West Africa

Several terrorist attacks, claimed by al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, simultaneously targeted the French force Barkhane on Monday morning in northern Mali. It was mainly rocket or shell fire. There is very little material damage and no casualties, but what is striking is the coordination of these attacks. Three cities, three…

Re-elected with 57.87% of the vote according to preliminary results, the outgoing president of Burkina Faso, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, begins his second term. The deterioration of the political and security situation on the ground risks complicating the presidential candidate's campaign promise to build "a better Burkina Faso for all populations". Portrait.…

Brigitte Kafui Adjamagbo-Johnson and Gérard Djossou are still being held on Monday, November 30, in the intelligence service. Investigations continue to determine the circumstances under which the destabilization project they are accused of were prepared and their authors. During this time, condemning reactions to these arrests are multiplied.…

El Hadji Diouf, the former teammate of Papa Bouba Diop in the Senegal team, learned with great sadness the death of the former midfielder for "Lions", this Sunday 29 November. He was her "fighting brother". RFI:El Hadji Diouf, how do you react to the death of Papa Bouba Diop that you played with in the selection and to RC…

Winners of the primary three qualifying matches for AfroBasket 2021 in Kigali, Rwanda, Senegal, are nearly assured to get their ticket. The Congolese have gained two of their three matches beneath this worldwide window (25-29 November) and will validate their ticket in the course of the newest qualifying match 19-21 February 2021.…

Papa Bouba Diop died on Sunday, November 29, at the age of 42, after a long illness. The former Senegalese midfielder participated in the 2002 World Cup and finished top scorer for the "Lions" with three goals, including one against the French team, the reigning world champion. He was one of the faces of this golden generation…

A weekend assault on a village in northeastern Nigeria signposted by the Boko Haram group left at the least 110 lifeless, UN humanitarian coordinators within the nation stated on Sunday. "No less than 110 civilians had been ruthlessly killed and plenty of others injured on this assault," Edward Kallon stated in an announcement after the unique tolls indicated 43 after which at the least 70 lifeless after Saturday's bloodbath of suspected Boko Haram fighters. "The incident is essentially the most…

A weekend assault on a village in northeastern Nigeria signposted by the Boko Haram group left no less than 110 useless, UN humanitarian coordinators within the nation mentioned on Sunday. "At the very least 110 civilians had been ruthlessly killed and plenty of others injured on this assault," Edward Kallon mentioned in an announcement after the unique tolls indicated 43 after which no less than 70 useless after Saturday's bloodbath of suspected Boko Haram fighters. "The incident is probably the most…

At least 43 farmers were killed by Boko Haram on Saturday 28 November in northeastern Nigeria as residents of the region went to the polls to elect their local representatives and advisers. This tragedy has therefore plagued the first vote in 13 years in this region, which has been hit by a jihadist uprising, which has left 36,000 dead and two million displaced since 2019.…

The French institute inaugurated the arrival in the Ivory Coast of a "Micro-Foil", a cultural device initiated by La Villette that has spread throughout France and abroad. It is a flexible space and computer and educational tool that provides access to more than 1,500 digitized works of art from national and international cultural institutions, such as the Louvre or the Philharmonie de Paris. This is…