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In Kenya, less than a year before the presidential election, the Court of Appeal on Friday confirmed that the constitutional review process was illegal. This reform "Building Bridge Initiative" was initiated by President Kenyatta in November 2019, with, according to him, the goal of curbing the current presidential system for "the winner takes it all" and which would be the starting point for the…

For the first time since he took office, Evariste Ndayishimiye agrees to give a long interview to foreign media. For this he chose RFI and France 24. The President of Burundi was interviewed by RFI's Special Envoy to Kinshasa, Sonia Rolley, and by France 24's correspondent in Kinshasa, Clément Bonnerot. He spoke in particular on human rights in Burundi, on the resumption of dialogue with the EU and on…

In South Africa, the news caused surprise. Former President Jacob Zuma spent his first night in jail. Sentenced last week by the Constitutional Court to 15 months in prison for contempt for justice, he was finally detained on the night of Wednesday to Thursday, July 8, when the ultimatum to surrender to the police ceased.…

Sentenced to 15 months in prison for contempt for justice, the former South African president should finally not be arrested before at least July 12. The Constitutional Court will hear his appeal. Jacob Zuma had claimed that at the age of 79 and during a period of Covid-19, a stay in prison would amount to the death penalty. On Saturday in front of his home in Nkandla, KwaZulu-Natal, he made a brief…

In Chad, some 20 high-ranking officials, including former ministers and international officials, are calling for dialogue with all of Chad's sons for a comprehensive peace. The call aims to organize sincere democratic elections to achieve lasting peace and calls on those powers to be objective. with our correspondent in…

Guillaume Soro and 19 of his relatives are being prosecuted for their involvement to varying degrees in an alleged conspiracy against the state. 14 defendants appear, the other 6 are in exile. This week for two days, Abidjan heard the criminal case from the close guard of the close rebel leader, as well as one of his two brothers and his former chief of protocol. But at the end of 5 days of hearing, this trial does not yet seem to release any responsibility or clear roles in this alleged conspiracy. At the moment, the…

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NAIROBI, Kenya - The United States will review an inquiry into the Manda Bay Al-Shabaab Raid, aimed at Camp Simba, a US naval base in Kenya, and one of the most advanced and equipped in East, Central and South Africa, in just one year after the unprecedented attack. Gen Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III has ordered a high-level review of a preliminary military investigation into a January 2020 attack on a Kenyan Islamic extremist base that left three Americans dead, the Pentagon said Monday as reported by the New…

The bi-weekly Alternative and its director were sentenced on Wednesday, November 4, by the Supreme Court to pay two million each for defamation. The decision arouses indignation in the Togolese press. as reported from Lomé, Peter Sassou DogbéThe newspaper published in its publication in early June, embezzlement of almost 500…