West Africa

Political power multiplies the adjustment movements and press releases after a chaotic week across the country - marked on Tuesday, October 20, by the intervention of the army towards a peaceful meeting in Lagos, then by a wave of looting and demolition in many states. In a statement released on Sunday night, President Muhammadu Buhari called "a call for peace" and lamented the loss of life in Nigeria.…

In Burkina Faso, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré took status over five years spent at the helm of the country: fight against terrorism, Covid-19 and its consequences, G5 Sahel, social conflicts, etc. On October 15 at RFI he announced that he had not the outstretched hand of former President Blaise Compaorés. Several opposition politicians had qualified this exit as an election promise aimed at attracting…

French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian began a two-day visit to Mali on Sunday 25 October. He met with the armed movements that signed Algeria's peace agreement to talk about the peace process. as reported from Bamako,Serge DanielShortly after his arrival in Bamako, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian met separately…

Nigeria is the world's most vital hub for the unlawful commerce in pangolin. It represents 60% of worldwide seizures in 2018, based on a UN report. This mammal is a uncommon protected species that resembles a protracted hedgehog coated in scales. Its meat is in excessive demand in Asia in addition to its scales for alleged medicinal properties.…

Attackers armed with weapons and machetes killed at least eight children Saturday in an attack on a school in southwestern Cameroon, the UN said.

Today is the end of the campaign to withdraw ballot papers, while the first round of the presidential election is scheduled for less than a week. Nearly 7.5 million citizens are registered on the electoral rolls. A record number. But since the call for civil disobedience and an active boycott launched by the opposition and the violence that killed 16 people in Dabou in particular, the withdrawal of…

In Guinea, while Céni has just declared Alpha Condé the winner of the first round of presidential election with 59.51% of the vote, at least three new people lost their lives in clashes on Saturday, leading to ten to eight dead tolls for post-election violence since the vote last Sunday. It could be much heavier, the opposition counts, that, about thirty victims. Faced with the situation, a "preventive diplomatic mission" is expected in Conakry to try to calm tensions. According to our information, the mission is…

The French overseas minister will journey to Mali on Sunday for a two-day go to. That is the primary go to by a French civilian authority for the reason that August 18 coup. Particularly, the top of French diplomacy could have talks with the president of the transition and his prime minister, Moctar Ouane. Paris will discuss peace and safety, but in addition to help the transition.…

In one week since October 17, more than 2,600 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa and sub-Saharan Africa have arrived in the Spanish Canary Islands, corresponding to the whole of 2019. The authorities seem overwhelmed. The health situation due to Covid prevents any repatriation to their countries of origin or transfer to the European continent. After sometimes a thousand kilometers and one to fifteen days of dangerous sea crossing, between 300 and 400 immigrants reach the coast of the Canary Islands every day, the island to…

In Burkina Faso, the number of active cases is 399 in eleven regions of the country. A number rising given the numbers for the past two weeks, according to the coordinator of the Operations Center for Response to Health Situations. Burkinabè will have to learn to live with Covid-19, but above all pay extra attention to respect for barrier movements. And the Harmattan period with its dry wind is not meant to improve the situation. Last week, the country registered 93 cases. This week there are 46 new positive cases.…