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Didier Kassaï draws the faces of the victims
The faces of victims of sexual violence appear in Bangui. In the capital, the Maison de la Mémoire, a cultural center dedicated to the country's recent history, hosts the famous Central African comic book author Didier Kassaï.
In the shade of a tree on a small plastic chair, Didier Kassaï looks concentrated. He cracks one last…
UNHCR warns of the situation in CAR, Sahel or
This Sunday is World Refugee Day. A day set up by the UN and honoring the millions of people forced to flee their country of origin to escape conflict or persecution. According to the UNHCR's annual report, released by the UN refugee agency on Friday, the number of internally displaced persons increased by 4% last year to 82.4 million, a figure twice as high as ten years ago.…
indefinite strike at Oyo General Hospital, fortress
Agents from Edith Lucie Bongo Ondimba General Hospital in Oyo (North), the fortress of Congolese head of state Denis Sassou-Nguesso, have launched an indefinite strike since Friday, June 18. They require the authorities to pay at least seven months' arrears on wages registered in this facility, the latest of this scale being introduced in the country.…
Gabon: in Pongara, animals are making a comeback
Established as a national park 19 years ago, access to the Pongara reserve has been banned for poachers and conservation efforts are bearing fruit. Elephants, buffaloes and even hippos are back.
From our special correspondent in Pongara,Before the tours must meet the wildlife of Pongara, tourists must follow the mandatory…
DRC takes new restrictive measures
Hospitals crowded with patients and successive peaks of new cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo, "the third wave of Covid-19" worries the political and health authorities. At the end of the Council of Ministers' meeting on Friday 18 June around the President and the Prime Minister, a video conference adopted new restrictions. No containment, but the measures are strong and affect all social…
The Constitutional Court rejects the request from
The Congolese Constitutional Court has upheld the dismissal of Zoé Kabila as governor of Tanganyika province. A decision was announced on Friday 18 June at the end of a public hearing. The little brother of the former president, fired in early May by a majority of the province's deputies, had taken legal action.
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Democratic Republic of Congo “lost” on “Chinese contracts” from
What happened to the money from Chinese contracts in the Democratic Republic of Congo? According to a Congolese NGO, Afrewatch, the state would largely be the loser in what had been described in 2008 as the "contract of the century". A consortium of Chinese companies would grant $ 6 billion in loans to the country and enjoy privileged access to its mineral resources. Afrewatch investigated this "mine…
Denis Christel Sassou-Nguesso met
One month after joining the government, the son of Congolese President Denis Sassou-Nguesso was in the middle of a ministerial campaign. Denis Christel Sassou-Nguesso spoke on Friday 18 June on one of the most important issues in his portfolio of ministers: promoting public-private partnerships.
In a "contact" with economic…
after the volcanic eruption, an overload of
One month after the eruption of the Nyiragongo volcano in Goma, east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the starvation of the city is on the agenda. For specialists, this will prevent a disaster.
In May, the urgency of the residents to evacuate Goma caused major traffic jams in the direction of the town of Sake. This is the…
On the front page of the press in Kinshasa: Covid-19,
On the front page of the press in Kinshasa: Covid-19 reported bad news since the beginning of the week.