Africa

At the trial of the bombing of the French camp Bouaké, the interrogation of witnesses will end on Tuesday, April 13. After former Foreign Minister Michel Barnier, it was former Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin's turn to testify. He says he is no longer a lawyer. Quoted as a witness at the trial of the attack on the…

Sidi Brahim Ould Sidati, the current chair of the Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA), died at a clinic in Bamako, Mali. Earlier in the morning, he had been the subject of gunfire outside his home. as reported from Bamako, Serge DanielSidi Brahim Ould Sidati was in front of his home in Bamako, early on Tuesday morning, when…

Ramadan begins this Tuesday, April 13, in Nigeria and, as every year, religious authorities ask wholesalers not to raise food prices disproportionately. The month of Ramadan often corresponds to a sharp rise in food prices, while the most populous country in Africa is already facing 17% inflation on food products. After a year of recession and the economic and health crisis, many Nigerians have become poor. Jamila, a Muslim from Togo, notes that the prices of corn or beans in recent times have more than doubled in the…

This complaint is actually less to obtain compensation for a defamation, than to prevent the journalist from being able to work and to scare him continuously. Investigative journalists are not necessarily aggressors of established power, but on the contrary they should be allies, especially since they help to clean up the public administration. So we urge the Nigerian authorities on two things: on the need to actually stop the harassment against Moussa Askar, also because he is subject to death…

In Chad, voters voted Sunday in the presidential election. A vote that took place in peace, but which was marked by irregularities according to election observers who followed the vote. Coordination of civil society associations and the defense of human rights, a national organization that observed presidential election is said…

Kenya, on this first day of Ramadan, is also hit by a third wave of Covid-19, more virulent than the previous ones, forcing the government to step up action. The curfew was introduced from 8 pm to 4 pm, as well as the closure of worship and the ban on gatherings for the next two months. as reported from Nairobi, Charlotte…

It is an unrivaled coalition of almost 50 Sahelian, West African and international organizations that will speak today. The "Citizen Coalition for the Sahel" presents, this Tuesday, April 13, a set of recommendations on dealing with the crisis in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger. The text is entitled "Sahel: What must change". To talk about this report, Niagalé Bagayoko, co-author of the text, answers Laurent Correau's questions. .

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the members of the new government are finally known. The first "Holy Union" government that President Tshisekedi wants consists of 56 and its Prime Minister Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde. That's 10 less than the previous team. But it is beyond what was hoped for. According to the head of government, there were many criteria to reconcile.…

Transparency International Madagascar conducted a survey of 1,700 people in three regions of the country. The purpose of this study is to know the population's perception of vaccination, as the second wave of Covid-19 continues to wreak havoc on the island. as reported from Madagascar, Laure Verneau76% of respondents want to be…

In Kenya, there is confusion about the Russian vaccine Sputnik V. A few days after the first injections in the country, the vaccination was stopped. The Kenyan government mentions in particular the lack of permission to use the serum. Since mid-March, 75,000 Sputnik V vaccines have arrived on Kenyan soil via a private company.…