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A fairly large number of political opponents, but also of what can be called critical voices of power, who have been arrested or arrested, some for criminal organizations, others for financing terrorism, as is the case with Reckya Madougou, and others also in the name of a digital law passed in 2018. We can legitimately wonder about the underlying motives for these accusations ahead of a presidential election taking place in a particular climate, as you know, most opponents could not present…

In Burkina Faso, Apollinaire Compaoré, the president of the employer, is he involved in smuggling to finance terrorist groups? In any case, this is the conclusion of five journalists from four countries, including Burkina Faso, after an investigation as part of the reporting project on organized crime and corruption. According…

The NGO expresses its concern over the fate of those arrested during the walrus off the coast of Côte d'Ivoire between August and October 2020. According to an investigation carried out by Amnesty International last month and announced on Friday 26 March, at least 300 people were jailed between August 2020, start of demonstrations towards the third term'Alassane Ouattara and presidential election in October. Most were recaptured, but are still in custody. "Many do not even have a lawyer, have not seen a judge,"…

EDITORIAL | Somalia is once again facing the prospect of a political agreement after another meeting was held on Wednesday this week at the well-guarded Mogadishu Aden Abdulle International Airport. Still, there is little, if any, optimism at this meeting. First, there was confusion after President Farmajo organized a parallel but partial meeting with his prime minister Hussein Roble, Benadir Governor Omar Filish and presidents of Hirshabelle, Southwest and Galmudug. There is no problem with the meeting if it was a…

The international footballers who were brought to play outside the EU at the end of March, which the French clubs wanted to keep due to a septain on their return, will have an exception if they respect a health bubble, the Ministry of Sports announced on Saturday i. in the face of growing controversy. "The Ministry of Sports…

Kenya and Somalia are before the International Court of Justice in The Hague on Monday and for ten days. The effort is the demarcation of their maritime border, while important natural resources are at sea. For Somalia, its maritime border with Kenya follows the course of the land border and sinks into the sea to the southeast. For Kenya, on the contrary, its border with Somalia follows a horizontal latitude from west to east. However, in the triangle between the two routes there is 100,000 km² of maritime territory and…

Cameroonian Maximilienne Ngo Mbe on Monday received the International Prize for Women's Courage 2021, which was awarded by the US State Department on the occasion of International Women's Day. She is the director of the Network of Human Rights Defenders in Central Africa and has particularly condemned the violations committed in the conflict between the Cameroonian government and the English-speaking…

In a statement, the International Observatory of Lawyers in Danger condemned the proceedings against Gabonese lawyer Anges Kevin Nzigou, who is defending businessman Nicolas Nguema. Prosecution that, according to the observatory, would reduce him to silence. The International Observatory of Lawyers in Danger is worried about…

Guinea's President Alpha Condé swore in high security on Tuesday, December 15, in Conakry, in the Mohammed V Palace, in the presence of a dozen African heads of state and representatives of France. ECOWAS or UN. It is in the impressive Mohammed V Palace that the oath ceremony ofAlpha Condé took place in the presence of ten African heads of state and thousands of Guinean guests. Among the heads of state present were the Ghanaian Nana Akufo-Addo, also the current president of ECOWAS, Idriss Déby from Chad, Denis…

South African worldwide defender Motjeka Madisha died on Sunday 13 December in a automotive accident in Johannesburg, solely 25 years outdated. For the second time in lower than a month, South African soccer is in mourning. 20 days after Anele Ngcongca, one other "Bafana Bafana" was killed in a automotive accident on Sunday,…