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France has not yet delivered all its archives to the Sankara trial
Thirty-three years after the assassination of former Burkinabé president Thomas Sankara, the case was referred to the control chamber of the Ouagadougou Military Tribunal, which according to authorities gives hope for a trial in 2021. lawyers for the deceased's family broke the news last Thursday.
But France has not delivered all its archives, hence the impatience, expressed in a press release from the international network "Justice for Sankara, justice for Africa".
In 2017, during a visit to Burkina Faso, French…
The circumstances for a good election usually are not met in Côte d’Ivoire (opposition)
The ECOWAS delegation, which met with Ivorian political actors, referred to as on the federal government and the opposition to "make a big effort" in order that the presidential election on 31 October takes place in a peaceable method. Clashes have left a number of useless in latest days. The stream stays rigid by suspending the vote. The opposition implements a method of civil disobedience. What's the logic of the 2 camps? To attempt to perceive that, our visitor this morning is Ivorian political analyst Sylvain…
Sudan set to depart the US blacklist
Negotiations on the withdrawal of Sudan from the US checklist of states that help terrorism proceed. A significant retreat for the nation's financial system, however one vote suggests a fast and optimistic end result: Donald Trumps. On Twitter, the US president assured on Monday night, October 19, of an impending settlement.…
In Geneva, Libya is looking for a ceasefire regardless of overseas army presence
Direct talks between two opposing Libyan delegations began on Monday 19 October in Geneva beneath the auspices of the United Nations. Ten members of the Navy and Safety Fee, representing the Authorities of Nationwide Unity (Tripoli) and the Libyan Nationwide Military (Benghazi), should proceed negotiations till October 24 to be able to obtain an enduring ceasefire in Libya.…
Guinea’s opposition candidate claims victory earlier than official outcomes, violence erupts
Guinea's opposition candidate CellouDaleinDiallosaid on Monday had received the primary spherical of presidential elections on October 18, however his declare was shortly disputed by the election fee and the federal government, setting the stage for a resistance.
"Regardless of the intense irregularities that mar the graceful…
Guinea’s opposition chief claims victory in elections forward of official outcomes
Guinea's opposition chief Cellou Dalein Diallo declared on Monday with out ready for official outcomes that he had received a presidential election in opposition to incumbent Alpha Conde, who's searching for a controversial third time period.
At a press convention within the capital Conakry a day after the extremely…
ECOWAS calls for calm and lifting of the boycott
In Côte d'Ivoire, the ECOWAS ministerial mission completed its two-day mission on Monday 19 October. In its final statement, the delegation from the West African Economic Community called for restraint, but also called on Pascal Affi N'guessan from the FPI and Henri Konan Bedié from the PDCI to reconsider their words on the order of boycott of the electoral process and civil disobedience.…
Ivory Coast [Série]: Improve the worth paid to cocoa farmers
The world's main cocoa producer, Côte d'Ivoire and its neighbor Ghana and the world's second largest producer, promised final yr to lift the worth paid to growers by establishing, after session with the multinational chocolate corporations, a "Differential of First rate Earnings" of 400 In consequence, on 1 October, Côte d'Ivoire formally set the worth paid for crops at 1,000 CFA francs per kilogram of…
The demise toll rises as Nigeria’s brutality towards police protests
In tonight's version: Lagos is paralyzed by ongoing protests towards police brutality. Protesters are marching in direction of the airport as they demand extra modifications to cope with the notorious abuses that safety cops typically go to civilians. And not less than three folks have been killed in tensions earlier than Ivory Coast earlier than the election. Regional bloc ECOWAS calls on each the…
the bishops very upset by the ruling coalition
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is "on the verge of bankruptcy", the Catholic bishops, members of the National Bishops' Conference in Congo (Cenco), are very upset about the coalition in power for twenty months.
as reported from Kinshasa,
In their announcement published on Monday, October 19, at the end of their plenary session, the prelates black painted the position of the Front Commun pour le Congo (FCC) by Joseph Kabila and the Cap pour le Change (CACH) of Félix Tshisekedi. , two coalitions whose tensions,…