West Africa

Osagie Ehanire, the Nigerian Minister of Health said that the country has requested 10 million Covid-19 vaccine doses from the African Union (AU) which has secured millions of doses on behalf of African countries. We did not yet know which of the Covid-19 vaccines Nigeria will get, but the authorities …

Four soldiers were killed on Monday in Niger and eight others seriously injured after an explosion at an artisanal mine in the South-Eastern part of the country near the border with Nigeria. According to the Ministry of Defense, the soldiers were pursuing jihadists who had attacked Chetima Wangou military post …

A court in Conakry, the capital of Guinea has sentenced two activists to one year imprisonment after they were arrested during pre-election demonstrations. Souleymane Condé and Youssouf Dioubaté were also fined 20m Guinean francs (1900,1300) each. They were arrested in September 2020 during protests against President Alpha Condé’s bid for …

Diary sow is always not found. The best Senegalese student is until now not found in Paris. For almost a week the young girl has given no sign of life. This gives rise to concerns in her country and in France. Senegal is afraid for one of its rare pearls. …

The Nigerien opposition is studying the differents plans to gain power. A few weeks before the second round of the presidential election scheduled for February 21, calls to rally Mahamane Ousmane are increasing. Faced with Mohamed Bazoum, the candidate of power who came out on top, the opposition reflected seriously. Gathered within …

Sierra Leone takes a step forward. The country has opened its first fish processing plant. Sierra Fishing Company is the name of this structure which started its activities in Kissy Dockyard, at the East of the Capital Freetown. 15 million dollar is the amount that was used to set up this factory …

So far spared with 23 000 cases and at least 140 dead recorded, Ivory Coast is facing bad numbers in recent days. However, it would be too early to talk about a second wave. The progression of the recorded cases of covid-19 since the end of December continues. According to …

Will the presidential elections in Benin be like the non-inclusive legislatives of 2019? Many observers believe that the condition of sponsorship imposed by the government implies that the competition is not completely open. Indeed, only the ruling majority is able to gather the sponsorships today for the presidential election of April …

Assoa Adou the General-Secretary of Ivorian Popular Front pro Laurent Gbagbo met the Prime Minister Hamed Bakayoko this January 6, 2021. To believe him it’s a question of discussion on the practical conditions of the return of the ex-president Laurent Gbagbo. He was followed by Minister Dano Djédjé. Ministers Vagondo …

Facing the progression of the covid-19 pandemic, the Senegalese president Macky Sall announced in the beginning of the week, the return of the state of emergency in the regions of Dakar and Thies. A curfew is established since Tuesday, January 5 from 9Pm to 5Am. After a long meeting with …