West Africa

Winners of the primary three qualifying matches for AfroBasket 2021 in Kigali, Rwanda, Senegal, are nearly assured to get their ticket. The Congolese have gained two of their three matches beneath this worldwide window (25-29 November) and will validate their ticket in the course of the newest qualifying match 19-21 February 2021.…

Papa Bouba Diop died on Sunday, November 29, at the age of 42, after a long illness. The former Senegalese midfielder participated in the 2002 World Cup and finished top scorer for the "Lions" with three goals, including one against the French team, the reigning world champion. He was one of the faces of this golden generation…

A weekend assault on a village in northeastern Nigeria signposted by the Boko Haram group left at the least 110 lifeless, UN humanitarian coordinators within the nation stated on Sunday. "No less than 110 civilians had been ruthlessly killed and plenty of others injured on this assault," Edward Kallon stated in an announcement after the unique tolls indicated 43 after which at the least 70 lifeless after Saturday's bloodbath of suspected Boko Haram fighters. "The incident is essentially the most…

A weekend assault on a village in northeastern Nigeria signposted by the Boko Haram group left no less than 110 useless, UN humanitarian coordinators within the nation mentioned on Sunday. "At the very least 110 civilians had been ruthlessly killed and plenty of others injured on this assault," Edward Kallon mentioned in an announcement after the unique tolls indicated 43 after which no less than 70 useless after Saturday's bloodbath of suspected Boko Haram fighters. "The incident is probably the most…

At least 43 farmers were killed by Boko Haram on Saturday 28 November in northeastern Nigeria as residents of the region went to the polls to elect their local representatives and advisers. This tragedy has therefore plagued the first vote in 13 years in this region, which has been hit by a jihadist uprising, which has left 36,000 dead and two million displaced since 2019.…

The French institute inaugurated the arrival in the Ivory Coast of a "Micro-Foil", a cultural device initiated by La Villette that has spread throughout France and abroad. It is a flexible space and computer and educational tool that provides access to more than 1,500 digitized works of art from national and international cultural institutions, such as the Louvre or the Philharmonie de Paris. This is…

Four unions of community workers and the territorial administration held a general assembly this Saturday, November 28, in Bamako. They had already been on indefinite strike for over a month and a half. During the meeting, they decided to continue this strike to demand improvement of their living and working conditions. Union judges also condemned the recent massive appointments of soldiers at the head of administrative regions. For the platform of the four unions for workers in the territorial administrative…

Created after Ali Bongo's election victory was challenged in 2009, the opposition party will hold its congress next weekend.

This Saturday, November 28, was the sixtieth anniversary of Mauritania's independence. It was November 28, 1960. Independence was proclaimed within the model new capital Nouakchott by Mokhtar Ould Daddah. Mohamed Aly Chérif was Secretary-Normal of the Presidency below Moktar Ould Daddah, from 1969 till the coup in 1978. He then spoke out specifically in opposition to the repression of Negro-Mauritanians, between 1989 and 1991. Mohamed Aly Chérif is a superb witness in latest many years in Mauritania and is visitor at…

Four years after Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi was sentenced to nine years in prison by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes and the destruction of the Timbuktu mausoleums, a delegation from the Trust Fund for Victims traveled to Bamako. The states that have signed the Rome Statute contribute to this fund. For Mali, 1.8 billion CFA francs will be granted from January 2021 to the tomboukti victims identified after the Al Faqi trial. About a thousand people, mainly the beneficiaries of the Mausoleum Saints who…