Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embalo dissolves Parliament
Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embalo announced Monday the dissolution of parliament and the calling of early parliamentary elections by the end of the year in […]
Articles by Geraldine Boechat
Attempted putsch aborted in Mali, says junta
Mali’s transitional authorities claim to have foiled a coup attempt on the night of Wednesday, May 11, to Thursday, May 12. “A small group of […]
Marc-Vivien Foé Prize: Ivorian Seko Fofana succeeds Gaël Kakuta
Seko Fofana was elected best African player of the French soccer championship (Ligue 1) 2021-2022 by a jury assembled by RFI and France 24. In […]
Mali court summons French Foreign Minister over passport concession allegations
The French Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jean-Yves Le Drian, has been summoned by the Malian judiciary as part of an investigation into an “attack on […]
Former Guinean President Alpha Conde faces legal action
The Guinean judiciary has taken a new step in the prosecution of former President Alpha Conde by opening a judicial investigation against him and several […]
Cameroon: a plane crashes in the forest with 11 people on board
A plane belonging to a private company that maintains hydrocarbon pipelines crashed on Wednesday in a forest in central Cameroon with 11 people on board, […]
Guinean legislature validates three-year transition
The legislative body set up by the junta in Guinea on Wednesday set the duration of the transition before the return of civilians to power […]
Sankara trial: 807.5 million CFA francs in damages for the guilty
The Military court in Ouagadougou on Tuesday sentenced former Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaoré and nine other defendants to pay more than 800 million CFA […]
The Wallu Senegal and Yewwi Askan Wi coalitions unite for the legislative elections
In Senegal, the two most significant opposition coalitions have reached an agreement for the July 31 legislative elections where they will present joint lists in […]
Death of the Head of the Ivorian National Assembly, Amadou Soumahoro
President of the Assembly since March 2019, he made long stays abroad in recent months for medical reasons. The president of the Ivorian National Assembly […]