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Nigeria reopens 4 border posts with Benin, Cameroon and Niger
Nigeria opened key border posts with Cameroon, Benin and Niger on Wednesday. The Abuja authorities introduced this within the afternoon. Nigeria closed its borders in August 2019, formally to cease smuggling and encourage native manufacturing.
as reported from Lagos, Liza FabbianIt was the International Minister who made this…
Facebook is dismantling three networks involved in involvement in Africa
Facebook announced on Tuesday that it had taken down three networks of fake accounts involved in mixed activities in Africa. These are two Russian networks and a French network. According to the social network, the people behind this French network are "close to the army" and acted in a coordinated way to influence the public.…
President Tshisekedi announces national curfew
Following a decision by Félix Tshisekedi, the DRC takes new drastic measures to fight the coronavirus. On Tuesday night, the president decided to decide on a curfew across the entire national territory from this Friday. Now 22 of the country's 26 provinces are affected and the number of cases is exploding in the capital Kinshasa and in northern Kivu.…
Jean-Pierre Lacroix, UN number two, received by Félix Tshisekedi
How can I help the Congolese people meet the various challenges they face? The issue was raised during the hearing that President Félix Tshisekedi granted on Tuesday, December 15, to UN Secretary-General Jean-Pierre Lacroix. The meeting took place at the City of the African Union in Kinshasa.
as reported from Kinshasa, Kamanda…
Access Bank accuses the agency of corruption of dubious practices
Turn in the alleged money laundering case of Access Bank. This subsidiary of a Nigerian bank is under investigation, suspected of allowing businessman Saleh Assi, as well as other personalities under US sanctions for terrorist financing, to open accounts for fictitious companies. An RFI survey had shown that millions of dollars had actually been paid in cash to at least one suspect account and withdrawn…
Online trolls linked to French military, Russia compete for influence in Africa: Facebook
Rival French and Russian disinformation campaigns have tried to deceive and influence Internet users in the Central African Republic ahead of an election later this month, Facebook said on Tuesday.
Facebook said it was the first time it had seen foreign influence operations directly engage on its platforms, with fake accounts condemning each other as "fake news".
The company said it had suspended three networks of a total of 500 accounts and sites for so-called "coordinated unauthentic behavior." One…
Covid-19 pandemic: where is Africa?
Since Sars-Cov-2's official appearance on the continent on 14 February 2020, the number of pollutants and deaths due to the pandemic has seemed largely limited, despite a resurgence in some countries in recent weeks.
The numbers do not leave until then, no room for doubt. 2.32 million pollutants, 55,265 deaths. Ten months after the first officially declared case in Egypt, the African continent has only 3.4% of coronavirus contaminants while it represents 17% of the world population. The reality of the spread of the virus…
Jean-Pierre Lacroix met with delegates from the FCC and the opposition
The political crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo was mentioned during talks between Jean-Pierre Lacroix and Congolese political leaders. The UN Deputy Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations arrived in Kinshasa on Sunday evening.
For Nehemiah Mwilanya, there is indeed a political crisis. This is characterized by the breakdown of the coalition between the FCC by Joseph Kabila and Cach of Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi. The FCC coordinator says he spoke to Jean-Pierre Lacroix about breach of trust within the ruling…
before the congress, Félix Tshisekedi makes a somewhat brilliant assessment
In front of the two chambers of Congress, Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi presented a mixed assessment of government action during his speech on the state of the nation.
as reported from Kinshasa, Patient LigodiFélix Tshisekedi appeared before the deputies and senators in one context marked by the end of the coalition he…
a journalist disappeared after an attack attributed to the ADF in the east
The army has confirmed that he is dead, but his body is still missing, because no one saw him and the army itself did not bring him back to us. According to a survivor we contacted, when the ADF entered the village of Kassoussou, they not only killed, but also took some people hostage, including our journalist. And since the looted shops, the hostages must be used to transport the loot. So he was also among those who carried.
Ricardo Rupande,…