West Africa

The ECOWAS delegation, which met with Ivorian political actors, referred to as on the federal government and the opposition to "make a big effort" in order that the presidential election on 31 October takes place in a peaceable method. Clashes have left a number of useless in latest days. The stream stays rigid by suspending the vote. The opposition implements a method of civil disobedience. What's the logic of the 2 camps? To attempt to perceive that, our visitor this morning is Ivorian political analyst Sylvain…

Guinea's opposition candidate CellouDaleinDiallosaid on Monday had received the primary spherical of presidential elections on October 18, however his declare was shortly disputed by the election fee and the federal government, setting the stage for a resistance. "Regardless of the intense irregularities that mar the graceful…

Guinea's opposition chief Cellou Dalein Diallo declared on Monday with out ready for official outcomes that he had received a presidential election in opposition to incumbent Alpha Conde, who's searching for a controversial third time period. At a press convention within the capital Conakry a day after the extremely…

In Côte d'Ivoire, the ECOWAS ministerial mission completed its two-day mission on Monday 19 October. In its final statement, the delegation from the West African Economic Community called for restraint, but also called on Pascal Affi N'guessan from the FPI and Henri Konan Bedié from the PDCI to reconsider their words on the order of boycott of the electoral process and civil disobedience.…

The world's main cocoa producer, Côte d'Ivoire and its neighbor Ghana and the world's second largest producer, promised final yr to lift the worth paid to growers by establishing, after session with the multinational chocolate corporations, a "Differential of First rate Earnings" of 400 In consequence, on 1 October, Côte d'Ivoire formally set the worth paid for crops at 1,000 CFA francs per kilogram of…

In tonight's version: Lagos is paralyzed by ongoing protests towards police brutality. Protesters are marching in direction of the airport as they demand extra modifications to cope with the notorious abuses that safety cops typically go to civilians. And not less than three folks have been killed in tensions earlier than Ivory Coast earlier than the election. Regional bloc ECOWAS calls on each the…

In Guinea, the preparation of the results of the first round of presidential elections continues. La Cénia recalled that it was the only one authorized to announce the results and warned the candidates, but despite this, clashes broke out in the Guinean capital after Cellou Dalein Diallo claimed victory this afternoon. as…

The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Fatou Bensouda, has been on an official visit to Sudan since Saturday 17 October. This is the first official contact between the authorities following the 2018 revolution and the ICC, and it is an opportunity for Khartoum and the prosecutor to concretely discuss the verdict on the crimes committed under the former leader's regime. of the state of Omar al-Bashir. as reported from Nairobi, "This historic visit is proof of the overall reform of the new Sudan." This…

Cellou Dalein Diallo, 68, introduced with out ready for Guinea's electoral authority to launch the official determine from Sunday's presidential election. Guinea's foremost opposition chief Cellou Dalein Diallo has declared that he received a extremely controversial presidential election towards the present Alpha Conde, who's looking for a controversial third time period."Regardless of the…

In response to widespread demonstrations, the federal government is disbanding the Particular Anti-Theft Squad unit, however protesters proceed their demonstrations to press for an finish to police violence. Youth have taken to the streets once more in Nigeria's largest cities as a motion in opposition to police brutality has snowballed in requires sweeping adjustments to the West African…