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Colonel Malick Diaw was elected head of the National Transitional Council
Colonel Malick Diaw, number two in the junta in Mali who ruled the country after the coup on August 18, was elected head of the National Transitional Council (CNT) on Saturday. This council, which has 121 seats and brings together political parties, representatives of civil society, trade unions and the military, met in Bamako for its inaugural session.…
Ivory Coast is lifting sanctions in opposition to multinational Hershey
Café Cacao Council launched an offensive earlier this week in opposition to two large chocolate makers, accusing them of failing to pay a particular premium supposed to higher pay cocoa-producing farmers. Hershey is claimed to have undertaken to pay this premium.
That is a bonus, the First rate Revenue Distinction (DRD), which…
Ghana’s two presidential rivals signal “peace pact”
The aim of this pact: to keep away from violence within the elections through the vote on Monday, 7 December. This settlement comes after generally sizzling exchanges between the 2 long-standing opponents who thereby present their connection to democracy.
With our particular correspondent in Accra, Christina okelloThey arrived…
Elections in Ghana: an vital check for democratic consolidation
It's debated with Wathi, as each Saturday at RFI with Gilles Yabi.
After Guinea, Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso, the place outgoing President Marc-Christian Kaboré has simply been re-elected within the first spherical and with out a disaster after the election, it's Ghana's flip to prepare presidential and legislative elections…
An incomparable designer of election transparency
In the essential openness that a credible choice requires, the role of the media in Africa may be more important than one imagines.
Andréane Meslard: Despite the reservations they expressed about the organization of the presidential election on November 22, Burkinabè's opponents graciously accepted the results. Even better,…
national tribute to football player Pape Bouba Diop
Senegal held a final tribute to PapeBouba Diop this Friday, December 4th. The former RC player in Lens, France, and the Senegalese national football team were promoted to the rank of Grand Officer of the National Order of the Lion by Head of State Macky Sall and a football museum will bear his name.
with our correspondent in…
his followers are tough and waiting for his return
Laurent Gbagbo now has his two passports, one diplomatic one. The two sesams were given to him by the Ivorian authorities in Brussels on Friday, December 4. A long-awaited return to the Ivory Coast where many hope it will lead to political reconciliation.
as reported from Abidjan, Pierre Pinto"One thing is clear here," former…
In Burkina Faso, quickly a middle to welcome returning or transit migrants
In Burkina Faso, the Worldwide Group for Migration (IOM), the European Union and the federal government have simply begun development of a reception heart for migrants in transit or return. The nation has issue caring for migrants.
as reported from Ouagadougou, Yaya BoudaniThis heart consists of lodging, a hospital and an…
openness and blur
The composition of the Transitional National Council is now known in Mali. The last transitional body, with a legislative function, was eagerly awaited. The Malian authorities published the list of its 121 members on Thursday night. It is a list that plays openness, but which is actually very unclear.
It is transparent too…
Laurent Gbagbo restores his Ivorian passports
The former Ivorian head of state could soon return to Abidjan. After several months of waiting, Laurent Gbagbo recovered his two passports on Friday: a regular and a diplomatic one. Since his arrest in April 2011, Laurent Gbagbo no longer had a travel document.