West Africa

In Ivory Coast, the first round of the presidential election is scheduled for Saturday, October 31, and the election campaign ends Thursday night. A vote boycotted the opposition, which called for civil disobedience to block Alassane Ouattara's candidacy for a third term. A context where Ivorian bloggers try to make their voices heard far from biased divisions to call for satisfaction.…

In an interview with the TV5Monde channel, the former president of Côte d'Ivoire confirms that he is resolutely on the side of the opposition and is against a third term of Alassane Ouattara. He therefore asks all parties to negotiate to avoid what he calls the "disaster". as reported from Abidjan, Pierre PintoIN an interview…

It has been a week since the Malian special forces entered the village of Farabougou, in the center of the country, in the Ségou region. But those who present themselves as jihadists who have surrounded Farabougou for more than two weeks are still present in the area. On the spot, the situation remains calm, but the problems are not solved. Mediation initiated by local notables, such as traditional…

Although hailed by the president of Faso at the end of last week, the volunteers' contribution to the defense of the homeland against terrorism has drawn criticism. as reported from Ouagadougou, Yaya BoudaniThe collective against impunity and stigmatization of society, the Burkinabè Movement for Human Rights and Human Rights…

D-2 before the presidential election in Ivory Coast. A vote that the opposition promises to prevent in order to block the candidacy of Alassane Ouattara for a third term. Since August, the climate has become significantly tense. Political violence has left more than thirty people dead in three months. The outgoing president has gathered all opposition to him. And the mediation has so far yielded…

Following a swift deliberation, Bamako's court against terrorism on Wednesday, October 28, recognized Mauritanian Fawaz Ould Ahmed, alias "Ibrahim 10", guilty of belonging to a jihadist group, for murder in connection with a terrorist activity and financing of terrorism. He and his co-defendant, Sadou Chaka, were sentenced to death as well as a fine of 10 million CFA francs for the attacks on the Terrace…

After a week of confinement, the security device that was deployed around the opponent's Cellou Dalein Diallo's home was lifted on Wednesday, October 28th. The measure had been requested by the joint UN - AU - ECOWAS mission at the end of its stay in Conakry. Second in the presidential election on October 18 with 33.5% of the vote, according to Ceni, Cellou Dalein Diallo continues to dispute these…

Announced at the end of last year that Eco, which is to replace the CFA franc from 2020, will eventually have to wait. Apart from the requirement that certain civil society organizations and certain economists demand the disappearance of the CFA franc, current users of this currency rarely speak on a daily basis. "Does our…

In Ivory Coast, the presidential election is scheduled for Saturday, October 31st. Yesterday, presidential candidate Alassane Ouattara declared on RFI and France 24 that the vote would take place. Today, opposition platform spokesman Pascal Affi N'Guessan says there will be no election. Former Prime Minister Laurent Gbagbo is interviewed by Christophe Boisbouvier of RFI and Marc Perelman of France 24.…

In Mali, October 28 was the second day of the trial against the alleged perpetrators of the Bamako attacks in 2015, which killed 30 people, at the Terrace bar restaurant and at the Radisson Blu hotel. This new day opened with the hearings of the two defendants. The main suspect, the Mauritanian Fawaz Ould Ahmed, aka "Ibrahim 10", who for almost two hours detailed the operations he performed, showed no remorse. At the stand, Fawaz Ould Ahmed, surrounded by his two lawyers in front of the anti-terrorism assistants, had most…