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a Franco-Rwandan priest arrested in France
Marcel Hitayezu, who had lived in France for twenty years, served in a parish in the south of France and had even acquired French nationality. This Rwandan priest has been imprisoned and charged since Wednesday, April 14, overrun by accusations of his role in the 1994 Tutsi genocide.
As early as 2015, Rwanda issued an…
Hundreds were evacuated as fire in Johannesburg
A fire broke out on Friday at Charlotte Maxeke Hospital in South Africa's largest city in Johannesburg, leading to the evacuation of hundreds of patients.
No injuries or deaths have been reported and patients are being moved to other public hospitals in the metropolitan area, Johannesburg officials said.
Early on Saturday morning, the fire caused the third floor of the hospital's parking garage to collapse.
Sixty firefighters have been battling the blaze through the night. The fire started Friday morning and had…
Clashes in Chad leave 55 dead, villages destroyed
Ethnic tensions in the Central African country of Chad left at least 55 people dead and more than 40 injured when three villages burned to the ground, an official said on Friday.
Clashes in the southeastern region of Salamat broke out between ethnic groups on Wednesday night in the villages around Am Timan's provincial capital, according to Salamat's governor Abel Yamabaye Massira.
Dozens of injured people were treated in hospital as of Thursday, he said.
The reason for the outbreak of violence was…
Russia’s Wagner is pressing Libya’s southern tribes
Russia's Wagner group is increasingly pushing tribes in southern Libya to support Putist general Khalifa Haftar as the latter declines with Libya embarking on a new political path towards normalization and ending the country's decadelong war.
Sources on the ground told the Daily Sabah that the Wagner group is trying to help Haftar through pressing tribes that want to support the newly elected government of national unity (GNU).
Sources stressed that Wagner used the argument to fight Daesh when he…
Life in Senegal’s chemically polluted Petit Mbao
Petit Mbao was known for having one of the most beautiful white sand beaches in Senegal. Since the 1960s, industrial plants have moved in, including Senegal's largest chemical plant. Many people in Petit Mbao have for years complained about the smell of the plant and the chemical in the air that burns their eyes and affects breathing. Children, livestock and fishermen have been known to…
UN Security Council votes on resolution for Libya
The UN Security Council is voting on a draft resolution calling on all foreign forces and mercenaries to leave Libya and authorizing a small UN team to monitor last October's ceasefire order ordering their departure. The results of the e-mail vote on the proposed resolution - due to COVID-19 - are expected to be announced on Friday.
The UK draft resolution would approve Secretary - General Antonio Guterre's proposal on the composition and operational aspects of ceasefire monitoring set out in a letter…
calm in Guinea and the Democratic Republic of Congo, but experts from
The Ebola epidemic is experiencing calm in Guinea and the Democratic Republic of Congo, the two countries where the virus reappeared earlier this year. However, WHO Africa experts are still very cautious as they still lack reliable indicators of its development. The Ebola epidemic is experiencing a lull in Guinea and the Democratic Republic of Congo, the two countries where the virus reappeared earlier…
the families of Congolese guides
The trial of the killers of UN experts has been going on for almost four years in Kananga, Kasai Central. It is in this province that Michael Sharp and Zaida Catalan were killed on March 12, 2017 not far from the village of Bunkonde.
On Thursday, our colleague Sonia Rolley testified before the court about various details related to the various investigations that RFI carried out on the subject. But since March 2017, three Congolese have been missing, Betu Tshintela, a former intelligence agent who was presented as a…
the Constitutional Court confirms the results
The Constitutional Court proclaimed on Thursday afternoon, April 15, the preliminary results of the presidential election last Sunday. Like the election commission on Tuesday night, it confirms the victory in the first round of outgoing President Patrice Talon.
According to these results, Patrice Talon and his co-artist Mariam…
In West Africa, the state of infrastructure
On Tuesday, April 13, a fire broke out in a Nigerian school in Niamey. About twenty children were killed. This event raises questions about the state of schools in West Africa. In Burkina Faso, Mali and Benin, teachers are concerned about student safety.
Schools in poor condition, François Yaméogo sees them every day. He…