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Regional reporting and analysis from across Africa, covering diplomacy, security, politics, business, and major developments shaping the continent.
Former Prime Minister Matata Ponyo is leaving the PPRD
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…
death of Goodwill Zwelithini, the influential king of
Goodwill Zwelithini died at the age of 72 after a long hospital stay with diabetes. King of Zulu since 1971, he was South Africa's most influential monarch. A king without power but with moral authority for 12 million South Africans.
as reported from Johannesburg, Romain SongHis words counted. King Goodwill Zwelithini did not…
Gunmen kidnap dozens of students at the latest
Nigerian gunmen have taken an unspecified number of students from a college in a northwestern state, local police said on Friday in the latest abduction against schools.
The suspected kidnapping gang stormed the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization in Mando, Kaduna, around 1 p.m. 21.30 (20:30 GMT) on Thursday and shot indiscriminately and took students hostage.
The university is said to have about 300 male and female students - mostly 17 years and older - at the time of the attack, but it was not…
8 days of national mourning in Ivory Coast
The Ivorian prime minister died on Wednesday, March 10, in Germany, from cancer. Ivorians will be able to pay tribute to him next week in Abidjan and Séguéla.
as reported from Abidjan, Pierre PintoThe deadly remains of Hamed Bakayoko will be repatriated this Saturday, March 13, in Côte d'Ivoire at a time yet to be revealed.…
release of Musa Hilal, the former militia leader
Musa Hilal has been released, the leader of the infamous Janjaweed, Arab militias accused of committing atrocities in Darfur received a pardon. Pardon granted by Sovereign Council, the institution overseeing the transition in Sudan. Musa Hilal remains under UN sanctions and accused of serious crimes in Darfur.
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the difficult grief for the families of the victims
The head of state had declared a day of national mourning on Thursday in tribute to the victims of the demonstrations: 10 died according to a government source, 11 according to the Movement for the Defense of Democracy (M2D). The movement calls for a day of prayer this Friday. Meeting relatives of a young high school student killed during these demonstrations.…
Sandrine Mubenga, the woman who controls the sector
After being close to death due to lack of electricity, Sandrine Mubenga decided to become an energy specialist. Since last year, she has headed the Electricity Regulatory Authority of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Toledo in the state of Ohio, Sandrine Mubenga today shares her life between the United States and his native Congo-Kinshasa.…
the South African Patrice Motsepe elected president of
Patrice Motsepe was elected by the Acclamation President of the African Football Confederation (CAF), on March 12 in Rabat, for the period 2021-2025. The first South African to hold this position succeeds billionaire Malagasy Ahmad, suspended for 2 years from all football-related activities.
Patrice Motsepe became the 7th elected president of the African Football Confederation (CAF) on March 12, 2021. The billionaire is the first South African and first English speaker to occupy this prestigious position on the continent.…
Forgotten conflict: South Sudan is facing humanitarian action
The Director General of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) warned that South Sudan is "a forgotten conflict" in the face of a "humanitarian crisis" exacerbated by the pandemic, while the UN chief warned that 60% of the world's newest nation "is becoming increasingly hungry. "
South Sudan has struggled to recover from a five-year war that, according to a study, killed nearly 400,000 people. A coalition government formed last year between President Salva Kiir and opposition leader Riek…
Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini dies in South Africa
King Goodwill Zwelithini of the Zulu people in South Africa died on Friday at the hospital where he was being treated for diabetes-related problems.
The king, 72, was the leader of South Africa's largest ethnic group, the Zulu. He had been taken to KwaZulu-Natal hospital last week to monitor his ongoing diabetes, according to a report from the Demirören News Agency (DHA).
The royal family announced in a statement that King Zwelithini's diabetes-related condition suddenly deteriorated and he died early…