Burkina Faso: An artist to replace Blaise Compaoré!
The list of candidates for the succession of the former Burkinabe president, Blaise Compaoré, is getting long. The latest and the most surprising
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politics in Africa
Benin: Yayi Boni teaches democratic lesson
The president of the Republic of Benin, Thomas Yayi Boni, is committed to leave the power by the front door. He has one
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Opinion poll: 73 % of Africans are for Presidential term limits
An opinion poll published on 25th May by the consortium of polling organizations Afrobarometer, has revealed that 73 % of Africans are favorable
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Burundian crisis: a sub-regional institution threatens to relocate its head office
The international conference on the Great Lakes region (CIRGL) announces a possible relocation of the executive secretarial department of the institution for safety
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Rwanda: the population against presidential term limits
Just the once will not hurt. As almost the populations of the African countries work at the presidential term limits, thousands of Rwandans
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Burkina Faso: Behind the bones of Thomas Sankara
Investgations on the circumstances concerning the death of the former Burkinabe president Thomas Sankara are in progress since the fall of Compaoré’s regime
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ECOWAS Summit: Between disappointment and optimism
The 47th ECOWAS heads of State Summit held in Accra, Ghana came to an end last Tuesday. The chair of the community institution
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ECOWAS: failure of the Presidential term limits project
The 47th summit of the heads of State and government of the ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) held on Tuesday in
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Burkina Faso: Mariam Sankara welcomed with great fanfare
It was a jubilant crowd that came to Ouagadougou airport to welcome on Thursday, 14th May, Mariam Sankara, the widow of the former
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Ivory Coast: A woman for the reconciliation
The Ivorian government Coast appointed Pr. Mariatou Koné as Managing Director of the Social Cohesion National Program (PNCS) and executive secretary of the
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Goodluck Jonathan: «My friends abandoned me»
After his defeat in front of General Muhammadu Buhari in the presidential election of last 28th March, the outgoing president, Goodluck Jonathan (photo),
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Togo: Michaëlle Jean congratulates Faure Gnassingbé
Congratulation messages start coming to Faure Gnassingbé after his reelection at the head of Togo at the end of the presidential election of
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12th CEMAC summit: Peace in Central Republic of Africa in the center of discussions
The 12th ordinary session of the heads of States summit of the Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC) takes place from 5th
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Togo: The constitutional court gives green light to Faure Gnassingbé
Faure Gnassingbé is elected for his third 5 year term at the head of the Republic of Togo. On Sunday, the constitutional court
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Togo: Faure Gnassingbé winner of the presidential election
The outgoing president, Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé, the candidate of UNIR political party was declared winner of the presidential election of last 25th April
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Election in Togo: observers appreciate the good holding of the vote
The Togolese voted on Saturday, 25th April to choose their president of the Republic. While still awaiting the final results, the various observation
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Benin: Yayi Boni says no to a third term
The recent declaration from the Beninese president, Yayi Boni, hits the headlines of the national and sub-regional press. The president, to whom his
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Cameroon: the presidential party equipped with an academy
The Cameroonian Head of State, Paul Biya, national chairman of the Democratic Union of the Cameroonian People (RDPC), party in power, has just
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Togo: Adebayor supports Faure in the presidential election
Started on 10th April, the campaign for the presidential election of 25th April 2015 will come to an end on 23rd April at
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Senghor: how did he reach the French Academy?
14 years after his death, the passing of the Senegalese former president at the French Academy still stirs up controversy. For his detractors,
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Femua 8: artists singing for peaceful elections in Africa
Elections are planned in 2015 in several African countries. Nigeria has just eperienced a peaceful political change appreciated by all. But the holding
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Presidential election in Togo: Kabiné Komara appointed for the AU mission
The High-commissioner of the Organization for the Development of the Senegal River (OMVS), Kabiné Komara, is the man that will manage the observation
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Ivory Coast: Six web applications for transparent elections
In October 2015, Ivory Coast is organizing presidential election after that of 2010 followed by a post electoral violent crisis making several deaths.
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Reconciliation in Ivory Coast: Alassane Ouattara evokes the path of amnesty
Last Saturday in front of four organizations for the victims of the post electoral crisis, the Ivorian president, Alassane Ouattara, reaffirmed his commitment
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Burkina Faso: The grave of Thomas Sankara officially sealed
The grave of the Burkina deceased preisdent, Thomas Sankara, and those of the 11 other people murdered with the president at the same
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Gabon: Death of Gabonese political opponent, André Mba Obame
The Gabonese political opponent, André Mba Obame, died on Sunday, 12th April 2015 in Yaoundé (Cameroon). He was 57 years old. Main political
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Senegal: Towards the reduction of the presidential term
The Senegalese Head of State, Macky Sall, persists in his will to organize a referendum in order to reduce his term from 7
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Genocide of Rwanda: 21 years yet!
The Rwandans are commemorating from Tuesday, 7th April 07th 2015, the 21st anniversary of the genocide that caused about one million deaths in
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South Africa: An application to guide tourists in the footsteps of Mandela
A new application for smartphone was launched on Wednesday in South Africa to encourage tourists to follow the footsteps of Nelson Mandela, twenty
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Morocco: King Mohammed VI congratulates the new president of Nigeria
King Mohammed VI sent a message of wishes and congratulations to the new elected president of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, for his election to
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