Published on : 16/08/2022 – 22:53
Raila Odinga dismissed the results of the August 9 presidential election giving his rival William Ruto the winner, calling them a “travesty” and vowing to pursue all legal options at his disposal. Six days after the August 9 election, marked by calm despite growing impatience, outgoing Vice-President Ruto was declared the winner on Monday evening with 50.49% of the vote against 48.85% for Raila Odinga, by an Electoral Commission shaken by internal divisions.
Three days before the opening of the national dialogue in Chad, Macky Sall the Senegalese President, current president of the African Union, made a short stay in Ndjamena where he met with the President of the Military Council of the Transition Mahamat Idriss Deby. At the heart of the discussions the transition. The details of our correspondent Mamadou Djimtebaye.
Several thousand people gathered in Marikana in South Africa on Tuesday, ten years to the day after the massacre of striking miners in the worst police shooting since the end of apartheid. On August 16, 2012, a mob of platinum mine workers, some armed with machetes and spears, took position on the Marikana hills. They demand better wages and decent housing. The tension rises, the police open fire: 34 miners are killed, 78 injured. Some were shot in the back.
The dispute between the French equipment manufacturer Le Coq Sportif and the Cameroonian Football Federation is making headlines on the spot. Fecafoot has signed a three-year contract with the American equipment manufacturer One All Stars, while its contract with Le Coq Sportif is short until 2023. The French brand intends to obtain compensation in court. The details of our correspondent in Yaoundé, Marcel Amoko.
Finally we welcome the sociologist Hannelore Ver-Ndoye, author of “Discolored”, a book that provides an overview of voluntary depigmentation, a phenomenon that is causing damage in Africa. The methods used are dangerous, but hype and the diktat of aesthetics often outweigh the fear of side effects.
Editor: Célia Caracena