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a camera against early marriage,
In Chad, Hanifa Ali Oumar recently previewed his film "Une femme un destin". A short film as touching as it is funny, which provokes the widows' financial difficulties and the lack of recognition of these women in Chadian society. With this first film, the director won a Golden Silhouette in March 2020 at the 8th edition of the Bafoussam Independent Film Festival in Cameroon. Meet.…
roll on rising price of eggs due to
While we are in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), we are still waiting for the inauguration of the first government of the Holy Union, but unscrupulous entrepreneurs are taking the opportunity to speculate. The latest case concerns eggs in Kinshasa. Their price has almost doubled.
with our special correspondent in…
Food prices skyrocket
The World Food Program (WFP) is sounding the alarm about rising food prices in West Africa, a region already weakened by conflict. It could drive more than 31 million people to food insecurity as the lean season approaches.
In West and Central Africa, WFP is calling avoid a "food disaster". More than 31 million people in the region are expected to become food safe in the region, a figure more than 30% higher than last year. And according to WFP, this figure represents the highest level in almost ten years.
On average,…
the situation of 21,000 displaced persons in
The UNHCR, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the Displaced Persons, is making an alarming assessment of the situation in the Grand Kasai region, where there are more than 21,000 displaced people.
This situation follows clashes between ethnic groups Luba and Kuva due to land disputes. The fighting has left at least thirteen dead and nearly 200 houses set on fire in just over two weeks, according to the UNHCR, which has forced tens of thousands of people to flee in an emergency. UNHCR is particularly…
clashes between the army and rebels from
First contact on the ground between the loyalist forces and the uprising from the front for exchange and coherence in Chad (facts), north of Mao, in Kanem province. A column by the rebel movement, which entered Chadian territory from Libya on April 11, infiltrated this town less than 300 km from the capital before confronting the loyalists on the ground.…
Congolese embassies facing problems with
Congolese embassies around the world have serious operational problems. Some are in arrears of up to 12 months with unpaid rents and the risk of deportation for some, or salaries that are no longer released.
The situation is such that the Foreign Minister, Marie Tumba Nzeza, warned in the media and asked for greater involvement of the Congolese government to resolve the situation.
The regularization process has begun since Monday, April 12. The order was given to the Central Bank of Congo. Of an estimated $ 9 million,…
ultra-dominant, goes Cameroonian Joel Embiid
Joel Embiid signed a new record, Friday, April 16, with the Philadelphia 76ers against the Los Angeles Clippers (106-103). Author of 36 points and 14 rebounds, the Cameroonian has had a huge season in the NBA. The pivot connects high-level performance, so that they are named among the favorites for the title of best player (MVP).…
Clashes in Chad leave 55 dead, villages destroyed
Ethnic tensions in the Central African country of Chad left at least 55 people dead and more than 40 injured when three villages burned to the ground, an official said on Friday.
Clashes in the southeastern region of Salamat broke out between ethnic groups on Wednesday night in the villages around Am Timan's provincial capital, according to Salamat's governor Abel Yamabaye Massira.
Dozens of injured people were treated in hospital as of Thursday, he said.
The reason for the outbreak of violence was…
calm in Guinea and the Democratic Republic of Congo, but experts from
The Ebola epidemic is experiencing calm in Guinea and the Democratic Republic of Congo, the two countries where the virus reappeared earlier this year. However, WHO Africa experts are still very cautious as they still lack reliable indicators of its development. The Ebola epidemic is experiencing a lull in Guinea and the Democratic Republic of Congo, the two countries where the virus reappeared earlier…
the families of Congolese guides
The trial of the killers of UN experts has been going on for almost four years in Kananga, Kasai Central. It is in this province that Michael Sharp and Zaida Catalan were killed on March 12, 2017 not far from the village of Bunkonde.
On Thursday, our colleague Sonia Rolley testified before the court about various details related to the various investigations that RFI carried out on the subject. But since March 2017, three Congolese have been missing, Betu Tshintela, a former intelligence agent who was presented as a…