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Consultations are underway for the transfer of the former Burkinabè president Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, kept under house arrest since the putsch which overthrew him at the end of January, in a “family” house of his choice, announced Thursday the door – speech of the government. His release, a requirement of the international community, was not mentioned. Mr. Bilgo assured that the “government has only one deadline: that of doing things well, with the greatest prudence and realism”.
Tunisian parliament leader Rached Ghannouchi on Thursday rejected President Kais Saied’s decision to dissolve the assembly, saying it would continue its activities. “We consider that the Parliament remains in activity,” declared Mr. Ghannouchi. “Constitutionally, the president has no right to dissolve it.” On Wednesday, President Saied decided to dissolve Parliament, eight months after suspending it to assume full powers in July 2021.
In Guinea, former Prime Minister Ibrahima Kassory Fofana has been temporarily invested as head of the RPG Arc-en-ciel, the party of ousted President Alpha Condé. A designation that is not unanimous among activists and frames the former ruling party.
Picasso returns to Dakar, to the Museum of Black Civilizations. The exhibition is the result of a collaborative effort with the Picasso-Paris National Museum, which lent the painter’s pieces on display, as well as the Quai Branly Museum in Paris and that of Théodore Monod in Dakar. Pablo Picasso was largely influenced by masks and statuettes from the continent.
Finally, the series of black and white photos “Zebu War”, by Malagasy photographer Rijasolo, was awarded by the prestigious World Press Photo. He is our guest in this journal.
Editor: Célia Caracena