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The UN Safety Council removes Burundi from the political agenda

In a choice adopted on Friday, December 4, the UN Safety Council determined to take away Burundi from its political agenda. A choice that comes shortly after the Burundian authorities' refusal to increase the workplaces of the UN Particular Envoy. The choice was introduced on Friday, December 4, in an announcement from the…

ROTAB as a civil party in the “uraniumgate” case

In Niger, a new step was taken this week in the so-called "Uraniumgate" deal. An investigation was launched this year in France and ROTAB, the network of organizations for transparency and budget analysis, has just become a civil party. The financial scandal says about "uraniumgateExploded in 2017. This is a transaction that…

Ghana’s two presidential rivals signal “peace pact”

The aim of this pact: to keep away from violence within the elections through the vote on Monday, 7 December. This settlement comes after generally sizzling exchanges between the 2 long-standing opponents who thereby present their connection to democracy. With our particular correspondent in Accra, Christina okelloThey arrived…

Elections in Ghana: an vital check for democratic consolidation

It's debated with Wathi, as each Saturday at RFI with Gilles Yabi. After Guinea, Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso, the place outgoing President Marc-Christian Kaboré has simply been re-elected within the first spherical and with out a disaster after the election, it's Ghana's flip to prepare presidential and legislative elections…

An incomparable designer of election transparency

In the essential openness that a credible choice requires, the role of the media in Africa may be more important than one imagines. Andréane Meslard: Despite the reservations they expressed about the organization of the presidential election on November 22, Burkinabè's opponents graciously accepted the results. Even better,…