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everything you need to know about the CAN 2021 draw
This Tuesday, August 17, the draw for the next African Championship will take place at the Palais des Congrès in Yaoundé. Assembling hats, choices to avoid, RFI gives you the keys to better understand the event, less than five months before the opening match of this CAN in Cameroon, postponed from 2021 to 2022 (January 9-February 6).…
floods in Dakar and several other places
In Senegal, the rains in recent days have already caused damage in several districts of Dakar as well as in several places in the country. These floods are repeated every year during the rainy season, to the great despair of the population. RFI went to the Rufisque district, which was particularly affected.
as reported from…
during the holidays, support courses given to
In Burkina Faso, all students are on school leave. But hardly the result of the published baccalaureate prepares toddlers and middle school students for the next return to school, which is scheduled for September for some schools.
as reported from Ouagadougou, Yaya BoudaniIn several schools, student support courses are arranged…
a puzzle for Gabon’s Téké
In Gabon, the wedding season is in full swing. There are ceremonies of custom throughout Libreville every weekend. For some bridal couples, the preparation has become a headache, as some desired gifts are no longer on the market. This is the case with the anvil, requested by Téké in the province of Haut-Ogooué (southeastern Gabon).…
Cécile Mégie (Director of RFI): nominations for
On Monday, August 16, applications for the Ghislaine Dupont and Claude Verlon Scholarship open today. This is the eighth edition of this scholarship, which each year trains ten young journalists and radio technicians from French-speaking Africa. An award bearing the name of our colleagues who were murdered in 2013 while reporting in Kidal, in northern Mali. The selected candidates will first be trained for one month, then the scholarship…
Ivory Coast discovers the first Ebola case in 25 years
Côte d'Ivoire has declared a first-degree Ebola hemorrhagic virus for 25 years, the health minister and the World Health Organization (WHO) said separately on Saturday.
Health Minister Pierre Dimba said on national…
Zambians vote in a fierce presidential battle
The Zambians made their ballots in crowded polling stations until the closing time of the country's general election. While the day of the vote was largely peaceful, President Edgar Lungu said at least two people were killed, including the chairman of his party in the northwestern province.…
More than a dozen people were killed in the attack in western Niger
Fifteen people have been killed in an attack in western Niger less than two weeks after 33 people were killed by suspected jihadists in the same area, officials said on Wednesday.
The Interior Ministry said in a…
At least 115 killed in strike in Nigeria:
Nigerian security forces used excessive force and killed more than 115 people in a military attack on separatist agitators in the restless southeastern part of the country, the international human rights organization said on Thursday.
Violence has flared up in Nigeria's southeastern states this year, claiming the lives of at least 127 police officers or members of the security services, according to police. About twenty police stations and election commission offices have been attacked, according to…
In Guinea, the alarm call from those close to Oumar Sylla,
This Guinean activist, also known as Foniké Menguè, is an official of the Tournons la page and the National Front for Defense of the Constitution, FNDC.
Oumar Sylla was forcibly arrested on the streets of Conakry in September last year while trying to mobilize citizens for a demonstration against the proposed third term of…