Sekou MAGASSOUBA: resident in Pointe Noire (Congo Brazzaville), domiciled in Sébénicoro, Cité SOTELMA II with legal counsel from Barrister Djibril COULIBALY, Attorney at Law RESPONDENT I• THE COURT: - Mindful of the case documents; - In accordance with the petitioner's claims; - In accordance with his plea: - The State heard; - After deliberating about this case in accordance with the law; Whereas through a legal instrument of 22 February 2009, the couple Sadio COULIBALY and Sékou MAGASSOUBA got married before the officer of the Sikoro civil status centre; Whereas their union led to the birth of a child called : Yacouba aged five; Whereas through a petition of 29 August, 2013, Sadio COULIBALY seized the President of the civil court with a case for divorce between the Sekou MAGASSOUBA couple; Whereas the attempted reconciliation scheduled for the hearing of 27 September, 2013 failed; II • SUBMISSIONS AND CLAIMS OF THE PARTIES: Whereas to support her suit, the petitioner states: That a few months after their marriage, marital life became unbearable for her; ; That she informed her spouse that she has a certificate in Secretariat studies and that she would like to practice this profession ; That her husband did not take the time to look for a job for her ; That worse, every time she tried to look for work, she came up against stiff resistance from her husband ; That the latter argues that they are on the territory of a third party state and she will not be able to work in a department ; That following a dispute, her husband inflicted abuses and cruelty on her and threatened to kill her; That she was compelled to secretly leave the marital home in Pointe Noire and go to Brazzaville and later Cotonou through a flight with ASKY airlines, That upon arriving in Cotonou, she discovered that her husband had alerted the Beninese security forces and accused her of having stolen one million six hundred thousand (CFAF1,600,000 ) francs cfa, That after the police searched her luggages, they did not find a penny ; That she then boarded a bus in Cotonou to return to her parents in Bamako, That she would like the Court to order divorce for serious injury making marital life unbearable, and verbal abuse and cruelty ; In response, the respondent through his lawyer argues that some of hiswife's allegations are outright lies ; That his wife does not respect him ; that since she came over to meet him she has never wanted to stay by his side ; That she demanded that he should get a job for her That she suggested that he should open a restaurant that she was going to manage ;

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