West Africa

Burkinabè went to the polls yesterday, Sunday 22 November, for the presidential and legislative elections. The vote took place peacefully across the country. Although several polling stations did not open due to the security threat. as reported from Burkina Faso, Yaya BoudaniThe president of Ceni explained that difficulties…

The presidential campaign has resumed in Ghana, following a seven-day national mourning ceremony in honor of former President Jerry Rawlings. But due to the Covid pandemic, few meetings take place in the capital. On Sunday, therefore, the ruling party NPP held a virtual meeting that spectators could follow via a live Facebook.…

Nearly 6.5 million voters were called to vote in Burkina Faso for a double legislative and presidential election. A voting day that mostly took place peacefully despite a tense security context. Now the country is waiting for the results while the bill began as soon as the offices were closed. Report at the polling station at Saint-Joseph High School in Ouaga1, south of the capital.…

This is the big annual meeting for fans of the 7th art in Madagascar. The 15th edition of the short film meetings started this weekend in the cinema at the French Institute in Antananarivo. A Pan-African short film festival that this year brings together works by some thirty directors from the Big Island and the continent, especially from Kenya, Senegal, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ivory Coast,…

After a nine-year term, Gambian Fatou Bensouda will leave the International Criminal Court (ICC) in June 2021, but her successor as prosecutor has still not been identified. The 123 Member States of the Court have been trying for several months to find the candidate who will reach agreement. as reported from The Hague,…

Voters went to the polls on Sunday in Burkina Faso for presidential and legislative elections which have been dispersed by ongoing terrorist violence within the locked-in West African nation. President Roch Marc Christian Kabore has promised to safe the nation and can compete for an additional 5 years in opposition to 12 different candidates. Kabore is anticipated to win however the opposition hopes to separate the vote and deprive him of the 51% assist wanted for a direct victory within the first…

According to several specialized websites, al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) has appointed one of its leaders as its head to replace Abdelmalek Droukdel, who was killed in June last year, during a French military operation in northern Mali. The new leader is named Abou Oubéïda Youssef. He is an influential member of AQIM. Our Bamakoa correspondent watched the video announcing the appointment of…

After boycotting the controversial 2016 presidential election, won by his former mentor Denis Sassou Nguesso, Mathias Dzon (73), finance minister between 1997 and 2002, will be a candidate in the March 2021 election, "for the good of the nation He therefore responded positively, on Saturday 21 November, to a request from the Alliance for the Republic and Democracy (ARD), an opposition platform, this time…

Does the history of decolonization tell from a colonization perspective? A dude to the classic historical story that reflects the gaze of colonizing Europe. This was the position taken by three documentaries entitled "Decolonizations" and directed by Karim Miské, Pierre Singaravélou and Marc ball, which was broadcast last year on the French-German TV channel Arte. These documentaries are today the subject of an eponymous book published in a joint edition by Seuil and Arte éditions. Marc Ball is a guest of Julie Vandal.…

Nearly 6.5 million people in Burkina Faso are expected to vote on Sunday to elect both their new president and the entire National Assembly. They are thirteen candidates to run for the highest office, including the outgoing head of state Roch Marc Christian Kaboré. Regularly updated article,In a few hours, Ouagadougou has…