Central Africa

"Niger has become a democratic island in the Sahel chaos and we must defend Niger to show that a democratic country can defeat terrorism. This is the message that the Nigerian government is sending to its partners, according to the source in Chad and Mali. Nigerian Foreign Minister Massoudou Hassoumi is visiting Paris. At ChistopheBoisbouvier's microphone, he reacts to everything that shakes the Sahel. He also talks about the United States about Joe Biden and about France by Emmanuel Macron. .

In mid-May, a progress report from the Supreme Court's Court of Auditors on the use of funds from the response to Covid-19 pointed to serious economic deviations, which triggered what is known as "Covidgate". And while the final report for 2020 is complete, its presentation to the Assembly was suspended last week, leading to allegations of opacity in the management of these funds. This amounts to approximately CFA 167 billion, or more than EUR 250 million. .

It is RFI information, the rag is burning between the Transitional Authority and the AU Commission since the appointment of Senegalese Ibrahima Fall to the post of High Representative of the African Union to support the transition. A meeting that the Transitional Military Council, installed on April 20, does not want to hear about. This crisis, which has been raging since his appointment in June, has…

Our ambition to restore our country's geostrategic position is now becoming a reality with its membership of the community of East African states. This far-reaching diplomatic and economic act now places our country in the Community of East African States (EAC), the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region. These diplomatic results are part of a foreign policy focusing on good…

The 83 countries and member organizations of the international coalition against the organization Islamic State warned on Monday 28 June against the emergence of this organization in Africa. For the first time since 2019, the coalition was held face to face in Rome at ministerial level. Several African countries attended this…

It is the end of a long exile for Hassan Fadoul Kitir. This close friend of the late President Idriss Deby Itno, a refugee in Togo for two decades, returned to the country as part of the overstretched military policy of the Transitional Military Council that has ruled the country since April. as reported from Ndjamena,Madjiasra…

The Democratic Republic of Congo is today marking the 61st anniversary of its independence from Belgium. In a lengthy interview with Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi's Jeune Afrique, after half an hour, the head of state looks back on his break with Joseph Kabila, his ambitions for the next two and a half years and the next presidential election.…

In a new video, the Islamic State of West Africa (Iswap), the Islamic State's arm for Boko Haram, claims that Abubakar Shekau's group has joined its ranks. Is this really the case? For Vincent Foucher, a researcher at the International Crisis Group, signals point in this direction, but still deserve to be refined. Six weeks…

A campaign was officially launched on Tuesday, June 29, to demand the release of 500 people arrested in Cameroon in connection with the September 2020 demonstrations, at the request of the opposition movement for the Cameroon Renaissance (MRC). The coalition, which is launching the campaign, claims that 125 of them are still being held today.…

About forty political parties confirmed their alliance with the Patriotic Salvation Movement (MPS), the party founded by Idriss Déby Itno, during a press conference on Tuesday, June 29. A strong support for this party which remained in power for 30 years and which now has to reconsider its strategy without its founders. Other allies surrendered, however.…