Also on the table, Guillaume Soro's announcements made the Ivorian authorities react.
The former president of the National Assembly of Côte d'Ivoire said Thursday that he was maintaining his candidacy for the presidential election, despite his rejection by the Constitutional Council.
Government spokesman Mamadou Touré denounced Guillaume Soro's "anti-democratic posture".
In Burundi, the RED-Tabara group claimed responsibility for a series of attacks that allegedly claimed 40 lives.
Finally, in Tunisia, our correspondents went to meet the founders of start-ups that combine agriculture and technology.
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