Central Africa

On Wednesday, March 31, a group of UN experts condemned the "serious violations of human rights" committed by Russian paramilitaries who are said to be fighting alongside government forces that have been the target of a new uprising since December. The UN expert group on mercenaries condemns the authorities' increased use of private security companies in Bangui, which has been the target of a new uprising since December. But the spokesman for the Central African government, Ange Maxime Kazagui, refutes the use of private…

The migration routes that leave Africa lead either to other countries on the continent or to Europe, or - and it is less well known - to the United States. Congolese, Ugandans, Malays, Sierra Leoneans ... Many Africans arrive in Latin America and try to reach North America. Under the Trump administration, those who succeeded…

On Wednesday, March 31, the head of the Congolese mining company Gécamines launched a new subsidiary called the General Company of Cobalt. ECG aims to establish the state monopoly on the purchase, processing, conversion, sale and export of artisanal cobalt, which corresponds to 20% of the total cobalt mined in the country. Democratic Republic of Congo is the leader in the sector with 67% of world…

A pearl strike had been called since January and paralyzed the administration every two weeks. This was a broken promise from the government, which has committed to restoring social benefits that have been suppressed since 2016 due to the fall in oil prices. Today, the difference continues behind the scenes of a social pact, a first in five years of negotiations. The ten-page document is being studied at the office of the union protest platform. The goal of this pact that the government proposes is written in black and…

The next African Cup of Nations for men (CAN 2021), scheduled for Cameroon, will take place from January 9 to February 6, 2022, the African Football Confederation (CAF) said in a press release dated March 31, 2021 and was published on Thursday. . The draw for the final phase, which will reveal the composition of the six groups, will take place on June 25, 2021.…

A commission was set up to challenge its boss, Jules Alingete. According to that commission, he was wrong to say that people accused of mismanagement had sought refuge in Parliament in order to take advantage of Parliament's immunity. Correspondence should be addressed to the President of the Republic to authorize the House of Lords to question the Inspector General.…

UN experts said they had received and continue to receive reports of "serious violations of human rights" by Russian mercenaries in the Central African Republic (CAR), where they have supported the militant government's military. "The experts have received, and continue to receive, reports of serious human rights violations and violations of international humanitarian law, which can be attributed to the private military personnel working with CAR's armed forces and in some cases to the UN. peacekeepers,…

A year ago, more than 80 human rights and press organizations signed a petition calling on several African presidents to release journalists in overcrowded prisons whose prisoners are often exposed to Covid 19. The Cameroon Committee to Protect Journalists. (CPJ) restarts President Paul Biya. One year after this appeal, the…

The UN expert group on mercenaries is sounding the alarm about serious "human rights violations" that can be attributed to Russian paramilitaries in the Central African Republic, and experts condemn the authorities' increased use of private security companies in Bangui, which has been the target of a new uprising since December. They also deplore the "close contacts" that the Central African Army and in…

We know of 23 of the 24 teams that will play the next African Cup of Nations football (CAN 2021) in January / February 2022 in Cameroon. However, there is still a place that can be attributed to CAN 2021, the Sierra Leone-Benin meeting in Group L in the qualifiers has been postponed until June 2021 after a controversy over positive Covid tests. The Africa Cup of Nations is almost full. Twenty-three of the twenty-four teams that will play in the final in January / February 2022 are now known. Before the last two days…