North Africa

Registration for the upcoming December elections in Libya was closed, the country's election commission said on Tuesday when doubts grew as to whether Libya would be able to move towards normalization despite a month-long pause in the fighting. Commission chief Imad al-Sayeh told reporters in Tripoli that some 2.83 million people in the North African country had registered to vote and urged citizens abroad to register as of Wednesday. Libya, home to some 7 million people, has taken preliminary steps…

After the draw of the Africa Cup of Nations 2021 (postponed to 2022), which was held at the Yaoundé Congress Center, this Tuesday, August 17, coaches, federation presidents and some legends about African football reacted to the microphone in RFI. CAN 2021 has already been launched. 52 matches await lovers of African football from January 9 to February 6, 2022 in Cameroon. The attraction of this issue took place this Tuesday, August 17 in Yaoundé under the direction of Nigerian journalist Mimi Fawaz and Cameroonian…

With the Covid-19 pandemic, African tourist countries are going through a deep crisis. Tunisia, Morocco, South Africa and Senegal have seen international customers disappear and local economies hit hard. A new sector may restore the taste for travel: e-tourism, an interactive virtual visitor experience. A young start, Maghreb Experience, thus offers to discover mythical places in Algeria, Morocco and…

Tonight, Uganga weighs the demand of the United States to welcome refugees fleeing Afghanistan, Tunisia is stepping up its vaccination campaign and we are watching the seasonal delicacy of the Central African Republic. .

The draw for the Africa Cup of Nations 2021 (postponed until 2022) took place on Tuesday 17 August at the Palais des Congrès in Yaoundé, Cameroon. The host country meets BurkinaFaso in the opening match on January 9. Title holder Algeria must challenge the Ivory Coast. The 24 qualified selections are fixed. They know their…

Libyan political actors must reach the compromise needed to meet the people's expectations of justice and free elections, said the US Ambassador to Libya, Richard Norland, on Tuesday. Norland visited Egypt, Turkey and Morocco between August 10 and 16 and met with senior officials, according to a written statement from the US State Department. Focusing on the urgency of defining the legal framework and constitutional basis needed for the December 24 parliamentary and presidential elections, Norland said…

Much of Libya has been deprived of drinking water since Saturday, August 14. An armed group broke into the country's main supply center and demanded the release of Abdallah al-Senoussi, Muammar Gaddafi's brother-in-law and senior official of the former regime. The authority of the great artificial river - Gaddafi's flagship…

Anger from former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown over Western vaccine policy. In a column published by The Guardian on Monday, August 16, he urges leaders to convene a summit to address the shortage of vaccines in Africa while billions of doses are administered elsewhere. It is a monumental failure in the West, a "pause",…

This Tuesday, August 17, the draw for the next African Championship will take place at the Palais des Congrès in Yaoundé. Assembling hats, choices to avoid, RFI gives you the keys to better understand the event, less than five months before the opening match of this CAN in Cameroon, postponed from 2021 to 2022 (January 9-February 6).…

Firefighters in Algeria are finally making progress in their fight against fires that have ravaged northern parts of the country. The rescue service says most of the forest fires in the worst-affected region of Tizi Ouzou have been extinguished thanks to firefighters, army engineers, civilian…