Africa

The Constitutional Court proclaimed on Thursday afternoon, April 15, the preliminary results of the presidential election last Sunday. Like the election commission on Tuesday night, it confirms the victory in the first round of outgoing President Patrice Talon. According to these results, Patrice Talon and his co-artist Mariam…

On Tuesday, April 13, a fire broke out in a Nigerian school in Niamey. About twenty children were killed. This event raises questions about the state of schools in West Africa. In Burkina Faso, Mali and Benin, teachers are concerned about student safety. Schools in poor condition, François Yaméogo sees them every day. He…

Monusco is worried that insecurity will continue in Shabunda, this vast territory in southern Kivu. Insecurity due to the activism of armed groups illustrated by attacks, looting and sexual violence in this mineral-rich forest area. This is especially the case for the village of Kigulube. With our return correspondent from…

According to the World Health Organization, less than 2% of vaccine doses have been administered in Africa. Most come from the Covax initiative, which is led by the WHO. Given the risk of shortages, Senegal aims to produce its own vaccines. as reported from Dakar,Charlotte idracTarget shown: early 2022. The Pasteur Institute…

Amadé Ouérémi was sentenced on Thursday, April 13, to life in prison by Abidjan's criminal court. This militia leader was responsible for the massacre of several hundred people on March 28 and 29, 2011 in Duékoué Carrefour. More than 800 dead according to the Red Cross, 300 according to the UN. as reported from Abidjan, Pierre…

The International Monetary Fund forecasts 3.4% of total sub-Saharan Africa growth in 2021 after a year 2020, marked by an unsurpassed recession of more than a quarter of a century of 1.9%. The IMF calls for increased efforts to enable Africa to vaccinate its population. Vaccines are one of the prerequisites for a return to…

The UN Security Council will meet on Thursday, April 15, in New York at the request of the United States to review the situation in Tigray province in northern Ethiopia. Diplomats will try to find a common position after learning that a new massacre involving the Eritrean army took place last Monday. Two issues are on the agenda of the UN Security Council meeting to discuss the situation in Ethiopia: access to civilian assistance, first but also the announced withdrawal of the Eritrean army from Tigray. However, this…

In France, the verdict has just been announced at the trial of the bombing of the French camp in Bouaké. At the end of almost three weeks of trial, the court has just sentenced the three defendants, Yury Sushkin, the Belarusian mercenary, Ange Gnanduillet and Patrice Ouei, the two Ivorian officers, to life in prison. With our…

Dominic Ongwen comes out of his silence. The former head of the LRA is still on trial in The Hague before the ICC, which in early February found him guilty of 61 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in northern Uganda between 2002 and 2005. As criminal hearings have taken room since Wednesday, this former trust man of Joseph Kony told his story and shares his problems and regrets.…

In traceable time for several years, the Belarusian Yuri Sushkin and the Ivorians Patrice Ouei and Ange Gnanduillet Attualy, the alleged pilots and co-pilots in the rescue, are being tried in their absence for murder, attempted murder and aggravated destruction. Maximum penalty requested against them. With Laura Martel, of…