Central Africa

Can Gabon quickly be a part of the Commonwealth? The speculation appears an increasing number of believable. A delegation from the Commonwealth not too long ago visited the Gabonese capital, whereas the Gabonese president met throughout a working go to to London on Tuesday 11 Might with the group's normal secretary, who brings collectively 54 English-speaking international locations.…

Citizen Coordination Wakit Tama requires a brand new day of motion in a single week, Wednesday 19 Might, regardless of the bloody police repression that marked the earlier two. It's on this context that one other march, this time in help of the transitional authorities, happened on Wednesday morning in Ndjamena. From our…

Within the Central African Republic, authorities introduced on Monday, Might 10, that that they had arrested a French citizen in Bangui who had a giant arsenal at house: weapons of conflict, ammunition and fatigue. Quai d'Orsay, for its half, broadcasts that it's exercising its consular safety towards him. Based on Advocate…

Elected in January final yr with greater than 58% of the vote for a sixth time period - already 35 years in energy - Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni swore on Wednesday morning, Could 12. And this, 4 months after the final election, particularly by his rival Bobi Wine. as reported from Kampala, Lucie MouillaudFor over an hour,…

Chad is at a turning level in its historical past. After 31 years in energy, Marshal Idriss Déby Itno was killed simply over three weeks in the past, on the entrance traces between the nationwide military and the rebels from the Entrance for Alternation and Harmony in Chad (Info). Since then, the Army Transitional Council (CMT), fifteen generals led by the son of former president Mahamat Idriss Déby, has taken the reins of the nation. A…

The case dates again to the summer time of 2020. The Survie Cameroon fundraising platform, launched by political opponent Maurice Kamto to assist struggle Covid-19 in Cameroon, reveals almost 1.1 million folks. However there is barely about 800,000 euros in Survie's checking account. Or a distinction of 330,000 euros. For a number of months and regardless of the reasons given by the donors to Maurice…

In Chad, Wakit Tama publicizes a brand new mobilization day: Wednesday 19 Might. This was selected Tuesday 11 Might by the members of this civic coordination, which brings collectively human rights organizations, commerce unions and opposition political events. A brand new day of protest, regardless of the violent repression of the earlier two.…

Initially scheduled for Monday, the assembly of the African Union Peace and Safety Council would open this Tuesday, Might 11, in Addis Ababa. A vital assembly for Chad the place the report of the delegation investigating the transition course of opened after the demise of Idriss Déby, three weeks in the past, and the takeover of a 15-general navy transitional council. The UA should now resolve whether…

In response to the Congolese Minister of Well being, 5 instances of the Indian variant have been found in a constructing within the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo. 5 instances of the Indian variant of coronavirus have been recognized in Kinshasa, Congolese Well being Minister Jean-Jacques Mbungani Mbanda mentioned…

The picture is taken on the foot of the Lion of Judah monument in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital. Within the foreground, Bob Marley, carrying a green-yellow-red jacket, his dreadlocks hidden beneath one in every of the big caps that Rastafarians love. Behind him, excessive up on the pedestal, is the statue of the lion carrying a crown and holding a spire in its entrance left paw. The picture, stuffed with which means, is a focus of reggae symbolism. And one in every of the few images that testifies to the…