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Tunisian President Kais Saied consolidated his grip on the judiciary on Sunday with a decree allowing him to remove judges or block their promotion, helping to consolidate his power after he seized executive power last summer in a move his enemies call a coup. Saied outraged his opponents and intimidated democratic foreign allies with his announcement last week that he was dissolving the Supreme Judicial Council, a body that guaranteed the independence of the judiciary. A former constitutional lawyer…

Almost a month ago, the Tunisian president arrogated exceptional powers due to the "imminent danger" he considered hanging over the country. In the absence of a constitutional court that can rule on the need to extend this exceptional period, the president has the sole discretion. as reported from Tunis, Amira SouilemTough…

In Mali, August 18, is the first anniversary of the fall of Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta's regime. After seven years in office and just two years after his re-election for a second term, the former Malian president is the victim of a military coup. One year later, the residents of Badalabougou, the center of the protest against IBK, are divided.…

It has been exactly one year since he appeared in public. No official statement either. When he is not in his private home in Bamako, he spends most of his time in Abu Dhabi, for a private stay during which he takes care of his health. Examination of his new life. as reported from Bamako, Serge DanielWe could call him "the…

President Kais Saied announced that he would take over the executive branch with the help of a new prime minister, in the biggest challenge to date for the democratic system Tunisia introduced in a 2011 revolution. Supporters of the decision celebrate on the street Habib Burgiba in Tunis, Tunisia, July 26, 2021.…

On January 7, 2019, early in the morning, a command group led by Lieutenant Kelly Ondo had taken control of Radio Gabon and read a message announcing that the army had taken power. The special forces' attack had quickly ended this adventure. The alleged perpetrators have appeared for several days before a special military court. The last hearing, Monday, was marked by the hearing of witnesses. Report.…

In Gabon, on January 7, 2019, young soldiers led by Lieutenant Kelly Ondo Obiang, from the Republican Guard, occupied Gabon's national radio early in the morning and sent a message that the army had taken power. But the special forces' response had made it possible to counter the coup at noon. The arrested putschists appeared before a special military court on Monday, June 21.…

In Mali, former President Bah N'Daw and former Prime Minister Moctar Ouane were able to return home on Wednesday night after being held for more than 48 hours by CNSP junta led by Colonel Assimi Goïta. The junta leader and vice president of the transition announced in the wake that he took control of the transition. His legal adviser, Youssouf Coulibaly, also a university professor and member of the National Transitional Council, answers David Baché's questions. .

Mali will form a new government after the country's interim president and prime minister's resignation as part of a mediation effort on Wednesday, after they were arrested in a blatant second military coup in nine months, a top aide said. President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane, tasked with directing the return to civilian rule after a coup last August, had been held since Monday and resigned "before the mediator," said Baba Cisse, special adviser to junata boss Assimi Goita. Cisse said…

Colonel Assimi Goïta, who already fell from IBK nine months ago, has therefore just rejected the president of the transition, Bah N'Daw, and his prime minister, Moctar Ouane. Even though he was officially vice president, the colonel was and still is the strong man in the country.Yes, exclaims Informantri Bamako, “Bah N'Daw, Moctar Ouane and Colonel Assimi Goïta, who decides? All indications are that the first two should…