West-Africa
In Mali, relief after the release of Soumaïla Cissé
Several hostages in the hands of jihadists were released on Thursday. Among them the leader of the Malian opposition. Soumaïla Cissé was…
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The release of hostages, a political success for the new Malian power?
This release comes less than two months after the CNSP’s military coup, the junta that brought down President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta. Yet…
West-Africa
The police to help children illegally employed in the cocoa sector
According to a report by the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) Foundation, child labor increased by almost 20% in Côte d’Ivoire between mid-March…
West-Africa
In focus: the release of hostages in Mali
“The good news finally fell yesterday”, poster in large letters on the front of L’Indépendant, the Malian daily. “Soumaïla Cissé and other…
West-Africa
Ibrahim Maïga: “The security situation on earth is deteriorating in Mali”
The release of Sophie Pétronin and Soumaïla Cissé completes an operation whose underside remains unclear. Prior to the release on the weekend…
West-Africa
ex-hostages Sophie Pétronin reunited with her son in Mali
Sophie Pétronin, a French aid worker who was the last French hostage in the world, landed in the capital Bamako to have…
East-Africa
an opposition platform set up against President Assoumani
In the Comoros, a new “common front of the living forces” is being created, uniting the opposition union and all civil society…
Central-Africa
new controversy following a dismissal at Brazzaville CHU
The president of the Intersyndicale du Center hospitalier universitaire (CHU) de Brazzaville, who has long condemned the poor management of the Canadian…
West-Africa
arrival in Bamako by ex-hostages Sophie Pétronin and Soumaïla Cissé
Sophie Pétronin and Soumaïla Cissé arrived in Bamako around noon. 22 local time. The aid worker and politician were released after four…
West-Africa
[Série] Guinea: hope for Internet users with the advent of optical fiber
The continuation of our series dedicated to transformations of the Guinean economy, the country Alpha Condé is very late on the Internet,…
East-Africa
The former Somali prime minister dies of COVID-19 in Ethiopia at the age of
JIGJIGA, Ethiopia – Former Somali Minister Ali Khalif Galaydh has died in Jigjiga city, the capital of the Somali regional state of…
