Sixteen Ethiopian UN employees were detained by authorities on Tuesday after a massive crackdown targeting Tigrayans, as the international community continues to believe in a diplomatic "window of opportunity" to end the conflict between the government and the rebels.
The United States has judged Ethiopia's arrests "on the basis of ethnicity" "totally unacceptable", after confirmation of the detention of UN employees.
The concern of those close to Marcel Makomé, this opponent of Congolese President Denis Sassou-Nguesso who has not given any news since October 30.
He was reportedly arrested during a stay in Kinshasa, in neighboring DR Congo.
Details from our correspondent Clément Bonnerot.
General Gilbert Diendéré, one of the main defendants in the trial of the alleged killers of former Burkinabè President Thomas Sankara, 34 years ago, pleaded not guilty on Tuesday before the military court in Ouagadougou.
After the signature confirming the restitution of 26 works in Benin on Tuesday, the last step is the effective return to the country.
They will take the plane and must land in Cotonou in the middle of the afternoon this Wednesday.
The whole city is preparing for this very important day for the nation.
Julien Sauvaget is on site for France 24.
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