West-Africa
French hostage Sophie Pétronin released after being held in Mali since 2016
The Malian presidency on Thursday confirmed that French charity worker Sophie Pétronin, who was abducted in Mali and held hostage since December…
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West-Africa
hostages Sophie Pétronin and Soumaïla Cissé have been released
Two hostages, the French Sophie Pétronin and the Malian opposition leader Soumaïla Cissé, were released on Thursday, October 8, 2020. This release…
West-Africa
French diplomacy wants peaceful elections?
Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian heard from the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Assembly on Wednesday and reacted to Alassane Ouattara’s candidacy…
North-Africa
In Sudan, six artists imprisoned since August have been released
They were fired this Tuesday. Their arrest sparked an uprising last month in Khartoum because everyone had taken part in the revolution…
East-Africa
Two convicted of aiding the Al-Shabaab raid at Westgate Mall in
NAIROBI, Kenya – Two men were found guilty on Wednesday of aiding Al-Shabaab attackers during the siege of the Westgate shopping mall…
North-Africa
the murder of a young girl revives mobilization on feminicides
Gatherings are scheduled this Thursday in several Algerian cities to condemn feminicides. No official figures exist, but the Facebook account Algeria Feminicides,…
West-Africa
Benin suspended from list of “safe countries of origin”
This decision was taken in late September by the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons, which regulates asylum…
East-Africa
Spy agency NISA to collect official data in Somalia
MOGADISHU, Somalia – Individuals working with the Federal Government of Somalia must now submit their information to the National Intelligence Security Agency…
West-Africa
closing the border with Guinea, the president’s astonishment
Bissau-Guinea President Umaro Sissoco Embalo on Wednesday reacted to the unilateral decision of the Conakry authorities to close the borders with Senegal,…
Central-Africa
anger from the inhabitants of three ruined villages in the Kolwezi region
Several thousand families have been expropriated to make way for a hydropower dam about sixty kilometers from Kolwezi in southern Congo. Houses…
West-Africa
The UN worries about “hateful” remarks from certain politicians
Words that could lead to human rights violations, according to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. The Guinean campaign has been…
