Lawyers’ strike in Tunisia, financial sanctions in Mali, constitutional debate in the Democratic Republic of Congo: the same question crosses several African scenes. Does law still protect society, or is it becoming the polished language of political domination?
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Lawyers’ strike in Tunisia, financial sanctions in Mali, constitutional debate in the Democratic Republic of Congo: the same question crosses several African scenes. Does law still protect society, or is it becoming the polished language of political domination?
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A video reported by Moroccan media, allegedly showing a minor in a degrading situation, triggered public outrage. The decisive issue is not emotion: it is the ability of institutions to protect the child, establish facts and prevent repetition.
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The National Assembly’s vote to repeal the Code Noir reminds us that some texts outlive their own era. But the issue is not only memorial: in migration policies, Libyan detention systems and Sahelian repression, law still organizes hierarchies between protected lives, monitored lives and exposed lives.
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In Togo, a reported hunger strike by detainees raises a question larger than the health emergency itself: what is a regional ruling worth if the national state can delay or neutralise its enforcement?
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In Niger, the justice minister has announced a refoundation of the judiciary. The word is heavy. It must be measured not by reform language, but by concrete guarantees for citizens, detainees and judges.
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Au Bénin, le licenciement de 169 agents de l’audiovisuel public ne relève pas seulement d’un conflit social interne : il pose une question de méthode, de garanties et de pouvoir dans la transformation d’un média d’État.
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L’annonce d’une visite prochaine de Saïd Sayoud à Paris confirme une méthode : Alger et Paris ne se réconcilient pas, ils remettent en marche des canaux techniques devenus indispensables. La justice, la sécurité et l’entraide deviennent la langue provisoire d’une relation politiquement abîmée.
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In Chad, the Succès Masra file is not only about the fate of a former prime minister turned opponent. It exposes a deeper mechanism: when justice intervenes in a locked political field, every procedural act also weighs as an act of power.
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In Côte d’Ivoire, the Assalé Tiémoko case recalls that a procedure for false information is not measured only by its penal label: it also says how a state frames public speech in a period of political tension.
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