West Africa

The "national children" as they are called in Mali are doing well. An exceptional multiple birth because it is the first medically registered birth in the world of nine children from the same pregnancy. Their mother, a 25-year-old Malian, was transferred to Morocco in late March for care. Born much prematurely by caesarean section at a clinic in Casablanca on May 4, the nine children are four weeks old…

Laurent Gbagbo returns to Ivory Coast on June 17, according to his party. Laurent Gbagbo, acquitted by the ICC on March 31, has lived in Brussels for two years. His return after a ten-year absence is especially waiting for his followers. For several days, a debate has raged in Abidjan about what form it should take: discreet as the authorities and the RHDP, the ruling party want, or popular and…

"The Secretary-General of the Ivorian Popular Front, Assoa Adou, lifted the veil on the day he returned to Abidjan for former President Laurent Gbagbo. Infodrome. It was yesterday during the anniversary ceremony for the former president's 76th birthday, a ceremony organized by the women of Offpi, the FPI's women's organization, in the triangle space in the city of Cocody. To believe that, Assoa Adou, the founder of FPI, will…

Following the second coup in Mali, the CMA decides to "not follow the current transition without a guaranteed compromise on its priorities." Present in the First Transitional Government and the Transitional National Council, the Legislature, the Coordination of Azawad's Movements (ex-Rebel CMA), calls for the effective application of the provisions of the Alliance's Peace and Reconciliation Agreement…

In Nigeria, another major kidnapping took place on Sunday at a Koran school in the state of Niger, northwest of the country, where 200 children went to school. No final assessment has yet been made on the number of young people reported missing. Against this unpleasant uncertainty, spontaneous protests have taken place in northwestern Nigeria over the past week, condemning the incessant attacks on the…

There are over 7,000 cryptocurrencies in the world and just a few dozen in Africa. And yet very few of them are actually used. Among the most promising projects is AFRO, a cryptocurrency launched in 2018 that addresses the Senegalese artist's Mansour Sy Kanakassy's idea. AFRO aims to be a pan-African cryptocurrency and in the service of development. Some countries have already adopted it for specific…

Mali is still awaiting the announcement of the appointment of its new Prime Minister. More than a week after the arrest of Colonel Assimi Goïtade's military, former president and transitional minister, the country remains uncertain. French President Emmanuel Macron has threatened to withdraw French troops involved in the fight against terrorism if Mali gives in to the "temptation of radical Islam".…

His followers have been waiting for his return home for several months. Definitely acquitted in March last year by the ICC, Laurent Gbagbo returned to Abidjan on June 17, FPI-GOR announced on Monday. as reported from Abidjan, Pierre PintoIn the village hall, which is decorated as the wedding days, 400 personalities from FPI,…

In Senegal, calm returned on Monday morning, May 31, in Casamance in the south of the country. Yesterday, the army carried out airstrikes in an area west of Cassolole, near the border with Guinea-Bissau. They targeted parts of the MFDC's separatist movement. This sweep is in line with the army's operations in the region in January and February.…

A Koran school in the state of Niger in the north-central part of the country was attacked by armed men on Sunday, May 30, 2021. The school accommodates more than 200 students and no results are yet known. According to a statement from the local police, armed men arrived on motorcycles and attacked the Salihu Tanko Koranic…