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at least 43 farmers murdered by Boko Haram in Borno State
At least 43 farmers were killed by Boko Haram on Saturday 28 November in northeastern Nigeria as residents of the region went to the polls to elect their local representatives and advisers. This tragedy has therefore plagued the first vote in 13 years in this region, which has been hit by a jihadist uprising, which has left 36,000 dead and two million displaced since 2019.…
a “micro-madness” in Abidjan for digital access to culture
The French institute inaugurated the arrival in the Ivory Coast of a "Micro-Foil", a cultural device initiated by La Villette that has spread throughout France and abroad. It is a flexible space and computer and educational tool that provides access to more than 1,500 digitized works of art from national and international cultural institutions, such as the Louvre or the Philharmonie de Paris. This is…
board members condemn the appointment of governors
Four unions of community workers and the territorial administration held a general assembly this Saturday, November 28, in Bamako.
They had already been on indefinite strike for over a month and a half. During the meeting, they decided to continue this strike to demand improvement of their living and working conditions. Union judges also condemned the recent massive appointments of soldiers at the head of administrative regions.
For the platform of the four unions for workers in the territorial administrative…
The National Union is preparing for the 2023 presidential election
Created after Ali Bongo's election victory was challenged in 2009, the opposition party will hold its congress next weekend.
Mohamed Aly Chérif: “In Mauritania, Mokhtar Ould Daddah was a person of consensus”
This Saturday, November 28, was the sixtieth anniversary of Mauritania's independence. It was November 28, 1960. Independence was proclaimed within the model new capital Nouakchott by Mokhtar Ould Daddah. Mohamed Aly Chérif was Secretary-Normal of the Presidency below Moktar Ould Daddah, from 1969 till the coup in 1978. He then spoke out specifically in opposition to the repression of Negro-Mauritanians, between 1989 and 1991. Mohamed Aly Chérif is a superb witness in latest many years in Mauritania and is visitor at…
The ICC Fund in Bamako to compensate the victims of Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi
Four years after Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi was sentenced to nine years in prison by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes and the destruction of the Timbuktu mausoleums, a delegation from the Trust Fund for Victims traveled to Bamako.
The states that have signed the Rome Statute contribute to this fund. For Mali, 1.8 billion CFA francs will be granted from January 2021 to the tomboukti victims identified after the Al Faqi trial.
About a thousand people, mainly the beneficiaries of the Mausoleum Saints who…
authorities “almost convinced” that a second wave of Covid-19 is underway
The signals are red in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where authorities say they are facing a second wave of Covid-19 cases. The average observed several months ago has seen a worrying rebound in recent days. A situation that is particularly due to the fact that populations that risk being limited if they do not recover reduce health measures, says Professor Jean-Jacques Muyembe.…
President Kaboré’s party does not receive a legislative majority
The Independent National Electoral Commission (Céni) announced the preliminary results of the legislative elections on Saturday night, Sunday 29 November. The People's Movement for Progress, part of the re-elected President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, received 56 deputies. But it has no absolute majority, set at 64 seats. This means that he must rely on the other parties in the party alliance for the…
the coordinator of the Kpodzro dynamics arrested in turn
Following the arrest of Gérard Djossou, President of the Social Commission for Human Rights of the Dynamic Bishop Kpodzro, under incredible conditions in the center of Lomé on Friday night, the Dynamics Coordinator, Brigitte Kafui Adjamagbo-Johnson, has been in the hands of the Judicial Police Saturday 28 November.
as reported…
40 killed when militants assault the farm in northern Nigeria
Militants have killed at the least 40 individuals on a farm within the state of Borno in northeastern Nigeria, three sources advised Reuters on Saturday.
The assault on Kwashebe Zamarmari within the Jere municipality space occurred late within the morning native time when the employees have been harvesting rice, in response to a village chief, an area fighter with the Zamarmari group and a police supply.
The authorities' seek for the attackers has begun.
The navy and police didn't instantly reply to…