West Africa

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. .

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…

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…

In The Gambia, the Truth, Reconciliation and Equalization Commission closed its hearings on Thursday, May 27, beginning in January 2019. It investigated the human rights violations committed under the government of Yahya Jammeh. It must now report its conclusions and submit proposals to the current authorities. For more than…

Laurent Gbagbo - whose return date to Côte d'Ivoire is still the subject of speculation - could return more discreetly than expected, without a popular welcome day for his arrival at the airport. The government wants to avoid the risk of abundance. as reported from Abidjan, Pierre PintoWill we see lots massaged at the airport…

The meeting that counts for the last day of the qualifiers for the next CAN between Sierra Leone and Benin will be played next June, without a specific date and without a place at the moment. It was scheduled for March, but was eventually canceled after the alleged tests by five Benin players who were positive for Covid-19. The…

An overloaded boat was destroyed on Wednesday, May 26, in northwestern Nigeria. Authorities fear most passengers have drowned. In a statement, President Muhammadu Buhari called the accident "frightening" and insisted his condolences to the families. The boat came from the Niger state in central Nigeria and was on its way to…

He dreams of opening a beauty salon and is passionate about care, makeup and hairdressing for women. Vodounou Hector foams parties, weddings or funerals in Porto Novo or Cotonou. A touch of make-up, a scarf that is union-bound on the heads of these ladies, everything that concerns women's beauty interests him. And even if it means meeting the sometimes serious eyes of those who wonder what a man can do in this sector, he assumes his passion. .

Mali's ousted interim president and prime minister have been released after being arrested and detained by the military for three days in a blatant second military coup in nine months, an assistant to the vice president said on Thursday. Interim President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane were taken to a military base outside the capital on Monday, triggering a political crisis in the West African country and threatening sanctions from the major powers. The two men resigned while in custody on…

The leaders of the military junta, which took power for the first time in August 2020, have just renewed themselves. Their leader, Assimi Goïta, told foreign mediators who came to see him on Wednesday, May 26, that he himself took matters into his own hands at the moment after the departure of Bah N'Daws and Moctar Ouane. What is its room for maneuver vis-à-vis the Malian political class and the…