« Une Guinée au-delà du parti et de l’ethnie »

It is one of west Africa's more stable democracies, often singled out as an example to its benighted regional rivals. But Senegal is teetering on the edge of the kind of electoral confrontation that has troubled the likes of Ivory Coast and Liberia recently....

Après l’interview sur RFI d’Alhassane Condé, le ministre guinéen de l’Administration territoriale déclarant que les élections législatives auront lieu au mois de mai, et ce, avec ou sans l’opposition, Sidya Touré lui répond au nom de cette opposition....

Nigeria is to get a dedicated science fund similar to the US National Science Foundation, to provide support for research in the country. The National Science Research, Technology and Innovation Fund, announced last month (25 January), will be run by...

The International Criminal Court said on Thursday it would extend the remit of its investigation into suspected war crimes in Ivory Coast to cover the country's first civil war which began in 2002. The Hague-based war crimes court had already opened an...

The world's newest nation has expelled its first person - the head of South Sudan's biggest oil company, the Chinese and Malaysian-owned Petrodar. The Chinese national, Liu Yingcai, was asked to leave following an investigation into Khartoum's "theft"...

Des membres du mouvement de jeunes sénégalais Y'en a marre ont comparu mercredi à Dakar et plaidé non coupable de «participation à une manifestation interdite», tandis qu'un petit rassemblement d'opposants tout aussi interdit s'est déroulé contre le président...

The world has reached a turning point in helping Somalis reclaim their country, David Cameron said on Thursday, as he opened a conference in London aimed at restoring stability to a country riven by two decades of conflict. "Unless we can help the people...

These days, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad agitates against the United States, Israel and the West, all the while presenting himself as a proud advocate of nuclear energy in his country. The deputy chief of Iran's military forces is threatening...

Reporters sans frontières a appris la mort, le 22 février 2012, de la journaliste américaine Marie Colvin, et du photographe français Rémi Ochlik, tous deux tués pendant les intenses bombardements qui ont touché le quartier de Baba Amr, à Homs. Plusieurs...

A rise in transnational organized crime, drug trafficking and piracy are threatening peace and stability across West Africa and the Sahel, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today, calling for an increase in regional efforts to tackle this issue. “Transnational...

Les habitants de Misrata votaient lundi pour élire leur conseil local, lors des premières élections organisées en Libye depuis plus de 40 ans. Les Misratis devraient élire 28 membres du Conseil local, l'équivalent d'un conseil municipal, parmi 242 candidats,...

Poachers in search of ivory in northern Cameroon have slaughtered nearly 300 elephants for their tusks since mid-January, according to the country's minister of forestry and wildlife. Minister Ngole Philip Ngwese backed up a claim by the International...

Euro zone finance ministers sealed a €130-billion bailout for Greece on Tuesday to avert a chaotic default next month after forcing Athens to commit to unpopular cuts and private bondholders to accept deeper losses. The agreement was hailed as a step...

In a rare move for an Arab state where popular dissent worked to unseat a dictator, Yemenis went to polling stations on Tuesday to vote out President Ali Abdullah Saleh after more than a year of antigovernment protests and violent clashes in the street....

La coalition gouvernementale allemande et une grande partie de l'opposition ont choisi Joachim Gauck, 72 ans, pour être le prochain président de la République fédérale d'Allemagne, en remplacement de Christian Wulff qui a démissionné vendredi, pour prévarication....