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A puzzling texture … – The week of
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…
What position will ECOWAS take before
Given the situation in Bamako, what position will ECOWAS take? We found out on Friday 28 May that the Heads of State of West African Society had a time on Sunday in Accra for a summit dedicated to the Malian background.
In the various chancellors who are contacted within the sub-region, we do not hide fatigue and strong…
Côte d’Ivoire wants to protect its operators from
The Ivorian government is now forcing multinational companies to give up 20% of their export contracts to Ivorian operators. A measure aimed at avoiding the suffocation of Côte d'Ivoire traders who have long condemned the unfair competition of multinational companies currently in a virtual monopoly position on Côte d'Ivoire in the purchase and export of cocoa.…
Nigeria signs power-sharing agreement
It is an important production sharing agreement that Nigeria has just signed with the multinational oil companies operating in the country. An agreement that paves the way for investments that can reach 10 billion dollars.
It is the culmination of two years of arm wrestling between NNPC - the Nigerian company that manages…
the Constitutional Court declares the Colonel
Malia's constitutional court, which on Friday declared Colonel Assimi Goïta head of state and interim president to bring civilians back to power, indicates a court ruling completing the second coup led by an officer and the military in nine months.
The ruling of the Malian Constitutional Court states that the Vice-President of…
a report worries about the security situation
The Timbuktu Institute in partnership with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation presented its report on the security situation in the Kédougou region, in south-eastern Senegal, a border area between Mali and Guinea, on 27 May 27 May.
as reported from Dakar, Charlotte idracThe "battle for the east" will take place, and we must prepare…
the controversy swells over the “format” for the return of
Should Laurent Gbagbo be welcomed triumphantly or should he return discreetly to the Ivory Coast? For 24 hours, and the publication of the website Africa Intelligence, of an article confirming that the former president will return at the end of June "on cunning", agitates the issue and takes a political turn in Abidjan.
as…
Mali: “For us it is not a coup”,
In Mali, former President Bah N'Daw and former Prime Minister Moctar Ouane were able to return home on Wednesday night after being held for more than 48 hours by CNSP junta led by Colonel Assimi Goïta. The junta leader and vice president of the transition announced in the wake that he took control of the transition. His legal adviser, Youssouf Coulibaly, also a university professor and member of the National Transitional Council, answers David Baché's questions. .
the soldiers from the close guard at the helm
On the third day of the trial of Guillaume Soro and 19 of his relatives for "conspiracy" and "attempt to undermine state authority", the court tried to understand why weapons were found in the lagoon in Assinie. During the hearing, Commander Jean-Baptiste Kassé Kouamé admitted that he had ordered his men on December 23, 2019 to destroy weapons stored at GPS's political movement quarters and throw them…
Assimi Goïta, the new strong man in Mali who
In Mali, Vice President Colonel Assimi Goïta does not hide that he wants to be at the center of the transition. It is not yet known if he will go to the end or if the suit will be too loose but since the departure of President Bah N'Daw he is in front of the stage and behaves like the country's real strongman.
as reported from…