Africa

The health authorities have chosen Rosso, in the south, a city on the border with Senegal, to officially start the vaccination in the province on Monday 19 April. As was the case on March 26 in Nouakchott, vaccination operations target medical staff, the elderly and patients with chronic pathologies. as reported from…

Work on the Strategic Orientation Committee began on 19 April in Bamako. This new advisory body, set up on 31 March, aims to support the implementation and implementation of the political and institutional reforms planned by the transitional authorities. as reported from Bamako, Kaourou Magassa"It is true to say that without…

In Gabon, the government no longer wants the gas discovered in the oil fields to be burned. Libreville, which is facing a continuous decline in its oil production, also wants to increase the gas sector to make it a useful resource for the country's development and not a source of pollution as is the case today. From our…

Two Algerian foreign ministers, Sabri Boukadoum, from Foreign Affairs, and Kamel Beldjoud from the Interior Ministry, went to Tripoli on Monday (April 19) at the head of a high-level delegation. It is a working visit that falls within the framework of "the promotion of bilateral relations and the support of Libyan parties in the face of the current challenges," said a statement from the Algerian Foreign Ministry. The possibility for Algiers to withdraw its position in the face of the Libyan crisis. This is Sabri…

On Monday, April 19, the Supreme Court dismissed the Advocate General's appeal and confirmed the abandonment of the proceedings against several personalities, including former Prime Minister Boubou Cissé and radio host Ras Bath, who since December have been accused of plotting a coup. State with mysterious contours against the state. Five of the 7 defendants who have been imprisoned since December have…

Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), launched on Monday, April 19, in Kinshasa, the vaccination campaign against Covid-19. Despite the controversy and controversy that the AstraZeneca vaccine has sparked around the world and the media, the Congolese authorities have kept it for the campaign, after an initial launch, as a precautionary measure. The green light was given during a ceremony, in the absence…

According to preliminary results announced on Monday night by the Independent National Electoral Commission, Chadia's President Idriss Deby Itno was re-elected in the first round of the presidential election. Provisional results without surprise. The head of state met with opposition candidates who demanded a boycott of the vote. The Supreme Court will announce the final results on May 15.…

Conflicts continue in Kanem province, where fighting has already taken place on Saturday afternoon, April 17. Chadia's armed forces have been fighting for a week with rebel columns of facts, Front for Alternation and Concord, for entry into the north of the country from their rear bases in Libya a week ago. In an interview with RFI exclusively, the head of Fact Mahamat Mahadi Ali admitted that his columns had been forced to pursue "a strategic withdrawal". According to our information, the fighting continued on Sunday…

At least 14 civilians and a police officer have died in the latest ethnic violence in Ethiopia's Amhara region, officials said on Monday, increasing to hundreds. Dozens of homes have burned to the ground and thousands of civilians have been displaced since just Wednesday, many of them now housed in schools and stadiums, officials said. The Ethiopian military said on Sunday that it was sending troops to try to calm the situation, which has exacerbated security concerns ahead of the national elections…

France made possible the genocide against Tutsi, a genocide that was nevertheless predictable: here is the main conclusion of the report on the role that France ordered in 2017 by the Rwandan government from a US law firm and was published on Monday 19 April in Kigali. A report which, like that of the Ducler Commission, concludes that the French state has a heavy responsibility, but not that it is…