West Africa

One week after his arrest, supporters of Nnamdi Kanu, Biafran's independence leader, demanded justice. Kanu was arrested on Sunday after four years on the run and taken back to Nigeria, under still unclear circumstances. As he is due to appear in a terror trial next month, supporters of Nnamdi Kanu are gathering behind the scenes.…

The first voyage outside the Ivorian borders of former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo returned to Côte d'Ivoire on June 17, after ten years at the ICC. He arrived in Kinshasa on Friday, July 2, early in the evening. A discreet journey: no picture of his arrival has been leaked on social networks. Gbagbo's stay in the Democratic Republic of Congo responds to Jean-Pierre Bemba's invitation.…

France, of which more than 5,000 troops are stationed in the Sahel, will resume joint operations with the Malian Armed Forces, having suspended bilateral cooperation following a second coup in Mali in May, announced on Friday. the Armed Forces. "After consulting the Malian Transitional Authorities and the countries of the…

The opponent gave a muscular speech on Friday, July 2, during a press release. He condemns the latest anti-terrorism laws. The leader of the Pastef Party accuses France of "neocolonialism" and once again warns President Macky Sall against a possible candidacy for a third term in 2024. After the riots in March and before the next election, Ousmane Sonko consolidates his political position. .…

On Friday, July 2, 2021, the French Minister of Defense Florence Parly confirmed Allyhmoud ag Baye's death, aka Ikarey. Two weeks ago, the RFI announced the death of this cadre of Islamic State in Greater Sahara during a joint operation between the French and Nigerian armies and the European workforce Takouba in June in the Menaka region. Five other jihadists were neutralized and two relatives of Abu…

The Nigerian president is spending his first official trip to the insecure Diffa region. After visiting the soldiers, he will go this Friday, July 2, to the village of Baroua, where the people have abandoned their village for six years due to repeated attacks by Boko Haram. as reported from Niamey, Moussa KakaInstead of the No.…

Beninese justice sentenced a man on Tuesday, June 29, to 12 months in prison, including six months in prison, for "assault and battery" on three transgender people. This crime was perpetuated due to a lack of provisions in the penal code that punish "transphobia". On the night of April 30, at a birthday party in Cotonou, a group of people attacked three guests. These transgender women are attacked, beaten and naked. Only one of the attackers showed up at the hearing, his accomplices are on the run. .

Threats to a third wave of coronavirus, so India's main vaccine supplier to the Covax system is not expected to resume deliveries until the autumn, a new wave that promises to be more powerful than before. More than 200,000 cases were reported last week on the continent. The Director of WHO Africa was concerned this Thursday, July 1, in particular the presence of the Delta variant, which was detected in almost all cases of…

"Niger has become a democratic island in the Sahel chaos and we must defend Niger to show that a democratic country can defeat terrorism. This is the message that the Nigerian government is sending to its partners, according to the source in Chad and Mali. Nigerian Foreign Minister Massoudou Hassoumi is visiting Paris. At ChistopheBoisbouvier's microphone, he reacts to everything that shakes the Sahel. He also talks about the United States about Joe Biden and about France by Emmanuel Macron. .

This is a first: an asteroid in the solar system now bears the name of a Senegalese, Maram Kaire. The 42-year-old astronomer has been honored by the International Astronomical Union. Recognition of the President of the Senegalese Association for the Promotion of Astronomy (ASPA). Much invested in promoting discipline and popularizing his passion, he recently led two missions for NASA in his country.…