the exported products, with a 20% increase in exports between 2018 and 2019. Nevertheless, Kédougou…

An attack took place Monday night in the northeastern Ivory Coast. According to the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, one soldier lost his life. The attack took place in the town of Tougbo not far from the Burkinabe border. A sector where uncertainty reappears. With our special correspondent in Abidjan, Jean-Luc AploganThis…