West Africa

Laurent Gbagbo returned to Abidjan on Tuesday, June 29, after less than forty-eight hours in his home country in the western part of the country. Before leaving the village of Mama, the former president attended a traditional "purification" ceremony in the morning, during which the traditional leaders symbolically washed him from his former condition of prisoners, marking his return to society. But this…

The Nigerian authorities announced on Tuesday (June 29) that they had arrested the leader of the independent movement Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. He was arrested on Sunday and "taken back to Nigeria" according to the country's justice minister. Nnamdi Kanu appeared in a court in Abuja on Tuesday that approved his detention until his "terrorism" trial began on July 26.…

On June 5, 2021, gunmen attacked this place in the eastern Yagha province, killing at least 130 people, according to authorities. On Monday, June 28, the prosecutor for FasoEmile Zerboa published a press release to take stock of the investigation. Investigated by the Special Brigade for Investigations Against Terrorism and the…

In Burkina Faso, the government has been the target of many critics since the jihadist attack that killed 132 people in Solhan, on the night of June 4-5, 2021. After civil society, it is the opposition that wants to demonstrate next Saturday, July 3. Mr Ousseni Tamboura is the Minister of Communications and spokesman for the Burkinabè Government. While in Paris, he answered questions from Chirstophe Boisbouvier. .

This is one of the biggest challenges in uniting memories between France and Algeria, a substance that has long been buried in the sands of the Sahara: the pollution of southern Algeria by French nuclear tests. More than fifty years after the last test in 1966, Algiers has just created an agency to rehabilitate the sites of the old nuclear tests.…

The two countries signed three bilateral cooperation agreements this weekend. "The first indicates the siteCD news, on the promotion and protection of investments. The second is a convention to avoid double taxation and to avoid tax evasion. Finally, the third agreement concerns the exploitation of gold between two companies, Congolese and Rwandan. ”Goals, inheritance Young Africa: "Ensure the traceability" of the yellow…

For his second visit to his village of Mama, Laurent Gbagbo received in his residence more than 200 traditional leaders and local officials of his party. After a ten-year absence, including eight in custody, the former president spoke for more than 35 minutes, punctured his remarks with anecdotes and presented himself as the victim of a political trial. Under the impressive appatamen sitting in the middle of the park in his Mama home, Laurent Gbagbo, sky blue shirt, stands up to speak. A few words in béte, finally, "he…

In the 90's, a powerful film industry was born in Nigeria: it is Nollywood, a market that soon surpassed it in Hollywood in the United States. If this story is famous, however, many ignore that another film industry also developed at the same time in the northern part of the country. And more specifically in the large Muslim city of Kano.…

A 15-year-old girl accuses the son of the famous journalist Sheikh Yérim Seck of raping her. The young man is suspected of having sent a video of facts. Sheikh Yérim Seck has finally postponed his press conference scheduled for Monday. A case that revives the debate around a taboo. as reported from Dakar, Charlotte idrac"No…

Paris 2024, the Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games and the French Development Agency (AFD) support 26 projects by high-level athletes, including 16 from Africa, over a period of 8 months. The goal: to develop projects with a strong social and / or environmental impact. Concentrated, in streetwear, personalities develop…