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PDCI-RDA senators are demanding the release of their accomplices
In Côte d'Ivoire, a sign of the still tense political climate, the government extended the ordinance banning demonstrations on public roads until 30 November. If the meeting on November 11 between Alassane Ouattara and Henri Konan Bedié made it possible to lower tensions slightly, nothing has been resolved. Many opposition leaders are still being detained and their parties in particular are demanding…
the country’s largest union demands a strike in the midst of the political crisis
In Mali, the social and political reality is regaining its rights after three days of national mourning, but also of national community around the figure of the late President Amadou Toumani Touré. UNTM, the first union group in the country, began a three-day strike on Wednesday 18 November. A call to stop work affecting all sectors.…
Burkina Faso presidential election: between proximity campaigns and safety fears
One other three days of campaigning in Burkina Faso forward of the primary spherical of presidential elections on Sunday, November 22. An election together with legislative elections. On the beginning line: 13 candidates, together with President Roch Kaboré, who's in search of a second time period, but additionally the opposition chief, Zéphirin Diabré, and Eddie Komboïgo, candidate for CDP for former President Compaoré, who lives in exile in Côte d'Ivoire. Over the past days of the marketing campaign, the ambiance is…
President Ouattara speaks during the RHDP’s political council
In Côte d'Ivoire, the RHDP, at the Mardisoir, held a political council to take stock of the election and the period that followed. Alassane Ouattara spoke with leaders of the ruling party, while the political climate is still tense.
with our correspondent in Abdijan, Pierre PintoBefore Alassane Ouattara began his remarks,…
Burkina Faso: Zéphirin Diabré (UPC) intends to kind a authorities with nationwide reconciliation
Presidential and legislative elections shall be held this Sunday, November 22, in Burkina Faso. RFI provides the ground to every presidential candidate and welcomes cemercredil's opponent Zéphirin Diabré, 61. The chief of the UPC (Union for Progress and Change) is operating for the best workplace for the second time: he got here in second place in 2015 with 29.65% of the vote. Former Minister of Commerce from 92 to 94, then Minister of Finance till 1996 beneath Blaise Compaoré, Zéphirin Diabré proposed the formation of a…
Mali pays tribute to the final president Amadou Toumani Touré
The previous head of state died final week in Turkey, the place he had simply come for therapy. This Tuesday, his nationwide funeral occurred in the midst of the navy engineering website in Bamako.
as reported from Bamako, Serge DanielA sober ceremony, however filled with emotion. Many individuals attended the nationwide…
the remains of former president Nino Vieira were transferred to the martyrs’ cemetery
Eleven years after his death, the remains of the former president of Guinea-Bissau and the hero of the war of independence against Portugal, Joao Bernardo Vieira, known as Nino Vieira, murdered in 2009, were transferred to the cemetery of martyrs, the Bissau-Guinean pantheon.
Former President Joao Bernardo Vieira should have been buried in the Square of the Heroes of Independence, in Damura Fortress. President Umaro Sissoco Embalo has decided to rectify this injustice by transferring his remains to the Pantheon of…
In the spotlight: Africa relatively preserved by Covid
"Yesterday, the daily Enquête au Senegal reports, during the daily update of the situation with coronavirus, the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs reported eight new contaminants out of a total of 608 tests, including two imported cases. "
Senegal, therefore, an example among others of a low level of pollution.
And overall, the pandemic on the continent has not had the devastating effects that some predicted.
This is what World Africa : “On the world map of the pandemic, Africa continues to stand out. While…
return to high school in Mauritania after 9 months of suspension
In Mauritania, greater than 900,000 college students resumed classes on Monday, November 16, starting the 2020-2021 faculty 12 months. A brand new faculty 12 months coming throughout the coronavirus pandemic. The well being disaster had led to the teachings being suspended for 9 months.
with our correspondent in Nouakchott,…
Africolor highlights “Sékou Touré, the president who said no”
Guinea was the first French-speaking country to gain independence in 1958 ... and it is only natural with this country that the cycle of performances "Indépendances Cha Cha" begins within the framework of the Africolor festival.
The health crisis demands, the show "Sékou Touré, the president who said no" takes place this Tuesday 17 November at 21 live (and free) on the site and social networks on Africolor.com.
In 1958, Guinea said no to the referendum on French-African society. Sékou Touré refuses what he considers to…