West Africa

Amadé Ouérémi was sentenced on Thursday, April 13, to life in prison by Abidjan's criminal court. This militia leader was responsible for the massacre of several hundred people on March 28 and 29, 2011 in Duékoué Carrefour. More than 800 dead according to the Red Cross, 300 according to the UN. as reported from Abidjan, Pierre…

In France, the verdict has just been announced at the trial of the bombing of the French camp in Bouaké. At the end of almost three weeks of trial, the court has just sentenced the three defendants, Yury Sushkin, the Belarusian mercenary, Ange Gnanduillet and Patrice Ouei, the two Ivorian officers, to life in prison. With our…

In traceable time for several years, the Belarusian Yuri Sushkin and the Ivorians Patrice Ouei and Ange Gnanduillet Attualy, the alleged pilots and co-pilots in the rescue, are being tried in their absence for murder, attempted murder and aggravated destruction. Maximum penalty requested against them. With Laura Martel, of…

Riyad Mahrez from Manchester City and Idrissa Gueye from Paris Saint-Germain will meet in the semi-finals of the Champions League on April 28 and May 4. The two men had played the final of the African Cup of Nations in Cairo 2019, won by Algeria. They also crossed paths in the Premier League. By beating Dortmund, Manchester…

That is the feeling in Niger after the fire in the school in the Dutch district of Niamey on 13 April. A school and a kindergarten in the middle of a shopping field where many heavy trucks circulate. After the funeral of the 20 children who were killed in the accident, it is time for anger and questions. Parents and teachers' organizations want light to be shed on the causes of the fire.…

In Niger, the governor of Diffa is asking NGO Acted to cease operations in this region in the south-east of the country. who acted categorically denies. The governor's letter had been circulating for two days on social networks. Reached by RFI, Acted confirmed receiving it on Wednesday.Issa Lemine accuses NGOs of maintaining…

The Minister for Foreign Trade and Attractiveness of France, Franck Riester, traveled to Nigeria from Monday 12 April to Wednesday 14 April, in particular to prepare for the May 18 Summit on Financing the African Economy and the Africa Summit - France from Montpellier, scheduled for July. After an exchange in Abuja with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and the Nigerian Governors' Forum, he went to Lagos on…

In custody for eight years, Amadé Ouérémi will be stuck in her fate this Thursday, April 15 in the afternoon. The brigadier from the West Ivory Coast, accused of being responsible for the massacre of hundreds of people on March 28 and 29, 2011 in Duékoué, is sentenced to life in prison. Wednesday was the seventh day of his trial, with the indictment and the submissions.…

This Thursday, April 15, ends the one-month period that Katiba Macina jihadists left to the Malian state in the matter of Farabougou. This village in central Malivit has been blocked for more than six months. On March 14, an agreement was reached with these jihadists linked to Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, under the leadership of the High Islamic Council of Mali, mandated by the government. But the…

Since 2015, one of the largest defendants in the Thomas Sankara case has not been found. Hyacinthe Kafando, former head of security for Blaise Compaoré in 1987, is in demand for military justice. An international arrest warrant has been filed against him since the case was reopened. After hearing about his summons from the interrogation judge, the man recovered. In 2016, he was located in Ivorian…