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All-round hearings of activists arrested on the sidelines of the "Sonko affair". Among them, Guy Marius Sagna, coordinator of the Frapp-France Degage movement, heard on Monday, March 22, about the merits of the examining magistrate. The activist, who was arrested on February 22, condemned a "conspiracy" against opponent Ousmane Sonko, who was accused of raping an employee in a massage parlor. The…

Former presidential candidate and businessman Nabil Karoui is in jail again in connection with a money laundering case. as reported from Tunis Lilia blaiseIt was an expected arrest in legal circles, as an investigation was still ongoing since the first arrest of Nabil Karoui in August 2019. He had at that time been released in…

In Mali, the transitional authorities issued a state of emergency over the weekend to meet the threat of Covid-19 and persistent terrorist attacks, while ensuring that they do not want to restrict public freedoms, especially journalists. A meeting on the subject was even arranged to calm the press' concerns. It is in this context that we learn about the arrest of a radio columnist known for his…

The blatant trial of eight Lucha activists began on Monday before a military tribunal in Beni, northern Kivu. They were arrested last Saturday when the civic movement demanded demonstrations against the renewal of the mandate for the UN mission Monusco. According to police, they deliberately attacked a police station in revenge for the ban on their demonstration and attacked police. A version that…

Scandal in Senegal after the arrest, between 26 and 28 November, of forty people in "recovery centers" in the marabout SerigneModou Kara Mbacké, religious leader of the Brotherhood of Mourides, and also a political personality. According to the gendarmerie, young people were victims of "kidnapping, assault, even torture" in these centers in Dakar and its suburbs. An investigation is underway.…

36 Negro Mauritanians were arrested on Saturday (November 28th) as they tried to march on the official platform where President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani was taking part in a military parade marking the 60th anniversary of national independence. For part of the Negro-African community, the national festival has been synonymous with grief since November 28, 1990, when 28 black officers were executed at a…

Following the arrest of Gérard Djossou, President of the Social Commission for Human Rights of the Dynamic Bishop Kpodzro, under incredible conditions in the center of Lomé on Friday night, the Dynamics Coordinator, Brigitte Kafui Adjamagbo-Johnson, has been in the hands of the Judicial Police Saturday 28 November. as reported…

In Chad, security forces looted a private radio station on Friday, November 27, arresting nearly 70 people. Most of those arrested were released on Friday afternoon, several sources said.

Political tensions are rising in Côte d'Ivoire, a week after a controversial presidential election in which incumbent President Alassane Ouattara won with 94.27% of the vote, according to the CEI. Accused of riots and "terrorist acts", several opposition leaders are wanted or arrested. Maurice Guikahué, number 2 in the PDCI, now sleeps at MACA. According to the Democratic Party, he was detained in the large prison in Abidjan on Friday along with five other party figures, including Senators Seri Bi N'Guessan and Bassy…

In the Ivory Coast, the opponent and president of FPI-legal Pascal Affi N'Guessan was arrested last night more than a hundred kilometers from Abidjan. He was charged in connection with an investigation recently launched into "attack and conspiracy against the state authority". The information provided by a party official this morning is confirmed by a security source.…