Central Africa

Véron Mosengo-Omba, Director of the FIFA Members' Association Division, replaces Moroccan Abdelmounaïm Bah as Head of Administration (Secretary-General) of the African Football Confederation (CAF). Patrice Motsepe, the new president of the CAF, has also elected his five vice-presidents: Senegalese Augustin Senghor (1st), Mauretanian Ahmed Yahya (2nd), Djiboutian Suleïman Waberi (3rd), Cameroonian Seydou…

In the Central African Republic, 118 constituencies are called to vote in the legislative elections on Sunday 14 March. This is the second round for 49 constituencies. The 69 other constituencies will vote again because they were prevented or the vote was canceled during the first round on 27 December. It is therefore the last straight line before this important election. The observers of the…

That was four years ago; on March 12, 2017, in the Democratic Republic of the Conto (DRC) Michael Sharp and Zaida Catalan, two UN experts investigating the violence in Kasai-Central, were assassinated. A few months later, a lawsuit was opened to determine the causes and those responsible for these killings, but since then the procedure has progressed in slow motion and is spiced with irregularities,…

This is an extraordinary increase in the maximum strength of the UN peacekeeping force in the Republic of Central Africa. The Security Council agreed to increase Minusca by 2,750 troops and 940 police officers. It was a request from the UN Secretary-General and the leader of Minusca after a hardening of attacks since the end of 2020.…

The Beninese opposition does not disarm, a month before the presidential election, the Democratic Party calls on former President Boni Yayir still Patrice Talon for a dialogue and an inclusive election on April 11. The Electoral Commission and the Constitutional Court removed all the heavyweights of the opposition from the race. No major candidacy faces Patrice Talon. as reported from Cotonou, Jean-Luc Aplogan This is a demand that the opposition does not give up with the aim of stopping an election process that it…

A platform made up of civil society organizations, the main opposition parties, trade unions and youth organizations was unveiled on Friday 12 March during a press conference held in Ndjamena. On paper, his goal is to push Idriss Déby, a candidate for his own legacy, not to run for a 6th term on April 11th. This collective launches from this Saturday a movement, "Wakit Tam" in Arabic, "The moment has…

The Attorney General of the Kinshasa-Gombe Court of Appeal issued a search warrant against Kalev Mutond, former Secretary General of the National Intelligence Agency (ANR). This, after the latter refused to come to the prosecution after several summonses. The former supercup is the target of about 10 complaints filed by former intelligence prisoners. When he hides, Kalev Mutond still hopes that the…

A fourth presidential candidate on April 11 may not vote. Brice Mbaimon Guedmabye suspends his campaign. After withdrawal of candidates Yorongar Ngarledji, Saleh Kebzabo and Bongoro Théophile, here is Brice Mbaimon Guedmabye, who has already been a candidate in 2016, suspending his campaign because he explained the imbalance in the camp to Idriss Déby Itno, the outgoing president and lack of initiative from the Independent National Electoral Commission for to put all candidates on an equal footing. During the campaign,…

118 constituencies are called to vote in the by-elections on Sunday, March 14th. Second round for 49 constituencies, while 69 will vote again because they were prevented or the vote canceled during the 1st round on 27 December. In fact, the armed groups that controlled the two-thirds of the country had severely disrupted the vote by intimidation, ransacked polling stations, burned polls. This time,…

New dismissal in the ranks of pro-Kabila. Former Prime Minister Augustin Matata Ponyo announced this morning that he was leaving the PPRD and the FCC for, he wrote, reasons for personal convenience. This departure is commented on in all directions in political circles in the DRC. as reported from Kinshasa, Commander Muzembe…