West Africa

Former Prime Minister Guillaume Soro was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday by Abidjan's criminal court for "undermining state authority", "conspiracy" and "spreading false information". The other defendants received sentences ranging from 17 months to 20 years in prison. At the end of the hearing in Abidjan, Me Raoul…

In Tambacounda, a city 500 kilometers east of the Senegalese capital, the Dakar-Bamako train has not run since 2018. In April last year, the Minister of Transport announced that traffic would resume in December 2021 to Tambacounda, failing to rehabilitate rails to Mali. A promise that the people were waiting for while the train brought life to the whole region which was more isolated.…

This Wednesday, Senegal recalled the June 23, 2011 movement. This popular protest movement that had led then-President Abdoulaye Wade to abandon its constitutional reform project. It is a crucial moment in the country's political history. This anniversary is celebrated in the division with two separate events in Dakar. as…

In Mali, the five Christians who were kidnapped were released on Monday morning, Wednesday 23 June. Until now, we had no news from Ségué's parish priest, near Mopti, and the four believers who had taken him to San, the Ségou region, to attend a funeral. They had never reached their destination. Their abduction was not claimed,…

Former Mauritanian President Mohmamed Ould Abdel Aziza was arrested on Tuesday and detained in Nouakchott. He was indicted on March 12 for corruption, embezzlement of public property and money laundering during his presidency between 2008 and 2019. He is not the only former African leader facing justice. Overview. What gives…

The Islamic State group claims in a press release the attack that targeted the night of June 11 to the President of the National Assembly. A small-scale attack: two men on motorcycles had shot at the guards in front of the building before unsuccessfully trying to steal a vehicle by fleeing. But a deadly attack - one of the guards had been killed - the first for the Islamic State group in the Nigerian…

Guillaume Soro was sentenced to life in prison by Abidjan's criminal court. The former president of the National Assembly and 19 of his relatives were charged in particular with trying to undermine state authority and conspiracy, spread false news and disrupt public order. 14 defendants were in the box. The others, including Guillaume Soro, were tried in absentia. The court followed the prosecutor's…

The summer market for football transfer opened in early June and ends in late August, in most major European leagues. Some African players seem particularly coveted during this transfer window. Here are seven. Patson Daka (Zambia)The author of two fantastic seasons with Red Bull Salzburg arouses the striker a lot of envy,…

"In Mali, we must remove all ambiguity about the duration of the transition," said Tiéman Coulibaly. The former Malia Foreign and Defense Minister is currently chairing a political coalition, the ARP, the Alliance for the Republic and Progress. For the future presidential election, Tiéman Coulibaly asks the transitional authorities to respect the planned date of February 27, 2022. While in Paris, he…

This Wednesday marks the 10th anniversary of the M23 or June 23 movement in Senegal. This coalition of political parties and civil society organizations created in 2011 was mobilized against President Abdoulaye Wade's candidacy for a third term in 2012. Ten years later, the movement's legacy is disputed. as reported from Dakar,…