West Africa

That is the primary interview with the Beninese president since his controversial re-election on April 11, within the absence of the opposition's heavyweights who couldn't resist him. Why are most of those opposition figures being prosecuted by the Benin judiciary? Now that he has been re-elected, is Patrice Talon able to forgive them? Is he planning a 3rd interval in 2026? In Cotonou he solutions questions from Christophe Boisbouvier from RFI and Marc Perelman from France 24 ..

A high-level dialogue on the theme "Feeding Africa, leadership to scale up successful innovations". takes place over two days and ends today, at the initiative of the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (Fida). The idea of ​​organizing this forum, which is held by video conference, arose from an observation: 246 million Africans suffer from food insecurity and this number continues to increase. In addition, the Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the shortcomings of food…

Laurent Gbagbo's sister and 5 different Ivorian Patriotic Entrance (FPI) chiefs are anticipated on Friday, April 30, at Abidjan's airport, after ten years in exile in Ghana. Jeannette Koudou says she is returning to the Ivory Coast in a spirit of reconciliation. "My thoughts is totally relieved, I'm calm and it's with pleasure…

This technique requires candidates for the assorted elections to acquire sponsorship from 1% of voters to run. Through the 2019 presidential election, solely 5 personalities had been capable of cross this threshold and current themselves. This regulation was questioned by opposition events together with the USL, Social Liberal Union, which seized the subregional jurisdiction in December 2019.…

French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire will go to Abidjan for 2 days. Bilateral points are on the agenda. as reported from Abidjan, François Hume-FerkatadjiThe Minister of Finance arrived in Abidjan on Wednesday night. Formally, this journey shall be a possibility to strengthen French-Ivorian financial and monetary…

An African Union mediation mission is predicted on Thursday in Ndjamena. An project led by two distinguished personalities. The pinnacle of this mission is Bankole Adeoye, the brand new Commissioner for Peace and Safety, and Mohamed Idriss Farah, the Djibouti Ambassador who's at the moment chairing the African Union Peace and Safety Council. Each will lead a delegation with a number of members of this CPS with the objective to advertise dialogue between the Army Transitional Council and the political forces. In line…

Oumar Sylla is an emblem of the repression that's raging in Guinea towards the varied voices of civil society actors who mobilized towards Alpha Condé's third time period and towards the revision of the structure. We all the time ask for a right away and unconditional launch as a result of his file is empty. Laurent Duarte, Worldwide Coordinator of the Tournons la web page motion, co-signatory with Acat-France, Amnesty Worldwide and FIDH for the press…

The town of Niamey has a brand new mayor, Oumarou Dogari, an activist of the Hama Amadou opposition social gathering, Moden Fa Lumana. He undoubtedly gained the victory over his opponent from the ruling social gathering for mayor of the Nigerian capital. His social gathering alone gained the vast majority of Niamey's council seats.…

Whereas former President Laurent Gbagbo is predicted to return to Ivory Coast, the Ivorian Fashionable Entrance introduced in an announcement launched on Wednesday, April 29, the arrival on Friday at Abidjan's airport with six main celebration officers in exile for ten years. as reported from Abidjan, François…

Resumption of clashes in northern Kanem between the insurgent factions and the military that vowed to "wipe them out" after President Idriss Déby. Head to head, considered one of the insurgent columns that had taken refuge in close by Niger in opposition to items whereas the Chadian military despatched out many reinforcements since Tuesday, April 27, which we may see in the town of Mao for 2 days.…