Africa

UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi is a guest of RFI this Wednesday 7 July. He returns to the various areas of the African continent where the number of refugees is increasing. Concerned about the growing number of internally displaced people, especially in the Sahel, he calls for an increase in political solutions to resolve the conflicts that cause these population movements. .

Malaya Justice issued an international arrest warrant on Monday, July 5, against Karim Keïta, a former deputy and son of ex-president Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta. He is wanted as part of the investigation into the disappearance of a Malian journalist Birama Touré just over five years ago. For five years, the investigations had really not progressed. The case has accelerated in particular thanks to judicial…

In Benin, this Tuesday, July 7, was the first day of the Economic Crimes Tribunal (CRIET) court for the mayor of Abomey-Calavi, the second most important municipality in the south after Cotonou. Georges Bada, an influential member of the Patrice Talon majority, is on trial for a land planning case. He is charged with "abuse of office, fraud and criminal association". With him 28 co-defenders including…

The information was confirmed for RFI, the next G5 Sahel summit will take place on Friday, July 9 via video conference. Emmanuel Macron will attend the meeting. He will have Nigerian President Mohamed Bazoum by his side, who has been invited to the Élysée Palace. The French president should use this summit to specify the future French involvement in the region, one month after the announcement of the…

It's a crazy project. The British Aspinall Foundation plans to reintroduce a herd of elephants into the wild at once. The organization plans to fly 13 pachyderms currently living in southeast England to Kenya. as reported from Naïrobi, Sebastien nemethThe Aspinall Foundation is addressing a challenge that is both biological…

The Cannes Film Festival, the largest film festival in the world, opened its doors on Tuesday night. The world of the 7th art is breathing again, after a canceled 2020 edition and the 2021 edition moved from May to July. We turn our spotlight on Africa's ambassadors. And this year, the continent is better represented than usual.…

France has just classified the DRC in "red" due to an "active circulation of coronavirus" as well as "the presence of a disturbing variant" in the country. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, it is the circulation of the Delta variant that is of particular concern to the French authorities. This decision by France imposes…

In Senegal, cases tested positive for Covid-19 are soaring with 121 new cases registered on Tuesday, July 6, a positivity rate of almost 10%. Authorities warn of "a third wave". During the last Council of Ministers, on Monday 5 July, the head of state demanded that the restrictions on the meetings be limited. The Ministry of Health still trusts vaccination to cope with the pandemic, but the doses are…

For the first time since her husband's return to Côte d'Ivoire on June 17, the former lady speaks in a video posted on her social networks. Simone Gbagbo welcomes this return and asks for further support for reconciliation. Without ever referring to the divorce proceedings initiated by the former president. It's a video of just…

The son of ex-president IBK has been on the run abroad since the coup that overthrew his father in August last year. Before that, Karim Keïta, a former deputy, had already been quoted in the Birama Touré affair, this Malian journalist who had been missing since January 2016. According to the newspaper for which he worked, Le Sphinx, Karim Keïta was involved in this disappearance. On Monday, Malia's…