West Africa

A slave lady was reportedly provided in a wedding dowry in Ouadane, an historical historic metropolis within the Mauretanian Adrar. Pure invention confirms the Nationwide Fee for Human Rights, near energy, which despatched a fact-finding mission on the bottom. However the president of SOS Esclaves, himself a descendant of slaves, Boubacar Ould Messaoud, was arrested, tried and condemned a number of…

Resumption today of the trial of the bombing of Bouaké. On November 6, 2004, 10 people were killed in the attack on the French military camp in the Licorne force by two Soukhoï planes piloted by Russian mercenaries and their Ivorian co-pilots. The court began investigating one of the gray areas of this act: the arrest of suspects in Togo, which will finally be released because France, warned, is not…

Here is the list of the 11 participants in the Marc-Vivien Foé RFI / France 24 award for the 2020/2021 season, which awards the best African player in Ligue 1. The final trio will be selected by a committee of journalists and announced on 29 April. Nayef AGUERD (RENNAIS STADIUM / MOROCCO)Transferred last summer from Dijon to Rennes, who graduated from the Mohammed…

In Abidjan, the authorities announced on Tuesday, April 6, the new government led by Prime Minister Patrick Achi. The new government group now has 37 ministers. Ivorians therefore know Patrick Achis nya team. And it has several new features: Kandia Camara is thus appointed to foreign affairs, replacing Ally Coulibaly. Another Prime Minister, the Minister of Defense Téné Birahima Ouattara, the President's brother, confirmed in this post, where he had acted for a month, shortly before Hamed Bakayoko's death. Third Prime…

Over 1,800 prisoners dressed in Nigeria. They fled in an armed group attack on a prison in Owerri, in the state of Imo, in the southeastern part of the country. And for the authorities, it is the trail from Biafran's separatists that seems privileged. According to the Nigerian police chief, the attackers would be well "members…

In Mali, according to the care staff, it is now older or in the risk zone that can be vaccinated since Tuesday 6 April. A little less than a week ago, on Wednesday, March 31, Malia's healthcare campaign began by vaccinating the first, then it was medical staff who could benefit from the first doses. From our special…

In Mauritania, ten days after the medical staff, the vaccination campaign against Covid-19 on Monday was extended to the elderly with chronic pathologies. Medical teams have been mobilized in health centers to receive vaccine candidates. as reported from Nouakchott, Salem MejbourAt the Covid Pavilion at the National Hospital of…

When will Laurent Gbagbo set foot on the ground at Félix Houphouët-Boigny Airport in Abidjan? Almost a week after the final acquittal of the former president of Côte d'Ivoire by the International Criminal Court, his return to the country is being discussed, at the insistent request of his supporters. The modalities are far from fixed.…

"Macky is playing his game!" Announces the Daily Inquiry in Dakar. “The conquest of young people continues. The President of the Republic does not miss an opportunity to wink at the youth, massively out (on the streets) in early March, to proclaim his tiredness after the arrest of his opponent Ousmane Sonko. Since then, Macky has continued to multiply initiatives aimed at these vacancies, which are victims of many…

In Benin, Patrice Talon has been in place for five years and the opposition does not want him to stay another second. The amendment to the constitution and the election calendar gives it an extension of one and a half months. Its political opponents from the diaspora demand that they take to the streets. A sensitive day that worries Cotonou, especially when incidents were reported during the night.…