Central Africa

Amnesty International has conducted new research on violence in the English-speaking west of Cameroon. The English-speaking regions are the scene of a deadly conflict between the Cameroonian army and armed separatists, from the country's English-speaking minority. Satellite images confirm testimonies coming back from the ground of civilian crimes, summary executions and destruction of homes.…

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, an inter-ministerial decree specifically allowing the capture and killing of certain protected species is controversial. The document re-emerged one year after it was signed. This text is also attacked by the National Institute for Conservation of Nature (ICCN), which considers this decree to be a setback for the country. Environmental associations and…

In the DRC, the organization Dynamique Impunité Zéro (DIZ) is taking legal action against a member of the presidential party, Augustin Kabuya, for calling on the population to revolt. According to this organization, the UDPS Secretary General threatened to distribute weapons to party militants to protect the power of President Felix Tshisekedi. Thanks Tshiunza Ntatamika, coordinator of DIZ, believes that this incitement against civil violence risks setting fire and bloodshed in the country and calls on the judicial system…

Where did Tom Erdimi go? The first chief of staff of Idriss Deby Itno and former coordinator of the oil project, before moving into the opposition where he was considered the gray prominent uprising led by his twin brother Timane Erdimi. He has been missing since 2020. His family is now trying to find him. Her family assures…

Marie Branser was eliminated by Russian Alexandra Babintseva in the round of 16 in the judo tournament at the Olympic Games in Tokyo 2021 on July 29 in the category under 78 kg. The Congolese, tired of the lack of support from the DRC's sports authorities, are considering taking a break from their judoka career. Maintenance.…

On Thursday morning, July 29, 2021, about five hundred people demonstrated against the Transitional Military Council, the power junta since Idriss Déby Itno died in April last year. This is the first time that the authorities have allowed a demonstration by the opposition. For almost three kilometers, in Ndjamena, the protesters shouted slogans that were hostile to the junta and France.…

Six French soldiers were arrested at Bata airport in Equatorial Guinea on Thursday morning while stopping to refuel their helicopter, according to the French military and local media. The six, whom the army said were…

Congolese fighters were expected this Thursday, July 29, but David Tshama Mwenekabwe in boxing and Marie Branser in judo did not manage to win to continue their tournament. South African swimmers and hockey players lit up the dull day for African athletes. BOXINGA day without African boxing. After passing the preliminary round…

In archery, Chadian Marlyse Hourtou was eliminated in the 32nd final of the women's tournament on July 29, 2021 in Tokyo. She was beaten by the little South Korean prodigy An San, already twice a gold medalist during these Olympics. Hourtou is pleased with her performance but she believes she could have done better with better resources in Chad.…

The French army denies and speaks of false information. These allegations come when Vice President Teodorin Obiang Nguema, son of the incumbent president, was finally convicted on Wednesday, July 28, 2021 by the French judiciary in cases of bad profits for laundering nearly $ 150 million. in France. This Wednesday afternoon, a…