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Father Ludovic Lado left Douala on Monday for the capital Yaoundé, which he expected to reach on October 22. A "pilgrimage" according to him was intended to promote "peace" in the English-speaking northeast and northwest country. The Jesuit also planned to meet the spokesman for the opponent Maurice Kamto. But the police did not give him the opportunity. The religious were arrested on Tuesday, October 13 and driven back to Douala. It was around noon. 18 Tuesday when police brought Ludovic Lado back to the front row. Not…

Known as "Madame Maya", this businesswoman posed as the hidden daughter of former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. A court in Algiers sentenced her to 12 years in prison, a fine and seizure of her property for money laundering, influence on peddling, waste of public funds and illegal transfer of foreign currency abroad. "Madame Maya", whose real name is Zoulikha Nachinache, has been a very influential woman in Algeria for many years. An influence due to a rumor that she is the daughter of Abdelaziz Bouteflika. During…

The Stanford Internet Observatory, a US research institute on disinformation and abuse on the Internet, looked at about 100 Facebook pages linked to the Rassemblement du peuple de Guinée, the ruling party or its supporters. According to'Stanford Internet Observatory study, Facebook pages linked to RPG or its followers will not promote "transparent political life or fair elections". The proliferation of accounts, automation techniques, and the use of advertising would create the illusion of "massive and spontaneous…

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Prohibited by Kinshasa municipality, the march, organized by the opposition on Wednesday, was dispersed by police with tear gas. Opponent Martin Fayulu could not go to the equalizer. From our correspondent in Kinshasa, While Martin Fayulu and his activists met in a square in a popular district east of the capital Congoleserat 8 local time the demonstration did not last long. Following the decision of the city governor, who had banned this march, the police had already mobilized early in the morning. Activists trying…

Less than a week after the release of Malian and Western hostages in exchange for more than 200 jihadist fighters or suspected ones, hostilities resumed in Mali.

Before the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defense and Armed Forces, General François Lecointre insisted on the terrorist nature of "Islamist insurgents" in Mali, thus responding to the remarks of former hostage Sophie Pétronin. "French soldiers would never have the idea of ​​taking hostages for the release of French prisoners." This is the strong response that the Chief of Staff of the French armies wanted to give Sophie Petronin this Wednesday. Before the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defense and Armed Forces,…

Police are making sure that crime has dropped over the last seven months thanks to the strengthening of patrols and the cooperation of the population. But civil society has the opposite view. For her, insecurity is still persistent in Lubumbashi. Every day, she records cases of burglary, sometimes accompanied by murder and rape. with our correspondent in Lubumbashi, For the provincial commissioner of Haut Katanga, crime in Lubumbashi is halved compared to last year. For example, cases of armed robbery have increased…

"The circles in Bankass and Bandiagara had been focused through the evening Monday to Tuesday by unidentified armed people, inflicting the deaths of 11 troopers and about 13 civilians," reviews the day by day L'Indépendant in Bamako. That is the heaviest toll recorded in a number of months within the middle of the nation in lower than 24 hours. (...) These simultaneous assaults got here after weeks of calm within the middle…

Common Christophe Gomart was accountable for the Directorate of Army Intelligence between August 2013 and Might 2017. Previous to that, he commanded Particular Operations from August 2011 to June 2013. He was among the many architects of the recapture. from northern Mali in 2013 and earlier than the French intervention in Libya in 2011. Retired from the French military, he now publishes his army memoirs…