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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…

In Mauritania, ten days after the medical staff, the vaccination campaign against Covid-19 on Monday was extended to the elderly with chronic pathologies. Medical teams have been mobilized in health centers to receive vaccine candidates. as reported from Nouakchott, Salem MejbourAt the Covid Pavilion at the National Hospital of…

When will Laurent Gbagbo set foot on the ground at Félix Houphouët-Boigny Airport in Abidjan? Almost a week after the final acquittal of the former president of Côte d'Ivoire by the International Criminal Court, his return to the country is being discussed, at the insistent request of his supporters. The modalities are far from fixed.…

"Macky is playing his game!" Announces the Daily Inquiry in Dakar. “The conquest of young people continues. The President of the Republic does not miss an opportunity to wink at the youth, massively out (on the streets) in early March, to proclaim his tiredness after the arrest of his opponent Ousmane Sonko. Since then, Macky has continued to multiply initiatives aimed at these vacancies, which are victims of many…

Among the candidates, Albert Pahimi Padacket ... He was…

In Benin, Patrice Talon has been in place for five years and the opposition does not want him to stay another second. The amendment to the constitution and the election calendar gives it an extension of one and a half months. Its political opponents from the diaspora demand that they take to the streets. A sensitive day that worries Cotonou, especially when incidents were reported during the night.…

Following the National Bishops' Conference (Cenco) for Catholics and the Protestant Church of Christ in the Congo (ECC), the awakening churches, once silent on socio-political issues and considered close to those in power, are breaking their silence. The three main religious denominations of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), divided on dogmatic issues, are merging for the first time to demand that credible elections be held within the 2023 constitutional deadline. The evangelical churches are therefore…

Mauritius has been a model of economic success in Africa for decades and bears the brunt of the consequences of the coronavirus pandemic. The industrial activity is experiencing a decline of 15.2%, which translates into the island's worst economy in 40 years. This is the consequence of the containment from last year. And the reconstruction in a month should intensify this brutal economic slippage.…