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President of the transition Assimi Goïta at
The day after the statement from the Constitutional Court in Mali, according to which Colonel Assimi Goïta is now taking up the post of president of the transition, the latter left Bamako on Saturday to Accra in Ghana. He is taking part in the extraordinary summit of heads of state of the sub-regional institution.
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Mali court names coup leader Goita as transition
Mali's constitutional court appointed the leader of the junta after the coup Colonel Assimi Goita as the country's interim president on Friday.
The ruling provided that Goita would "exercise the functions of interim president to lead the transition process to its conclusion", following his takeover this week.
The Constitutional Court said it had made the decision because of the "vacancy in the presidency" after the departure of caretaker President Bah Ndaw.
Soldiers arrested Ndaw and Prime Minister…
Departure is not an option
May 25, as every year, was World Africa Day celebrating the founding of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), which became the African Union in 2002. This year, May 25 was also the day chosen for the launch in Dakar of the first edition of RASA, the Alternative Report on Africa. What's new with this report?
In fact, number 1…
A puzzling texture … – The week of
What if Africa, from the point of view of law and democracy, had fallen thirty years later, for waiting and wallowing in a sweet deviation, for perfect democracy to fall from heaven or arise from heaven? savannah or forest?
You ask yourself a question this morning: What's going on in Bamako? "Coup d'Etat in the coup," says…
What position will ECOWAS take before
Given the situation in Bamako, what position will ECOWAS take? We found out on Friday 28 May that the Heads of State of West African Society had a time on Sunday in Accra for a summit dedicated to the Malian background.
In the various chancellors who are contacted within the sub-region, we do not hide fatigue and strong…
Côte d’Ivoire wants to protect its operators from
The Ivorian government is now forcing multinational companies to give up 20% of their export contracts to Ivorian operators. A measure aimed at avoiding the suffocation of Côte d'Ivoire traders who have long condemned the unfair competition of multinational companies currently in a virtual monopoly position on Côte d'Ivoire in the purchase and export of cocoa.…
Nigeria signs power-sharing agreement
It is an important production sharing agreement that Nigeria has just signed with the multinational oil companies operating in the country. An agreement that paves the way for investments that can reach 10 billion dollars.
It is the culmination of two years of arm wrestling between NNPC - the Nigerian company that manages…
the Constitutional Court declares the Colonel
Malia's constitutional court, which on Friday declared Colonel Assimi Goïta head of state and interim president to bring civilians back to power, indicates a court ruling completing the second coup led by an officer and the military in nine months.
The ruling of the Malian Constitutional Court states that the Vice-President of…
a report worries about the security situation
The Timbuktu Institute in partnership with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation presented its report on the security situation in the Kédougou region, in south-eastern Senegal, a border area between Mali and Guinea, on 27 May 27 May.
as reported from Dakar, Charlotte idracThe "battle for the east" will take place, and we must prepare…
the controversy swells over the “format” for the return of
Should Laurent Gbagbo be welcomed triumphantly or should he return discreetly to the Ivory Coast? For 24 hours, and the publication of the website Africa Intelligence, of an article confirming that the former president will return at the end of June "on cunning", agitates the issue and takes a political turn in Abidjan.
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