Algeria: lawyers’ strike paralyzing judicial system
The National Union of Bar Associations supported, on Monday, September 28, the position of the Algiers Bar Association, which decided on Sunday to go on […]
Articles by Geraldine Boechat
Mauritania: Former President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz prohibited from leaving Nouakchott
The public prosecutor of West Nouakchott prohibited Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz from leaving the capital on Friday evening during the ongoing investigation. More than 300 […]
Togo: First female Prime Minister since Independence of the country
Seven months after the February 22 presidential election, Faure Gnassingbé, elected for a fourth five-year term, appointed a woman, Victoire Sidémèho Tomegah-Dogbé, Prime Minister. A […]
DRC: A militia attack against Haut Katanga province caused fourteen deads
Lubumbashi experienced an incursion early on Saturday morning, September 26, by Bakata Katanga militiamen. The official report states that three elements of the forces of […]
Sub-Saharan Africa: Tens of thousands forced out of school by floods
Tens of thousands of children in Sub-Saharan Africa have been forced out of school or seen the start of their academic year delayed after heavy […]
Algeria ranks 3rd largest arms importer in MENA region over 2015-2019
Algeria ranked from 2015 to 2019, the third largest arm importer in the Middle East and North African region, with imports accounting for 10.4 per […]
Konan Bertin remains outside the common front of the opposition against Alassane Ouattara
Candidate in the presidential election of October 31, 2020, Kouadio Konan Bertin, known as KKB, is not willing to boycott the elections. At a time […]
Togo: Police arrested delinquents who have stolen several hundred million CFA francs
Delinquents of various nationalities from a network of robbers were arrested by police on September 13. They are accused of having stolen between 2019 and […]
Côte d’Ivoire: elections will take place on October 31 despite opposition actions, RHDP spokesman confirms
In the aftermath of the meeting of the main opposition platforms that signed a joint text calling for civil disobedience against the candidacy of the […]
Paris recalls its ambassador in Abidjan few weeks before presidential election
The French ambassador in Abidjan has been recalled to Paris. Gilles Huberson left Côte d’Ivoire last week a few weeks before the presidential election, scheduled […]