Africa

Bamako "protested strongly" on Saturday, July 10, against critical comments against Nigerian President Mohamed Bazoum's coup-led military, saying they were "against friendship and brotherhood" between the two countries. The Nigerian head of state on Friday criticized in Paris the tendency of the colonel in Mali to take power…

After a two-week stay in Kinshasa, Annie Chebeya left the capital of Congo on Friday, July 9th. The widow of the former executive director of the Voice of the Voiceless for Human Rights, murdered on June 1, 2010, had returned to the country after eleven years in exile in Canada. During her stay in Kinshaha, Annie Chebeya…

The lawyers for the opponent Reckya Madougou submitted to the prosecutor at the court for repression of economic crimes and terrorism, on Friday, July 9, a request for the provisional release of their client. Reckya Madougou, a former candidate for the Democratic Party, was unable to run in the April presidential election due to…

With the proposed law on "Congolity", the census project to update the electoral roll, the legal proceedings against politicians (Vital Kamerhe, Matata Ponyo), Lucha says she is concerned about respect for the election calendar. General elections in the DRC. The movement calls for "defending free, open and inclusive elections".…

Representatives of the opposition and civil society were received on Friday, July 9, by the Prime Minister and Chief of Staff of the Central African Presidency, Obed Namsio. Objective: to provoke disagreements over the future committee that will organize the republican dialogue in the country. On June 30, a presidential decree angering the organization of this committee angered the opposition.…

Following the release in early May of 40 people detained since the October 2020 demonstrations around Guinea's presidential election, Amnesty International recalls that 57 detainees, arrested under the same circumstances, are still behind bars. NGOs demand respect for their rights and for criminal proceedings. "Despite these…

Against the production of vaccines against Covid-19 in Senegal. An agreement was signed on Friday 9 July with several partners, European countries, the World Bank and the United States, to finance the first phase of the project. A factory that should start production in 2022, when Africa now imports 99% of its vaccine needs.…

Several rankings of the best universities in the world are unanimous in placing Cape Town and Wits in South Africa at the forefront of Africa. These top 10 overlap with nuances, depending on selection criteria, and do not include any French-speaking country. Only the University of Cape Town in South Africa wins in the league of the 200 best universities in the…

The Delta variant roams the Indian Ocean and threatens Madagascar. It was discovered in Réunion and Mauritius, so the Malagasy government has decided to extend the border closure indefinitely to protect the country. According to the ongoing sequence on the island, the variant has not been discovered in the territory, but the authorities are preparing for this eventuality.…

Some sporadic demonstrations broke out on Friday, July 9, in support of Jacob Zuma, imprisoned for three days. Roads were blocked, cars were targeted and police arrested. The clashes centered around Durban, in the KwaZulu-Natal region where the former president is coming. Despite these few incidents, among figures from South African activism, the arrest of Jacob Zuma is seen as a symbol of good health…