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Mohamed Aly Chérif: “In Mauritania, Mokhtar Ould Daddah was a person of consensus”
This Saturday, November 28, was the sixtieth anniversary of Mauritania's independence. It was November 28, 1960. Independence was proclaimed within the model new capital Nouakchott by Mokhtar Ould Daddah. Mohamed Aly Chérif was Secretary-Normal of the Presidency below Moktar Ould Daddah, from 1969 till the coup in 1978. He then spoke out specifically in opposition to the repression of Negro-Mauritanians, between 1989 and 1991. Mohamed Aly Chérif is a superb witness in latest many years in Mauritania and is visitor at…
The ICC Fund in Bamako to compensate the victims of Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi
Four years after Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi was sentenced to nine years in prison by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes and the destruction of the Timbuktu mausoleums, a delegation from the Trust Fund for Victims traveled to Bamako. The states that have signed the Rome Statute contribute to this fund. For Mali, 1.8 billion CFA francs will be granted from January 2021 to the tomboukti victims identified after the Al Faqi trial. About a thousand people, mainly the beneficiaries of the Mausoleum Saints who…
in Lubumbashi, residents refrain from moving, tired of insecurity
As the political and economic crisis continues in the Democratic Republic of Congo, in the country's capitals, uncertainty increases. In Lubumbashi, the mining town, the streets or even entire districts are subjected to repeated attacks by organized gangs. Attacks with knives or with weapons of war that poison the lives of the inhabitants. Examples in the Bel Air district, where many residents have…
several orphans victims of the Inal massacre arrested in Nouakchott
36 Negro Mauritanians were arrested on Saturday (November 28th) as they tried to march on the official platform where President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani was taking part in a military parade marking the 60th anniversary of national independence. For part of the Negro-African community, the national festival has been synonymous with grief since November 28, 1990, when 28 black officers were executed at a…
tensions over holding a “citizens’ forum” banned by the government
Chadian police raided the premises of the private radio station FM Liberté on Friday, November 27 in N'Djaména. According to the police, 70 people were arrested. They were released, for the majority, Friday night, but three civil society activists were brought before the prosecutor, still according to police. This intervention was strongly condemned by several organizations outraged by the tense…
Libyan deputies promise to end divisions, convene soon-to-be-elected parliament
More than 120 Libyan deputies vowed in Morocco on Saturday to "lift the divisions" that undermine their country, and begin by convening the elected parliament as soon as they return home. At the end of five days of talks in Tangier, Morocco, 123 of its 180 members promised to put an end to "hate speech" and "divisions" that undermine Libyan institutions. They promised to hold "parliamentary elections and to complete the transition as soon as possible" and that all members of the House of…
authorities “almost convinced” that a second wave of Covid-19 is underway
The signals are red in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where authorities say they are facing a second wave of Covid-19 cases. The average observed several months ago has seen a worrying rebound in recent days. A situation that is particularly due to the fact that populations that risk being limited if they do not recover reduce health measures, says Professor Jean-Jacques Muyembe.…
President Kaboré’s party does not receive a legislative majority
The Independent National Electoral Commission (Céni) announced the preliminary results of the legislative elections on Saturday night, Sunday 29 November. The People's Movement for Progress, part of the re-elected President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, received 56 deputies. But it has no absolute majority, set at 64 seats. This means that he must rely on the other parties in the party alliance for the…
adopted by the National Assembly, the Finance Bill raises controversy
Madagascar's civil society is reacting after the adoption, late in the evening on Friday 27 November, of the deputies 2021. This text, which will regulate the country's public spending for the coming year, was validated by the lower house, mostly pro-regime, after only three hours of debate in the House and an amendment. Members of the opposition party TIM boycotted the vote. The ROHY platform, which…
the coordinator of the Kpodzro dynamics arrested in turn
Following the arrest of Gérard Djossou, President of the Social Commission for Human Rights of the Dynamic Bishop Kpodzro, under incredible conditions in the center of Lomé on Friday night, the Dynamics Coordinator, Brigitte Kafui Adjamagbo-Johnson, has been in the hands of the Judicial Police Saturday 28 November. as reported…