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SENEGAL: President Macky Sall promulgated the State of Emergency and State of Siege Act

The President of the Republic of Senegal, Macky Sall, promulgated on 19 January 2021, after its adoption in the National Assembly, the...

BENIN: Patrice Talon candidate for a second term

Outgoing President Patrice Talon is officially running in the presidential election. He declared himself a candidate for a second term on Friday 15...

MAURITANIA : ONE PLANET SUMMIT: The «Great Green Wall» is, according to President Mohamed...

The President of the Republic of Mauritania, Mohamed Ould El-Ghazouani,, took part in the One Planet Summit 2021 which was held...

IVORY COAST: Ivorian president loses libel suit against journalist in France

On Thursday, the Paris court dismissed a journalist and the editor of «La lettre du continent», who was sued for defamation...

NIGER: Three Days of National Mourning

Nigerien authorities have declared three days of national mourning. A mourning following the terrorist attack on Saturday, January 3, 2021. At least...

SENEGAL: Interior Minister threatens to dissolve Pastef party

The Minister of the Interior, Antoine Félix Diome, issued a statement on Saturday, January 2, 2021 to curb the fundraising campaign...

NIGER: Mohamed Bazoum VS Mahamane Ousmane

The results of the first round of the presidential election were published by the Independent National Electoral Commission, the CNNI on...

SENEGAL: Aliou Sall: Petro-Tim case: Closed case!

Petro-Tim! A state affair involving directly Aliou Sall, the little brother of Senegalese President Macky Sall. A politically, economically and socially...

SENEGAL: Macky Sall refuses to rule on third term

During his face-to-face meeting with the press in the program the “Grand entretien” at the end of 2020, President Macky Sall...

NIGER: Mohamed Bazoum leads the way

The final results of the first round of the presidential election have not yet been announced and yet a name has...

SENEGAL: Message to the nation of President Macky Sall

Message to the Nation of His Excellency the President of the Republic on the occasion of the New Year My dear compatriots,...

BENIN: President Patrice Talon addresses the nation

The Beninese president addressed the nation at the end of 2020. He spoke at the National Assembly on 29 December 2020....

IVORY COAST: Pascal Affi N’Guessan released

After almost two months of pre-trial detention, Pascal Affi N'Guessan has finally been released and placed under judicial control on Wednesday...

IVORY COAST: Peace dialogue suspended

However, the peace dialogue between the government and the opposition was off to a good start. The two parties, the government and...

SENEGAL: Idrissa Seck unveils the list of Rewmi party nominations

Idrissa Seck’s Rewmi party issued a press release this Sunday, December 27, 2020 to introduce the new leadership of the political...

SENEGAL: Farewell General Mamadou Niang!

2020 was a macabre year in Senegal with the disappearance of political, religious and sporting figures. After the death of the...

SENEGAL: Idirissa Seck dismisses Dethié Fall and appoints a woman

The exit of Déthié Fall, Vice-President of the Rewmi party in the National Assembly on Friday, November 27, 2020, on the...

SENEGAL: Sheikh Oumar Talla honoured by the Mayor of Pikine Nord

Sheikh Oumar Talla, Councillor for the Municipality of Pikine North and the City of Pikine, was the recipient of the 2020...

NIGER: Presidential election day

This Sunday, December 27, the Nigerians are called to the polls to elect their president and their deputies. After quietly organizing the...

IVORY COAST: A political dialogue for national reconciliation

Following the presidential elections marked by tensions and a popular contestation of the election of the outgoing president, Alassane Dramane Ouattara,...

MALI: The opponent Soumaïla Cissé is no longer

The President of the Union for the Republic and Democracy (URD) of Mali, Soumaïla Cissé, died at the age of 71...

SENEGAL: CONFEMEN honours President Macky Sall

The Conference of Ministers of Education of States and Governments of the Francophonie CONFEMEN (PASEC) organized this Monday, December 21, 2020...

SENEGAL: The National Assembly wants to give all the powers to President Macky Sall

As part of the fight against the spread of Covid-19, Senegal wants to arm President Macky Sall so that urgent decisions...

SENEGAL: Possible abolition of the status of City of Dakar

Since the announcement made on Sunday, December 13, 2020 by Oumar Gueye, Minister of Territorial Collectivities, Development and Planning of Territories...

GOOD GOVERNANCE: Senegal ahead of France and the United States

The Senegalese Seal Guard, Me Malick Sall, affirmed that Senegal has no lessons to learn from the great nations in terms...

IVORY COAST: Alassane Ouattara is sworn in

The Ivorian president, elected to run for a third term, was sworn in on December 14, 2020 at the presidential palace...

IVORY COAST: Henri Konan Bédié puts an end to the transitional regime and calls...

The former Ivorian president and main opponent of the current government, Henri Konan Bédié, decided on Wednesday, December 9, 2020, to...

GHANA: Ghanaians were at the polls on Monday to elect their President

This Monday, December 07, 2020, Ghanaians marched in front of the polling stations to sacrifice their civic duty. A presidential election...

SENEGAL: Mamadou Lamine Faye winner of the Head of State’s Grand Prize for digital

innovation The prize for the second edition of the Head of State's Grand Prize for Digital Innovation goes to the 24-year-old...

SENEGAL: Thiaroye 44 remembrance duty by Aïssata Seck

December 1, 1944 - December 1, 2020. Thiaroye massacre. Duty of remembrance and justice. 76 years ago, near...

IVORY COAST: Amnesty International press release on post-election violence

AILRC-F press release of November 16, 2020 Côte d'Ivoire. Use of machetes and firearms testifies to horror of post-election violence

GHANA: Death of Former President John Jerry Rawlings

(Agency Ecofin) - Ghana just lost this Thursday, one of his illustrious sons in the person of former president Jerry John...

NIGERIA: I urge Mr. Biden to deploy his vast experience in tackling the negative...

Congratulations to US President-Elect Joe Biden on his election at a time of uncertainty and fear in world affairs. His election is...

MALI: death of former President Amadou Toumani Touré (media)

(Ecofin Agency) - The former president of Mali, General Amadou Toumani Touré, known as ATT, has died early on Tuesday after...

MAURITANIA: Duty to remember and refusal to forget

Thursday 6 November 1986 my first night in prison. Kaëdi Palace of Justice, Thursday, November 6, 1986, our first night in prison,...
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