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SENEGAL – PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION : Justice paves the way for opposition candidate Ousmane Sonko
This Thursday, December 14, the district court of Dakar cancelled the removal of the opponent Ousmane Sonko from the electoral lists. ...
BURKINA FASO – Draft revision of the constitution: The ESC and the Ombudsman of...
The adoption of a bill revising the Constitution, this is the main information from the Council...
SENEGAL – RENEWPAC 2023 summit in Dakar : Nicola Beer, Vice-President of the...
In his opening speech at the official ceremony of the Renewpac 2023 Summit, which brings together African, European and Pacific Liberals...
SENEGAL – RENEWPAC 2023 summit announced in Dakar: Another step towards a sustainable future
The Renew Europe group in the European Parliament presents the RENEWPAC 2023 Summit, which will be held in Dakar from 3...
BURKINA FASO – A major terrorist attack targets the city of Djibo in the...
The city of Djibo, located in the Sahel region, was the subject of a terrorist attack in the afternoon of Sunday,...
MALI – Nigerian military leader’s first visit abroad to Bamako
The head of the military regime in Niger, General Abdourahamane Tiani, landed on Thursday, November 23, 2023 in Bamako and is...
MALI – General El Hadj Ag Gamou appointed Governor of Kidal
In Mali, General El Hadj Ag Gamou was appointed Wednesday, November 22, 2023 governor of the Kidal region. One week after...
MALI- Tuareg separatists deny the existence of a mass grave in Kidal
Tuareg separatists have denied the existence of a mass grave that the Malian army claimed to have discovered last week in Kidal (north), a...
NIGERIA – At least 24 dead in boat wreck
At least 24 people have died and dozens more are missing in the sinking on Sunday of a boat carrying peasants...
NIGER – A potential ECOWAS military intervention still on stand-by
On Saturday, 10 September 2023, the Nigerian junta accused France of planning an aggression, explaining that Paris «continues to deploy its forces...
MALI – 49 civilians and 15 soldiers killed in attacks on boat and army...
Sixty-four people including 49 civilians and 15 soldiers were killed Thursday, September 07, 2023 in two "terrorist attacks claimed" by Al...
BURKINA FASO – Captain Traoré: “We are not enemies of the French people”
Burkina Faso is not "enemy" of the "French people", said Captain Ibrahim Traoré, transitional president, following a coup d'état, in an...
GUINEA – Four dead in clashes according to opposition
The opposition collective in Guinea reported the deaths of four young people during clashes with the security forces on Monday and...
NIGER – France begins the process of withdrawal of its committed forces
Out of the impasse in Niger, without recognizing the de facto authorities and in a climate of growing hostility, this is what...
CÔTE D’IVOIRE – President Alassane Ouattara’s RHDP tidal wave in local elections
The Rassemblement des houphouëtistes pour la démocratie et la paix (RHDP) won the majority of Ivorian town halls and regional councils,...
SENEGAL – A politician proposes Ousmane Sonko to be a double candidate to become...
Candidate-lining and Kairos strategy for the 2024 presidential election.
The Senegalese justice has just pronounced the finality of...
NIGER – Demonstrators want the departure of French soldiers
Thousands of protesters gathered on Friday near a military base housing French forces in the Nigerien capital Niamey to demand the...
SENEGAL – A «Coalition Sonko» launched after the Magal
The Pastef claims once again that it does not have a Plan B. On RFI, Monday, August 28, 2023, El Malick...
NIGER – Political tension: President Emmanuel Macron shoots putschists
Faced with the will of the putschists in Niger who want to expel the French ambassador to Niger, President Emmanuel Macron...
MALI – UN leaves base, subject to tensions
The United Nations Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) announced Sunday, August 13, 2023 to have "anticipated" its withdrawal from a camp in the...
NIGER – Laurent Gbagbo attacks President Ouattara without naming him and denounces «a lie...
Former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo is known for his well-hung language. Recently, the predecessor of Alassane Ouattara once again spoke about...
NIGER – Military intervention in Niger: Why Erdogan does not approve the decision of...
Reactions are multiplying within the international community to warn of the «disastrous consequences» of a military intervention by the Economic Community...
EMERGING COUNTRIES – Senegal wants to integrate the Brics
The priority given to political news very often relegates economic and strategic issues that deserve debate. This is the case of...
NIGER – 3-year transition proposed by the Nigerian junta: ECOWAS says niet
In Niger, the head of the junta, Abdourahamane Tiani, announced on the evening of Saturday, August 19, 2023 a three-year transition...
SENEGAL – Opponent Ousmane Sonko admitted to intensive care
Ousmane Sonko, who has been on hunger strike for more than 2 weeks, was admitted to intensive care, according to the...
NIGER – Berlin wants EU “sanctions” against coup perpetrators
Berlin wants "sanctions" from the EU against the perpetrators of the coup in Niger, the German Foreign Ministry said Thursday on...
MALI – Musician Salif Keita appointed Councilor Head of the Junta
Malian music star Salif Keïta has been appointed advisor to the head of the junta, Colonel Assimi Goïta, says a decree...
MALI – MINUSMA, with its 150 Senegalese peacekeepers, withdrew from Ogossagou after it was...
The last Senegalese troops stationed at the MINUSMA temporary operational base in Ogossagou, Bandiagara region, in central Mali, left the scene...
NIGER – In Niamey, “watch brigades” against “the imminent threat”
A dozen first, then about thirty people arrive little by little once night at the Francophonie roundabout in Niamey, responding to...
SENEGAL – Lawyer Juan Branco arrested in Senegal
Juan Branco was arrested at the border between Senegal and Mauritania on Saturday, August 05, 2023. The lawyer was trying to...
NIGER – Biden calls for “immediate release” of President Bazoum
US President Joe Biden called on Thursday, July 03, 2023, for the "immediate release" of the ousted President of Niger Mohamed...
NIGERIA – Army chief says only waiting for orders to dislodge putschists from Niger
It’s an open secret. ECOWAS gave the Nigerien putschists a week to restore constitutional order, and does not rule out using...
IVORY COAST – Former President Henri Konan Bédié passed away
The former head of state and president of the Democratic Party of Côte d'Ivoire (PDCI) died on Tuesday, August 1, 2023....
SENEGAL – Ousmane Sonko placed under deposit warrant
The judge of investigation of the 1st cabinet has just placed Ousmane Sonko under warrant of deposit, thus following the heavy...
COUP IN NIGER – Former President Mahamadou Issoufou mediates for the release of Bazoum
The former President of Niger, Mouhamed Issoufou reacted to the seizure of power by the military last Wednesday. He announced mediation...
