Central Africa

It had already been announced by the group Islamic State in West Africa on Sunday, June 6, but Boko Haram confirmed it in a video. The jihadist leader took his own life almost a month ago to escape his rivals from Iswap, who besieged him in his stronghold in Sambisa. From our correspondent in Lagos,Liza FabbianIt is truly "like…

The Congolese president continued his stay in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday in Beni and Butembo, northern Kivu, before landing in Bunia, Ituri. Felix Tshisekedia once again defended the besieged state established in these abused provinces. According to him, it should make it possible to put an end to the uncertainty but also to the army's "shenanigans" in the management of the…

The Congolese head of state, Félix Tshisekedi, continues his stay in the eastern DRC. According to him, the persistence of insecurity in this region also depends on "shenanigans" in the army. On Thursday, the head of state met with various delegates from civil society, business and students. On this occasion, he reiterated his desire to end the uncertainty in this part of the country. He justified the establishment of the siege in the provinces of North Kivu and Ituri. In October 2019, Félix Tshisekedi launched…

Africa regrets 135,000 deaths from Covid, less than in other regions of the world. But the third wave is strengthening and accelerating on the continent, warns the World Health Organization (WHO). The number of deaths in Africa increased by 15% last week in Africa. Five countries are concentrating three quarters of the new…

Barely on duty, Karim Khan, the new prosecutor at the International Criminal Court, will find on his desk a request for an investigation into Chad. These are war crimes and crimes against humanity that are alleged to have been committed in the past year by the Chadian National Army against the insurgency, but also against the…

A delegation from the International Organization of La Francophonie (OIF) ended a five-day visit to Chad last night, Wednesday 16 June. The delegation was led by former Mauritania Foreign Minister Ahmedou Ould Abdallah, former UN Special Representative for West Africa. He makes an initial assessment of this visit. For the…

At VivaTech's innovation and technology fair, which will be held at the Porte de Versailles in Paris until 19 June, it is possible to test an application called Hoja. It allows you to order and board your taxi safely in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. Africa has been innovating for a long time, especially in the design…

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a firefighter for the lieutenants of Vital Kamerhe, the former chief of staff of President Félix Tshisekedi, was sentenced on appeal to thirteen years in prison on Wednesday, June 16 for embezzling more than $ 50 million for the purchase of prefabricated social housing. for soldiers and police.…

While President Felix Tshisekedi continues his tour of the eastern country to evaluate the results of the siege and army operations, the UN expert group published its final report on June 16, including a large part devoted to North Kivu. In particular, he takes stock of operations against the ADF, an Islamist rebel group that was originally Ugandan. The expert group interviewed more than 140 people from…

Congolese and Ugandan presidents Félix Tshisekedi and Yoweri Museveni met at the border between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda on Wednesday, June 16. A meeting with a strong financial interest, but also a security meeting. The two heads of state begin renovation work on the roads that connect the two countries.…