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During the 100 days of Olivier’s kidnapping
It has been more than 100 days since the French journalist Olivier Dubois was kidnapped in Mali. A support meeting was held in Paris in the middle of the day. A banner was displayed in front of the town hall in the 10th arrondissement.
The message was clear, open in all speeches: we must talk about Olivier Dubois, we must get…
two centers for victims of violence based
Two health centers for victims of violence called "One stop center" opened this week in Bamako. On August 5, eight more will be made available to the Malian government in the Kayes, Koulikoro, Ségou and Sikasso regions, as part of the Spotlight project. A joint initiative of the European Union and the UN to try to "eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls".…
In the news: in Benin, the political trial for many
To Unde the African press on Friday morning, Benin, where opponent Joël Aïvo was before Criet on Thursday, that is, the court for repression of economic crimes and terrorism, to begin his trial.
This academic, who was a candidate for the Front for the Restoration of Democracy during the presidential election in April last year, must respond to criminal allegations of "money laundering and attacks on state security". Constitutionalist Joël Aïvo had since been in custody for the trial.
During the hearing, the special…
Guinea: the success of a rice farm in the region
The Boké mining region in northwestern Guinea also makes a living from agriculture and animal husbandry. Over the past ten years, an economic player has developed the region's fertile land by producing rice over hundreds of hectares, to the great satisfaction of the local population.
From our correspondent in Conakry,
On the left bank of the river Rio Nunez, the vast plains of Denken, as far as the eye can see, hundreds of people work under the leadership of an agricultural director, Mamadou Bobo Denken Diallo. For…
Nigeria: reintroducing the classic program in
One in five out-of-school children worldwide is Nigerian. In Africa's most populous country, at least 10.5 million children under the age of 14 are in school. In the northern regions of the country, a large number of them receive only "Quran education", which does not necessarily include learning to read and arithmetic. In an effort to address this, Unicef has developed a program to introduce some of…
two arrests after the creation of an alliance
In Guinea, the parties that supported the candidacy of their opponent Cellou Dalein Diallo in the last presidential election signed an agreement yesterday in Conakry to form a political alliance. But in the wake, in the late afternoon, two of their activists were arrested.
An electoral coalition formed for the last presidential…
Headlines: South Africa is sinking with anger
Wednesday morning "the South Africans woke up again from the shooting", explains The inhabitant, to set the interior directly. A new muscular awakening "as extensive protests and looting continued in large parts of Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal, with the risk of spreading to other provinces", states the citizen. On the first page of its website, the daily newspaper also keeps records: 1,234 people have been arrested at the…
a candidate for the presidency of Ceni challenged
The election of the new office of the Independent National Electoral Commission is a big deal. The election, which was scheduled for last Monday, has been postponed until Thursday 15 July. The opposition parties challenge the representative of the usual chief.
The candidate nominated by the ordinary chief is one of the candidates for the post of President of the Electoral Commission. According to the Election Act, the chairman of the Election Commission must come from civil society. But opponents suspect him of being an…
Bah N’Daw and Moctar Ouane’s lawyer are threatening
In Mali, former interim president Bah N'Daw and former prime minister Moctar Ouane have been under house arrest since the second coup led by the ruling military junta on May 24. They have just hired a lawyer with a very offensive strategy.
Because Colonel Assimi Goïta is "the one who gives orders", because he is the one who…
Niger and Algeria on the same wavelength
Nigerian President Mohamed Bazoum has just paid a so-called "working and friendly" visit to Algiers with five of his ministers. During their joint press conference yesterday, Mohamed Bazoum and his Algerian counterpart Abdelmadjid Tebboune declared themselves "completely in agreement on all areas discussed".
The algae exchange…