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Burkina Faso Citizens Call for Clarity on Influencer’s Mysterious Death

Mourning and Mystery: The Death of Alino Faso in Ivory Coast In the heart of West Africa, tensions flare and unanswered questions linger following the death of Alain Christophe Traore, more widely recognized as Alino Faso, a prominent pro-junta influencer from Burkina Faso. Chaotic yet poignant, the march that took place on a recent Wednesday in Ouagadougou was not just a call for justice but a reflection of a deeper regional wound. A Sudden Loss Alino Faso, age 44, found himself embroiled in a political labyrinth after…

Tunisian President Saied is cementing power

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…

hearing of witnesses in the coup hearing

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.…

the appearance of the military coup in January

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.…

Mali: “For us it is not a coup”,

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’s interim leaders arrested in the second military

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…