West Africa

The trial against Amadou Sanogo is therefore declared "off" in Mali. The Bamako Assize Court announced it on Monday morning, March 15th. The coup captain in 2012, who became general, is therefore completely free. as reported from Bamako, Serge DanielAmadou Sanogo no longer prosecuted for the murder of the 21 Red Berets…

The Beninese government does not give us any proof of these allegations. And they themselves say that they do not yet have such evidence of accusations. And we, we know that this lady is disturbing, she is coming on the political field of the election while she is not expected. So we know she has the financial means to win the election, unlike many of the candidates who are there who do not have the financial means. Doctor Nadin Tayéwo Kokodé,…

On Saturday, the opposition, at the request of the caliph general, decided for Mourides to suspend his demonstrations "his die" to avoid the risk of further violence in Senegal. If the field is genuine, the crisis is not resolved in the field. It's about balance of power. With our special correspondent in Dakar, Carine…

It's the disappearance of a legend of Senegalese music: singer and lyricist Thione Seck, 66 years old. He started his career at the age of 17 with the Dakar Star Band and continued with the mythical orchestra Baobab, the Senegalese cult group in the 1970s. Thione Seck was one of the singers in the famous "mbalax" style. Many artists and big names in the music scene mourn a brother like his countryman singer Wasis Diop, who remembers a man deeply attached to his country. .

Figure of the Senegalese artistic scene, the painter Ndoye Douts invites to a unique dive in the popular districts of Dakar. It is there, from Yoff to Gueule-Tapée, that he draws his inspiration since leaving art in 1999. "Entre terre et mer", his new exhibition at the Art-Z Gallery in Paris, until March 27, testifies to abundant, colorful, playful work.…

In Africa, not everyone is happy with the election of South African Patrice Motsepe as president of the African Football Confederation (CAF). Last Friday, during a CAF general meeting in Rabat, the South African billionaire benefited from the withdrawal of three West African candidates in his favor. But for Senegalese Abdoulaye Thiam, editor-in-chief of the "Sud Quotidien" and chairman of the Senegalese sports press association, politics…

In Niger, the city of Arlit, 250 kilometers from Agadez, in the north of the country, painfully accuses the news of the closure of the Akouta mine, scheduled for March 31. On Wednesday, Moussa Souley, general manager of Cominak, Akouta's mining company, announced to the press the terms of the closure of this mine site. With our…

Completion of mission for an essential character from Bamako. After five years in Mali, Chadian Mahamat Saleh is leaving Annadif, Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations in Mali. At the end of one last field visit he has just made in northern Mali, our correspondent went to Mali to meet him to take stock of his mission.…

Senegalese singer Thjonen Seck died Sunday, March 14, of a short illness. Information confirmed by his family. Singer and lyricist Thione Seck, one of the princes of Senegalese music for forty years, died on Sunday 14 March at the age of 66 in Dakar, we learned that from his lawyer, Ousmane Seye. Former singer of the legendary…

The Libyan interim government held its first cabinet meeting on Sunday after receiving a vote of confidence last week, and the international community continues to welcome the latest developments in the war-torn country. Led by caretaker Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, the cabinet discussed the work plan as well as the plan that ministers will commit to establishing coordination with state institutions. Consisting of 26 ministers, the government is expected to take its oath on Monday. When the…