West Africa

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…

As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic and the fall in oil prices, Nigeria officially entered a recession, following a decline of 3.62% of GDP in the third quarter of 2020, following a decline of 6% in the previous quarter. Africa's most populous country barely recovered from the recession in 2016, following the collapse in oil prices in 2015.…

On November 22, 1970, Guinea's fate almost changed. The declining Portuguese empire is in difficulty on its current Guinea-Bissau territory. Lisbon will try its best to organize a lightning attack outside its borders for the first time in its history and in the greatest secrecy. Objective: to overthrow the regime of Sékou Touré, the main supporter of the PAIGC's insurgency. The coup failed in part, but in 1971 triggered the greatest…

Almost 6.5 million Burkinabè voters are known as to the polls this Sunday, November 22, for the primary spherical of presidential elections, a vote mixed with legislative elections. The 21,000 polling stations open from 06:00 to 18:00 A complete of 13 candidates for the presidential election and 10,000 for the deputy. These decisions happen in a context of uncertainty.…

At the moment, on the Ivory Coast, a younger girl is making a splash on social networks. These, higher identified by the nickname "Fay, the offbeat lawyer", supply Web customers weekly coaching periods to make them conscious of the legislation. Termination of tenancy, inheritance rights, divorce and even infidelity or sexual impotence inside marriage ... They're a number of thousand to observe his…

Ivorian football mourning day. On Saturday 21 November, Augustin Sidy Diallo was removed at the age of 61. He was infected with Covid-19.

On Sunday, Burkinabè will be called to the polls to elect both its new president and its new deputies. And even though there are only a few hours left before the ballot box opened, the capital Ouagadougou is keeping pace with recent preparations.

Édouard Mendy was recruited at the end of September by Chelsea in Rennes and quickly won in the Blues cage. The goalkeeper continues the good performances and clean sheets (matches without conceding a goal) and banished the previous holder, Kepa Arrizabalaga, to the substitution bench. His coach, Frank Lampard, is completely happy with his Senegalese debut. Six years ago, Édouard Mendy vegetated at a national level in France, near Cherbourg. Today he is a member of one of the biggest clubs in Europe, is undefeated in…