West Africa

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.…

Guineans are called to the polls tomorrow Sunday to elect the next president of the republic. In the current, outgoing President Alpha Condé, candidate for a third term after the controversial adoption of a new constitution. In front of him, eleven competitors, including his main opponent Cellou Dalein Diallo. Everything seemed clear, but on the eve of the election, some members of the Independent…

On Friday, October 16, Alassane Ouattara launched his campaign in Bouaké, the major city in central Côte d'Ivoire, for the October 31 presidential election. The president, who was running for a third term, met at length with the traditional leaders of the region to whom he exposed his program and defended his record, suggesting that a political dialogue could be held after the election. Then he held a…

A tense election marketing campaign for Ivory Coast's presidential election on October 31 began on Thursday with the incumbent, Alassane Ouattara, in search of a controversial third time period. Some Ivorians accuse him of undermining the structure, and the opposition has known as for widespread "civil disobedience" to disrupt his controversial plans. For the previous 25 years, Côte d'Ivoire has…

When we postpone this case to two weeks, this obviously presupposes that, during these two weeks, President Kamto will still be assigned his home without any court order without any administrative order. This attack will therefore continue for at least two more weeks, and we cannot admit that a Cameroonian is kept at home with his family and home staff without food, without medicine, for that long. In the meantime, we, the lawyers, are thinking of other procedures that we can initiate so that this measure is effectively…