Ivory Coast

Amadé Ouérémi was sentenced on Thursday, April 13, to life in prison by Abidjan's criminal court. This militia leader was responsible for the massacre of several hundred people on March 28 and 29, 2011 in Duékoué Carrefour. More than 800 dead according to the Red Cross, 300 according to the UN. as reported from Abidjan, Pierre…

In France, the verdict has just been announced at the trial of the bombing of the French camp in Bouaké. At the end of almost three weeks of trial, the court has just sentenced the three defendants, Yury Sushkin, the Belarusian mercenary, Ange Gnanduillet and Patrice Ouei, the two Ivorian officers, to life in prison. With our…

In traceable time for several years, the Belarusian Yuri Sushkin and the Ivorians Patrice Ouei and Ange Gnanduillet Attualy, the alleged pilots and co-pilots in the rescue, are being tried in their absence for murder, attempted murder and aggravated destruction. Maximum penalty requested against them. With Laura Martel, of…

In custody for eight years, Amadé Ouérémi will be stuck in her fate this Thursday, April 15 in the afternoon. The brigadier from the West Ivory Coast, accused of being responsible for the massacre of hundreds of people on March 28 and 29, 2011 in Duékoué, is sentenced to life in prison. Wednesday was the seventh day of his trial, with the indictment and the submissions.…

After the then Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin and the Minister of the Interior Dominique de Villepin, Michèle Alliot-Marie was at the helm on Tuesday afternoon, April 13. With always the same question at the heart of the hearings: why did France release the alleged pilots made available by Togo, who, however, had warned through the channels of three ministries? The testimony of the former Minister…

At the trial of the bombing of the French camp Bouaké, the interrogation of witnesses will end on Tuesday, April 13. After former Foreign Minister Michel Barnier, it was former Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin's turn to testify. He says he is no longer a lawyer. Quoted as a witness at the trial of the attack on the…

The trial of the bombing of the French military camp Bouaké in Côte d'Ivoire in 2004, which left ten dead (nine French soldiers and one American civilian), enters its third and final week on Monday before the Assize Court in Paris. The French politicians of the time will be heard as witnesses: Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin and three ministers.…

The oldest party on the Ivory Coast celebrates its 75th anniversary. During the launching ceremony for the memorial service at the party's headquarters, Executive Secretary Maurice Guikahué and President Henri Konan Bédié insisted on the need to "question" the functioning of the governing bodies. as reported from Abidjan,…

During the bombing of Bouaké on Friday, April 9, the Paris Assize Court began hearing General Henri Poncet, commander of the Licorne force. With our special correspondent at the courthouse in Paris, Laura MartelHis first words are to the victims: "I hope I was able to give the answers they have been waiting for for 17 years,"…

In the Ivory Coast, the trial of the Duekoué-Carrefour massacre continues on March 28 and 29, 2011 at the Abidjan Criminal Court. The sixth day of the hearing this Thursday with the hearing of the last witnesses. There was only one accused in the box: Amadé Ouérémi, accused of carrying out the murders with her men, during which more than 800 people were killed according to the Red Cross. The former…