The Constitutional Council validated only four of the 44 presidential candidatures.
Those of former President Henri Konan Bédié, Pascal Affi Nguessan, former Prime Minister under the presidency of Laurent Gbagbo and MP Kouadio Konan Bertin, dissident from Mr. Bédié's party, have also been validated.
We will be in Abidjan in this journal.
In Mali, the movement which led the protest in the street against President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, overthrown by a putsch, rejected the charter endorsed by the junta, providing for an 18-month transition.
The group of colonels which overthrew Mr. Keïta on August 18 is under strong pressure to unveil its plan to restore civilian power.
You will hear the analysis of Baba Dakono, researcher at the Citizen Observatory on Governance and Security in Bamako.
Supporters of independent Algerian journalist Khaled Drareni demand his immediate release in Algiers.
Khaled Drareni, sentenced in August to three years in prison for his coverage of anti-government protests in Algeria, attended an appeal hearing, according to Reporters Without Borders (RSF), the media monitoring organization.
Finally we will take you to South Africa.
Siya Kolisi, the first black captain of the Springboks, started his foundation which has provided thousands of people with a meal.
The period of confinement linked to the health crisis was particularly difficult for the poorest.
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