West Africa

On November 10, 1995, Nigerian author and environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight comrades had been by chance executed by President Normal Sani Abacha's regime after a controversial trial. A member of the Ogoni minority, he warned the worldview concerning the ecological disasters linked to the exploitation of oil within the Niger Delta. Twenty-five years later, Ken Saro-Wiwa has left heirs. .

Political tensions are rising in Côte d'Ivoire, a week after a controversial presidential election in which incumbent President Alassane Ouattara won with 94.27% of the vote, according to the CEI. Accused of riots and "terrorist acts", several opposition leaders are wanted or arrested. Maurice Guikahué, number 2 in the PDCI, now sleeps at MACA. According to the Democratic Party, he was detained in the large prison in Abidjan on Friday along with five other party figures, including Senators Seri Bi N'Guessan and Bassy…

Already the author of a hat trick two weeks ago, Boulaye Dia made two more on Sunday, November 8, in the spectacular draw of his club, Reims, in Lens (4-4). The Senegalese striker is the top scorer in Ligue 1 with eight goals in eight days ahead of Parisian Kylian Mbappé. And it is attracting more and more recruiters' attention.…

In Mali, the Niono Forum ended this weekend after three days of discussion between authorities, notables and representatives of society and religious. This meeting began on November 5 in the presence of four ministers to try to find a solution to the murderous conflict between communities opposing the Fulani community against the traditional dozo hunters in this circle of the Ségou region.…

The tombs, scattered here and there in Antananarivo, are hundreds. The oldest date from the Vazimba period towards the end of the 16th century. Only 20% of them are still maintained by the families of the descendants of the deceased. A conference was dedicated to this Malagasy architectural heritage "Tombs and Men in Antananarivo" at the Museum of Photography.…

On social networks, Internet users from the continent had a fantastic time ahead of the ups and downs of the US presidential election, which they compared to African situations. Role reversal, funny comments, imagination were in power before Joe Biden's victory was announced. For many African internet users, humor prevailed in…

Ivory Coast authorities have arrested opposition chief Pascal Affi N'Guessan as a part of a rising violence towards those that challenged the presidential re-election for a 3rd time period, opposition occasion officers mentioned on Saturday. N'Guessan was arrested in Akoupé, a metropolis northeast of Abidjan, on his solution to Bongouanou, his ancestral homeland, based on a press release printed on the official web page of his Ivorian Fashionable Entrance. The arrest comes after authorities arrested a…

Alpha Condé was finally proclaimed, on Saturday, November 7, Guinea's president for a third term in a row, 82 years old, after months of a protest that cost dozens of civilian lives. It is therefore the final results, this time, that have just been announced by the Constitutional Court.Results that confirm, by correcting them a…

In the Ivory Coast, the opponent and president of FPI-legal Pascal Affi N'Guessan was arrested last night more than a hundred kilometers from Abidjan. He was charged in connection with an investigation recently launched into "attack and conspiracy against the state authority". The information provided by a party official this morning is confirmed by a security source.…

From West Africa to the USA, it is therefore a matter of choice and tensions this week  Although many Ivorian citizens, above all, strive to return to normalcy and say that they are tired of the power struggles between political leaders, the resentment created by this empty choice of its significance will remain for many years, perhaps still real reconciliation and institutional consolidation. What stands out on Côte d'Ivoire and Guinea is not the personal future of political leaders at the end of their careers. What is…