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In Mali, some hostages taken on Tuesday, April 16 near Bandiagara were set free. Over 100 passengers from three buses traveling between Bankass and Bandiagara in the country's central region were stopped by armed men. Local sources report that the kidnappers are Jihadists from the JNIM (Group to Support Islam and Muslims), affiliated with al-Qaeda. Other hostages remain captive, and the selection process was not random.

"Pritzker", a prestigious brand of recognition, which goes for the "Nobel" for architecture, has just been awarded to Burkinabè Diébédo Francis Kéré for 2022. His country grew out of it. Africa too.…

Decisive day, this Monday, March 14, when the government hopes to be able to resume teaching in public institutions after a three-week teachers' strike. Announcements to respond to the teachers' demands were made at the end of the week and were met with…

A former head of state behind bars, for not having, it is said, respected the measures of his judicial control, as part of the ongoing investigation of a corruption case against him. How can one explain this impression of embarrassment that seems to arouse the case of Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz? It clearly carries a force of…

Coups that are increasingly tolerated by the African Union, the sub-regional organizations and some African friends, it will be necessary to stop putting their authors in the position of having to account. Emmanuel Macron, who announced the end of Operation Barkhane, says France does not need to replace African states forever.…

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…

What if Africa, from the point of view of law and democracy, had fallen thirty years later, for waiting and wallowing in a sweet deviation, for perfect democracy to fall from heaven or arise from heaven? savannah or forest? You ask yourself a question this morning: What's going on in Bamako? "Coup d'Etat in the coup," says…

The eighth edition of the Nollywood Week festival starts on Thursday 6 May and will take place completely online, a symbol of a cultural sector that is being undermined by the pandemic. The festival had to be canceled last year due to Covid-19. For this first virtual edition, four previews and about thirty films are shown, and many changes as well, a bit like Nigerian film that continues to adapt.…

To ensure that the battle towards the insurgency to not change into a enterprise that they might use to legitimize an indefinite presence at Chad's helm, the army energy in Ndjamena should someway cease it and shortly. After a day of violent repression, Emmanuel Macron revised downward what may very well be seen as France's…

Severe thunderstorms hit the Central African capital last weekend and knocked down several pylons that connect the only power plant to the city. As a result, more electricity, difficulties in accessing water ... A particularly uncertain situation, but which should be improved in the next few days. Reached by telephone on…