Côte d’Ivoire: Alassane Ouattara was sworn in for a third term and promised reconciliation
This Monday was held the inauguration ceremony at the presidential palace in Abidjan. Alassane Ouattara was sworn in for a third term at the head […]
Ghana
Ghana: Nana Akufo-Addo, re-elected for a second term with 51.59% of the vote
Outgoing Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo was re-elected in the first round, according to provisional results announced Wednesday evening in Accra by the Electoral Commission. The […]
Vote Counting Underway in Ghana’s National Election
Ghana is still awaiting the verdict of the ballot boxes. The announcement of the results of the legislative and presidential elections was postponed on Tuesday […]
Ghana: A controversial video implicating Nana Akufo-Addo leaked a few days before the election
The New Patriotic Party candidate is filmed receiving money in an envelope. The footage dates from 2016, before the head of State came to power. […]
Ghana: A very calm atmosphere of anticipatory vote on December 1 for workers mobilized for the elections
Polling stations opened on Tuesday 1 December for workers mobilized for the elections: soldiers, assessors and journalists. All those who will not be able to […]
Hershey’s and Mars accused of avoiding paying decent income differential to cocoa farmers in Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire
Hershey’s and Mars, two American companies in the chocolate industry, are drawing the wrath of Abidjan and Accra. Ivorian and Ghanaian cocoa regulators accuse them […]
Ghana: Voices rose worldwide to salute the memory of former president John Jerry Rawlings
“A monument has gone out, it is an immense loss for Ghana,” President Nana Akufo-Addo said in a statement Thursday, November 12. At the age […]
Togo: Colonel Bitala Madjoulba was murdered with his own weapon
Six months after the death of Colonel Bitala Madjoulba, – assassinated during the night of 3 to 4 May, a few hours after the inauguration […]
Nigeria : Eruption of violence throughout the country
Nigeria is waking up in shock, the day after a “black Tuesday”, a “bloody Tuesday”, as the newspapers headlined, marked by an eruption of violence […]
Benin: the country is declared to be non “safe country of origin” by French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons
This decision was taken at the end of September by the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons, which rules on asylum […]