Central Africa

The Congolese government began implementing a stop this week banning motorcycle taxis. Officially, this is a decision to fight accidents and aims to limit contact during this period of the fight against Covid-19. However, the measure does not pass among drivers and civil society. as reported from Brazzaville, Loïcia MartialA…

The Central African Republic is establishing a hemodialysis heart and a medical imaging heart specifically geared up with a scanner. A improbable first for the nation which might thus enhance the care of the sick. as reported from Bangui, Charlotte cossetDialysis, scanners, mammography, dental panoramas ... The hospital heart…

In Niger, a new step was taken this week in the so-called "Uraniumgate" deal. An investigation was launched this year in France and ROTAB, the network of organizations for transparency and budget analysis, has just become a civil party. The financial scandal says about "uraniumgateExploded in 2017. This is a transaction that…

Africa is facing the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. Many countries on the continent are registering an outbreak of new cases, according to the African Union Specialized Health Bureau (CDC-Africa). The head of the agency, John Nkangasong, completed his mission to assess the pandemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo…

It's a challenge whose precept was adopted a month in the past at a discussion board convened by the federal government however which was boycotted by a part of the opposition and civil society. Any longer, Chad, which not has a put up as Prime Minister, could have a Vice-President and a two-chamber parliamentary system. as…

Only four months until the 202 presidential election. In Congo-Brazzaville, the political class met last week in Madingou (south) during a consultation to better prepare for this election. But the former finance minister, Mathias Dzon, describes the meeting as a failure and demands a "real" dialogue. For its part, the Convention of the Republican Parties (Copar), which brings together the political…

Without delay, the Congolese National Assembly on Thursday, December 3, adopted the Finance Bill 2021, which allocates a budget slightly higher than the revised budget for 2020, a year marked by explosive budget overruns in political institutions. . A budget, really, less applauded, but realistic according to the authorities.…

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, tensions remain between Joseph Kabila's Common Front for the Congo (FCC) and Félix Tshisekedi's Cap for Change (Cach). The former president's political family accuses members of his successor's political platform of bribing to overthrow the parliamentary majority. After many statements in the press from the FCC, the tension has increased slightly in the two days.…

At the end of the tension in Bangui, the Constitutional Court made its decision in the early afternoon on Thursday, especially regarding François Bozizé's candidacy for the presidential election on December 27, 2020. A candidacy was finally rejected. as reported from Bangui,Charlotte cossetIf the Constitutional Court rules out…

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is organizing consultations for raped prisoners at the Kasapa Prison in Lubumbashi from 3 December. On September 25, 26 and 27, during riots in the prison, about 50 of them were raped by other prisoners. Since then, some have reportedly been released or…