Africa

The investigation continues after the assassination attempt on Tuesday against Colonel Assimi Goïta, the Malian transitional president. The attacker, who was arrested in the mosque with a knife, initially spent his time sleeping due to the psychoactive drugs consumed. But today the investigation is slow. as reported from…

Jacky Ndala, president of the youth union in the party of ex-governor Moïse Katumbi, was sentenced to two years in prison. He is condemned for his comments on the bill called "consolation". This court decision is particularly commented on and concerns non-state human rights. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Jacky…

This East African country was so far one of the last to have not yet started vaccinating its population. Partly due to skepticism about Covid-19. But in the face of a third wave and an outbreak of new cases, the new president Samia Suluhu Hassan does not want to take any risks. Nearly 200 new cases, nothing for a single…

According to confirming sources, the victims, who could be more, were young traders who traveled by motorcycle to the Kouki market. The government immediately attributed responsibility for the tragedy to the CPC's rebel coalition, in which the region is one of the strongholds, but many sources point instead to Russian intervention in the area.…

AfroQueer is the name of the first podcast of documentary series about the life of the LGBT community in Africa. A hot topic, as these minorities are often demonized on the continent. AfroQueer was created two years ago. Our correspondent in the region visited his studios in Nairobi, Kenya's capital. (Replay of December 22, 2020)…

In Senegal, the Constitutional Council this week rejected an appeal by the parliamentary opposition demanding the annulment of new laws on terrorism recently adopted by the Assembly. In addition to the benefits of the decision, the opposition denies the composition - and thus the jurisdiction - of the country's highest court, which currently has only four members instead of seven.…

On Thursday night, French army personnel announced that they had "neutralized" in Mali two heads of the Islamic State organization in the Greater Sahara: Rhissa al-Sahraoui and Abou Abderrahmane al-Sahraoui. When the end of his mission is announced, Barkhane maintains pressure on the terrorists. "This new operation illustrates…

The son of Guinea's President Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue and Zimbabwean businessman Kudakwashe Tagwirei will no longer be allowed to enter British territory and their bank accounts will be frozen. as reported from London, Marie Boëda"These measures are aimed at individuals who have lined their pockets at the expense of their…

The information was formalized by a statement from the African Union and Israeli diplomacy on Thursday, July 22. The new Israeli ambassador, currently stationed in Addis Ababa, handed over his duties to Moussa Faki Mahamat, President of the African Union Commission. A photo of the two diplomats posing with the green African Union flag marks the event. "This corrects an anomaly that has been going on for almost two decades," said a statement from Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid. Israel thus regains its observer status,…

Just days after a new tension between the two countries over Western Sahara, Algiers said it was "deeply concerned" after revelations that Algerian officials could have been spied on via this spy program. According to the press release from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Algiers condemns Morocco's large-scale use Israeli…