Gabon and Togo now members of the Commonwealth
Gabon and Togo joined the Commonwealth on Saturday, becoming the latest nations with no historical ties to the UK to join the English-speaking club headed […]
Articles by Geraldine Boechat
DRC: Former chief of staff of Félix Tshisekedi, Vital Kamerhe, acquitted on appeal
Vital Kamerhe, the former chief of staff of President Felix Tshisekedi who was sentenced in 2020 to 20 years hard labour for embezzling nearly $60 […]
Togo wants to join the Commonwealth
Togo’s decision to join the Commonwealth will help it develop closer ties with English-speaking countries, opening up new horizons outside France’s sphere of influence in […]
Body of last missing miner in Burkina Faso finally found
The last lifeless body of one of the eight miners trapped underground since 16 April in a zinc mine in Burkina Faso was found on […]
Burkina Faso’s junta leader meets overthrown President Roch Kaboré
The head of the junta in Burkina Faso, Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, received on Tuesday Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, the former President he overthrew in […]
DRC: Patrice Lumumba’s remains officially handed over to his family by Belgian justice
On Monday 20 June 2022, more than 61 years after his death, the remains of Patrice Lumumba, the Congolese Prime Minister, were returned to his […]
Côte d’Ivoire: Unusual escape of a drug trafficker in Abidjan
A drug trafficker, who was serving a 10-year prison sentence, escaped from the Abidjan prison on Thursday 16 June. And the circumstances of this escape […]
Lifting of patents for Covid-19 vaccines
After intense negotiations between its 164 members, the World Trade Organization (WTO) reached an agreement that includes a five-year waiver of patents on vaccines against […]
Senegal: At least two dead in pre-election tensions
Unrest has been reported in other parts of the capital, as well as in Ziguinchor, in Casamance. Clashes between youths and police killed two people […]
Barkhane now focuses on protecting the Mali-Niger borders
Several strikes against a column of motorbikes have neutralized on June 14 “nearly forty terrorists” near the border between Niger and Burkina Faso, announced Thursday […]