West Africa

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…

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. .…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

An embrace for the photographers, a few steps hand in hand and a press conference with all the smiles: the reunion between Laurent Gbagbo and Alassane Ouattara, more than ten years after their last meeting and the crisis after the election that bloodied the Ivory Coast was mild to say the least. The two men took up the challenge of symbolism. .

No medal this Wednesday 28 July at the Olympic Games in Tokyo but some good performances with the qualifiers for the quarterfinals for the Ivorians at the football tournament. The Egyptians excelled in handball and fencing. FOOTBALLThe team of Ivory Coastqualified for the quarterfinals of the men's Olympic tournament thanks to their draw against Germany at Miyagi…

This Wednesday, July 28, 2021, the Court of Cassation rejected the appeal of Teodorin Obiang. The son of the president of Equatorial Guinea challenged his conviction in France for embezzling public funds in his country. His defense considered that French justice did not need to try crimes committed abroad, but the Court of Cassation therefore decided otherwise. The Supreme French Court considered that the judges' decisions were indeed in accordance with the law. French justice could therefore rule over these embezzlements…