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As Ivorians prepare to vote to elect their president this Saturday, Oct. 31, religious leaders are renewing their call for unity while artists sing in favor of tolerance. The country is still plagued by election violence in 2010. And hopes that this election will take place in peace. The Alliance of Religions for Peace, which…

In an interview with the TV5Monde channel, the former president of Côte d'Ivoire confirms that he is resolutely on the side of the opposition and is against a third term of Alassane Ouattara. He therefore asks all parties to negotiate to avoid what he calls the "disaster". as reported from Abidjan, Pierre PintoIN an interview…

In Guinea, ECOWAS, the African Union and the United Nations have just completed a joint mission to try to ease tensions following the October 18 presidential election. The latter in particular calls for the lifting of the blockade on the home of opposition leader Cellou Dalein Diallo. With our special correspondent,Charlotte…

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.…

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…

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday known as for an finish to road protests within the nation as authorities within the business capital Lagos struggled to implement a curfew imposed to comprise anger over a fierce assault on anti-police protesters. Photographs fired and smoke rose from at the very least two fires…

In Côte d'Ivoire, the ECOWAS ministerial mission completed its two-day mission on Monday 19 October. In its final statement, the delegation from the West African Economic Community called for restraint, but also called on Pascal Affi N'guessan from the FPI and Henri Konan Bedié from the PDCI to reconsider their words on the order of boycott of the electoral process and civil disobedience.…

More than eight months of silence following the debate on 22 February calls for the National Alliance for Change in Togo to mobilize. During its national council, party leaders on Wednesday, October 14, called for a resumption of the struggle with the aim of shifting and changing. as reported from Lomé,Peter Sassou DogbéBy…

UN human rights experts are calling for the release of the main opposition leader Maurice Kamto and those arrested during protests organized by the opposition last month. In a press release, UN experts call on Yaoundé to release the president of Cameroon's Renaissance movement, Maurice Kamto, blocked in his home since Sept. 22. Officially, he is not the subject of any arrest warrant or house arrest, but according to his lawyers, he cannot leave his home. His residence is surrounded by hundreds of elements from the…

This killing revived racial tensions and triggered incidents last week. On Monday morning, the head of state, Cyril Ramaphosa, warned: "This incident shows how easily the fire of racial hatred can be rekindled." Ten days ago a young white farmer, 22, was murdered. Brendin Horn's body was found tied to a pole on his farm in Senekal, Free State province, 200 kilometers from Johannesburg. In the process, two black men were arrested. They are suspected of killing the farmer and stealing cattle. After the murder, white…