Africa

One of the challenges for this long-standing activist of the Sudanese People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) will be to consolidate peace and unity within a newly "restored" assembly. The announcement was made by President Salva Kiir personally on Friday, July 23: Jemma Nunu Kumba will be the first woman to chair the South Sudanese…

President Touadéra was announced at the end of his re-election and the Republican dialogue is delayed in the Central African Republic. The establishment of the organizing committee by presidential decree on June 30 triggered a shout in the opposition, which then considered it unbalanced in favor of the government. as reported…

At least six Cameroonian soldiers were killed on Saturday in a Boko Haram attack north of Cameroon, where jihadists intensified the attacks, the region's governor said on state television. Boko Haram carried out an attack on a military post in Sagme, near the border with Nigeria, in the far north of the country on Saturday…

It is the Congolese-Brazzaville diplomat, Basile Ikouébé, who finally two days ago inherited the post of High Representative of the African Union (AU) for the transition to Chad. It is expected this Sunday, July 25, in Ndjamena. With a moment's notice, the Congolese Basile Ikouébé succeeds Senegalese Ibrahima Fall, challenged…

More than 300 Togolese figures appear in the list of potential targets of Israeli spy program, Pegasus, while Togo is one of the African countries closest to the Hebrew state. The targeted include activists, journalists and political opponents. On the political side, we find among the numbers targeted by Pegasus spyware those…

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), it is the last stretch for the installation of a new steering group for the Independent National Electoral Commission (Céni). The leaders of the eight religious denominations that will appoint the new president of Ceni and another member of the plenum began talks on Friday, July 23, under high tension. They condemned "threats from all sides" aimed at disrupting this arduous process. .

In Burkina Faso, the number of people forced to flee violence is accelerating and reaching an unprecedented level, according to the Refugee Commission. The humanitarian organization reiterates its call for coordinated action for peace and stability in this country. Together with RFI, Fatoumata Sinkoun Kaba, UNHCR Spokeswoman…

Antjie Krog is known all over the world for his emotional reports aimed at the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission of the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) and is above all a poet. She is the author of fifteen collections of poems whose themes range from critiques of apartheid to feminism, including the aging body, the cause of the marginalized but also the landscape as a metaphor and ecology. The issue of ecology…

Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara will meet his predecessor Laurent Gbagbo at the presidential palace on Tuesday, July 27. Since the former head of state returned last month after his acquittal at the ICC, the two men have just exchanged a few words over the phone. as reported from Abidjan, Sidy YansanePeace and…

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the city of Zongo, which borders the capital of Central Africa, in the far north of the country, celebrated its fifty years of existence on Friday. Many personalities from the province of Equateur but also from Bangui attended the ceremony as mayors of the two cities, financially highly dependent on each other, who signed a memorandum of understanding to…