Politics – Africa Hot News https://africahotnews.com Best News Tue, 25 May 2021 09:10:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.11 Mali-International organizations demand immediate release of the leaders https://africahotnews.com/2021/05/mali-international-organizations-demand-immediate-release-of-the-leaders/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mali-international-organizations-demand-immediate-release-of-the-leaders https://africahotnews.com/2021/05/mali-international-organizations-demand-immediate-release-of-the-leaders/#respond Tue, 25 May 2021 09:10:30 +0000 http://prod.africahotnews.com/?p=3816 UN, EU and AU have called for the release of Malian the transitional president Bah N'Daw and his prime minister Moctar Ouane arrested by the army on Monday.

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]]> The United Nations (UN), African Union (AU) and the European Union (EU) have called for the release of Malian figures arrested by the army, including the transitional president Bah N’Daw and his prime minister Moctar Ouane.

” I am deeply concerned by news of detention of civilian leaders of the Malian transition. I call for calm & their unconditional release. My Special Representative is working closely with ECOWAS, the AU & all other international actors supporting the ongoing political transition.” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterress said on his Twitter account overnight Monday to Tuesday.

In a statement, the European Council condemned “firmly the kidnapping of the transitional president of Mali and the Prime Minister and called for their immediate release”.

The Council warned that “the European Union is ready to consider targeted measures against political and military leaders obstructing the transition in Mali”.

These reactions are in addition to those issued in the evening by the Monitoring Committee of the transition in Mali, which brings together representatives of ECOWAS, the African Union and Minusma with members of the international community, including the France, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany and the European Union.

Speaking in a statement issued on Monday evening, the Committee condemned an “attempted coup” against the transitional power in Mali and called for the immediate release of the President and his Prime Minister.

On Monday evening, soldiers arrested transitional president Bah N’Daw, Prime Minister Moctar Ouane and civilian and military figures, before forcing them to the Kati military barracks located about fifteen kilometers from the capital Bamako.

The arrest of these personalities came just after the announcement of a new government team, according to which Brigadier General Souleymane Dacouré replaces Colonel Sadio Camara at the head of the Ministry of Defense and Major General Mamadou Lamine Diallo replaces Colonel Modibo Koné at the Ministry of Security and Civil Protection.

According to corroborating sources, Camara and Koné are the brains of the coup that overthrew former President Ibrahim Boubaker Keita on August 18, 2020.

As a reminder, President Bah N’Daw and Moctar Ouane took office in mid-September 2020, following negotiations between the Economic Community of West African States and the military junta.

Their main mission was to lead a peaceful transition lasting 18 months, to end with the holding of general elections and the restoration of constitutional order.

Prime Minister Moctar Ouane presented his resignation on May 14 and was reappointed the same day to form a new government.

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]]> https://africahotnews.com/2021/05/mali-international-organizations-demand-immediate-release-of-the-leaders/feed/ 0 Tchad- Idriss Déby meurt sur le champ de bataille https://africahotnews.com/2021/04/tchad-idriss-deby-meurt-sur-le-champ-de-bataille/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tchad-idriss-deby-meurt-sur-le-champ-de-bataille https://africahotnews.com/2021/04/tchad-idriss-deby-meurt-sur-le-champ-de-bataille/#respond Tue, 20 Apr 2021 11:25:00 +0000 http://prod.africahotnews.com/?p=3567 Le Chef de l'État Tchadien Idriss Déby Itno, est décédé des suites de blessures subies lors d'un combat dans le nord du pays, où il s’était rendu pour rendre visite aux soldats combattant les rebelles.

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]]> Le Chef de l’État Tchadien Idriss Déby Itno, est décédé des suites de blessures subies lors d’un combat dans le nord du pays, où il s’était rendu pour rendre visite aux soldats combattant les rebelles.

Déby , 68 ans, «vient de souffler sa dernière défense de la nation souveraine sur le champ de bataille» ce week-end, a déclaré le porte-parole de l’armée, le général Azem Bermandoa Agouna, dans un communiqué lu ce mardi à la télévision d’État, un jour après que Deby a été déclaré vainqueur d’un élection présidentielle.

Les circonstances exactes de la mort de Déby n’étaient pas immédiatement claires.

L’armée a déclaré que le président commandait son armée ce week-end alors qu’elle combattait les rebelles qui avaient lancé une incursion majeure dans le nord du pays le jour du scrutin le 11 avril.

Agouna a également déclaré qu’un conseil militaire dirigé par le fils du défunt président âgé de 37 ans, le général Mahamat Idriss Deby, remplacerait le Maréchal.

Un couvre-feu a été imposé et les frontières du pays ont été fermées à la suite de la mort du président.

Officier de formation, Idriss Déby est arrivé au pouvoir en 1990 par un soulèvement armé. Il était un allié de longue date de la France et d’autres puissances occidentales dans la bataille contre les groupes djihadistes dans la région du Sahel en Afrique.

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]]> https://africahotnews.com/2021/04/tchad-idriss-deby-meurt-sur-le-champ-de-bataille/feed/ 0 Benin- Arrest of opposition flagbearer Reckya Madougou https://africahotnews.com/2021/03/benin-arrest-of-opposition-flagbearer-reckya-madougou/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=benin-arrest-of-opposition-flagbearer-reckya-madougou https://africahotnews.com/2021/03/benin-arrest-of-opposition-flagbearer-reckya-madougou/#respond Thu, 04 Mar 2021 12:08:36 +0000 http://prod.africahotnews.com/?p=3288 After her car was pulled over on the Porto Novo Bridge, those who were in the craft with her were taken out. And she was taken to Cotonou.

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]]> Reckya Madougou, the leader of the opposition party, “Les Democrates”, who’s candidacy for the presidential election in Benin was rejected, has been arrested on Wednesday in Porto Novo.

Shortly after leading a press conference in the presence of other equally unsuccessful opposition candidates, including Professor Joël Aïvo, Reckya Madougou was arrested by Republican police on her way to Cotonou.

After her car was pulled over on the Porto Novo Bridge, those who were in the craft with her were taken out. And she was taken to Cotonou.

This follows an arrest warrant issued by the Court for the Repression of Economic Crimes and Terrorism (CRIET).

A source confirms to Rfi that her arrest would be linked to the arrests of “two activists from her party placed under arrest warrant on Monday for criminal association and terrorism”.

The opposition leader is currently in custody.

According to local media, her phone was also confiscated.

At the end of the investigation, she will be presented to the public prosecutor.

Meanwhile, Me Renaud Agbodjo, her lawyer, denounces her arrest, indicating that she was not even summoned beforehand.

Nevertheless, according to his counsel, “the main motives are always criminal association and terrorism. It must be considered that in reality her candidacy is embarrassing and this arrest is clearly political. So we denounce this totally arbitrary and illegal arrest ”.

A CRIET press conference is announced today to give full explanations of this affair which may have impact on the April 11, 2021 presidential election in this Western African country.

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