The ECOWAS also recognizes this Thursday Umaro Sissoco Embalo as president of Guinea-Bissau, after four months of post-electoral blockage. But his victory is still disputed by his rival Domingos Simoes Pereira. 

Coming second, he multiplied the appeals to the Supreme Court.

In Côte d'Ivoire, police deployed to Abidjan to convince people to wear masks to protect themselves, and others, from the Covid-19. In markets where social distancing is difficult to apply, the police say that the operation aims to reassure while being "firm". 

Finally, we will go to DR Congo. The new coronavirus does not choose its victims and affects both men and women. But the latter are often the first to suffer the consequences of confinement. Gender inequalities are accentuated, particularly in the private sphere. Cases of domestic violence have exploded in recent weeks.

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