West Africa

For almost four years, the English-speaking regions of the northwest and southwest have been in conflict between independent armed groups and the Cameroonian police. Murders and abuses committed in both camps left more than 3,000 dead and 700,000 displaced. The government finally organized regional elections that would give these regions access to a special status. But for those who have lost…

The Zouglou music duo had been instantly prosecuted for contempt of courtroom, discredited the judiciary and disseminated false info with racial and tribal tastes. Final Sunday, throughout a live performance within the municipality of Yopougon, the well-known Ivorian group had listed prosecutor Richard Adou and accused him of solely prosecuting opposition activists as a part of investigations into…

Ivory Coast and Ghana continue their deal with multinational chocolates. The two countries, which concentrate two-thirds of the world's cocoa production, accuse them of refusing to pay the Decent Income Difference (DRD), a premium of $ 400 per tonne for planters. The regulators, the Ivorian Coffee-Cocoa Council (CCC) and the…

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In Niger, the municipal and regional election campaign began on Wednesday, December 2. Nearly 7.5 million voters are expected to vote on Sunday, December 13 to elect their local elected representatives. These first votes will act as a balloon of scrutiny a few weeks before the parliamentary elections on 27 December, while the country is in the grip of growing uncertainty, especially in the Tillabéri…

The candidate for the New Patriotic Party is filmed and receives money in an envelope. The pictures are from 2016, before the head of state came to power. They are today the core of an information battle between the two main candidates a few days before the presidential election. as reported from Accra, Christina okelloThe…

In a report printed on Wednesday, the NGO's Human Proper Watch condemns the extent of violence after the election in Côte d'Ivoire and asks the authorities to analyze the deaths of about 50 individuals. In accordance with HRW, at the least 50 individuals have misplaced their lives in gatherings and / or violence. HRW analyzes…

Following the appointment of the head of state of Mali, the appointment of a prime minister and members of his government, the third institution of the transition, the long-awaited National Transitional Council (CNT) was created on Friday. Among the 121 members, names were expected, but also surprises. as reported from…

On the finish of November (Monday 30), Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana voted towards two US multinational chocolate corporations. Hershey and Mars are accused of avoiding paying a premium of $ 400 per tonne of cocoa bought. Known as the "Respectable Revenue Differential", this sum was negotiated final yr with the key chocolate teams. The goal is to make sure increased costs for producers. Abidjan and Accra…

The French-Ivorian director Philippe Lacôte has chosen MACA, the Abidjan Jail (the biggest jail in West Africa), as the primary character in his newest characteristic movie "La Nuit des rois", which might be launched in Abidjan's theaters on December 4. Notorious criminals or sad harmless individuals, the artistically gifted prisoners carry out an expiatory dance that bears the struggling of the modern historical past of the Ivory Coast. The movie was chosen by Ivorian cultural our bodies to signify the nation on the 2021…