Africa

Former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagboa, according to several sources, completed the formalities in Belgium on Monday to obtain a diplomatic passport. Following statements by President Alassane Ouattara on RFI and France 24, who, a few days before the presidential election, had confirmed that he was in favor of the delivery of…

Former Burundian President Pierre Buyoya has resigned as the High Representative of the African Union in Mali and the Sahel, according to RFI information. Convicted of 18 relatives in absence to life imprisonment in Burundi to assassinate his successor and the country's first democratically elected Hutu president, Melchior…

In Benin, five appeals by citizens and opponents were submitted to the Constitutional Court to challenge the rule of sponsorship required to run in the April 11 presidential election. as reported from Cotonou, Jean-Luc AploganSince the amendment of the electoral law in November 2019, political parties must collect 16…

Guillaume Soro and three of his relatives "can not fear anything" from the mandates that the Ivorian Ministry of Justice is asking to hand over to the French authorities, according to Maître Affoussiata Bamba-Lamine, lawyer at the bar in Paris and coordinator of the collective of Guillaume Soro's lawyers. "In this case, it will…

Although the search for a vaccine against Covid-19 seems to be progressing, there is still no effective treatment for the disease. Dozens of clinical trials around the world have failed to find cures for severe forms. However, a new test will try to contribute to the building, and he is African: Anticov, that is his name, will eventually affect 3,000 patients in thirteen countries.…

In an open letter to Beninese President Patrice Talon, Maître Antoine Vey, French lawyer for Sébastien Ajavon, one of the main opponents of the head of state, condemns the attacks on democracy and human rights in the country. of the force in place. He also demands that his client's convictions be "revoked". "The conviction of…

Four years ago, free high schools were one of President Nana Akufo-Addo's campaign promises. In Ghana, it has made it possible for more than 430,000 young people to go to college and high school. they were just under 300,000 in 2016. This massive enrollment has caused congestion in schools, forcing students to switch to play. And critics are fired against this system by rotation. Back to a popular…

A dramatic turnaround in African football. Ahmad Ahmad, president of CAF, the African Football Confederation, has been suspended for 5 years for violating ethics. He will therefore not be able to participate in a second period next March. Is there anything rotten in the football kingdom? Ivorian Jacques Anouma is one of the four candidates succeeding Ahmad Ahmad. Online from Abidjan, he answers…

The battle in Western Sahara may be very worrying for Mauritania. And an necessary assembly was held on Monday, November 23 in Nouakchott. as reported from Nouakchott, Salem Mejbour SalemThe top of diplomacy for the independence motion on the Polisario Entrance was in Nouakchott on Monday 23 November. He met Mauritanian…

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the resumption of production and issuance of biometric passports, originally scheduled for Monday, November 23, has been postponed to a later date. By June 2020, the controversial agreement between the DRC and the consortium of companies in the Semlex group, which specializes in the production of passports, had ended. Since this period, it is impossible to get a new…