Central Africa

Health news is marked by the Republican President's media outings on the AstraZeneca vaccine. Felix Tshisekedi has not yet been vaccinated and increasing criticism of the vaccine, according to him, is not so sure. A statement that contrasts with the government's efforts to get AstraZeneca to accept public opinion. Felix Tshisekedi's paradoxical position attracts him many critics. On the one hand, the head of state refuses to be vaccinated, but on the other hand, he approves the launch of the vaccination campaign for the…

Threats to a third wave of coronavirus, so India's main vaccine supplier to the Covax system is not expected to resume deliveries until the autumn, a new wave that promises to be more powerful than before. More than 200,000 cases were reported last week on the continent. The Director of WHO Africa was concerned this Thursday, July 1, in particular the presence of the Delta variant, which was detected in almost all cases of…

"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…