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Nigerien army repels Boko Haram attack, says 16 soldiers killed
Hundreds of Boko Haram militants overnight attacked a military post in southeastern Niger, killing 16 soldiers and wounding nine others, the defense ministry said on Wednesday.
About 50 of the Islamist militants were…
Malian justice wants a trial
In Mali, the case of the contract for the presidential plane and military equipment, which was closed in 2018, is re-launched. Ministers, advisers to the president and businessmen had been involved.
"Further investigations were carried out and the ministers to be heard" were confirmed in ORTM, state television, Supreme Court…
In Mali, basketball is a hit
At a time when the players in the men's national team participate in Afrobasket, hundreds of young people dream of being there one day, or even surpassing them. In Bamako it is full of playing fields.
as reported from Bamako, Kaourou MagassaOn a basketball court in central Bamako, dozens of teenagers compete in a dunk…
On the front page: Hissène Habré’s death
Many reactions in the Chadian and Senegalese press, of course, but also beyond ..."Former Chadian President Hissène Habré died in…
the Extraordinary African Chambers, a jurisdiction
Fifty-six days of interrogation, 93 witnesses, all before an unprecedented court created especially by the African Union ... The trial of Hissène Habré was historic. Extra Extra African Chambers (ACE) has raised many hopes for autonomy for international justice on the African continent.
It was the first time an African head of…
“InTouch”, jack-of-all-trades of digital payment
Fintech InTouch was created in 2014 in Senegal and has become one of the pan-African leaders in the acceptance of payments and distribution of digital services. It offers a single payment platform that enables merchants and companies to accept all means of payment. Now present in ten countries on the African continent, it wants to support the boom in the digitalisation of services and democratize…
Hissène Habré “remains a statesman in history
Hissène Habré, who ruled Chad between 1982 and 1990, died yesterday, Tuesday, August 24, in Senegal. He was serving a life sentence there, after being convicted in 2016 of crimes against humanity by an African court. Hissène Habré was an ally and defense minister for former leader Goukouni Weddeye, who headed the government of national unity created in 1979. The two men then became opponents, and…
To the historian A. Dingammadji: “Hissène Habré was on
He ruled Chad from 1982 to 1990, but it was in Senegal that Hissène Habré died yesterday, Tuesday, August 24, at the age of 79. He was serving a life sentence there, after being convicted of crimes against humanity in 2016 by the extraordinary African chambers. Our guest this morning is the Chadian historian Arnaud Dingammadji, who was also an expert on the Extraordinary African Chambers (CAE), during…
the young woman sick with Ebola is cured, the search for
In Abidjan, the young woman infected with the Ebola virus is cured. The Ivorian Ministry of Health announced this on Tuesday, August 24. But the Ivorian authorities are still looking for contacts and examining the slightest sign of the virus appearing in the country where no other case has been reported so far.
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The first Ebola patient in Côte d’Ivoire for more than 25 years
A young Guinean who tested positive for the Ebola virus in Côte d'Ivoire after arriving two weeks ago has recovered from the disease, the Ivorian Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday.
“We performed two biological…