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Demonstration by the opposition spread by the police
Prohibited by Kinshasa municipality, the march, organized by the opposition on Wednesday, was dispersed by police with tear gas. Opponent Martin Fayulu could not go to the equalizer.
From our correspondent in Kinshasa,
While Martin Fayulu and his activists met in a square in a popular district east of the capital Congoleserat 8 local time the demonstration did not last long.
Following the decision of the city governor, who had banned this march, the police had already mobilized early in the morning. Activists trying…
Mali:after the liberations, hostilities resume
Less than a week after the release of Malian and Western hostages in exchange for more than 200 jihadist fighters or suspected ones, hostilities resumed in Mali.
General Lecointre confirms the “terrorist” nature of Sophie Pétronin’s kidnappers
Before the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defense and Armed Forces, General François Lecointre insisted on the terrorist nature of "Islamist insurgents" in Mali, thus responding to the remarks of former hostage Sophie Pétronin.
"French soldiers would never have the idea of taking hostages for the release of French prisoners." This is the strong response that the Chief of Staff of the French armies wanted to give Sophie Petronin this Wednesday. Before the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defense and Armed Forces,…
Ex-minister accuses Abiy Ahmed of permitting Eritrean president
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - A former minister within the Ethiopian authorities now says that Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed has lost monitor by working intently with Eritrean President Isaiah Afwerki to destroy Ethiopia from inside, one thing that might set off variations inside the Horn of Africa nations, which have a "troublesome" historical past.
For a few years, Eritrea and Ethiopia have been embroiled in a battle over a standard border level, one thing that triggered lethal clashes between Addis Ababa and Asmara. The…
what about uncertainty in Lubumbashi Police
Police are making sure that crime has dropped over the last seven months thanks to the strengthening of patrols and the cooperation of the population.
But civil society has the opposite view. For her, insecurity is still persistent in Lubumbashi. Every day, she records cases of burglary, sometimes accompanied by murder and rape.
with our correspondent in Lubumbashi,
For the provincial commissioner of Haut Katanga, crime in Lubumbashi is halved compared to last year. For example, cases of armed robbery have increased…
Former Prime Minister Khaire met numerous lawmakers serving within the Kenyan parliament in Nairobi
NAIROBI, Kenya - Former Somali Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire met numerous lawmakers serving within the Kenyan parliament on Monday evening in what could possibly be a strategic rally geared toward elevating the stakes for the 2021 election, after declaring he intends to problem President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo.
Khaire misplaced his seat in July after falling out with President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo and was then thrown out by lawmakers. He has since been changed by Mohamed Hussein Roble, who was unanimously…
Within the highlight: violence is on the rise once more in central Mali
"The circles in Bankass and Bandiagara had been focused through the evening Monday to Tuesday by unidentified armed people, inflicting the deaths of 11 troopers and about 13 civilians," reviews the day by day L'Indépendant in Bamako. That is the heaviest toll recorded in a number of months within the middle of the nation in lower than 24 hours. (...) These simultaneous assaults got here after weeks of calm within the middle…
In Mali: “If the French military leaves, the jihadists will shortly return to the south”
Common Christophe Gomart was accountable for the Directorate of Army Intelligence between August 2013 and Might 2017. Previous to that, he commanded Particular Operations from August 2011 to June 2013. He was among the many architects of the recapture. from northern Mali in 2013 and earlier than the French intervention in Libya in 2011. Retired from the French military, he now publishes his army memoirs…
concern following the arrest of a former opposition member
In Burundi, international and local human rights organizations condemned the arrest and imprisonment, described as arbitrary, by a former opposition representative, Fabien Banciryanino, on 2 October.
He was arrested without a warrant and then jailed in the Mpimba jail in Bujumbura a week ago, officially for "riots, slanderous condemnations and attacks on the state's internal and external security". However, according to one of his lawyers and a letter sent by the interested party to CNIDH, the independent national…
Alpha Condé mobilizes in its stronghold of Higher Guinea
The President of the Republic, who's a candidate for a 3rd presidential time period this Sunday, continues his tour within the inside of the nation. After Forest Guinea Alpha Condé gained on Tuesday, October 13, the area of Higher Guinea thought-about its occasion's bastion as RPG.
With our particular correspondent in Kankan,…