West Africa

The presidential election comes after greater than 90 individuals have been killed in protests in opposition to the 82-year-old ruler Alpha Condes' bid for a 3rd time period Guineans started voting in a high-stakes presidential election wherein 82-year-old Alpha Conde faces a controversial third time period.The vote, the primary in a sequence throughout West Africa, follows months of political…

Woungly Massaga, revolutionary pan-Africanist, figure in the armed struggle for Cameroon's independence, died on Saturday 17 October in Yaoundé at the age of 84. Nicknamed "Commander Kissamba", Woungly Massagafut in the late 1960s, one of the leaders of this independence movement that was in conflict with the Cameroonian power Ahamadou Ahidjo and France. He died in Yaoundé on Saturday, October 17, at the age of 84. In the early 1970s, he revived the UPC, a party founded to gain Carmoun's independence after the…

To negotiate, the Ivorian opposition trusts the international community. The government had invited the parties and political groups to a "working session" on "the framework for organizing the vote", while the country is experiencing a political crisis as the presidential election approaches. First scheduled for October 14, then on the 15th, the resumption of dialogue between the government and the…

Twelve candidates are in attendance, including outgoing President Alpha Condé seeking a contested third term and his main opponent Cellou Dalein Diallo. The most important elements of this choice. as reported from Conakry,Moctar BahThe polls opened Sunday morning in Conakry, where our correspondent Carol Valade follows the progress of the vote, as in Kankan, the…

The year 2020 has been strange for Murielle Ahouré. Almost no race for the 60-meter indoor world champion. And especially not the Tokyo Games, where the 33-year-old Ivorian scored the most important goal of his season, the dream of an Olympic medal. But Murielle Ahouré did not waste her time. She has just been appointed this week as the Unicef ​​Ambassador to Côte d'Ivoire in the continuity of the work for children that she had already…

In Nigeria, the #EndSARS movement continues. In Lagos, young protesters have blocked the main road in the city for almost a week, holding a guard in memory of the victims of the police on Friday evening, October 16. In Abuja, protesters blocked the road to the airport that Friday despite the ban on demonstrations announced in the federal capital.…

Guineans voted for a president on Sunday, with 82-year-old incumbent Alpha Condé going through his longtime rival Cellou Dalein Diallo for the third time. Protection within the West African state ended Friday at midnight, limiting a tense political marketing campaign marked by insults traded between President Alpha Condé and his…

The trial in the case of the assassination of President Thomas Sankara in 1987 and his twelve accomplices could begin next year. After several years, the investigating judge in charge of the case in the military court completed his work and issued an order in which the prosecutors and the prosecuted persons in the control chamber are displayed.…

Netflix is ​​now screening extra content material produced in Africa, and producers on the continent consider their work will present that there's a subscriber urge for food for films that go deeper than the Hollywood stereotypes. Producers of two African-made movies, which premiered on Netflix this month, consider their work will present that there's a subscription to movies that go deeper…

For more than a week, the village of Farabougou in the Ségou region has been cut off from the world surrounded by armed men banning entry. Mediation attempts have been made with local notables, but the inhabitants still remain the monastery at home. "The army has already reached a village about ten kilometers from our village.…