Also on the program, Said Bouteflika, younger brother of the late ex-president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, was sentenced to two years in prison by an Algerian court for "obstructing the proper conduct of justice".
The main accused in this trial is the former justice minister Tayeb Louh.
He was sentenced to six years in prison while the former boss of the bosses, businessman Ali Haddad, was sentenced to two years.
The government of Botswana on Tuesday asked the courts to overturn the decriminalization of homosexuality in the country, during a hearing before the Court of Appeal, deeming it to be a "political question" and not legal.
Finally, nearly 390,000 voters will go to the polls this Sunday in Cape Verde.
They must elect their president who has the role of arbiter, the government being headed by the Prime Minister.
One of the main political challenges of the archipelago, located 600km off the coast of Senegal, remains the resumption of tourism.
An essential sector which represents 25% of the GDP.
Last year, due to the pandemic, the country lost three quarters of its visitors.
Report in Tarrafal, the large seaside resort in the north of the island of Santiago.
Editor-in-chief: Célia Caracena
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