Abidjan
It was six years ago, March 13, 2016. That Sunday, Grand-Bassam and its beach welcomed the cohorts of onlookers who came to beat the heat of the dry season.
Nineteen people were killed by the bullets of terrorists affiliated with al-Qaeda, who came to bring jihad to the south of the Sahel.
Among them, four French.
Since November 30, the Ivorian justice system has been trying to clarify the involvement of 18 defendants, only four of whom are now actually detained in Côte d'Ivoire.
Under the watchful eye of the Court, the civil parties follow one another and with them the
yako
- a very popular expression in Côte d'Ivoire to express empathy - of the prosecutor and the lawyers.
Harouna Fadeh lost his son, who came to spend the day on the beach with his fiancée.
Kouakou Kouamena, 34, saw the passengers of his
gbaka
(minibus) beating up by the terrorists and has since suffered from post-traumatic stress.
He no longer drives and now lives
“in the village”
, with his mother.
blood and death
At…
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