Africa

Brahim Ghali was heard on Tuesday morning, June 1, 2021, by a judge. The leader of the Saharawi independence movement, which suffers from Covid-19 and cancer, has been treated in Spain since mid-April. He was the subject of two complaints against him in the country, including genocide, illegal detention and torture. The hearing was held in a tense diplomatic context on the issue of Western Sahara, but…

Ten days after the eruption of Nyiragongo, volcanic activity seems to have calmed down a bit in Goma, but the evacuation order is still being maintained by the authorities. According to the UN Humanitarian Coordination, there are more than 500,000 displaced persons. But in recent days, we have seen a movement of these displaced people returning to Goma.…

After the incident that took place on Sunday morning at the common border, the Chadians did not pick up speed and continued to accuse their neighbor of aggression, of war crimes, which the Central Africans deny. The Bangui authorities are trying to calm things down and have decided to favor the diplomatic channel to resolve this crisis with a delegation expected in Ndjamena.…

Laurent Gbagbo returns to Ivory Coast on June 17, according to his party. Laurent Gbagbo, acquitted by the ICC on March 31, has lived in Brussels for two years. His return after a ten-year absence is especially waiting for his followers. For several days, a debate has raged in Abidjan about what form it should take: discreet as the authorities and the RHDP, the ruling party want, or popular and…

"The Secretary-General of the Ivorian Popular Front, Assoa Adou, lifted the veil on the day he returned to Abidjan for former President Laurent Gbagbo. Infodrome. It was yesterday during the anniversary ceremony for the former president's 76th birthday, a ceremony organized by the women of Offpi, the FPI's women's organization, in the triangle space in the city of Cocody. To believe that, Assoa Adou, the founder of FPI, will…

Following the second coup in Mali, the CMA decides to "not follow the current transition without a guaranteed compromise on its priorities." Present in the First Transitional Government and the Transitional National Council, the Legislature, the Coordination of Azawad's Movements (ex-Rebel CMA), calls for the effective application of the provisions of the Alliance's Peace and Reconciliation Agreement…

It has been eleven years on Tuesday that the CEO of Voix des Sans Voix, Floribert Chebeya Bahizire, and his companion, Fidèle Bazana Edadi, disappeared. They were murdered in the facilities of the police inspection. But this year, this date is also synonymous with hope, as some protagonists have acknowledged. The two men's relatives therefore now want a trial with the real sinners in the accused's box…

As the diplomatic crisis continues between Morocco and Spain, the leader of the Polisario Front, the independent Sarhaoui Brahim Ghali, ill with Covid-19 and cancer, will be heard this Tuesday, June 1, by the judge of the 'National Audience Santiago Pedraz. He will be linked to two complaints against him in Spain. The character is at the heart of the dispute between Rabat and Madrid.…

In Nigeria, another major kidnapping took place on Sunday at a Koran school in the state of Niger, northwest of the country, where 200 children went to school. No final assessment has yet been made on the number of young people reported missing. Against this unpleasant uncertainty, spontaneous protests have taken place in northwestern Nigeria over the past week, condemning the incessant attacks on the…

How far does the Eritrean army's intervention in Ethiopia continue? Since the beginning of November, troops from Asmara have been present in large numbers in the province of Tigray, where they are fighting together with Addis Ababa against the TPLF rebels. Today, the main opposition party in the Oromia region also accuses the Eritreans of intervening in support of Ethiopian soldiers in the western part…