In Ghana, Jerry Rawling's death aroused popular sentiment. Less than a month after the presidential election, the two main political parties are vying for tributes to the former president. From our Accra correspondent,Since death of "JJ Rawlings"Went into Ghana a period of national mourning. The two main parties vying for the…

In Mali, the situation is calm in Farabougou, a village in the center of the country, in the Ségou region, where the Malian special forces entered late last week after more than two weeks of jihadist blockade. On the spot, local notables had carried out a mediation with the jihadists who surrounded the village and who are still present in the surroundings. This mediation stopped with the arrival of the…

In the midst of the election campaign, supporters of Ivory Coast's Laurent Gbagbo, demanding an end to the process, accuse the regime of using militias, the "microbes" of attacking opponents by laying in bed for societal violence. On the contrary, members of the ruling party reject these accusations and evoke deeper causes by talking about the clashes that occur during this presidential campaign.…

In Ivory Coast, in Gagnoa, the hometown of Laurent Gbagbo, the query of returning to the previous Ivorian president swallows the political debate. Some are ready for him as a messiah, others hope to not hear extra about this thorny topic. The authorities' refusal to provide him a passport to permit him to return to the Ivory Coast, in addition to the tensions earlier than the election, arouses anger and…