Africa

MMA world champion Israel Adesanya is not afraid of anything, let alone clearly show his ambitions. Less than three weeks after his success at UFC 263, New Zealander of Nigerian descent talks to RFI about his connection to Africa and the future of MMA on the continent. RFI: In April last year, Dana White, head of the MMA Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) league,…

In Ethiopia, the situation in Tigray is still changing, while the federal army has withdrawn and the Tigrayan uprising has now recaptured much of the province ... But on the side of the other controversial actor in the war, Eritrea, silence is total. Eritrean troops, accused of several crimes, have withdrawn to the border. According to several observers, the front line between the Tigrayans and Eritrea…

First response from the Ethiopian government after Tigray's Defense Forces (TDF) takeover of Tigray. In Addis Ababa, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and his government are minimizing losses. According to him, his troops left Tigray of their own free will and to look at new priorities. as reported from Addis Ababa,Noé Rochet-BodinThe…

The Democratic Republic of Congo is today marking the 61st anniversary of its independence from Belgium. In a lengthy interview with Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi's Jeune Afrique, after half an hour, the head of state looks back on his break with Joseph Kabila, his ambitions for the next two and a half years and the next presidential election.…

In a new video, the Islamic State of West Africa (Iswap), the Islamic State's arm for Boko Haram, claims that Abubakar Shekau's group has joined its ranks. Is this really the case? For Vincent Foucher, a researcher at the International Crisis Group, signals point in this direction, but still deserve to be refined. Six weeks…

A campaign was officially launched on Tuesday, June 29, to demand the release of 500 people arrested in Cameroon in connection with the September 2020 demonstrations, at the request of the opposition movement for the Cameroon Renaissance (MRC). The coalition, which is launching the campaign, claims that 125 of them are still being held today.…

On June 30, South Africa commemorates the official abolition thirty years ago of all the segregationist laws introduced by the racist regime when it came to power in 1948. The triumph of multi-party democracy is the result of the struggle of political activists but also of intellectuals and writers. Return with the author Ivan Vladislavic on the opposition of intellectuals to apartheid.…

In Dakar, an official ceremony took place on Tuesday, June 29 to launch the next Fespaco, which will take place from October 16 to 23 in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Senegal is the guest of honor at the 27th edition of the Pan-African Film and Television Festival. Originally scheduled for February, this major cultural event has been postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.…

About forty political parties confirmed their alliance with the Patriotic Salvation Movement (MPS), the party founded by Idriss Déby Itno, during a press conference on Tuesday, June 29. A strong support for this party which remained in power for 30 years and which now has to reconsider its strategy without its founders. Other allies surrendered, however.…

The daily Addis Standardconfirms it: TDF, Tigray Defense Forces, took back the city of Mekelelundi, during the shouts of joy and the songs of the inhabitants. A little earlier, the Ethiopian newspaper details, the provincial administration of the province had seen its request for a ceasefire accepted by the federal government. A unilateral ceasefire, which is officially prescribed to allow farmers in the region to begin…