In Sudan, tens of thousands of demonstrators march on Thursday under tear gas canisters to demand civilian power, while the country has been controlled by the army since its independence.

Communications were cut and Karthoum locked. Four demonstrators were shot dead by security forces. 

We have just learned of a big financial scandal within the Ivorian Treasury.

The Court noted that the repayments of bond loans, Treasury bonds and Treasury bills are not tracked in the General Account of the Finance Administration and a difference of 73,771,744,061 F between the amount of personnel expenses recorded in the presentation report of the regulatory bill (1 629 081 436 302 F) and that appearing in the CGAF (1 702 853 180 363 F).

Attached is the full report.

A few hours before the Miss World contest, COMICI directed by Victor Yapo bi accuses OLIVIA Yacé of having refused their expertise and resources to support her as best as possible in the contest.

Here is the press release that rocked the web:

For her part, the reaction of Miss Côte d'Ivoire was not long in coming:

" WHEN THE LORD IS AT THE HEART OF YOUR PROJECT, NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE ... "

Parliament should be able to write to the Presidency to demand copies of the contract document covering the agreement with the Frontier Healthcare Services, Pollster and Managing Editor of the Dispatch Ben Ephson has said.

The US has banned imports of cotton products and tomatoes produced in China's Xinjiang region over forced labor concerns, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said on Wednesday.
The agency said the region-wide ban was "based on information that reasonably indicates the use of detainee or prison labor and situations of forced labor," saying it had found examples of debt bondage, restriction of movement, isolation, intimidation and threats, withholding of wages, and abusive living and working conditions.

Serge Gnabry and Leroy Sane scored as they opened the new Bundesliga season with a demolition of Schalke.

Leroy Sane, making his debut after a £44.7m move from Manchester City, assisted two of Gnabry's goals.

Hansi Flick's side have won 22 games in a row.

Robert Lewandowski, Leon Goretzka, Thomas Muller and 17-year-old Jamal Musiala scored their other goals.

Militants have stepped up attacks on security forces in northwest Pakistan raising fears of a revival of their insurgency and a return of lawlessness as brighter prospects for peace in Afghanistan herald shifting Islamist alliances.

Ghana’s economy contracted for the first time in almost four decades in the second quarter, by an annual 3.2%, hit by the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, the statistics office said on Wednesday.

The gold-, oil-, and cocoa-producing West African nation imposed a three-week lockdown at the start of the pandemic in March, leading to the shutdown of numerous businesses, government statistician Samuel Kobina Annim told a news conference.

Nigerien student Hachimou Abdou has had to catch a boat to classes since river water swamped his route to university in the capital Niamey - one of about 760,000 people hit by severe flooding in recent weeks in parts of West and Central Africa.

Floods are common during the rainy season, but in recent years climate change, land degradation and poor urban planning have led to more frequent disasters as rapidly-growing cities struggle with heavier-than-normal rainfall.

Double Olympic 800 metres champion Caster Semenya has lost her appeal to the Swiss Federal Tribunal (SFT) to set aside a 2019 Court of Arbitration (CAS) ruling that female athletes with high natural testosterone levels must take medication to reduce it.

But the South African has indicated that she may continue her battle in the European and domestic courts ahead of the Olympics in Tokyo next year, vowing to “fight for human rights”.