Africa

The preliminary number of two attacks last night in the northern Ivory Coast shows at least six dead. Five people were killed in clashes between defense and security forces and attackers qualified as "terrorists" by the General Staff in Kafolo. A gendarme was killed in a separate skirmish several kilometers east of this village.…

For four years they have been waiting to serve land titles, the state has been slow to follow. And yet promises had been made. In the face of the press, the collective that brings these families together condemns unbearable delays. Of the nearly 2,500 family heads involved in the Pikine branch in the suburbs of Dakar, only 800 have been notified of relocation.…

He is one of the survivors, and since 1984, at the opening of the Boiro camp, he has not stopped campaigning, so that the truth is known, so that the victims are rehabilitated, so that Guinea can be reconciled. with oneself. Really, until the last minute, even when I was sick. Abdoulaye Conté, President of the Association of Victims of Camp Boiro Leonard Vincent .

On November 6, 2004, two Soukhoï Su-25s from the Ivorian army bombed the French base in Bouaké. Results: 9 French soldiers and one American civilian killed and 38 French soldiers wounded. The aircraft was piloted by Belarusian mercenaries and was assisted by Ivorian co-pilots. Defendants who will be absent from this trial. More than 16 years after the events, the victims especially want to understand why France ordered the alleged perpetrators of this murderous attack to go away after the Togolese authorities arrested…

General Amadou Sanogon will not have waited long before speaking. The leader of the coup who fired President Amadou Toumani Touré on March 22, 2012, the former putchist is charged with murder and complicity in the assassination. But he has been free since mid-March after benefiting from a "law". National agreement ". This weekend in Ségou, 260 kilometers north of Bamako, he spoke to his supporters.…

One week ago, residents of the Annex Municipality of Lubumbashi in the DRC mining company Katanga, Somika, accused of environmental pollution on our antennas. The people in the area believe that their health is endangered by the company's mining activities. Somika responds: "The accusations of the population are unfounded because everything is being done to significantly reduce the effects of…

On November 6, 2004, two Ivorian planes bombed a French camp for the Licorne force in Bouaké, Ivory Coast: nine French soldiers and one American civilian were killed, 38 people wounded. In retaliation, the French army destroyed the Ivorian air force. Tensions are rising between Paris and Abidjan. More than 16 years later, the trial of the persecuted pilots for murder, attempted murder and destruction of property will begin on Monday before the Assize Court in Paris, without the accused. The box will be empty. Of the…

"Energy, I have plenty of it!" Ali Bongo explained this to the pan-African weekly Jeune Afrique. The Gabonese president broke a very long silence that he had observed since his stroke in October 2018, and it was for Jeune Afrique that he chose to speak for the first time. The interview is very long, four pages. Ali Bongo talks about everything including his health. "I feel good. I even increased my pace at work. I can not wait to be 100% of my ability again," he replied. ON his opponent wondering Regarding his ability…

National Day of Mourning in Madagascar. Former President Admiral Didier Ratsiraka died on Sunday at the age of 84 at the military hospital in Antananarivo. His relatives indicate that he gave up for cardiac arrest while he had been in hospital since Tuesday for a "routine check-up due to a small flu". Tributes to this symbolic figure in Malagasy political life have followed one another. In a blue suit, the serious face, the current head of state, who had asked for his condolences in the morning on his Facebook page,…

The campaign for the presidential election on April 11 started on Friday in Benin. In the face of outgoing President Patrice Talon, no strong opponent. Major opposition figures have been disqualified by the National Autonomous Election Commission (Cena) and the Constitutional Court. A vote for which Patrice Talon is leading, after all a very active campaign on the ground. The posters have flourished, but the offer is small, there are only three candidates and their running mates. Today's poster is the result of…