West Africa

The Benin priests are worried about the many arrests and climate of fear that prevails in Benin. The Bishops' Conference in Benin is expressed at the end of an ordinary session held from 18 to 20 May 2021, but especially before the investment of Patrice Talon, re-elected on 15 April with almost 87% of the vote. as reported from…

The American rapper of Senegalese origin Akon officially started this pharaonic project on August 31 in Mbodiène, one hundred km south of Dakar. Goal: to get an "African city of the future" out of the ground, ecological, with bold architecture, hotels, a business center, a hospital ... Total estimated cost: 6 billion dollars. Work on the first phase would begin in the first quarter of 2021. But so far…

A social media activist was sentenced to five years in prison for posting a clip in which she demanded attacks on Nigerian citizens. Return after a video that was incorrectly presented as representing Ivorians who had been beaten in Niger. as reported from Abidjan, Sidy YansaneHis face is everywhere on social networks and in…

The Democratic Republic of Congo has chosen the AstraZeneca vaccine to stop the development of the disease. However, the vaccination campaign is about to slow down. The country is far from the original goals. Following the delay recorded in the deployment program and mistrust of the population, a large proportion of the doses acquired were redistributed to other countries thanks to the Covax…

Uncertainty remains over the death of Abubakar Shekau, the leader of Jas (Boko Haram), in the clashes on Wednesday 19 May. But this deal reveals the open war waged by this organization and the Islamic State group in this region of Nigeria. Vincent Foucher, a researcher at CNRS, returns to this rivalry between the two jihadist groups in the Sahel.…

In retrospect, Africa has almost returned to a time of repeated coups from the past. To the great misfortune of the people. It was in Paris this week. Africa was the guest of honor at a summit to raise awareness among partners and other donors of the need for significant funding for the revival of economies damaged by the…

In Senegal, Ousmane Sonko is banned from leaving the territory. The opponent was invited to attend the ECO's Estates Basic - the longer term West African foreign money - a gathering to be held in Lomé, Togo subsequent week, 26-28 Could. However the chief of the Pastef celebration is beneath judicial management, as a part of an allegation of alleged rape made by an worker of a therapeutic massage parlor.…

In Côte d'Ivoire, the federal government has laid the primary stone on a significant building website: the dry port of Ferkessédougou, which will likely be a form of outgrowth of the port of Abidjan, within the far north of the nation, with the purpose of serving Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger. Inauguration deliberate, if all goes properly, at the tip of 2023.…

Ivorian Kouadio Konan Bertin is in Ouagadougou for a working session together with his Burkinabé counterpart on the reconciliation course of. After a go to to Mogho Naba, the emperor of Mossé, a crucial authority within the decision and end result of conflicts, the 2 ministers started work. An trade of expertise that's crucial for a profitable end result of the reconciliation course of within the two…

G20 international locations, the IMF and main vaccine producers promise to pace up vaccination in poor international locations which can be lagging behind. By the tip of April, lower than 2% of Africa's inhabitants had been vaccinated, in contrast with greater than 40% in the USA. On Friday, Might 21, on the World Summit in…