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everything you need to know about the CAN 2021 draw

This Tuesday, August 17, the draw for the next African Championship will take place at the Palais des Congrès in Yaoundé. Assembling hats, choices to avoid, RFI gives you the keys to better understand the event, less than five months before the opening match of this CAN in Cameroon, postponed from 2021 to 2022 (January 9-February 6).…

a puzzle for Gabon’s Téké

In Gabon, the wedding season is in full swing. There are ceremonies of custom throughout Libreville every weekend. For some bridal couples, the preparation has become a headache, as some desired gifts are no longer on the market. This is the case with the anvil, requested by Téké in the province of Haut-Ogooué (southeastern Gabon).…

DRK: “People have learned to love Salonga Park”

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Salonga National Park, the largest in the country, was withdrawn on 19 July with Unescode from the World Heritage List in Danger where it had been listed since 1984. This decision rewards efforts to preserve this park from 36,000 square kilometers, considered the largest reserve of tropical rainforest in Africa. Pastor Cosma Wilungula, Director General of the Congolese Institute for Nature Conservation, is RFI's guest. .

a decree approves the slaughter of protected species, ICCN

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Congolese Institute for Nature Conservation (ICCN) is campaigning for the inter - ministerial decree specifically approving the capture and killing of certain protected species. Correspondence was sent to various authorities, including the Deputy Prime Minister and the Congolese Minister for the Environment and Sustainable Development.…

Several civilians were killed in rebel attacks in the northeast

Rebels killed six civilians and injured several others on Saturday in an attack on a village in the northeastern part of the volatile Central African Republic, according to the UN peacekeeping mission. "This morning at dawn, elements from 3R (Return, Reclamation, Rehabilitation) launched a large-scale attack on C. African army positions in the village of Mann," said the spokesman for the UN's 12,000 strong MINUSCA mission. "Six civilians were killed and several were injured," he added. The village is about 550…