Africa

Sentenced in absentia in his country Burundi to life imprisonment The murder of his predecessor Melchior Ndadaye in 1993 during a coup, former Burundian President Pierre Buyoya spoke this Friday 23. October in Bamako at a press conference. The current High Representative of the African Union for Mali and the Sahel, he rejects this condemnation and announces that he will lodge an appeal, especially in his country. as reported from Bamako, Serge Daniel Before the press, Pierre Buyoya, former President of Burundi and…

Last week, a triple terrorist attack claimed by GSIM, the Support Group for Islam and Muslims, linked to al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, targeted the Sokoura military camp and then civilians, killing a total of 24 people, according to the Malian army. has since launched a counter-terrorism operation in the area. According to several local sources, an operation was ruined by abuse. A "large-scale operation" is underway, according to the Malian army, "on the Dogon plateau and the exposed area of ​​Seno". A…

The National Electoral Commission (ANE) has just announced that the submission of candidate files for the presidential and legislative elections on 27 December will take place between 1 and 10 November. This prompted the KNK party of former President François Bozizé to want to poke "in" while his candidacy is the subject of controversy between the presidential camp and the opposition through the media.…

Félix Tshisekedi spoke to the nation on Friday night. In a speech of approx. 6 minutes later, the Congolese head of state listed the differences within the ruling coalition and announced that he intended to open consultations with the leaders of the political parties as early as next week. Some expected a resolution, others to…

Sidiki Diakité, Minister of Territorial Administration, died on Friday, October 23, after a cardiac arrest. In recent days, it was he who coordinated the attempts at dialogue between the government and the opposition parties. as reported from Abidjan, Sidy YansaneAs suddenly as it was unexpected, the disappearance of Sidiki…

As the crisis continues in Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari spoke this Friday 23. October with his predecessors, including Goodluck Jonathan and Olusegun Obasanjo, during a virtual meeting. as reported from Abuja, Liza FabbianAccording to the press release from the Nigerian presidency, the head of state once again lamented…

Protesters are scattered like tensions in Guinea earlier than the ultimate outcomes of the nation's presidential election. Additionally, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari admits that "many lives have been misplaced" in current protests in opposition to police brutality. And our group speaks to Ivorian voters in Bouaké as a part of our sequence forward of the nation's elections. .

The UN announced this Friday 23. October a comprehensive and permanent ceasefire in Libya between the Khalifa Haftar camp in Benghazi and the government of national unity based in Tripoli. The warlords signed an agreement after five days of talks in Geneva. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday welcomed the ceasefire…

In Guinea, there is still no official winner of the first round of the presidential election last Sunday. The Electoral Commission announced new partial preliminary results on Thursday night, but the figures for three constituencies are missing. The retiring Commissioners condemn "serious irregularities" in the counting procedure.…

In Mali, the 3,000 inhabitants of Farabougou are no longer alone in their village, cut off from the world. Soldiers from the Malian army were able to set foot on Thursday at this locality in the center of the country, while jihadist fighters had banned entry for 17 days. This Friday morning, the Malian army gave some details about its intervention.…