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Senegal held a final tribute to PapeBouba Diop this Friday, December 4th. The former RC player in Lens, France, and the Senegalese national football team were promoted to the rank of Grand Officer of the National Order of the Lion by Head of State Macky Sall and a football museum will bear his name. with our correspondent in…

Following the appointment of the head of state of Mali, the appointment of a prime minister and members of his government, the third institution of the transition, the long-awaited National Transitional Council (CNT) was created on Friday. Among the 121 members, names were expected, but also surprises. as reported from…

Created after Ali Bongo's election victory was challenged in 2009, the opposition party will hold its congress next weekend.

Madagascar's civil society is reacting after the adoption, late in the evening on Friday 27 November, of the deputies 2021. This text, which will regulate the country's public spending for the coming year, was validated by the lower house, mostly pro-regime, after only three hours of debate in the House and an amendment. Members of the opposition party TIM boycotted the vote. The ROHY platform, which…

Following the issue of uncertainty, national reconciliation took a strong place in the election campaign, which ended with a vote that gave President Kaboré a second term, according to preliminary figures from CENI. A reconciliation with its shadow differences in the case of Blaise Compaoré. "The issue of national…

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the lines are moving for the pygmies, who may soon benefit from positive discrimination. On Thursday, November 26, the National Assembly reviewed a bill on the protection and recognition of indigenous peoples' rights, the first in this country. But this step did not make everyone happy. as…

The political consultations that started for Félix Tshisekedi three weeks in the past ended on Wednesday 25 November. If at first these consultations have been very political, the previous couple of days have been marked by larger openness, however at all times with out the FCC from Joseph Kabila, who's anxious to respect the coalition settlement that the present president signed together with his…

The CMAS, the movement of Imam Mahmoud Dicko who led the popular uprising for several months against the former regime of Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, clarifies its position amid controversy over the National Transitional Council. It now shows its willingness to play the role of the transitional authorities and to participate in the future Council.…

South Sudan, independent since 2011, is struggling to recover from a six-year civil war that officially ended in February. In 2016, the government had launched a conference on national dialogue to stop the spiral of violence. The trial ended a few days ago, but the violence remains. "We must question ourselves in order for the…

Presidential and legislative elections shall be held this Sunday, November 22, in Burkina Faso. RFI provides the ground to every presidential candidate and welcomes cemercredil's opponent Zéphirin Diabré, 61. The chief of the UPC (Union for Progress and Change) is operating for the best workplace for the second time: he got here in second place in 2015 with 29.65% of the vote. Former Minister of Commerce from 92 to 94, then Minister of Finance till 1996 beneath Blaise Compaoré, Zéphirin Diabré proposed the formation of a…