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90 students released after 3 months of captivity
This evening, 90 schoolchildren are released after 3 months of captivity in Nigeria; our correspondent in Lagos has the latest news. We take you to Goma where the community is still reeling from a devastating volcanic eruption 3 months ago, and the Nairobi neighborhood is turning green.…
Bah N’Daw and Moctar Ouane no longer live
In Mali, former President of the transition Bah N'Daw and former Prime Minister Moctar Ouane are no longer under house arrest. It is a press release from the local monitoring committee for transitions that was announced on Friday.
The announcement was made by the Monitoring Committee for Local Transitions, composed of…
in Mali shares the legal proceedings
In Mali, former Prime Minister Soumeylou Boubeye Maïga and former Minister of Economy Bouaré Fily Sissoko were arrested on Thursday in the case of the presidential plane bought during IBK's presidency. But the handling of the case by the Supreme Court, instead of the Supreme Court, the only one that is theoretically competent to judge the ministers, shares.…
In the spotlight: Mali, with the placement under lockdowns of
Soumeylou Boubeye Maïga and former Malian Economy Minister Bouaré Fily Sissoko are behind bars for a particular case of alleged…
Gunmen release dozens of Nigerian students kidnapped in May
Nigerian gunmen released the remaining students of more than 100 students kidnapped from an Islamic seminary in northwest Niger state nearly three months ago, the school principal said on Thursday.
Heavily armed…
arrest warrant against opposition activist Sékou
Guinea's justice has issued an international arrest warrant against Sékou Koundouno, an active member of civil society who is also responsible for the planning and strategy of the FNDC, the front that opposed Alpha Condé's third term. He is charged with conspiracy to commit criminal activity, arson, disturbing the state through massacres, destruction and looting, and participation in a rebellious…
Action against corruption in Mali: against new
Former Mali Prime Minister Soumeylou Boubeye Maïga, as well as a former finance and economics minister, was indicted and arrested by the Supreme Court, particularly over the purchase of the command plane of former President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta. In this story, as in others, new arrests may be planned.
as reported from…
after the attack on Baroua, the hope of persevering against Boko
Although sixteen soldiers died in the attack on Baroua, near Nigeria, on the night of August 25, no civilians were injured or killed. Niger's defense forces therefore opposed Boko Haram's jihadists. According to the ministry, about 50 terrorists have been neutralized. Baroua was not by chance: this municipality is the first where the state organized the relocation of displaced persons as part of its…
Mali: school on the radio for children outside the school of
The Ségou region, in southern Mali, hosts many displaced families. For its children, Unicef distributed 3,000 solar-powered radios in four regions of the country to provide educational programs to more than 18,000 students, to prevent school dropouts.
From our correspondent in Bamako,Eight young girls gathered around Aïssata.…
The remains of former Chadian President Hissène Habré sat
Two days after his death by covid-19, Hissène Habré was buried on Thursday, August 26, 2021, in the early afternoon of Dakar. The former chef d'Étattchadien had lived in Senegal for 31 years, after being overthrown by Idriss Déby. It was here that he was sentenced to life in 2016 for crimes against humanity committed during his reign.…