Africa

The Arab League's foreign ministers gathered in Doha, Qatar on Tuesday for an extraordinary summit. In addition to the summit, a meeting was held, at the request of Sudan and Egypt, on the great Ethiopian Renaissance dam, the second filling phase of which will begin next month. And the member states have spoken unanimously in support of Khartoum and Cairo and for UN intervention.…

Independent candidates came second in the June 12 parliamentary elections. They won 78 seats out of 407 in parliament. But are those who won for President Tebboune rolling? The broad participation of young independents was encouraged by President Abdelmadjid Tebboune in several of his speeches. The Election Act has been…

A Nigerian soldier was killed on Tuesday (June 15) during fighting in the "three borders" area of ​​Mali. Three other soldiers were injured: another Nigerian soldier and two French soldiers from the Barkhane force. This collision occurred on Tuesday, June 15, in the In Araban sector of Mali, southwest of Ménaka, in Liptako, a…

Congolese and Ugandan presidents Félix Tshisekedi and Yoweri Museveni met at the border between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda on Wednesday, June 16. A meeting with a strong financial interest, but also a security meeting. The two heads of state begin renovation work on the roads that connect the two countries.…

At least 15 people were killed last Thursday during clashes between shepherds and farmers in northeastern Central Africa, near the border with Chad, we were told on Tuesday 15 June. This is one of the most violent incidents recorded for many years in a region where such conflicts between farmers and herdsmen are recurring. It…

The family of a South African man whose girlfriend reportedly gave birth to 10 children last week concluded in a statement released on Tuesday that they do not exist until proven otherwise. Last week, local media reported that Gosiame Sithole, 37, had delivered ten children - seven boys and three girls - by caesarean section at an undiscovered hospital in the capital Pretoria. But Tebogo Tsotetsi's family, the "father", said in a statement that he had confirmed to them that he had not seen the children and had trusted his…

Laurent Gbagbo is expected tomorrow Thursday 17 June in Côte d'Ivoire. The former president makes his comeback after a ten-year absence and three months after he was definitively acquitted by the International Criminal Court. After long discussions about the reception format, things become clearer even if some questions remain.…

To equip itself with the most important infrastructures that are so much lacking in development, Africa is turning more and more towards the private sector. Latest example in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Australian metal magnate Andrew Forrest is now portrayed as the future builder of the Inga Mega Pond. A disproportionate…

After a six-month shortage between Kenya and Somalia, diplomatic relations resumed following a silent exchange of letters between the two foreign ministries. On Saturday, June 12, Mogadishu had signaled that they wanted to open their respective embassies again. An invitation accepted on Monday, June 14 by Nairobi, which even speaks of a recovery "as soon as possible".…

The head of a human trafficking ring, Tewelde Goitom, was sentenced to 18 years in prison on Monday by a court in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. This Eritrean nickname "Walid" had been at the head of a gang of smugglers and a detention center in Libya between 2014 and 2018, where crimes were committed daily against African migrants.…