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ICC releases arrest warrant for Côte d’Ivoire’s former lady
The International Criminal Court has dropped its arrest warrant for Ivory Coast's former president's lady, Simone Gbagbo, following violence following the 2010-2011 election that killed thousands, according to a decision released on Thursday.…
Elisé Ouedraogo was elected President of the Commission
In Burkina Faso, the National Electoral Commission has a new president. It is the magistrate Elisé Ouedraogo who was elected after several hours of negotiations and after the intervention of several political or customary personalities. Despite the candidate's withdrawal from the ordinary chief, it was through a lack of consensus, through an election that two candidates for the post of president of the…
General Moussa Diawara was arrested in connection with
In Mali, General Moussa Diawara was arrested on Thursday, July 29, and imprisoned in Bamako. He was prosecuted from a legal source in connection with the investigation into the disappearance of journalist Birama Touré, who has given no sign of life since January 2016. It is also directed at Karim Keïta, son of former President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta.…
Ivory Coast is advancing its peasants for reform
The Ivorian National Assembly this week adopted the cooperation agreement with France for the implementation of eco, the future West African currency. But the provisions of this currency that will replace the CFA franc continue to be discussed. In particular, on its firm parity with the euro guaranteed by France.
as reported…
former Malia intelligence chief Moussa Diawara
Twist in the shop of the Malian journalist Birama Touré, who has been missing for five years. General Moussa Diawara, former head of State Security (Mali's intelligence services), was charged and arrested by a judge at the court in Bamako municipality 4 for "complicity in kidnapping, kidnapping, torture" this Thursday, July 29. .…
French soldiers detained at Equatorial Guinea airport
Six French soldiers were arrested at Bata airport in Equatorial Guinea on Thursday morning while stopping to refuel their helicopter, according to the French military and local media.
The six, whom the army said were…
the leader of the shiite minority was released and
Released and released after more than five years in prison, Sheik Ibrahim Zakzaky and his wife were released on Wednesday, July 28, 2021 by the court in Kaduna, in the north of the country. The founder of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (MIN), a Shiite political and religious movement, was charged with murder after violence that erupted alongside a religious procession in the city of Zaria in 2015.…
Equatorial Guinea accuses France of having
The French army denies and speaks of false information. These allegations come when Vice President Teodorin Obiang Nguema, son of the incumbent president, was finally convicted on Wednesday, July 28, 2021 by the French judiciary in cases of bad profits for laundering nearly $ 150 million. in France.
This Wednesday afternoon, a…
these prisoners that Gbagbo asked for
The reunion between Laurent Gbagbo and Alassane Ouattara was cordial to say the least this Tuesday 27 July evening in Abidjan. Politically, the only concrete demand was from Laurent Gbagbo, who expected to release prisoners who were considered "political" by the opposition.
An embrace for the photographers, a few steps hand in…
Bah N’Daw and Moctar Ouane’s lawyer are complaining
Talks between the African Union, the United Nations or the European Union have not changed. Former Malian President Bah N'Daw and his last prime minister, Moctar Ouane, are under house arrest in Bamako. They are no longer free from their movements since Colonel Assimi Goïta, who is currently leading the transition, fired them on May 24, 2021. The lawyer they hired two weeks ago complained that they…