Africa

Laurent Gbagbo and Alassane Ouattara will meet for the presidency on Tuesday, July 27, according to the date announced by the Ivorian government at the end of Wednesday's cabinet meeting. It has not yet been confirmed by its predecessor's camp. The contact is therefore finally reconnected between the two men. It is Laurent…

Forbidden Stories and Amnesty International, the two organizations behind the revelations about clients from the Pegasus spy program, are being sued for libel in Paris, Moroccan lawyer Olivier Baratelli said in a statement on Thursday. "The Kingdom of Morocco and its Ambassador to France, Chakib Benmoussa, have instructed Mr…

According to Ugandan authorities, "unscrupulous" doctors and nurses have managed to withdraw millions of shillings from more than 800 people and 11 unsuspecting companies. They favored vaccine candidates who were willing to pay to get an injection when doses in Uganda were lacking. These people were desperate to be vaccinated.…

A group of young people was killed on Wednesday 21 July in Bongboto, 12 kilometers from Bossangoa. No official record yet, but it is believed there are at least eight dead. For the government, this is the element of the CPC's armed coalition who attacked villagers moving on the Nana-Bakassa axis. In the images consulted, the…

Following the assassination attempt by Colonel Assimi Goïta, the president of the Malian transition, the prosecutor at the Tribunal de grande instance of Municipality II in Bamako launched an investigation into facts that would likely constitute crimes against 'attack on state security and attempted assassination. The attacker began to speak into the hands of the security services. .

Nigerian activist Sunday Igboho, organizer of a meeting in early July for the creation of a "Yoruba" nation, was presented to the prosecutor on Thursday in Cotonou. The sessionist was arrested on Monday in the Benin capital by the aviation police and he had fled his country after a raid by Nigerian services to his home in Ibadan 150 km from Megalopolis Lagos. Nigerian authorities demanded that he be arrested and extradited. Nigerian sources, transmitted by social networks, announced on Wednesday the release of the activist…

The 9th Francophonie Games are planned in Kinshasa from 19 to 28 August 2022. Almost a year since the organization of this sporting and cultural event, doubts are beginning to take into account the respect of the calendar. This edition was already planned for earlier this year, but it had been postponed at the request of the Democratic Republic of Congo after the pandemic in Covid-19. The progress of the work raises fears of further postponement or assignment of the games to another country. In early April, Félix…

In Tunisia, the vaccination campaign, which was open to all, was suspended this Wednesday on the second day of Eid for maladministration. The Minister of Health has been fired. as reported from Tunis, Lilia blaiseWith the doors to vaccination centers closed and queues to buy bread, on the second day of Eid, many Tunisians want…

Two Frenchmen were arrested on Tuesday evening, July 20. According to the Advocate General of the Court of Appeal, who spoke on Wednesday, July 21, the two men were accused of endangering state security. They were still in custody on Wednesday night with their wives. as reported from Antananarivo, Laure VerneauAccording to the…

In the very conservative and religious community of northern Nigeria, words are gradually emerging about sexual violence. The fear of stigma is still very strong and drives many victims to shut up, but society is starting to change. From our special correspondent in Kano,It was during his community service at the Kano State…