Central Africa

Political actors and civil society met on 25-27 November in Madingou, southern Congo, to calm the climate ahead of the 2021 presidential election. They agreed, among other things, to maintain the use of the single vote and to carry out a revision of the electoral rolls. If these results seem to satisfy the government, the opposition believes that they have more or less been introduced.…

The Prime Minister annulled the election of the President of the Federation of Congolese Companies (FEC). The decision was made on Friday 27 November. The day before, Albert Yuma had been re-elected head of the main employers' organization. However, one of the candidates for this post considered the procedure to be irregular and the Prime Minister agreed with him.…

The Constitutional Court issued its decision on Friday, November 27, on the admissibility of candidacies for the by-elections on December 27, which will be linked to the presidential election. The Court has listed the names of the 1585 alternate candidates for the 140 seats in the Central African National Assembly. The President of the Court, Danielle Darlan, in particular closed the door to candidates…

In connection with the extraordinary summit of the SADC troika, the community in southern African states, seven heads of state will meet on Friday in the capital Botswana. The Democratic Republic of Congo will be widely discussed in the light of the political crisis between the new and former Heads of State. as reported from…

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the lines are moving for the pygmies, who may soon benefit from positive discrimination. On Thursday, November 26, the National Assembly reviewed a bill on the protection and recognition of indigenous peoples' rights, the first in this country. But this step did not make everyone happy. as…

Albert Yuma was unanimously re-elected by the Congolese leaders for three years as head of the Federation of Congo Enterprises (FEC) during the General Assembly of the country's most important employers' organization, this Thursday 26 November in Kinshasa. The 65-year-old Congolese businessman has been head of the FEC since 2005. He is one of the public figures who crystallizes the tensions between the…

The political consultations that started for Félix Tshisekedi three weeks in the past ended on Wednesday 25 November. If at first these consultations have been very political, the previous couple of days have been marked by larger openness, however at all times with out the FCC from Joseph Kabila, who's anxious to respect the coalition settlement that the present president signed together with his…

Reversal in the so-called looted building case in the former Katanga province. Emmanuel Stoupis, who accused Moïse Katumbi and Jean-Claude Muyambo five years ago of stealing two buildings, was arrested on Tuesday, November 24 in Kinshasa following a complaint from the bar's president Jean-Claude Muyambo. The latter accuses the Greek citizen of using forgery, complicity in torture and fraud.…

The majority party, opposition and representatives of the former rebel leader Pastor Ntoumi have met since Wednesday 25 November in Madingou to prepare for the presidential election in 2021. The vote is scheduled for March. More than a hundred political actors and members of civil society are present at these meetings. What can be expected from these political consultations if the first stated goal is…

In Chad, an explosion left several dead and wounded in the army ranks during the night Tuesday to Wednesday when soldiers sailed on Lake Chad. An explosion attributed by the authorities to the Islamists from Boko Haram. as reported from Ndjamena, Madjiasra NakoThe motorized canoe carrying the soldiers was circulating among the…