In Senegal, former Prime Minister Idrissa Seck announced his candidacy for the 2024 presidential election. In Burkina Faso, the transitional authorities decreed the "general mobilization" on Thursday in order to "give the State all the necessary means" to deal with jihadist attacks.

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the outgoing President has strengthened the Sacred Union of the Nation, the opposition is organizing in turn in Lubumbashi. In Guinea, it is especially mothers who are most tested.