Also in the summary, the Guinean junta announced the transfer of former President Alpha Condé, overthrown on September 5 by the military and held incommunicado since, at his wife's in the suburbs of Conakry.
We will be in Conakry.
Sudanese security forces fired tear gas canisters in Khartoum on Tuesday at thousands of demonstrators again demanding a transfer to civilians only of the power currently dominated by the military supposed to be held in July 2023.
The Gambia will vote this Saturday.
Adama Barrow the outgoing president faces five candidates.
In 2016, he defeated Yahya Jammeh at the polls, ending 22 years of dictatorship which led the country to virtual bankruptcy and forced more than 120,000 Gambians to immigrate according to the United Nations.
Since the democratic transition, some have returned to participate in the development of the country.
This is the case of Fatoumata, 29, at the head of a production team made up of about twenty young people.
Today she exports her herbal teas internationally.
A success that she blames on the improvement in the business climate in recent years.
Reporting.
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