Africa

He was the last surviving freedom fighter. The father of Zambia's independence Kenneth Kaunda died on June 17, two weeks ago, at the age of 97. Zambia held its national funeral today in the presence of many leaders and representatives of the continent who had come to honor its memory. With our special correspondent in Lusaka,…

The northern province has been bloodied since November by a conflict that opposes the federal power in Addis Ababa, backed by the Eritrean army and militias of the Amhara ethnic group, and turned the former TPLF power into an armed group. . For a week now, the TPLF launched the offensive and took back a large majority of Tigray. The humanitarian situation is extremely difficult and many suspect Addis…

On Friday, July 2, 2021, the French Minister of Defense Florence Parly confirmed Allyhmoud ag Baye's death, aka Ikarey. Two weeks ago, the RFI announced the death of this cadre of Islamic State in Greater Sahara during a joint operation between the French and Nigerian armies and the European workforce Takouba in June in the Menaka region. Five other jihadists were neutralized and two relatives of Abu…

Eswatini, formerly known as Swaziland and one of the world's few absolute monarchies, has called for calm and restraint as the largest democratic demonstrations in several years shook the South African kingdom.Protesters demand democratic reforms and accuse King Mswati III, who has ruled the small mountain nation for more than 30 years as an absolute monarch, of oppression. Rights groups accuse the royal family, including the king's 15 wives, of having a lavish lifestyle while many of the country's 1.1 million people live…

Burundi celebrated this Thursday, July 1, the 59th anniversary of its independence. Among the prominent guests are Central African President Faustin-Archange Touadéra, but especially Rwanda's Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente. This is the first visit by a Rwandan head of state or government to Burundi since the deterioration of relations between the two neighbors in the mid-2010s.…

The Nigerian president is spending his first official trip to the insecure Diffa region. After visiting the soldiers, he will go this Friday, July 2, to the village of Baroua, where the people have abandoned their village for six years due to repeated attacks by Boko Haram. as reported from Niamey, Moussa KakaInstead of the No.…

Beninese justice sentenced a man on Tuesday, June 29, to 12 months in prison, including six months in prison, for "assault and battery" on three transgender people. This crime was perpetuated due to a lack of provisions in the penal code that punish "transphobia". On the night of April 30, at a birthday party in Cotonou, a group of people attacked three guests. These transgender women are attacked, beaten and naked. Only one of the attackers showed up at the hearing, his accomplices are on the run. .

One year after the presentation on the half cycle, the project reforming the Anti-Corruption Poles Act (PAC) was finally adopted by the National Assembly on the evening of Wednesday 30 June. At second reading, MEPs approved the text after the Senate had tabled two amendments. A reform that has been repeatedly criticized by civil society for which the text would weaken jurisdiction.…

Threats to a third wave of coronavirus, so India's main vaccine supplier to the Covax system is not expected to resume deliveries until the autumn, a new wave that promises to be more powerful than before. More than 200,000 cases were reported last week on the continent. The Director of WHO Africa was concerned this Thursday, July 1, in particular the presence of the Delta variant, which was detected in almost all cases of…

Coronavirus that causes Covid-19 has already mutated a lot since it appeared in late 2019 in China. In addition to the original source, known as "wild" that will spread throughout the world by 2020, more infectious variants, sometimes more dangerous or even that may partially escape vaccination, have emerged. The World Health Organization (WHO) and governments around the world are therefore closely…