Africa

Following Ceni's proclamation of the preliminary results of the presidential election that gave the outgoing president the winner, the vice president of the electoral body, Bano Sow, who is from the opposition, signed a statement proposing Partial or Total "resumption" of the vote due to a number of irregularities . as reported…

Political power multiplies the adjustment movements and press releases after a chaotic week across the country - marked on Tuesday, October 20, by the intervention of the army towards a peaceful meeting in Lagos, then by a wave of looting and demolition in many states. In a statement released on Sunday night, President Muhammadu Buhari called "a call for peace" and lamented the loss of life in Nigeria.…

In Burkina Faso, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré took status over five years spent at the helm of the country: fight against terrorism, Covid-19 and its consequences, G5 Sahel, social conflicts, etc. On October 15 at RFI he announced that he had not the outstretched hand of former President Blaise Compaorés. Several opposition politicians had qualified this exit as an election promise aimed at attracting…

French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian began a two-day visit to Mali on Sunday 25 October. He met with the armed movements that signed Algeria's peace agreement to talk about the peace process. as reported from Bamako,Serge DanielShortly after his arrival in Bamako, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian met separately…

On Friday night, October 23, the Congolese head of state condemned the blockade of institutions and the ruling coalition formed with his predecessor Joseph Kabila. To remedy this, he promised to organize consultations during the week to establish a national union. Since his speech, political groups and civil society organizations have continued internal discussions.…

Nigeria is the world's most vital hub for the unlawful commerce in pangolin. It represents 60% of worldwide seizures in 2018, based on a UN report. This mammal is a uncommon protected species that resembles a protracted hedgehog coated in scales. Its meat is in excessive demand in Asia in addition to its scales for alleged medicinal properties.…

A number of demonstrations befell on Sunday, October 25, in western Libya to protest in opposition to Emmanuel Macron's phrases defending the publication of the cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. The chance for the authorities in Tripoli, near Turkey, to resume their mistrust of France, accused of supporting the rival authority within the east and extra particularly Marshal Khalifa Haftar.…

It is an uncertain calm that prevails in Guinea the day after Cenis' proclamation of the preliminary results of the presidential election. The outgoing president, Alpha Condé, was re-elected with more than 59% of the vote. Cellou Dalein Diallo, leader and candidate of the UFDG, credited by Ceni with 33.5% of the vote, condemned "a freedom of choice". He intends to challenge them by seeing the courts,…

The situation is still explosive in several other regions of Nigeria, where local governors are taking steps in scattered order to try to stifle the popular rebel movement triggered by army intervention on Tuesday evening, October 20, against a peaceful gathering of young people in Lagos. The police inspector issued a statement from his spokesman on Saturday, October 24, in which he seriously raised his…

The Election Commission on Sunday, October 25, confirmed the election of Wavel Ramkalawan as President of the Seychelles. With 54.9% of the vote, the Anglican pastor of the Linyion Democratik Seselwa party defeated outgoing President Danny Faure in the first round. For the first time in more than 40 years, the Seychelles has a non-issuing head of state from the former single party.…