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Following the open letter from Sébastien Ajavon's lawyer demanding that his consumer's conviction be "invalidated", the federal government spokesman replied that "the judges are impartial" and {that a} change within the state of affairs couldn't be made. than by judicial overview. "An Unsurpassed Decline in Civil Liberties", a…

Following the new regional division, the number of Malian regions will increase from 15 to 20. At that time, 13 soldiers close to Assimi Goïta, the vice president in charge of defense and security issues and junta strongman, were appointed instead of civilians to govern most regions. as reported from Bamako, Serge DanielUntil…

Incidents and unrest in the Niono circle, in central Mali, are in this area where the village of Farabougou is located, surrounded since the beginning of October by jihadist terrorists. But if this place has become very politicized and published, it is not the only place affected by the violence: the grip of jihadist fighters extends across the circle and has revived tensions between communities. Farabougou, it is the tree that shows the forest. Recent events so far: villagers prevented from going to their fields in Goma…

The political consultations that started for Félix Tshisekedi three weeks in the past ended on Wednesday 25 November. If at first these consultations have been very political, the previous couple of days have been marked by larger openness, however at all times with out the FCC from Joseph Kabila, who's anxious to respect the coalition settlement that the present president signed together with his…

In reference to the Worldwide Day for the Elimination of Violence towards Girls, a marketing campaign was launched to popularize the regulation criminalizing rape and pedophilia on 25 November. It can run till December 10 as a part of the # 16joursDActivism towards violence towards girls launched by the UN in partnership with the Senegalese Ministry of Girls, Household, Gender and Baby Welfare.…

Reversal in the so-called looted building case in the former Katanga province. Emmanuel Stoupis, who accused Moïse Katumbi and Jean-Claude Muyambo five years ago of stealing two buildings, was arrested on Tuesday, November 24 in Kinshasa following a complaint from the bar's president Jean-Claude Muyambo. The latter accuses the Greek citizen of using forgery, complicity in torture and fraud.…

The majority party, opposition and representatives of the former rebel leader Pastor Ntoumi have met since Wednesday 25 November in Madingou to prepare for the presidential election in 2021. The vote is scheduled for March. More than a hundred political actors and members of civil society are present at these meetings. What can be expected from these political consultations if the first stated goal is…

While we await the publication of the preliminary results of Sunday's presidential election in Burkina Faso, the Independent National Electoral Commission (Céni) has just announced that the announcement will take place on Thursday at 10 am (UT). From our special envoys to Ouagadougou,"We lacked almost nothing," a source told the…

In Chad, an explosion left several dead and wounded in the army ranks during the night Tuesday to Wednesday when soldiers sailed on Lake Chad. An explosion attributed by the authorities to the Islamists from Boko Haram. as reported from Ndjamena, Madjiasra NakoThe motorized canoe carrying the soldiers was circulating among the…

Continuation and finish of our sequence on Madagascar lychee. Yearly, 2 to three weekends earlier than Christmas, there's Malagasy lychee, harvested in mid-November, in cubicles of European futures. A distinct segment market the place Madagascar reigns supreme, with greater than 15,000 tonnes exported every year. Because the main producer within the southern hemisphere, it's the solely nation on the…