The curtain fell this Saturday, July 10, in Kinshasa on the third day of the States General on Mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo. They make up the bulk of the country's exports, but do not earn enough in the treasury. More than a hundred recommendations came out of this meeting, written by the hundred participants, the authorities and the managers of mining companies, to make the mining sector…

It is a hunt that keeps Kenya in suspense. Police officer Caroline Kangogo has been wanted by her colleagues for seven days now. She is suspected of having shot two men to death on July 5 and 6. The 34-year-old has been on the run since then. The Kenyan authorities may well have mobilized significant human resources, Caroline Kangogo is still traceable to this day.…

I think he was the last critical journalist through his leaders where he criticized power, corruption, the management of the health crisis ... Samir Bouaziz, RSF Advocacy Officer for North Africa .

Ethiopia's ruling prosperous party on Saturday was declared the winner of last month's national election in a landslide, guaranteeing a second five-year term for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. The Ethiopian National Electoral Commission said the ruling party won 410 seats out of 436 in the federal parliament, which will see dozens of other seats left vacant after a fifth of constituencies did not vote due to unrest or logistical reasons. Ethiopia's new government is expected to form in October. Abiy on…

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…