Africa

End on Saturday in Accra at the summit of heads of state and government in ECOWAS member countries. The situation in Mali occupied some of the debates. The meeting noted the progress made by the transitional authorities, but there is no doubt at the moment to repeal the repeal measure that has plagued Mali since the recent coup.…

The opposition and the majority discussed the security situation, national reconciliation and the organization of the next election. The three discussions failed to agree on the strategy to be implemented to limit attacks by armed groups. as reported from Ouagadougou, Yaya BoudaniBoth sides acknowledged that Burkina Faso is…

Guinea this time very quickly overcame the Ebola virus disease that reappeared in the southern part of the country in February last year. National health authorities quickly implemented the response with the support of the WHO and its partners and built on the expertise gathered in the fight against Ebola in the country between 2013 and 2016.…

Established as a national park 19 years ago, access to the Pongara reserve has been banned for poachers and conservation efforts are bearing fruit. Elephants, buffaloes and even hippos are back. From our special correspondent in Pongara,Before the tours must meet the wildlife of Pongara, tourists must follow the mandatory…

According to our information, Almahmoud ag Baye, alias Ikarey, was neutralized on Tuesday, June 15, in a town southwest of Ménaka, in northeastern Mali. The French and Nigerian armies carried out several counter-terrorism operations last week in this Malian region bordering Niger. An offensive that also resulted in the arrest of four other EIGS executives.…

While Laurent Gbagbo returned to the Ivory Coast on Thursday, June 17, his former co-accused is still on hold. Charles Blé Goudé was acquitted of the same number of crimes against humanity on March 31 by the ICC, but still resides in the Netherlands. But he hopes to soon be able to set foot on Ivorian soil. Charles Blé Goudé…

Hospitals crowded with patients and successive peaks of new cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo, "the third wave of Covid-19" worries the political and health authorities. At the end of the Council of Ministers' meeting on Friday 18 June around the President and the Prime Minister, a video conference adopted new restrictions. No containment, but the measures are strong and affect all social…

We will vote on Monday 21 June in Ethiopia, but not the whole country will go to the polls. Many constituencies will not participate in the election, especially those in the Tigray region, which has been at war since November. With our special return agent from Mekele, Sebastien nemethBetween blackouts, the Internet declining…

The by-elections on Monday, June 21, will be a first election for the Welfare Party, Abiy Ahmed's party, founded in December 2019. As Ethiopia becomes embroiled in a war and a humanitarian crisis in Tigray, the prime minister is trying to consolidate his grip on power. The bulbs are visible everywhere in the roundabouts and…

The end of Guinea's second Ebola outbreak was officially announced on Saturday by the World Health Organization (WHO). The outbreak began on February 14. "I have the honor to declare the end of Ebola" in Guinea, said WHO official Alfred Ki-Zerbo at a ceremony in the southeastern Nzerekore region where the disease occurred in late January. It was the second such outbreak in the poor country of 13 million people since the devastating Ebola epidemic of 2013-2016 in West Africa, which left 11,300 dead in…