Coasts

It is a phenomenon that has plagued the Togolese coast for several years: the sea is moving across the continent and across the sandy beaches of Togo. The swells turn into strong waves that crash into the coast and destroy it by swallowing everything, from house to coast. ”In cemeteries. On the beaches, the remains of abandoned houses are legion. Sunken cemeteries leave some grave ruins. All this is visible after the harbor: a set of ruins belonging to families, some of which have gone far away and become tenants in their…

Ivory Coast Constitutional Court ruled last week that only four out of 44 presidential hopefuls would be allowed to run in the country's presidential election. Because they face criminal convictions, former President Laurent Gbagbo and former rebel leader Guillaume Soro, both giants of Ivorian politics, were among those prevented from running. Most of the others whose candidates were deemed invalid had failed to garner sufficient public support - a new electoral reform required candidates to request signatures from at…