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Des tirs ont éclaté mercredi en milieu de journée près du palais présidentiel en Guinée-Bissau, rapportent des journalistes de l’AFP, alors que les deux camps ont revendiqué leur victoire aux élections présidentielle et législatives organisées dimanche.

In Ivory Coast, the law has mandated a 30% quota for women in legislative elections in major constituencies since 2019. Just over a month before the vote, and with the electoral commission having just validated the candidacies, the quota has not been met.

Kidnappings of students in schools have surged in recent weeks in Nigeria. Some are even talking about going on strike if this blatant insecurity continues. Our correspondent in the country reports on the situation.

The United States has proposed a truce to Sudan’s warring parties, but neither the army nor the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has formally accepted it. The RSF declared a unilateral three-month humanitarian ceasefire, while the army reported repelling an attack in West Kordofan. International efforts, including by the US, Saudi …

In tonight’s edition: As the world marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, 15 women are killed in South Africa every single day. Also, the 24 schoolgirls abducted in Nigeria’s Kebbi State have been rescued. Plus Washington’s latest proposal of a ceasefire for Sudan has been rejected by both …

L’émissaire américain pour l’Afrique, Massad Boulos, a affirmé qu’aucune des deux parties en guerre au Soudan n’avait accepté la proposition de cessez-le-feu soumise par Washington au nom des médiateurs, exhortant les deux camps à donner leur accord à cette trêve.  « Nous appelons les deux parties à accepter la trêve humanitaire telle …

A robot presented during Ouagadougou’s Digital Week was presented on social media as being fully designed in Burkina Faso. It was actually imported from China.

The United States has presented the warring Sudanese army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) with a peace plan to stop the devastating conflict, which broke out in April 2023 and has spread famine and ethnic killings across the country and threatened a split, the second in its history. So …

The abduction of hundreds of Nigerians, including almost 350 schoolchildren in just a matter of days, has reignited a pressing debate about the persistent security crisis gripping the country. A resurgence of mass kidnappings came after US President Donald Trump threatened military action in Nigeria to stop what he calls …

In an era of American unilateralism, and a transactional approach, the EU and AU can ‘reassert the value of collective action’, explains Paul Melly, Journalist and Consulting Fellow of the Africa Programme at Chatham House. European and African leaders are gathering in Angola for a summit to deepen economic and …