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Agathe Habyarimana, the widow of the former Rwandan president suspected of involvement in the 1994 genocide, was heard by French justice on Tuesday (November 3rd). An extremely rare hearing in the context of the investigation into the role that former gendarme Paul Barrilà played in the massacres. It had been years since we had…

In Madagascar, the President of the Republic Andry Rajoelina announced on Tuesday, November 3, during a press conference at the Presidential Palace, that France returned a royal coin adorning the top of the throne of Queen Ranavalona III. A throne where the last sovereign of the Big Islands (who reigned from 1883 to 1897) addressed his people during official events. Since 1910, this royal ornament has…

The international community is concerned about the situation in Côte d'Ivoire following the presidential election. The preliminary results were announced this Tuesday, November 3 in the morning. The Independent Electoral Commission announces the victory of outgoing President Alassane Ouattara in a third term contested by the opposition. Outside Ivorian borders, several organizations and countries are…

French Military Minister Florence Parly visited Bamako for a few hours on Monday 2 November. She met the new Malian authorities. The French minister announced that Paris is continuing with Bamako the fight against terrorism, a fight against terrorism that is recording results. In late October, about fifty jihadists were killed in the north, the French minister said.…

On November 2, 2013, our colleagues Ghislaine Dupont and Claude Verlon were kidnapped and then killed in Kidal in northern Mali while reporting. Seven years later, one of the sponsors and two of the alleged kidnappers are still driving. In 2019, RFI revealed that French special forces had tried to pursue the kidnappers. Information confirmed for the first time this year by a French officer.…

Chadian blogger Makaïla Nguebla was summoned by French justice on Tuesday 27 October. He is accused of defaming Abbas Mahamat Tolli, nephew of the head of state, former finance minister and current governor of BEAC (Bank of Central African States). Exile in France since 2013, the host of the blog makaila.fr is very critical of…

Visiting Mali, the chief of French diplomacy, Jean-Yves Le Drian, closed the door on a attainable dialogue with armed teams, explains Le Level Afrique."The least we will say is that the international minister left little question in regards to the French angle in direction of jihadist teams." Le Level Afrique quotes the phrases of Jean-Yves Le Drian, who responded to the press on Monday: "Allow us to say issues very clearly:…

France and Mali differ on Monday on whether or not to speak to jihadists to assist finish the Sahel's eight-year-old rebellion, with French International Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian ruling out the likelihood. Throughout a press convention within the capital Bamako, Le Drian distinguished between partaking with armed teams that…

Dozens of Tunisian artists and intellectuals have signed a petition calling on the country's judiciary to prosecute a lawmaker who justified the gruesome killing of a French teacher Samuel Paty by an Islamist radical. Signatories to the petition accused Tunisian lawmaker Rached Khiari of "condensing terrorism" in a social media…

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…