West Africa

According to one of the lawyers from the latest presidential candidate Mahamane Ousmane, a petition against the state of Niger was submitted to ECOWAS court last week. Mahamane Ousmane, RDR Tchanji candidate in the last presidential election, claimed victory over Mohamed Bazoum. According to the final result of the…

The 83 countries and member organizations of the international coalition against the organization Islamic State warned on Monday 28 June against the emergence of this organization in Africa. For the first time since 2019, the coalition was held face to face in Rome at ministerial level. Several African countries attended this…

It is the end of a long exile for Hassan Fadoul Kitir. This close friend of the late President Idriss Deby Itno, a refugee in Togo for two decades, returned to the country as part of the overstretched military policy of the Transitional Military Council that has ruled the country since April. as reported from Ndjamena,Madjiasra…

Since Tuesday, Togolese who have received the two doses of the Covid vaccine can apply for and receive a vaccination passport from their smartphone or computer. as reported from Lomé, Peter Sassou DogbéFully digitized, according to the government, the vaccine passport is a reliable and secure document. The document is free and…

President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré shuffles his team. Chérif Sy, who until then was Minister of Defense, is leaving the government, as is Ousseini Compaoré, Minister of Security. They are paying the price for the latest attacks in Solhan and against a police team on June 21. The population had expressed their anger over the rise and violence in attacks attributed to jihadist groups.…

MMA world champion Israel Adesanya is not afraid of anything, let alone clearly show his ambitions. Less than three weeks after his success at UFC 263, New Zealander of Nigerian descent talks to RFI about his connection to Africa and the future of MMA on the continent. RFI: In April last year, Dana White, head of the MMA Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) league,…

In a new video, the Islamic State of West Africa (Iswap), the Islamic State's arm for Boko Haram, claims that Abubakar Shekau's group has joined its ranks. Is this really the case? For Vincent Foucher, a researcher at the International Crisis Group, signals point in this direction, but still deserve to be refined. Six weeks…

In Dakar, an official ceremony took place on Tuesday, June 29 to launch the next Fespaco, which will take place from October 16 to 23 in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Senegal is the guest of honor at the 27th edition of the Pan-African Film and Television Festival. Originally scheduled for February, this major cultural event has been postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.…

A former Liberian rebel commander, known as "General Butt Naked" and notorious for sacrificing children and engaging in battle in the nude, is now trying to find redemption by rescuing former child soldiers from drugs. One of the most feared figures to emerge from the West African country's civil war, Joshua Blahyi, sacrificed and cannibalized children. He would also fight naked in the belief that this permeated him with spiritual power and earned him the moniker "General Butt Naked." Massacres,…

The daily Addis Standardconfirms it: TDF, Tigray Defense Forces, took back the city of Mekelelundi, during the shouts of joy and the songs of the inhabitants. A little earlier, the Ethiopian newspaper details, the provincial administration of the province had seen its request for a ceasefire accepted by the federal government. A unilateral ceasefire, which is officially prescribed to allow farmers in the region to begin…