in Rufisque already friends and fans of Pape Bouba Diop pay tribute to him
as reported from Dakar, Charlotte idrac…
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a desire for democracy despite the security situation
In Niger, the municipal and regional election campaign began on Wednesday, December 2. Nearly 7.5 million voters are expected to vote on Sunday, December 13 to elect their local elected representatives. These first votes will act as a balloon of scrutiny a few weeks before the parliamentary elections on 27 December, while the country is in the grip of growing uncertainty, especially in the Tillabéri…
a video involving Nana Akufo-Addo is controversial
The candidate for the New Patriotic Party is filmed and receives money in an envelope. The pictures are from 2016, before the head of state came to power. They are today the core of an information battle between the two main candidates a few days before the presidential election.
as reported from Accra, Christina okelloThe…
Human Rights Watch condemns the size of the violence off Côte d’Ivoire after the election
In a report printed on Wednesday, the NGO's Human Proper Watch condemns the extent of violence after the election in Côte d'Ivoire and asks the authorities to analyze the deaths of about 50 individuals. In accordance with HRW, at the least 50 individuals have misplaced their lives in gatherings and / or violence.
HRW analyzes…
the 121 members of the National Transitional Council are known
Following the appointment of the head of state of Mali, the appointment of a prime minister and members of his government, the third institution of the transition, the long-awaited National Transitional Council (CNT) was created on Friday. Among the 121 members, names were expected, but also surprises.
as reported from…
In Ethiopia, the humanitarian state of affairs is turning into more and more pressing
Almost a million individuals at the moment are displaced in Tigray or refugees in neighboring Sudan. The wants are monumental in meals, drugs, hygiene merchandise. An settlement signed on Wednesday between Addis Ababa and the UN was to supply entry to help to Tigray. However at current the state of affairs isn't but unblocked.…
Ivory Coast: the film “The Evening of the Kings”, expiatory behind closed doorways in a fantasy jail
The French-Ivorian director Philippe Lacôte has chosen MACA, the Abidjan Jail (the biggest jail in West Africa), as the primary character in his newest characteristic movie "La Nuit des rois", which might be launched in Abidjan's theaters on December 4. Notorious criminals or sad harmless individuals, the artistically gifted prisoners carry out an expiatory dance that bears the struggling of the modern historical past of the Ivory Coast. The movie was chosen by Ivorian cultural our bodies to signify the nation on the 2021…
opponent Bobi Wine in the campaign again
In Uganda, Bobi Wine, the main challenger to President Yoweri Museveni before the presidential election on January 14, 2021, went on the road on Thursday after another collision with the police this week. On Tuesday, his vehicle came under fire from the police. Since the campaign opened last month, incidents have multiplied.…
dialogue with jihadists “ongoing” as a “continuation of military action”
Malia's Prime Minister for the transition, Moctar Ouane, gives an exclusive interview to RFI and France 24. He answers questions from David Baché (RFI) and Marc Perelman (F24) on the militarization of the transition, the establishment of the National Transitional Council, negotiations with terrorist groups, conflicts between the municipalities in the center, accusations of abuse by the Malian army and the…
the former head of state François Bozizé failed in the presidential race
At the end of the tension in Bangui, the Constitutional Court made its decision in the early afternoon on Thursday, especially regarding François Bozizé's candidacy for the presidential election on December 27, 2020. A candidacy was finally rejected.
as reported from Bangui,Charlotte cossetIf the Constitutional Court rules out…