Africa

In custody for eight years, Amadé Ouérémi will be stuck in her fate this Thursday, April 15 in the afternoon. The brigadier from the West Ivory Coast, accused of being responsible for the massacre of hundreds of people on March 28 and 29, 2011 in Duékoué, is sentenced to life in prison. Wednesday was the seventh day of his trial, with the indictment and the submissions.…

This Thursday, April 15, ends the one-month period that Katiba Macina jihadists left to the Malian state in the matter of Farabougou. This village in central Malivit has been blocked for more than six months. On March 14, an agreement was reached with these jihadists linked to Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, under the leadership of the High Islamic Council of Mali, mandated by the government. But the…

There are many condemning messages after the execution, on Tuesday 13 April in Bamako, by Sidi Brahimi Ould Sidati, one of the leaders of the ex-uprising. His funeral is scheduled for Friday near Timbuktu. Investigations are underway to reveal the perpetrators. A suspect who tried to travel by plane was arrested on Wednesday at Bamako airport.…

Since 2015, one of the largest defendants in the Thomas Sankara case has not been found. Hyacinthe Kafando, former head of security for Blaise Compaoré in 1987, is in demand for military justice. An international arrest warrant has been filed against him since the case was reopened. After hearing about his summons from the interrogation judge, the man recovered. In 2016, he was located in Ivorian…

This week, RFI offers you a series of four reports on the unparalleled ceasefire agreement reached on March 14 over a one-month period between the jihadists in Katiba Macina, linked to al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, and the Dozo fighters who confronted them try to protect some villages, especially Farabougou, in the district of Nionos (region Ségou). The Malian state, which mandated the negotiators,…

The Senegalese film industry has undergone a renaissance over the past ten years. The sector is becoming more professional and developing its apprenticeship courses. In 2013, producer Oumar Sall launched Upcourt-métrages, a ten-month training in film and production professions. The fourth campaign has just presented its work, six short films.…

Between January and March, at least 1,300 acts of sexual violence were committed in Kasai Central Province, DRC, mostly on the outskirts of Kananga. NGO Médecin sans frontières relies on the number of victims received at Kananga's provincial hospital and in three health centers. With our special correspondent in Kananga, Sonia…

According to preliminary results announced on Tuesday, April 13, Beninese president Patrice Talon was re-elected in the first round of presidential elections with 86% of the vote. Several observation missions, national and international (ECOWAS, AU, OIF, CEN-SAD) had been deployed to monitor the election process. With our…

RFI exclusivity - France 24. Despite the Duclert report on France's responsibility for the genocide of the Tutsis in Rwanda, former Prime Minister Edouard Balladur does not want France to apologize. In an exclusive interview with RFI and France 24, former French Prime Minister Édouard Balladur confirms that he "does not agree at…

In Mali, the president of the Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA), a coalition of former rebel movements from the north, was assassinated on Tuesday morning, April 13. Sidi Brahim Ould Sidatia was shot dead near his home in Bamako by two still unidentified men. The shock is still great two days after the murder of Sidi…