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Covid-19 on the menu for Emmanuel’s journey
After Rwanda, Emmanuel Macron is in South Africa this Friday 28 May. A journey with a focus on health, while this country is the one that has been hit hardest by the Covid crisis on the African continent.
With our special correspondent in Pretoria, Pierre FirtionAs soon as they arrived in South Africa, Emmanuel Macron was…
the controversy swells over the “format” for the return of
Should Laurent Gbagbo be welcomed triumphantly or should he return discreetly to the Ivory Coast? For 24 hours, and the publication of the website Africa Intelligence, of an article confirming that the former president will return at the end of June "on cunning", agitates the issue and takes a political turn in Abidjan.
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against the signatory of a three-year program
After a three-week negotiation marathon, delegations from the Congolese government and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) agreed on the content of a three-year program. If this agreement is validated by the IMF's management and board, the DRC can start receiving an initial payment from mid-June on the planned approximately 1.5 billion dollars.…
death penalty is required against two defendants
General Delphin Kahimbi, head of military intelligence, was found dead in his home in late February 2020 in the city of Kinshasa. This accusation is disputed by defense lawyers for whom the prosecution has remained speculated and not in fact.
For the indictment, Brenda Nkoy Okale and Scholastique Mondo Pila, widow and mother-in-law of General Delphin Kahimbi, are both responsible for the murder of the official. Thus, Ange Ntoto, a magistrate at the High Court in Gombe, sought the death penalty against the two ladies.…
following the emigration of populations from Goma,
It was a real emigration that we witnessed in Goma. Reports from the largest city in the eastern DRC showed that residents fled the region as the Nyiragongo volcano has threatened to erupt for several days. Relative calm reigns in Goma, now partially deserted by its inhabitants.
The inhabitants of Goma continue to arrive in Bukavu, writes our special envoy to Bukavu, William basimike. For example, these children on board a boat that has just docked, in the beginning of 28 May. And there are the residents of Goma who come…
Thirty years ago, the Mengistu regime fell
This Friday, May 28, we celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of the overthrow of the terrorist regime led by Mengistu Hailé Mariam, now in exile. This national holiday truly greets the fall of a 17-year-old tyrannical system, but also the memory of a very special day.
The sun has not yet risen over Addis Ababa. In a week since dictator Mengistu Hailé Mariam quickly left the former imperial palace ahead of the rebels' progress, residents of the Ethiopian capital have been waiting for the next battle in anxiety. Officially,…
Germany admits to committing “genocide”
Berlin has admitted for the first time, on Friday 28 May, that it committed a "genocide" in Namibia against the Herero and Nama peoples during the colonial period between 1884 and 1915. The Germans differ from other former colonizing countries, unwilling to admit their mistakes and sometimes their crime. This announcement is the result of long negotiations between the two states.…
Mali: “For us it is not a coup”,
In Mali, former President Bah N'Daw and former Prime Minister Moctar Ouane were able to return home on Wednesday night after being held for more than 48 hours by CNSP junta led by Colonel Assimi Goïta. The junta leader and vice president of the transition announced in the wake that he took control of the transition. His legal adviser, Youssouf Coulibaly, also a university professor and member of the National Transitional Council, answers David Baché's questions. .
For Vincent Duclert “it is a big step forward
Yesterday in Kigali, Emmanuel Macron acknowledged France's "responsibility" in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, but made no apology. So, some are happy, others are disappointed. But what does Vincent Duclert think, the author of the report that came out two months ago and which greatly inspired the speech that the French president gave yesterday. He answers questions from Christophe Boisbouvier.…
Germany admits to having committed genocide in Namibia
Germany acknowledged for the first time on Friday that it had committed genocide during the colonization of Namibia and promised more than one billion euros ($ 1.2 billion) for projects in the African country.
German colonial settlers killed tens of thousands of indigenous Herero and Nama peoples during the massacres of 1904-1908 - which historians called the first genocide of the 20th century - poisoned relations between Namibia and Germany for several years.
While Berlin had previously acknowledged…