The former boss of world athletics Lamine Diack was sentenced Wednesday in Paris to four years in prison, including two years, for his involvement in a corruption network dedicated to hiding doping cases in Russia.
Reactions in Senegal with Elimane Ndao our correspondent.
The mayor of Libreville, the capital of Gabon, is imprisoned, charged in particular with corruption and embezzlement of public funds.
Léandre Nzué, 63 years old and mayor since February 2019, was "placed under committal order Tuesday evening after being indicted by an investigating judge of 11 counts", including "criminal association, embezzlement of public funds, money laundering , extortion, embezzlement, passive corruption and blackmail ".
South Africa's borders will reopen on October 1, with restrictions for "some countries" whose rates of coronavirus infection remain "high," South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said Wednesday evening.
Finally in the Moroccan village of Diabat, near Essaouira on the Atlantic coast, some locals claim that Jimi Hendrix came to visit the place in 1969. Hotels and restaurants bear his name.
But is it really gone or is it a lingering myth?
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