Africa

Guadeloupe guitarist Jacob Desvarieux, who died on Friday as a result of Covid-19, was one of the founders of the group Cassav ', a monument in the French Caribbean that achieved huge success in the 1980s by mixing local music to create a style, Zouk. At the age of 65, Jacob Desvarieux was hospitalized on July 12 after being…

President Kaïs Saïed has prioritized the fight against the Covid-19 epidemic and is trying in particular to speed up the vaccination campaign. Many steps have been taken during this week. The latest announcements were made by the president on Friday night. With our special correspondent in Tunis, Charlotte CossetAmong the…

The Congolese whistleblower, Jean-Jacques Lumumba, is under pressure again. The former BGFI banker and uncle of the independence hero is worried about his safety and his family. Since his 2017 revelations about BGFI, the bank for which he worked, Jean-Jacques Lumumba reports on a whole series of incidents between France, where…

In anticipation of the spread of the coronavirus, the Congo-Brazzaville government has renewed the state of emergency for the twenty-fourth time this week, requiring vaccination for all healthcare staff, future students at public universities and ministry officials. The measure is appreciated by some but others shun it. as…

The six French soldiers and the helicopter, which have been held since Wednesday at the airport in Bata, Equatorial Guinea's economic capital, where they landed their planes to refuel, were allowed to leave the territory on Friday night, the French army confirmed to RFI. The six French soldiers were allowed to land urgently in…

In Burkina Faso, twenty-four hours after their public speech, the leaders of a movement calling itself the "Union for the Liberation of Burkina Faso" were arrested by the police. At a press conference, they called for the recruitment of about 25,000 people to form, they say, a "liberation army". as reported from Ouagadougou,…

That was the end, on Friday, July 30, of the 42-day prison sentence that was decided in mid-June to counter the new wave of Covid-19 cases in the country. After severe restrictions, President Yoweri Museveni partially reopened the country's operations. In 42 days, Uganda has gone from 1,500 daily cases in mid-June to an average of between 200 and 400 Covid-19 cases per day this week. Results that encouraged the president to partially reopen the country. "Before inclusion," said Yoweri Museveni, "on average 22% of the…

Six days after President Kaïs Saïed's decision to fire the head of government and suspend parliament's work, the country's leading political party, Ennahdha, is calling for a national dialogue but is also trying to exert pressure through a media campaign for the president to reconsider. his decision. as reported from Tunis,…

An investigation has been launched against one of the Nigerian police chiefs, the famous Deputy Police Commissioner Abba Kyari, involved by a Nigerian social media star called Hushpuppi. This influencer is currently being tried in the United States for fraud over nearly $ 20 million. Hushpuppi pleaded guilty to money laundering. Hushpuppi claimed that he paid bribes to police commissioner Abba Kyari, known for his high-profile investigations, for arresting one of his former employees. The Nigerian police launched an…

Journalist at RFI, our colleague Sayouba Traoré is also a writer. He is a talented writer, as evidenced by his rich work, consisting of novels, short story collections, poems. Winner of the RFI / ACCT short story competition in 1992, he drew attention to his writing, both ironically and evocatively, which combines clarity and beauty in a simple story. His novels tell the story of the development of his…