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The passage of a UN resolution condemning the transatlantic slave trade and the enslavement of Africans as the "most serious crimes against humanity" has stirred a complex mix of reactions worldwide. Proposed by Ghana, the resolution notably refrains from explicitly calling for reparations but does "encourage member states to support initiatives aimed at reparatory justice." Celebrated by many throughout Africa and its diaspora, the resolution has also attracted skepticism, particularly from the United States. Critics…

Former Secretary of State Maxime Mokom has been locked up in LaHaye since Monday. Mokom is suspected of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the 2013 and 2014 civil wars. In Bangui, victims' associations and authorities welcome the transfer…

Following the indictment and the commitments of former Malian Prime Minister Soumeylou Boubeye Maïga, and former Minister of Economy and Finance Bouaré Fily Sissoko, reactions are mixed in Mali. There are those who encourage this transparency effort by the Supreme Court, and those who condemn procedural irregularities, for fear of an instrumentalisation.…

The former Chadian dictator died in Dakar on Tuesday, April 24. After contracting Covid-19, he was admitted to the hospital. For war crimes and crimes against humanity, he was sentenced to life in prison. Hissène Habré's death has left no one unmoved, from Chadian citizens who know his reign to his former lieutenants. Testimony. ■ Relatives of the victims hope to receive compensation Hissène Habré would pay 20 million CFA to each of the 8,600 civilian victims. However, these amounts have never been paid to the…

The Togolese state will cover tuition fees for all students in public colleges and high schools for the academic year 2021-22. A measure announced this weekend by the government that surprised parents of students ahead of the evening of the school year, which was planned for September. A decision is welcomed in different ways. .

After the draw of the Africa Cup of Nations 2021 (postponed to 2022), which was held at the Yaoundé Congress Center, this Tuesday, August 17, coaches, federation presidents and some legends about African football reacted to the microphone in RFI. CAN 2021 has already been launched. 52 matches await lovers of African football from January 9 to February 6, 2022 in Cameroon. The attraction of this issue took place this Tuesday, August 17 in Yaoundé under the direction of Nigerian journalist Mimi Fawaz and Cameroonian…

"Congolence: the text of Noël Tshiani on Mboso's table", the daily Le Phare announces. According to this newspaper, the president of the National Assembly received this on Thursday, July 8 the nationality bill from the hands of Deputy Nsingi Pululu. This is a text developed by the 2018 presidential candidate Noël Tshiani and which will be discussed during the next parliamentary session, Le Phare explains.Under the headline…

In Mali, the Prime Minister of the Second Transitional Government was appointed on Monday, June 7, after the new President's Colonel Assimi Goïta. As expected, Choguel Maïga was appointed. The president of the MPR party and leader of the M5-RFP coalition, which organized the protest against former president Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta a year ago, must now form his government.…

Laurent Gbagbo and Charles Blé Goudé were definitely acquitted. The ICC Court of Appeal announced its decision on Wednesday afternoon, March 31, in The Hague. A news eagerly awaited by the militants and sympathizers of the FPI, the party for Gbagbo, which caused scenes of cheering in the Ivory Coast. In the Selmer district of Yopougon, where our correspondent went Sidy Yansane, maquis Tantie Margot has been transformed into a mini-cinema for live broadcasting of the ICC hearing. When the judge dismissed the prosecutor's…

Soumaïla Cissé died on Friday, December 25, in Paris, where he was treated under contract with Covid-19. More than any other neighborhood in Bamako, Badalabougou is in mourning. The former leader of the opposition against Mali had established his family home there. It is also the headquarters of his party, the Union for Republic and Democracy (URD), that pays tribute to his memory. In Niafunké, the…