Yearly Archives: 2021

Burkina Faso: Ex-president Compaoré to be tried in Sankara murder case

África, África Ocidental, Burkina Faso, Crise Política

Via: Africa News

Burkina Faso’s former president Blaise Compaoré, now in exile in Ivory Coast, will stand trial for the assassination of his predecessor Thomas Sankara, a pan-African icon, during the 1987 coup in which he took power, lawyers told AFP on Tuesday. The case was referred Tuesday to the military court in Ouagadougou, after the confirmation of charges against the main defendants, including Blaise Compaoré, 34 years after the death of the “father of the revolution” Burkinabé, according to defence lawyers and civil parties. After Gilbert Diendere – his former right-hand man was prosecuted for complicity in murder, handling corpses and attack on state security. The former president was ousted from power by a popular uprising on October 31 2014.

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Côte d’Ivoire president says Gbagbo ‘free to return’ after ICC acquittal

África, África Ocidental, Costa do Marfim

Via: CGTN Africa

Côte d’Ivoire’s President Alassane Ouattara on Wednesday (07/04) declared that his predecessor Laurent Gbagbo was welcome to return home after being finally acquitted of crimes against humanity during a civil war that pitted them against each other a decade ago. Ouattara said Gbagbo and his former right-hand man Charles Ble Goude were “free to return to Cote d’Ivoire when they want”. He made the remarks a week after the International Criminal Court (ICC) confirmed that both were in the clear over the devastating post-electoral violence that rocked the West African nation in 2010-11. “Arrangements will be made so that Laurent Gbagbo can enjoy, in accordance with the laws in place, the advantages and allowances available to former presidents”, Ouattara told a cabinet ministers meeting in Abidjan.

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Publication of new African Series number: COVID-19 in Africa (Vol. 2)

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The Brazilian Center of African Studies announces the newest publication in the African Series: COVID-19 in Africa: Survey of public policies, impact and regional consultation. (in Portuguese) The unprecedented study carried out by the Center’s research team, between the months of August and December 2020, aims to continue analyze African responses to the situation in the format of e -book. The first volume can be accessed here.