West Africa

The price of grain has risen in West Africa in recent weeks. Maize but also millet and sorghum are more expensive in the markets due to a lack of sufficient stock and for fear of a disappointing new harvest. Again, it is a game of dominoes that increases the price of a bowl of corn or a millet bowl in West Africa. Initially,…

The former Mauritanian president, Mohmamed Ould Abdel Aziz, was arrested on Tuesday around 8 pm and detained by a judge from the anti-corruption pole of the Nouakchott-Ouest prosecutor's office, according to one of his lawyers contacted by our correspondent in Nouakchott. Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, who ruled Mauritania between 2008 and 2019, was accused on March 12 of corruption, embezzlement of public…

In Burkina Faso, a dozen police officers were killed in the Center-North region. The police who took over from a team were the target for the armed men in the afternoon on Monday 21 June. According to a report from the Minister of Security, 11 policemen were killed during the attack, four policemen are also missing. The attack…

In Mali, five Christians were abducted on Monday, June 21, in the middle of the country. They had left the Mopti region and went to the Ségou region. They never got to their destination. The kidnapping has been confirmed by regional authorities, but it has not been claimed. The area is being visited by jihadists from Katiba Macina, linked to al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, but no claims have been…

In Senegal, the Institut Pasteur in Dakar notes a strong circulation of variants of Covid-19. Four have been identified among departing travelers in April and May. The alpha variant (known as "British") had already been discovered in the territory. From now on, Delta (known as "Indian"), Beta (known as "South African") and Nigerian variants are also circulating. The health service is asking for an…

Laurent Gbagbo is filing for divorce. According to a press release signed by one of his lawyers, the former Ivorian president arrested a judge in a marriage case on Monday, June 21, 2021. The consequence, according to him, "of the repeated refusal for several years by Dame Simone Ehivet to agree to a friendly separation". Laurent and Simone Gbagbo married in 1989. She co-founded the Front populaire…

French forces in Operation Barkhane were attacked on Monday in northern Mali, 160 km south of the main northern city of Gao. It is a vehicle bomb used by the jihadists. French soldiers and Malian civilians were injured, suicide bombers were killed. as reported from Bamako, Serge DanielOn the outskirts of the Malian town of…

"Against a global downward trend since the beginning of May, the Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated in Africa for the fifth week in a row. Africa Pointabove all. The trajectory of Covid cases in Africa is "very, very worrying", the WHO estimated on Friday, with the spread of more infectious variants and a dangerously low level of vaccination. According to data collected by the WHO, there were 116,500 new infections in Africa…

The peace and reconciliation agreement (APR) stemming from the Algerian process was signed six years ago between the Malian government and the armed groups involved in the peace process. In connection with this anniversary, the CMA (ex-rebellion) organized a press conference in Bamako on Sunday. For her, if hostilities have ceased on the spot between the signatories of the agreement, it is necessary to deplore the absence of real progress in its application. For the coordination of Azawad movements (CMA,…

Laurent Gbagbo gave his first official announcement since returning to Côte d'Ivoire last Thursday, 17 June. In a statement, the former president said "to worry about the violence being waged in the country", referring to the clashes the day of his arrival between his supporters who came to welcome him at the airport and the forces in order. Throughout the day, the supporters spread tear gas around…