Africa

More than 50 people were killed in two separate attacks on villages in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo during one of the worst violent nights the area has seen in at least four years, the Kivu Security Tracker (KST) research group said on Monday. The army and a local civil rights group blamed the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), an extremist armed group, for looting the village of Tchabi and a camp for displaced people near Boga, another village. Both are close to Uganda's border. Albert…

Fatou Bensouda met with authorities and representatives of communities that are victims of the genocide. The Gambian lawyer is close to ending her term, but she continues to urge the transitional government to hand over to her suspects accused by the ICC of crimes committed in Darfur. With our regional correspondent in Nairobi,…

A Koran school in the state of Niger in the north-central part of the country was attacked by armed men on Sunday, May 30, 2021. The school accommodates more than 200 students and no results are yet known. According to a statement from the local police, armed men arrived on motorcycles and attacked the Salihu Tanko Koranic…

Incidents at the border between Chad and Central Africa could turn into a diplomatic crisis. The Chadian Foreign Minister issued a statement on Sunday, May 30 to Monday, May 31, 2021, accusing the Central African Armed Forces of attacking an outpost of the army in a "predetermined and planned" manner. . Ndjamena talks about a…

The preliminary results of the elections on 23 May 2021 in the Central African Republic were announced on Sunday evening in the Central African Republic by the National Election Authority. A total of 50 places were at stake. President Touadéra's party is consolidating its relative majority, but is still far from an absolute majority.…

Protesters marched on the streets of Addis Ababa on Sunday, May 30, 2021, to condemn US sanctions against Ethiopian and Eritrean officials. Washington is concerned about human rights abuses during the Tigray War. RFI was able to document a massacre perpetrated by the Eritreans, the allies of the Ethiopian troops. In Goda, soldiers led residents around a bottle factory. They performed them on the…

The construction of the Amath-Dansokho Regional Hospital in Kédougou is part of a policy of better access to health care. Three other hospitals have been opened in Touba, Kaffrine and Sédhiou at a total cost of approximately CFA 97 billion (EUR 147.7 million). After more than two years of work, Kédougou Hospital is coming to free the population and healthcare staff, although there are some fears and issues left. The large white buildings at the new hospital with 150 beds denote the red laterite road that stretches several…

"While the war against the jihadists in the north and in the center of Mali is still far from winning, the military once again intervened in the political game in Bamako. notes Le Monde Africa. On August 18, 2020, the same group of five colonels, already led by Assimi Goïta, forced President IBK to resign. Nine months later, the scenario was repeated with the interim president. The story seems to stem and the international…

Candied sugar bread from pineapple, bléfoutou flour, brown sugar and palm wine-based liqueur: these are the ingredients for adapting a great British classic to the Beninese sauce: crumbs. A recipe where only butter is imported; all other ingredients are produced in Benin. This morning, Sandra Idossou invites you to her kitchen for the first recipe in a series that we find every week in "La Vie ici".…

A gift that is part of the Covax initiative in which the country is involved. According to the program planned by the Ministry of Health, vaccination is scheduled to start in the first week of June and will affect healthcare professionals, people living with morbidity and pilgrimage to Mecca. as reported from Ouagadougou, Yaya…