Africa

the recent eruption of the Nyiragongo volcano disrupted access to drinking water in the city of Goma and its surroundings in northern Kivu; the cistern that supplied the city was damaged by lava. The technical teams estimate ten million US dollars, the amount to rehabilitate the damage. During this time, it is difficult for the residents of Goma.…

May 26, the date of the new head of state's traditional investment, exacerbates political tensions as a new president should have taken office. But the head of state, Azali Assoumani, in office since 2016, was able to fight for his own legacy and was re-elected in 2019, following a constitutional amendment, in 2018. The national police were deployed in and around the capital.…

In The Hague, the second day of the hearing in the confirmation of allegations of Ali Abd-Al-Rhaman. This Janjaweed leader is suspected of 31 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity, which are alleged to have been committed between August 2003 and at least April 2004 in Darfur. On Tuesday morning, the legal representatives of the victims spoke. Then it was the defense that was expressed.…

A conviction and acquittal for two men accused of organizing Doudou Faye's trip. This young teenager, who dreamed of becoming a football player, died at sea in October last year during an illegal attempt to go to Spain. A case that aroused strong feelings in the country. And on Tuesday, therefore, the Mbour court sentenced a man who was considered a smuggler.…

The ruling party has always been an ally of the Palestinian cause, in its fight against Israel, described as an apartheid regime. In May 2018, South Africa withdrew its ambassador from Tel Aviv and demoted the embassy to a simple contact office. Within the ANC's leadership, some activists are demanding to move on and break diplomatic ties with Tel Aviv. They were almost 200 gathered in front of the…

According to Reuters, soldiers have entered a camp for displaced people in Shire, in western Tigray. They are said to have beaten and stripped civilians before taking hundreds of them. The conflict that has been going on since November has cost thousands of lives. But also significant damage. In the Negash, the El Nejashi Mosque, one of the most important Muslim sites in Africa, was bombed and looted.…

Like the rest of the world, the South African economy has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. The country most affected by Covid-19 on the continent was already struggling to renew its economic model even before the pandemic. The health crisis has therefore stopped the recovery work. A fatal blow? President Cyril Ramaphosa still hopes to rectify the situation, especially thanks to a recovery…

Almost 200 guests are in Lomé as of this Wednesday to discuss the new currency, the eco, which was decided on December 21, 2019 in Abidjan by the French and Ivorian presidents, Emmanuel Macron and Alassane Ouattara. as reported from Lomé, Peter Sassou DogbéIt is expected that this currency will eventually replace the CFA franc…

"An unacceptable coup": European leaders "strongly condemned the arrest of Mali's president and his prime minister," Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday at the end of a European summit in which France called for an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council. "We are ready to take the targeted sanctions against the main characters,…

Three days now after the eruption of Nyiragongo, violent repeated earthquakes continue to shake Goma. A building has also partially collapsed this Tuesday, May 25 in the morning. A crack a few centimeters wide but several hundred meters long divided the land in the western part of the city. A climate of panic continues to reign in place.…