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Togo's new prime minister, Victoire Sidémého Tomegah-Dogbé, 60, is the primary lady to take over as prime minister. of the opposition. After her basic political speech to the Nationwide Meeting, she hosted a authorities seminar final week. RFI interviewed her for her first interview with international media since her appointment on September twenty eighth.…

Common Christophe Gomart was accountable for the Directorate of Army Intelligence between August 2013 and Might 2017. Previous to that, he commanded Particular Operations from August 2011 to June 2013. He was among the many architects of the recapture. from northern Mali in 2013 and earlier than the French intervention in Libya in 2011. Retired from the French military, he now publishes his army memoirs…

The release of Sophie Pétronin and Soumaïla Cissé completes an operation whose underside remains unclear. Prior to the release on the weekend of October 3 and 4, by the new Malian authorities, a significant number of prisoners - more than 200 years old, according to an al-Qaeda news agency - were presented by Malian officials as well as jihadists. Was the release of the jihadists as a bargaining chip…

The composition of the Malian transitional authorities was introduced on Monday, October 5, 5 days after Prime Minister Moctar Ouane took workplace and a month and a half after the August 18 coup. Sturdy presence of CNSP troopers, decreased involvement of the M5-RFP coalition: what are the brand new balances, how can we learn the composition of the Malian Transitional Authorities? Brema Ely Dicko,…

Between 1960 and 1966, France conducted 17 nuclear tests in the Algerian Sahara. More than half a century later, the waste is still there, and the question of the consequences of these tests remains unanswered. This is stated in a forum of representatives of the Armaments Observatory and ICAN France (the international campaign to abolish nuclear weapons). They call on France to address this crucial…

When will Félicien Kabuga be tried? France, where the alleged Rwandan genocide was arrested in May, gave the green light on Wednesday to define its surrender to the mechanism of international courts seeking to try him for war crimes and genocide. An important step has been taken, but the road to trial is still long. Serge Brammertz, lawyer for this mechanism, is our guest this morning. .

Ten years ago today, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights published his "Mapping" report on the most serious crimes committed in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) between 1993 and 2003. This unprecedented investigation was to put an end to more than a decade of impunity and had in one year registered 617 war crimes, crimes against humanity and possible genocide crimes. But since then, none of these crimes have been tried, and its recommendations remain a dead letter condemned by more and more voices in the Congo,…

In front of the members of his party, the United Hearts Movement, Central African President Faustin-Archange Touadéraa announced on Saturday his candidacy for the presidential election scheduled for December 27 in the Central African Republic. "It is a heavy responsibility. A very heavy responsibility. I agree to be your candidate, ”the head of state declared. Évariste Ngamana, chief rapporteur and spokesman for the MCU, which held its first congress there, answers RFI's questions. .