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de-escalation is actual, however the disaster will not be

The opposition had suspended its demonstrations, so the day was calm Saturday in Dakar, although the deployment of defense and security forces is still clearly visible in strategic places in the city. With our special correspondent in Dakar, Carine FrankFollowing a meeting with envoys to the Caliph General of Mourides, one of…

in Tessalit, a gold fever beneath the thumb of

Continuation of our series of reports in northern Mali. Near the city of Tessalit, gold panning sites were stormed outside the Malian state rules, so the jihadists imposed their legislators on yellow metal operators, sellers and buyers. With our special correspondent in Tessalit, Serge DanielAmong the operators there are…

securing the Goudebo camp and resettlement

Pr. On 31 January 2021, Burkina Faso will host 19,823 Malian refugees. Following the terrorist attacks and the insecurity that began to settle around and in the Mentao refugee camps, in Soum and Goudebo provinces, in Seno, the government and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees have decided to make the camps safer. With our…

Collectives to make room for

How to improve diversity and representativeness on Wikipedia? While the collaborative encyclopedia lacks articles on African and Afro-descendant personalities, collectives and communities are formed by volunteers to recruit contributors determined to change things. Pseudonyms appear one after the other on the black background…

in Tessalit, the Allied forces coordinate theirs

The fight against terrorism in northern Mali, where information exchange and joint patrols are carried out. Allied forces on the ground are increasingly concentrating their efforts on fighting terrorism. This is the case in Tessalit, where French Barkhane forces, the UN peacekeeping forces and the Malian armed forces coexist.…

The disappearance of Ivorian Prime Minister Hamed

Review of March 11 death in Ivorian by Ivorian Prime Minister Hamed Bakayoko, unanimously hailed as a man of consensus who is able on the same day to move from one leader of one political sensitivity to another and then to a third of different sensitivity. In a country where biased competition sometimes seems incompatible, isn’t that an essential trait?It really is one. And that is so much more important, as this country gives the impression of always being torn…

First lessons from the rise in fever in Senegal

After several days of demonstrations marked by violence that left between 5 and 11 dead, and while peaceful demonstrations are scheduled for today, March 13, Wathi shares some lessons to be learned from this rise in fever in Senegal. First lesson: forget the light labels. .

“A day we will never forget”

On March 13, 2016, a terrorist attack left more than twenty dead in the seaside resort of Grand-Bassam in Côte d'Ivoire, located about forty kilometers from Abidjan. Armed men appeared on the beach and shot at holidaymakers. If life is resumed in Bassam, this attack strongly marked the city, its inhabitants and the tourism sector. From our special envoys to…

President Kaboré receives the new leader

One week after his installation, the new opposition leader met the president of Faso. Eddie Komboïgo, President of the Congress of Democracy and Progress, a party founded by former President Blaise Compaoré, went to discuss on Friday 12 March with the head of state the most important topics in the news in his country: the fight against terrorism , the process of national reconciliation leader requires…

M2D suspends its call for demonstration

The Movement for the Defense of Democracy has decided to suspend its call for peaceful demonstration following an exchange with the envoy of the Caliph General of the Murid Brotherhood. In a press release, M2D states that it has "accepted the request for postponement" formulated by the influential religious leader Serigne Mountakha Mbacké. "In return", M2D states that he has sent the caliph a memorandum with 10 demands, in particular "immediate and unconditional release of imprisoned political prisoners", "the end of the…

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