Thousands of people demonstrated Sunday in Dakar to demand a strengthening of the repression of homosexuality in Senegal after the recent rejection by the Parliament of a text hardening the laws on the matter, noted journalists of the AFP. “No to homosexuality,” chanted the demonstrators on the Place de la[Read More…]
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Mali: Ecowas Set To Accept One-year Transition
On the sidelines of the last AU-EU summit in Brussels, Belgium, Nana Akufo-Addo, the current chairman of ECOWAS, maintained that the sub-regional organization was ready to accept a twelve-month transition in Mali. On December 24, 2021, the transitional authorities in Mali and Ecowas parted ways without agreement on the duration[Read More…]
Prosecutor Demand 30 years In Prison For Compaoré Over Sankara’s Assassination
The Burkinabe military prosecutor’s office on Tuesday demanded 30 years in prison against former President Blaise Compaore, accused of being the main sponsor of the assassination of his predecessor Thomas Sankara in 1987. Currently in exile in Cote d’Ivoire, the former head of state of Burkina Faso (1987 – 2014)[Read More…]