An official Ivorian delegation arrived in Bamako on Thursday to hold talks on the 46 Ivorian soldiers detained in Mali since July, whose release West African heads of state have demanded by January 1.
Life imprisonment has been requested in Abidjan against four defendants of the jihadist attack in the Ivorian seaside town of Grand-Bassam, which killed 19 people in March 2016. The verdict will be handed down on December 28, announced the president of the court Abidjan criminal following the defense pleadings.
In Burkina Faso, the security crisis has direct consequences on trade.
Terrorist attacks slow down the arrival of investors and according to many specialists they reduce the country's growth rate.
A situation that penalizes traders above all.
Ange Nomenyo went to meet them.
In Nigeria, “The Statues Also Breathe” is an exhibition of sculptures in Lagos, which wants to remember that a hundred Chibok Girls are still missing.
Prune Nourry, recognized plastic artist is behind this exhibition visible until next February.
Inspired by the “Heads of Ife”, Yoruba ancestral sculptures, she collaborated with the Pottery Art Department of the University of Ife to create 108 “Heads of Chibok Girls”, representing the 108 hostages of Boko Haram.
The report of our correspondent in Nigeria Moïse Gomis.
Editor: Célia Caracena
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