East Africa

Tiavo Randrianisa, 20, is one of the French athletes who intends to shine at the 2024 Paris Olympics in taekwondo. And since 2015, she has supported her sport in Madagascar with donations. Portrait. If the time for some athletes ends with Tokyo 2020 next summer, Tiavo Randrianisa does not need to keep an eye on the clock. The Taekwondo prodigy has just extended his professionalization contract by one year from the Val-de-Marne department, in the suburbs of Paris. In the young girl's mind, the Paris Games take precedence.…

President Yoweri Museveni's main opponent in Uganda's presidential election was accused on November 20 of "acts likely to spread a contagious disease" and "violations of Covid-19 rules". He was then released. Bobi Wine was arrested two days ago for violating sanitation rules during an election rally. Bobi Wine is accused of violating Covid-19 measures to bring together more than 200 people at one of his November 18 rallies; his lawyers accuse the regime of using anti-Covid-19 measures to prevent it from campaigning.…

The first results on the effectiveness of several anti-Covid-19 vaccines, which are currently in the testing phase, give hope for the imminent arrival in the market for high-performance products. But in developing countries, concerns about not having enough access are very prevalent. At a press conference on 19 November, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported on how Africa was preparing for the arrival of a vaccine, in particular through The Covax platform, an initiative led by the Coalition for Innovations in…

ADDIS ABABA - A prime Tigray Individuals's Liberation Entrance army officer is amongst 76 high-ranking army officers in Ethiopia wished for the continued disaster within the Tigray area, it has emerged after the continued operation to revive stability throughout the Horn of Africa. For the previous three weeks, the Ethiopian Nationwide Protection Pressure has has raided TPLF bases in Tigray after the latter allegedly attacked a army base that sparked outrage from Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed, who has led…

It is the lifeline of millions of Africans. Diaspora money weighs much more than development aid from rich countries. But this year, the amounts are declining due to the economic crisis following the Covid-19 pandemic. According to the UN, it will decrease by 21%. Sending money to one's family is the main goal of immigrants.…

Tons of of lifeless and about 36,000 refugees in neighboring Sudan ... Since November 4, the conflict between the Ethiopian Federal Military and the TPLF dissident forces in Tigray Province has been a humanitarian catastrophe. A number of nations within the area, akin to Uganda, supply their mediation, however the Ethiopian authorities doesn't wish to hear about it. Why this incapacity? Henok Teferra, Ambassador of Ethiopia in Paris, solutions questions from Christophe Boisbouvier. .

The final report of the UN Secretary-Normal on Burundi, voluntarily measured to attempt to keep dialogue with Gitega, has executed nothing, the federal government has simply rejected in a dated be aware verbal to the RFI essential proposal from Antonio Guterres on this report, which might be prolonged to the December 31, 2021, the presence of the workplace of his Particular Envoy in Burundi.…

NAIROBI, Kenya - The US-led Somali commanding drive Danab is often deployed to counter the Qaeda-linked group Al Shabab: liberate areas it controls, finish its assaults on authorities places of work and seaside eating places, and goal senior Al-Shabaab brokers. However as President Trump is predicted to withdraw US troops from Somalia, the extremely specialised Somali drive can be left in limbo, jeopardizing the safety features it helped obtain in recent times, officers and observers mentioned. The US navy presence…

The Ethiopian army accused Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, head of the World Well being Group (WHO), on Thursday of supporting and searching for arms and diplomatic help for the Tigray Individuals's Liberation Entrance (TPLF), which fights federal troops. "This man is a member of that group and he has accomplished all the pieces to help them," Military Chief of Workers Basic Birhanu Jula mentioned in a televised assertion. "He has labored in neighboring international locations to sentence the conflict. He…

In Central Africa, all great apes are in dramatic decline. But on the spot, communities are mobilizing. The first forum for the civil protection of great apes from the forests of the Congo Basin, organized in Yaoundé, Cameroon, by the Alliance for the Conservation of Great Apes in Central Africa and the IUCN, aims to promote these field experiences. This meeting ends on Thursday.…