Central Africa

More than 30 players born on the African continent have already taken part in the final phase of the European Championships - the 16th edition starts on 11 June 2021 in Rome - and 6 of them have even won the competition. By Xavier Barret,You can be born in Bamako and become European champion: Jean Tigana did it in 1984. You can be born in Dakar and win the Euro:…

For the first time in 20 years, child labor is increasing in the world and in Africa. This is stated in a report from the ILO, the International Labor Organization and Unicef. At the beginning of 2020, 160 million children were forced to work. 92 million in Africa. All the more must one look at the situation on the continent because the post-covid economic crisis is expected to increase this figure…

The UN Security Council will not have waited for the two-week quarterly meeting of the Central African Republic to respond to the escalation of violence. He has just strongly condemned the violations of human rights, the violations of international humanitarian law, and he condemned the violations of the SOFA agreement, which binds the government of the RCA and the UN Minusca. Before confirming their…

During a few weeks of a besieged state, the regular army recorded many victories over the armed groups at the base of the insecurity in the provinces of Ituri and North Kivu. The Kinshasa government confirmed this on Wednesday during a press conference in the capital. On the same platform three spokespersons. Patrick Muyaya, Minister of Communications, General Léon-Richard Kasonga from the Army and Colonel Mwanamputu from the National Police. The three spokespersons reported on the operations carried out by the DRC's…

The Yaoundé Military Court yesterday, Wednesday, June 9, decided to release Nicodemus Tanyi Amungwa on bail, as required by the Cameroon Bar and several non-governmental human rights groups, including REDHAC and Human Rights Watch. This lawyer defends especially English-speaking separatist activists, including their leaders,…

In Chad, some 20 high-ranking officials, including former ministers and international officials, are calling for dialogue with all of Chad's sons for a comprehensive peace. The call aims to organize sincere democratic elections to achieve lasting peace and calls on those powers to be objective. with our correspondent in…

Urban planning in Goma had begun before the eruption of Nyiragongo. The recent awakening of the volcano, the destruction and displacement of the population that it has caused gives these projects a new urgency. Minister of Urbanism Pius Mwabilu gives details. How to alleviate congestion in Goma and more easily predict seismic…

In the Central African Republic, the French citizen who was arrested on May 10 in custody was arrested. Juan Rémy Quignolot is especially accused of espionage, conspiracy and danger to state security. The Advocate General of the Court of Appeal in Bangui Didier Tambo confirmed on Wednesday that Juan Rémy Quignolot,the Frenchman…

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, justice has not yet ended with Brenda Okale, the widow of the former head of military intelligence, Delphin Kahimbi, and her mother, acquitted to everyone's surprise on Monday by the tribunal de grande instance Kinshasa-Gombe. The two women were accused of murdering General Delphin Kahimbi…

The date has now been confirmed, Patrice Lumumba's tooth will be returned to her family on June 21 by the Belgian authorities. This figure of Congolese independence and the anti-colonial struggle was carried out in January 1961 before his body was dissolved in acid. This tooth that belongs to Patrice Lumumba was was found five…