In Guinea, the trial of the former national coordinator of the FNDC opened on Monday in Conakry.
After three days of hearing at the Central Directorate of Judicial Investigations, the case was sent back to the court for judgment.
Several political actors, civil societies and human rights organizations say they are outraged by the summons of the activist.
They denounce an authoritarian drift of the military in power.
Explanations in Conakry with Malick Diakité.
A road accident in Senegal left at least forty dead and 36 seriously injured in a collision between two buses overnight from Saturday to Sunday.
President Macky Sall has decreed a 3-day national mourning and Prime Minister Amadou Ba is asking drivers to be more responsible.
In Benin voters were called to the polls this Sunday for legislative elections.
A vote without large crowds and in peace to elect their 109 deputies.
An election marked by the return of the opposition after four years of absence.
A first under President Patrice Talon.
The correspondence in Cotonou by Emmanuel Sodji.
The Horn of Africa is hard hit by drought.
36 million people are at risk of going hungry in the coming months.
In Kenya, the northern regions of the country are particularly affected, such as in the Samburu region where many inhabitants have lost everything and survive thanks to NGOs.
Reporting by Bastien Renouil.
Editor: Célia Caracena
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