Tag: Africa
the CEO of the Australian mining company Resolute arrested and taken into police custody in Bamako
Brutally arrested on the evening of Friday, November 9 in a hotel in Bamako, Terence Holohan, the CEO of the Australian company Resolute which owns a gold mine in Mali,…
the Civil Forum warns of the increase in cases of violence
In Senegal, less than a week before legislative elections, a report by 46 civil society observers warns of the increase in cases of violence during the first ten days of…
the judge rejects the exceptions raised by the defense
At the trial of the Martinez Zogo case, named after the host of the editor-in-chief of the Amplitude FM radio channel murdered in January 2023 in Yaoundé, the military court…
ex-president Laurent Gbagbo meets the French ambassador
Former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo spoke on Sunday, November 10, with the French ambassador to Côte d’Ivoire. A way, for both parties, to re-establish a channel of communication which had…
justice postpones the funeral of the former Minister of Finance
The circumstances of the death of Moustapha Ba, who died in Paris, are declared suspicious. An autopsy report ordered by the prosecution concluded that it was an unnatural death. 1…
Major work of feminism, “La parole aux negresses” by Awa Thiam reissued in Senegal
For several months, it has been possible to find in bookstores in Senegal a book that had completely disappeared from the shelves. The word of the Negresses by the Senegalese…
concern over the health of Karrou Wawim, arrested after the contested legislative elections of 2018
In Togo, there is concern around the state of health of Karrou Wawim, arrested in Lomé at the end of 2018. The country was then experiencing demonstrations, in the context…
the challenges of the Baku negotiations for the African continent
The 29th UN conference on climate change begins this Monday, November 11 in Baku, Azerbaijan. Forty thousand participants, including around a hundred heads of state, are expected to better fight…
Mauritius awaiting results
The early legislative elections organized this Sunday, November 10 in Mauritius mobilized massively: 77%, according to the electoral commission. The results of the population’s choice between the outgoing Prime Minister,…
Former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga enters race for AU presidency
Former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga has officially launched his election campaign to become chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission. Member states will elect Chad’s Moussa Faki Mahamat’s successor…