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the collaboration at work between French and Nigerians during
In Niger, it is an illustration of the coexistence between the French soldiers deployed there and their Nigerian hosts at the Ouallam military base, a hundred kilometers north of the capital Niamey, not far from the Malian border. Although everyone occupies a…
the question of Russian or French influence persists
Is the rapprochement between Burkina and Russia the real motivation for the coup? Does France support Lieutenant Colonel Damiba? These two questions were this Saturday at the heart of statements by the putschist soldiers who took power on Friday 30 October.…
After the coup, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, new
After a day of uncertainty in Ouagadougou, about fifteen soldiers announced last night on national radio and television that Lt. Col. Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba had been removed from his post as president of the transition. Eight months after the previous coup,…
Burkina Faso hit by new uncertainty after second coup in eight months
Burkina Faso woke up to fresh chaos on Saturday as the country faced its second coup in a year. Junta leader Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba has been overthrown by junior officers who have accused him of failing to respond to numerous jihadist attacks on the…
Burkina Faso army captain announces overthrow of military government
A Burkinabe army captain on Friday announced the ousting of military leader Paul-Henri Damiba and the suspension of the country's constitution and transitional charter in a statement read on national television.…
In Madagascar, abortion remains a crime, even for reasons
About twenty countries in the world still prohibit voluntary termination of pregnancy, even in the most extreme cases: rape, incest or danger to the mother's life. In Madagascar, women and practitioners face between 6 months and 10 years in prison, a legacy of…
Gunfire near Burkina Faso’s presidential palace in Ouagadougou
Gunshots were heard Friday morning around Burkina Faso's presidential palace and the headquarters of its military junta, which seized power in a coup last January, witnesses told AFP .
Several roads in the…
In Conakry, Guineans are content to watch the trial against
The trial of former Guinean dictator Moussa Dadis Camara and a dozen former military and government officials, which opened on Wednesday, has been postponed. It will resume on Tuesday, October 4, but in the meantime, the opening of this trial, 13 years after…
against an amnesty for opponents Karim Wade and Khalifa
The first council of ministers in the new government was held on Wednesday 29 September. An announcement of the final press release in the evening did not go unnoticed and is already generating many comments. President Macky Sall is calling on the Seals'…
The ECOWAS delegation is expected in Bamako
The visit had been postponed for 48 hours at the request of the Malian transitional government. The presidents of Togo, Ghana and Gambia will plead for the release of the 46 Ivorian soldiers still detained in Bamako.…