ECOWAS schedules new Summit about Mali and invites Goïta
The Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is holding an extraordinary summit on Friday in Ghana on the political situation in Mali and has invited […]
Articles by Geraldine Boechat
Guinean junta opens reconciliation Conference, widely boycotted
Guinea’s junta leader, Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, opened a six-week Conference on Tuesday, which he presented as a “historic” opportunity to heal the wounds of a […]
Burkina Faso: Transitional legislative Assembly takes office
The 71 deputies appointed to Burkina Faso’s transitional legislature took office Tuesday, two months after the coup that toppled President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré in […]
Guinea: Effective launch of the National Conferences this Tuesday
The National Conferences are starting this Tuesday, March 22 in Guinea. These meetings initiated by the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Decentralization aim to build […]
Zambia: Former justice minister Given Ludinda charged with corruption
Zambia’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Monday announced the arrest of former Justice minister Given Lubinda for embezzling $539,000, the latest twist in a series of […]
Death in custody of former Malian Prime Minister Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga
The former Malian Prime Minister, Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga, died on Monday at the age of 67 in Bamako where he was in detention in a […]
Chad: A Saturday without press after the exclusion of journalists from the Doha dialogue
Saturday, March 19, was a press-free day in Chad at the call of the Union of Chadian Journalists. This was a movement to protest the […]
Operation in Casamance: Gambians flee the border area
Dozens of Gambians arrived in Bujinha this week fleeing the border area with Senegal, which has launched an operation against Casamance separatists entrenched on the […]
President Damiba launches a “mobilization order” for former soldiers
The situation continues to deteriorate in Burkina Faso. Civilians and soldiers are regularly killed. Transitional President Paul-Henri Damiba has issued a decree calling for the […]
Burkina Faso: Architect Diébédo Francis Kéré becomes first African to win Pritzker Prize
An African winner of the 2022 Pritzker Prize. This is a first. The greatest prize in architecture was awarded this Tuesday, March 15 to Diébédo […]