Africa

The tripartite meeting on the Great Lady of the Renaissance (GERD) ended on Tuesday, April 6 in Kinshasa. Scheduled for two days, it lasted for three days without the Ethiopian, Sudanese and Egyptian delegates reaching an agreement. Félix Tshisekedi hoped to unleash a new dynamic through this meeting to reach a consensus plan. This meeting should also lead to the setting of the goals and frequency of…

Following the trip of several Home and Foreign Ministers and the Head of the European Council last week to Tripoli, the Italian and Greek Prime Ministers paid an official visit to Libya on Tuesday 6 April. They discussed economic and security issues as well as their bilateral cooperation with the new Libyan leadership. This double visit is further proof of Europe's great interest in the political rise…

The Constitutional Court on Tuesday, April 6, validated the election of Denis Sassou-Nguesso in the vote on March 21. He received 88.40% of the votes instead of 88.57% of the votes, according to the preliminary results which the court modified somewhat after rejecting the appeals against the annulment of three opponents. as…

Resumption today of the trial of the bombing of Bouaké. On November 6, 2004, 10 people were killed in the attack on the French military camp in the Licorne force by two Soukhoï planes piloted by Russian mercenaries and their Ivorian co-pilots. The court began investigating one of the gray areas of this act: the arrest of suspects in Togo, which will finally be released because France, warned, is not…

In Abidjan, the authorities announced on Tuesday, April 6, the new government led by Prime Minister Patrick Achi. The new government group now has 37 ministers. Ivorians therefore know Patrick Achis nya team. And it has several new features: Kandia Camara is thus appointed to foreign affairs, replacing Ally Coulibaly. Another Prime Minister, the Minister of Defense Téné Birahima Ouattara, the President's brother, confirmed in this post, where he had acted for a month, shortly before Hamed Bakayoko's death. Third Prime…

Over 1,800 prisoners dressed in Nigeria. They fled in an armed group attack on a prison in Owerri, in the state of Imo, in the southeastern part of the country. And for the authorities, it is the trail from Biafran's separatists that seems privileged. According to the Nigerian police chief, the attackers would be well "members…

The latest violence between rival tribes in this troubled region of Sudan has left at least 50 dead and more than 120 injured since Saturday, according to the Sudanese Medical Association. These clashes began on Saturday in El-Geneina, the capital of this state. They would have started, according to the UN, when a man shot at…

The opposition refuses to extend Patrice Talon's mandate following the change in the election calendar, which would allow the head of state to remain in office for another month and a half before the winner of Sunday's presidential election takes office. Patrice Talon has been in service for five years today. On Tuesday afternoon, regroupings are reported in Cotonou in Cadjèhoun, not far from former President Thomas Boni Yayi. When a group spreads, it goes elsewhere to reform. Red Star Square, where the tires were…

In Mali, according to the care staff, it is now older or in the risk zone that can be vaccinated since Tuesday 6 April. A little less than a week ago, on Wednesday, March 31, Malia's healthcare campaign began by vaccinating the first, then it was medical staff who could benefit from the first doses. From our special…

We can only hope that this will shake things up a bit. We are not completely naive and we know that defense secrets exist in practically all countries, in all democracies, but more or less in a virulent way. What we can hope for is that at least it can lead to thinking a little more about the lock. There were attempts ... There is the impression that the President of the Republic - whether in the Maurice Audin affair or for Rwanda - would like us to have easier access to documents, to archives classified as a defense…