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In Mali, the case of the contract for the presidential plane and military equipment, which was closed in 2018, is re-launched. Ministers, advisers to the president and businessmen had been involved. "Further investigations were carried out and the ministers to be heard" were confirmed in ORTM, state television, Supreme Court…

The verdict on the trial of the man whose story inspired the Hollywood film Hotel Rwanda has been rejected for going into opposition to Paul Kagame. A year ago, he was arrested, kidnapped according to his relatives and taken back to Kigali, where he has since been convicted of terrorism. The long-awaited verdict was scheduled for Thursday, August 19, but it is postponed until September 20.…

The Ouagadougou Military Court has ruled on October 11, 2021, on the trial of Thomas Sankara. The father of the Burkinabè revolution was assassinated on October 15, 1987, during a coup that brought Captain Blaise Compaoré to power. The ex-president and several other people are charged in this case. It took 34 years for this long-awaited day to arrive, according to one of the lawyers for the victims'…

Former Burkinabè president in exile, Blaise Compaoré, will be tried from October 11 for the murder of Thomas Sankara, the man he overthrew in a coup in 1987, prosecutors announced on Tuesday. military. Compaoré and…

To Unde the African press on Friday morning, Benin, where opponent Joël Aïvo was before Criet on Thursday, that is, the court for repression of economic crimes and terrorism, to begin his trial. This academic, who was a candidate for the Front for the Restoration of Democracy during the presidential election in April last year, must respond to criminal allegations of "money laundering and attacks on state security". Constitutionalist Joël Aïvo had since been in custody for the trial. During the hearing, the special…

The trial against Guillaume Soro and 19 of his relatives continues before Abidjan's criminal court. The former prime minister is accused of conspiring against state authority. He is being tried in his absence, but 14 other people are in the accused's box. This week, it was those who were very close to Guillaume Soro who showed up: his two brothers, his loyal head of the protocol and former minister…

The military auditor of the armed forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo handed over the new investigation into the murder eleven years ago by the human rights activists in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Floribert Chebeya and Fidèle Bazana Edadi, both suffocating in the generals. police inspection in Kinshasa. Since the beginning of the year, RFI has collected new testimonies that give an accurate picture of the events on the same…

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…

Djibouti extradits TPLF fighters to Ethiopia for trial DJIBOUTI - Djibouti has reportedly handed over a number of Tigray People's Liberation Front is fighting for Ethiopia, state media Fana reports, in what could further trigger hostilities between Addis Ababa and Mekele that have been in conflict. Since November 2020, Ethiopia's national defense force has set up tents in the Tigray region in…

It has been eleven years on Tuesday that the CEO of Voix des Sans Voix, Floribert Chebeya Bahizire, and his companion, Fidèle Bazana Edadi, disappeared. They were murdered in the facilities of the police inspection. But this year, this date is also synonymous with hope, as some protagonists have acknowledged. The two men's relatives therefore now want a trial with the real sinners in the accused's box…