The AfricaNews articles of silwey

  1. I Coast: A bus plunged into the lagoon, killing 37.


    - [justify]37 people died after a bus veered off a bridge in Ivory Coast and plunged into the lagoon below. In the early morning, a bus of the Abidjan Company of the transport (SOTRA) plunged into Abidjan lagoon Friday. Rescue workers pulled the bodies from the water beneath the Felix Houphouet-Boigny bridge. 37 of its 47 passengers died after the bus veered off the bridge. President Alassane Ouattara and the Prime Minister Soro Kigbafori Guilaume came at the scene of the crash. State TV showed the spokesman of the Government, Ahmed Bakayoko declare 3 days of national mourning from Saturday. “All the sanitary system is ready to assist the injured” said the Prime Minister. The…

  2. I Coast : raise promotions at the head of army.


    - [justify]The Ivorian President, Alassane Ouattara hold several nominations at the head of the new army. Raises promotions. 3 August 5, 2011, President Ouattara hold nominations at the heads of his army. One notes the nomination of the former chiefs of the rebellion in the army. He integrated all chiefs of the former Forces Nouvelles (FN) in the new Forces Republicaines (FRCI). But their integration cause controversies. All of them are charge with violence in Abidjan after the post-electoral conflict. Two of them are particularly committed crimes. In fact, { Fofié was one of three people placed on the UN Security Council sanctions list in 2006, for commanding forces who committed grave…