Central Africa

118 constituencies are called to vote in the by-elections on Sunday, March 14th. Second round for 49 constituencies, while 69 will vote again because they were prevented or the vote canceled during the 1st round on 27 December. In fact, the armed groups that controlled the two-thirds of the country had severely disrupted the vote by intimidation, ransacked polling stations, burned polls. This time,…

New dismissal in the ranks of pro-Kabila. Former Prime Minister Augustin Matata Ponyo announced this morning that he was leaving the PPRD and the FCC for, he wrote, reasons for personal convenience. This departure is commented on in all directions in political circles in the DRC. as reported from Kinshasa, Commander Muzembe…

After being close to death due to lack of electricity, Sandrine Mubenga decided to become an energy specialist. Since last year, she has headed the Electricity Regulatory Authority of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Toledo in the state of Ohio, Sandrine Mubenga today shares her life between the United States and his native Congo-Kinshasa.…

In northern Mali, among the Minusma contingents most exposed to terrorist acts, there is Chad, based in Aguelhoc, in the Kidal region. A dangerous area that the UN peacekeeping forces are determined to secure. With our special correspondent in Aguelhoc, Serge DanielA convoy of armored vehicles, driven and secured by Chadian…

While Congo-Brazzaville is fighting for the presidential election on March 21, the authorities have promised to settle all arrears due to the 45,000 pensioners registered with the National Social Security Fund (CNSS). They are currently collecting arrears for 2020 and are asking that sixteen quarters accumulated in previous years also be paid.…

Alexandre Ibacka Dzabana, coordinator of the Congolese platform for human rights and democracy NGOs, a member of the M22 movement and the Turn the Page coalition, was arrested on Thursday morning. He is suspected of trying to destabilize the state and institutions ten days before the next presidential election. Alexandre Ibacka…

Justice and Law Enforcement is looking for Kalev Mutond, the former head of the National Intelligence Agency (ANR), who has been hit by a dozen complaints from former detainees. Kalev Mutond was not home on Thursday, March 11, when police looted his home in Ngaliema municipality. The former strongman during the presidency of Joseph Kabila had not respected the first two summons sent to him by the…

The U.S. State Department is now considering the Ugandan-born ADF uprising as a terrorist movement affiliated with the Islamic State group. The US authorities even change the name of this movement, which is violent in the eastern DRC and now calls it the Daech-DRC. as reported from Kinshasa, Patient Ligodi Individuals or…

Dr. Alex Dzabana, head of civil society in Congo, president of the M22 association, was allegedly kidnapped this morning outside his home in Brazzaville. His relatives are awaiting news. Joe Washington Ebina, another civil society figure in Congo-Brazzaville, recounts the events: “We were informed that around 1 p.m. 8 was a…

The first humanitarian aid plane, from Spain, arrived in Bata, Equatorial Guinea, yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon, including medical equipment for victims of explosions at an ammunition depot last Sunday in the heart of the country's economic capital. The blasts officially left 105 dead and 615 wounded, but certainly many more, according to Human Rights Watch, which calls for an independent investigation…