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Following a swift deliberation, Bamako's court against terrorism on Wednesday, October 28, recognized Mauritanian Fawaz Ould Ahmed, alias "Ibrahim 10", guilty of belonging to a jihadist group, for murder in connection with a terrorist activity and financing of terrorism. He and his co-defendant, Sadou Chaka, were sentenced to death as well as a fine of 10 million CFA francs for the attacks on the Terrace…

In tonight's version: Lagos is paralyzed by ongoing protests towards police brutality. Protesters are marching in direction of the airport as they demand extra modifications to cope with the notorious abuses that safety cops typically go to civilians. And not less than three folks have been killed in tensions earlier than Ivory Coast earlier than the election. Regional bloc ECOWAS calls on each the…

Woungly Massaga, revolutionary pan-Africanist, figure in the armed struggle for Cameroon's independence, died on Saturday 17 October in Yaoundé at the age of 84. Nicknamed "Commander Kissamba", Woungly Massagafut in the late 1960s, one of the leaders of this independence movement that was in conflict with the Cameroonian power Ahamadou Ahidjo and France. He died in Yaoundé on Saturday, October 17, at the age of 84. In the early 1970s, he revived the UPC, a party founded to gain Carmoun's independence after the…

Demonstrations took place on Tuesday 13 October in Sbeïtla, about 30 miles (30 kilometers) from Kasserine, a marginalized region in central western Tunisia. Residents' anger erupted after the death of a man killed in the destruction of his newsstand. It all starts at night from Monday to Tuesday. The local authorities in Sbeïtla decide to apply a decision to destroy an illegal outlet for newspapers and tobacco. However, the owner's father is sleeping inside. He died during this operation. Her son explains that municipal…

While the country has observed a moratorium since 1991, Kaïs Saïed voted for the death penalty after the murder of a young woman last week near Tunis. "Anyone who kills a person for no reason deserves the death penalty," the head of state said Monday night. Several NGOs point out that the death penalty has no preventive effect.…

Fifty years since the death of Gamal Abdel Nasser, controversy over the legacy of the charismatic Egyptian president who fought for Arab unity is raging in Egypt as deep divisions found in the Middle East. Best known for his everyday charisma and pan-Arab populism, he caught up with listeners with his radio broadcasts and inspired immense pride inside the North…