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In the Ivory Coast, the trial of the Duekoué-Carrefour massacre continues on March 28 and 29, 2011 at the Abidjan Criminal Court. The sixth day of the hearing this Thursday with the hearing of the last witnesses. There was only one accused in the box: Amadé Ouérémi, accused of carrying out the murders with her men, during which more than 800 people were killed according to the Red Cross. The former…

Resumption today of the trial of the bombing of Bouaké. On November 6, 2004, 10 people were killed in the attack on the French military camp in the Licorne force by two Soukhoï planes piloted by Russian mercenaries and their Ivorian co-pilots. The court began investigating one of the gray areas of this act: the arrest of suspects in Togo, which will finally be released because France, warned, is not…

At the trial of the bombing of the French military camp Bouaké, which left ten dead on November 6, 2004, the court heard this Friday from General Destremau, former commander of the joint battle group Bouaké, and Captain Bellamy, division chief. based in Yamoussoukro. When asked why the Sukhoi pilots were not arrested when they…

On November 6, 2004, two Ivorian planes bombed a French camp for the Licorne force in Bouaké, Ivory Coast: nine French soldiers and one American civilian were killed, 38 people wounded. In retaliation, the French army destroyed the Ivorian air force. Tensions are rising between Paris and Abidjan. More than 16 years later, the trial of the persecuted pilots for murder, attempted murder and destruction of property will begin on Monday before the Assize Court in Paris, without the accused. The box will be empty. Of the…

In Côte d'Ivoire, the second day of Amadé Ouéremi's trial before Abidjan's criminal court. This human smuggler from the West Ivory Coast is suspected of being one of the architects of the massacre in the Carrefour district of Duékoué on March 28 and 29, 2011, during which more than 800 people were killed during the capture of the city by pro-Ouattara. forces. This Thursday, a dozen witnesses were…

New hearing on Wednesday, March 24 in the trial of Rwandan opponent Paul Rusesabagina and new controversy. Prosecution witness Michelle Martin, a U.S. citizen, testified in court that she was employed by the Rwandan government in 2012 for academic support. Relatives of the opponent accuse him of being an agent of the Rwandan government and condemn a travesty of justice. Michelle Martin began her testimony by introducing herself as a former volunteer at the Hotel Rwanda Foundation Paul Rusesabagina. Before the verdicts,…

In Mali, after several postponements, the trial against Amadou Aya Sanogo and his co-defendant resumed yesterday Thursday in Bamako. The author of the 2012 coup and his co-defendants are accused of the murder of 21 "red berets", a body of the army that has been loyal to ousted President Amadou Toumani Touré. The judges announced adjournment of the trial, the decision of which is expected on March 15.…

The blatant trial of eight Lucha activists began on Monday before a military tribunal in Beni, northern Kivu. They were arrested last Saturday when the civic movement demanded demonstrations against the renewal of the mandate for the UN mission Monusco. According to police, they deliberately attacked a police station in revenge for the ban on their demonstration and attacked police. A version that…

The case is causing an uproar in Mbobero, in southern Kivu. A human rights defender was shot dead on Sunday, December 6, by one of the guards for the concession acquired by former President Joseph Kabila. The trial in Mbobero before the military tribunal reveals on several points, in particular the regularity of the presence of these soldiers in the area.…

Was former President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi sentenced to life? It is this question that his relatives have been asking themselves since Friday, December 11, after the very attentive resignation of the Comorian Minister of Justice. Accused especially of embezzlement of public funds in a case worth more than 800 million euros, the former president of the Comoros has been detained in his home turned into an…