How an American nun has been kidnapped in Burkina Faso
During the night of April 4 to 5, “the kidnappers arrived in the number of about ten, according to what the witnesses told me,” explained […]
Articles by Geraldine Boechat
Burkina Faso: Former President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré finally released
The former Burkinabe president was able to return home on Wednesday, April 6. He had been under house arrest since January 24, the date of […]
Fofana and three former Guinean Ministers jailed for “embezzlement
Ibrahima Kassory Fofana, Guinea’s prime minister until the 2021 military coup, and three former ministers of deposed President Alpha Conde were charged Wednesday with “embezzlement” […]
Sankara assassination: Life sentence for ex- President Compaoré
The three main defendants in the 1987 assassination of former Burkina Faso president Thomas Sankara, including former Head of state Blaise Compaoré, were sentenced Wednesday […]
Malian opposition figure summoned by junta after criticism
Authorities in Mali have summoned Oumar Mariko after the opposition figure criticized the ruling junta and suggested that the army was “murdering people,” relatives said. […]
Three hostages members of a Congolese delegation released by an armed group in DRC
Three members of a Congolese delegation held hostage for a month and a half by an armed group with which it had come to negotiate […]
Military cooperation: Burkina Faso wants to diversify its partners
Burkina Faso, targeted since 2015 by frequent and deadly jihadist attacks, wants to “diversify partnerships” in the fight against armed groups, announced Monday Prime Minister […]
DRC: Agreement reached between the authorities and teachers’ unions after a three-month strike
The authorities and the higher education and university unions have reached an agreement on the salary scale after three months of strike action that paralyzed […]
Niger repatriates a thousand of its “beggars” from Senegal
More than a thousand Nigerian migrants who were begging in the streets of Dakar were repatriated last week to their country, the government announced, as […]
DRC: Economy Minister dismissed by vote of National Assembly
For the first time in the exercise of parliamentary control in the DRC, the majority of deputies present at the National Assembly on the evening […]