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the opposition supports Guy Nzouba-Ndama, accused of
In Gabon, opponent Guy Nzouba Ndama was provisionally released on Tuesday evening, but the president of the Les Démocrates party is accused of criminal association, money laundering, intelligence with a foreign power and attempted corruption. He had been…
In the spotlight: caught in the act…
A Gabonese politician arrested on Saturday at the border between Gabon and Congo Brazzaville with suitcases of banknotes... This is indeed what you call being caught in the…
Uganda declares Ebola outbreak after finding rare Sudanese strain
An Ebola outbreak has been declared in Uganda after health authorities confirmed a case of the relatively rare strain from Sudan, the health ministry and the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.…
Equatorial Guinea abolishes the death penalty
Equatorial Guinea, one of the most authoritarian countries in the world, has abolished the death penalty, state television announced on Monday citing a new law signed by President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo.…
a year after the violence, reconciliation prevails
On a visit to the far north on Monday, September 19, Cameroon's Minister of Territorial Administration handed over aid to victims of floods and clashes between Choas and Mousgoum Arabs. Tensions between these communities had reached their climax in 2021 in the…
General Gilbert Diendéré denies any involvement
Dabo Boukary, a seventh-year medical student, was abducted and tortured to death by presidential security soldiers in May 1990. The trial began on Monday 19 September.
as reported from Ouagadougou, Yaya Boudani
Called the bar at first court day, Lt. Col. Mamadou Bamba denied serving as a guide for presidential security soldiers in May 1990, he argued at the hearing. "I had no relationship with these soldiers," he insisted.
The accused maintained that he did not know the student Dabo Boukary, his senior at the…
contrary to the Cabinet of the Presidency, Chérif Mahamat
Chadian Foreign Minister Chérif Mahamat Zène announced his resignation from the transitional government on Monday, September 19, in a tweet. Upset with his powers and in conflict with certain members of the president's cabinet, the head of Chadian diplomacy…
the kidnapping of religious in the Southwest worries
The National Episcopal Conference of Cameroon (CENC) expresses its concern after the attack committed on Friday, September 16, against a church in the English-speaking South-West region. The attack took place near the town of Mamfé, where the referral hospital…
relaunch of the “Feux de Brazza” festival after eight years
Stopped since 2014, the year of its fifth edition, due to malfunctions, the economic crisis and the recent health crisis due to Covid-19, the popular and international festival of traditional music Feux de Brazza will be relaunched in December. This is the main…
opponent Guy Nzouba-Ndama arrested at the border with
The former president of Gabon's National Assembly, Guy Nzouba-Ndama, was arrested on Saturday, September 17, with suitcases full of banknotes, or more than one billion CFA francs, according to the government newspaper L'Union. Having defected to the opposition…