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Re-elected with 57.87% of the vote according to preliminary results, the outgoing president of Burkina Faso, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, begins his second term. The deterioration of the political and security situation on the ground risks complicating the presidential candidate's campaign promise to build "a better Burkina Faso for all populations". Portrait.…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (Céni) announced the preliminary results of the legislative elections on Saturday night, Sunday 29 November. The People's Movement for Progress, part of the re-elected President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, received 56 deputies. But it has no absolute majority, set at 64 seats. This means that he must rely on the other parties in the party alliance for the…

In Burkina Faso, several opponents and unsuccessful presidential candidates sent their congratulations to Elected President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré on November 22. Among these candidates, Zéphirin Diabré, the opposition leader. The head of state praised this approach, which according to him testifies to the maturity of democracy in Burkina Faso.…

The Prime Minister annulled the election of the President of the Federation of Congolese Companies (FEC). The decision was made on Friday 27 November. The day before, Albert Yuma had been re-elected head of the main employers' organization. However, one of the candidates for this post considered the procedure to be irregular and the Prime Minister agreed with him.…

One month ago, on October 28, the Algerian president, infected with the coronavirus, was transferred to a hospital in Germany. The Algerian authorities are communicating a bit about the health condition of Abdelmadjid Tebboune, 75, in addition to saying that he is improving. Faced with this opacity, Algerians are worried about paralysis at the top of the state.…

With 57.87% of the vote according to the preliminary results, President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré won the first round of the presidential election. He succeeded in his famous knockout shot and leaves a second period. Eddie Komboïgo, from the CDP, the former ruling party, comes in second (15.48% of the vote) and Zéphirin Diabré, the current opposition leader, comes in third with just over 12% of the…

Provisional national results: Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, MPP - The People's Movement for Progress: 57.87%, wins the election in the first round.EddieKomboïgo, CDP - Congress for Democracy and Progress: 15.48%Zéphirin Diabré, UPC - Union for Progress and Change: 12.46%Kadré Désiré Ouedraogo, acting together: 3.36%Tahirou Barry - Pairs: 2.19%Ablasse Ouedraogo - Faso Other: 1.80%Gilbert Noël Ouedraogo, ADF-RDA: 1.55%Yacouba Isaac Zida, MPS: 1.52%Abdoulaye Soma, the sun of the future: 1.41%Ségui Ambroise Farama, OPF:…

Former Nigerian President Mamadou "Baba" Tandja, who dominated the nation from 1999 to 2010, when he was overthrown by a coup, died on Tuesday, November 24, in Niamey, 82 years previous. A 3-day interval of mourning will likely be noticed all through the nationwide territory, returning to the trail of a person who remained extremely popular.…

Former Mauritanian head of state Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, the country's first democratically elected president in 2007 and overthrown by a coup the following year, died on the night of November 22 to 23 in a clinic in the capital, Nouakchott, of a long illness. A three-day national mourning has been observed since the morning of 23 November throughout the territory.…

The Fifa Ethics Commission suspended the current president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for five years and fined him 185,000 euros, especially for embezzlement. After 30 years of the Ayatouean presidency of the African Football Confederation, Ahmad was elected by the Madagascar to everyone's surprise in March…