53. In the light of the foregoing, the Court upholds the Respondent State's objection to admissibility and declares the Application inadmissible for nonexhaustion of local remedies. B. Other admissibility requirements 54. Having found that the Application does not satisfy the admissibility requirement relating to the exhaustion of local remedies under Article 56(5) of the Charter and Rule 50(2)(e) of the Rules of Court, and given that these requirements are cumulative, 10 the Court considers it superfluous to examine the other admissibility requirements. 55. Consequently, the Court declares the Application inadmissible. VII. COSTS 56. None of the Parties submitted on costs. *** 57. Under Article 32(2) of the Rules, “Unless the Court decides otherwise, each party shall bear its own costs”. 58. The Court notes that the proceedings before it are not costly and that neither Party has requested that the costs be borne by the other. 59. In the circumstance, the Court considers that there is no reason to depart from the provision of Rule 32(2) of the Rules and accordingly decides that each Party shall bear its own costs. 10 Yacouba Traoré v. Republic of Mali, AfCHPR, Application No. 002/2019, Judgment of 22 September 2022 (jurisdiction and admissibility), § 49; Mariam Kouma and Ousmane Diabaté v. Republic of Mali (jurisdiction and admissibility) (21 March 2018) 2 AfCLR 237, § 63; Rutabingwa Chrysanthe v. Republic of Rwanda (jurisdiction and admissibility) (11 May 2018) 2 AfCLR 361, § 48; Collectif des anciens travailleurs (ALS) v. Republic of Mali (jurisdiction and admissibility) (28 March 2019) 3 AfCLR 73, § 39. 15

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