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France stops supporting Central African Republic

France has suspended aid and military cooperation in the Central African Republic because of what it says is the government's failure to stop "massive disinformation campaigns" aimed at its officials, the Ministry of Armed Forces said. France has cut 10 million euros ($ 12.18 million) in budget support for its former colony and stopped direct military cooperation, the ministry told Reuters in an email on Tuesday. "A number of commitments made by the Central African authorities to France have not been…

Nyiragongo outbreak: “There was no sign

Congolese Prime Minister Sama Lukonde Kyenge ended a three-day visit to Goma on Monday, affected by a volcanic eruption on May 22. Eight million US dollars is needed, he said, to meet the urgent needs of the affected populations who had to evacuate Goma in a disaster. The Prime Minister has approved that these populations gradually return and promises that lessons will be learned ... He answers questions from Patient Ligodi. RFI: Why the Goma Volcanological Observatory (OVG) could not raise the warning before the outbreak…

Calm returns to South Darfur after clashes

Uncertain calm prevailed on Monday in South Darfur, located in southwestern Sudan, after clashes last week. Conflicts between two opposing tribes left 36 dead and forty wounded, according to Sudan's official agency Suna. Moussa Mahdi, the governor of the state of South Darfur, said joint forces were sent on Sunday to Oum Dafouk, the site of the conflict, located near the border with the Central African…

the six defendants were released in the first instance

No conviction after more than a year of investigation and a trial before the Kinshasa-Gombe Tribunal de Grande Instance. The trial opened in early May in Makala Central Prison, where four of the six defendants were being held. The widow of the deceased and her mother-in-law who were charged with murder were acquitted by the judges, but the gray areas remain.…

Jean-Michel SamaLukonde announces several actions

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, Jean-Michel SamaLukonde left Goma on Monday, June 7, after a three-day mission in the region. With a dozen ministers, the head of the Congolese government met with experts from the Goma Volcanological Observatory, humanitarian workers and disaster victims. At the end of his assignment, he announced a series of decisions.…

Orange premises ravaged by fire

In the Central African Republic, a fire broke out on the evening of Sunday, June 6, at the operator's premises and robbed its subscribers of telephone and internet. It should take at least days, if not weeks, to restore the services. as reported from Bangui, Carol Valade From Orange data center, radio installations and the…

the Secretary-General cancels the MPS Congress

In Chad, the ruling party's congress, MPS, was suspended by its secretary general just days after it was announced that it would be held next weekend. Last week, the party's first deputy had convened an extraordinary congress for the formation from June 12 to 13 with the theme "The Revitalization of the Patriotic Salvation Movement".…