Beninese opponent Joël Aïvo, a law professor whose candidacy for the April 2021 presidential election was rejected, was sentenced Tuesday to ten years in prison in a treason trial.
Details from Cotonou in this journal.
In DR Congo, Vital Kamerhe, the former chief of staff of President Félix Tshisekedi returned to his home on Monday evening.
Incarcerated since April 2020, and sentenced on appeal to 13 years in prison for embezzlement and corruption, he was granted provisional release from the Court of Cassation.
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Monday announced the granting of $ 100 million in aid to the Palestinian Authority, during a visit to Algiers by its President Mahmoud Abbas.
Cassava is the staple food in the Central African Republic. Consumed in the form of paste, porridge or fermented sticks, it enhances all meals, from breakfast to dinner. Despite the strong resistance of the tuber, which adapts to all climates, its production remains vulnerable to the vagaries of the security situation. The recent crisis has once again disrupted a sector which is still in its infancy and which barely covers half of national consumption. Consequence: more than one in two Central Africans do not have enough food. There is still some way to go to reach an industrial level of production like that of Nigeria, which dominates the African market. But not far from Bangui, entrepreneurs are helping to select varieties and increase yields. One of them opened its doors to us.Reporting by Carol Valade and Clément Di Roma.
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