West Africa

As Guinea's presidential election on October 18 approaches, the twelve candidates continue, as do the two favorites, outgoing President Alpha Condé and his main opponent Cellou Dalein Diallo. Twelve candidates and each has his method. Example in Upper Guinea, stronghold of outgoing President Alpha Condé. There, its activists have mainly carried out outreach campaigns. Alpha Cabinet Camara enters each concession in the Dalako district, reports our special correspondent in Kankan, Bineta Diagne. This activist from the…

Second UN speech in New York on Mali because the coup on 18 August. If, for the primary time, the Safety Council had remained behind according to the necessities of ECOWAS, it was unanimously extra encouraging this time. as reported from New York, Carrie NootenIn its presidential declaration, a declaration of the utmost…

Jihadists have killed about 20 folks in assaults in three villages in northern Burkina Faso, the epicenter of a five-year jihadist rebellion, authorities officers stated Thursday. The assaults came about on Wednesday within the villages of Demniol, Bombofa and Peteguerse in Seno province, authorities spokesman Remis Fulgance…

In tonight's version: Forward of Ivory Coast's tense presidential election on October 31, the opposition has requested supporters to boycott the election course of. there are fears that opposition to President Alassane Ouattara's bid for a controversial third time period may result in clashes. And in Guinea, voter expectation is excessive because the financial system continues to be in disaster. And…

A UN peacekeeping man was killed in northern Mali and one other severely injured after their automobile hit a roadside bomb on Thursday, the UN mission mentioned. The assault got here as officers within the capital Bamako protested in opposition to the federal government’s “selective launch” of overseas hostages in hostages.…

For the first time since his election in 2015, the President of Burkina, interviewed by RFI and France 24 in Ouagadougou, is seriously considering the possible return to the country of Blaise Compaoré, the former head of state who has been living in exile in Côte d'Ivoire since 2014. He even puts deadline. If re-elected on November 22, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré announces that a reconciliation process will allow this return in the first half of 2021. In this interview with RFI and France 24 on 15 October 2020, President…

A return to high school postponed for 2 weeks. For college students, final yr was disrupted as all over the place by the Covid-15 pandemic, so latest weeks' floods have eaten up a little bit extra faculty time. Households in emergency care at colleges have been relocated. New faculty buildings have been created. as reported…

This is another step in the rehabilitation of Thomas Sankara's memory: a university now bears his name. The inauguration of what was until then the Ouaga 2 campus took place on Thursday morning a few kilometers east of the capital. The opportunity for the head of government to initiate an appeal to the academic world that will occupy these places to carry the ideals, defended by Thomas Sankara, high. Thomas Sankara University consists of amphitheatres and classrooms with 13,000 seats, offices, a sports center and is…

While waiting for the announced return of the opposition leader until Thursday, October 15, in Conakry, his wife Hadja Halimatou Dalein Diallo, a very committed activist, organized a huge carnival in Conakry. Other parties have done the same on the outskirts of the Guinean capital. It's a show of strength, like the wife of the leader of the main opposition party organized on Wednesday in the streets of Dixinn near the suburbs of Conakry. In the ranks of the UFDG, the militants firmly believe that this time they will see…

The marketing campaign begins in Ivory Coast on Thursday for the October 31 presidential election, with incumbent Alassane Ouattara in search of a controversial third time period whereas the opposition pushes for civil disobedience amid violent demonstrations. Many observers concern a disaster earlier than or after the election…