Central Africa

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.…

The Ministry of Defense is reacting to the report from the UN expert panel which was published in the press on Tuesday. He rejects the conclusions of the experts, who refer in particular to abuses attributed to the armed forces and Russian mercenaries deployed in the country. In this report, which was called upon by the…

On January 7, 2019, early in the morning, a command group led by Lieutenant Kelly Ondo had taken control of Radio Gabon and read a message announcing that the army had taken power. The special forces' attack had quickly ended this adventure. The alleged perpetrators have appeared for several days before a special military court. The last hearing, Monday, was marked by the hearing of witnesses. Report.…

To date, only a few infrastructure works have been carried out in some DRC cities such as Kinshasa and Lubumbashi. NGO Afrewatch, which has just published a report on mega-contratchin, believes that the performance has not yet fulfilled its promises. From our correspondent in Lubumbashi,Georges Nkulu, a road transporter, sits…

Published on Wednesday, the latest report from UN experts on the Central African Republic is serious. It describes about forty pages on the human rights violations committed by the various parties to the conflict. He also points to what experts call the "security sector faction" ... members of armed groups or militias recruited or instrumentalized by government members and security forces.…

It is a UN document that will not please Russia. This report, obtained by RFI, produced each year by UN experts working with the Central African Republic, points in particular to the violations of Russian mercenaries. Together with the Central African Army, they would have violated international humanitarian law, according to experts, which recorded abuses committed by armed groups, but also by the…

The two countries signed three bilateral cooperation agreements this weekend. "The first indicates the siteCD news, on the promotion and protection of investments. The second is a convention to avoid double taxation and to avoid tax evasion. Finally, the third agreement concerns the exploitation of gold between two companies, Congolese and Rwandan. ”Goals, inheritance Young Africa: "Ensure the traceability" of the yellow…

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Deputy Jean-Bosco Assamba, of the Sacred Coalition of the Pro-Tshisekedi Union, was arrested on Sunday, June 27, and charged with contempt by the President on the basis of statements made two months ago in Bunia, the capital. by Ituri. as reported from Kinshasa, Pascal MulegwaThis is the…