Former Aide-de-camp (ADC) to President Moussa Dadis Camara, Lieutenant Aboubacar Sidiky Diakité aka Toumba, has Monday taken the stand for the second time to shed light on events that have marked the country’s political history. He told the court Moussa Dadis Camara and his co-conspirators were hell bent on shifting[Read More…]
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Senegal President Requests Amnesty That Could Pave Way For Challengers In 2024
Senegal’s President Macky Sall has asked the justice ministry to look into an amnesty scheme that could allow two of his biggest political opponents who were sentenced on graft charges to regain their voting rights and potentially run in the next presidential election in 2024. Sall instructed the justice minister[Read More…]
Burkina Faso Army Captain Announces Overthrow Of Military Government
Burkina Faso army Captain Ibrahim Traore has ousted military leader Paul-Henri Damiba and dissolved the government and suspended the constitution and transitional charter, he said in a statement read on national television Friday evening. Traore said a group of officers had decided to remove Damiba due to his inability to[Read More…]
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