Africa

It is an angry man who is this Thursday morning, May 13, Africa guest in RFI. Former Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, whose homes have just been visited by investigators looking for "ill-gotten gains". The former head of state claims that he is a victim of legal harassment and says that we are trying to silence him. He is a guest of Laurent Correau. .

For the reason that starting of November, the battle has continued in northern Ethiopia. The province of Tigray is affected by violence and though a lot of the area is managed by the Ethiopian federal troops, supported by the Eritrean military, the Tigrayan forces are persevering with the combat. The end result is that Tigray's economic system is half mast, the inhabitants are present process…

Congolese head of state Denis Sassou Nguesso appointed a new prime minister on Wednesday, May 12. Anatole Collinet Makosso, 56, was a former education minister. He replaces Clément Mouamba in office since 2016 and resigned on May 5 after President Sassou Nguesso's new five-year term. as reported from Brazzaville, Loïcia…

A brand new setback within the political disaster that Somalia goes via. On Might 8, the federal authorities rejected the appointment of former Ghanaian President John Mahama as Particular Envoy to the African Union. The latter was given a mandate final week to participate in discussions between political forces and the federated states, in battle with the outgoing president Mohamed Farmajo, whose…

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Brazzaville has simply hosted the fifth version of the Worldwide Exhibition of Innovation and Expertise, Osiane. It has been an exhibition for a lot of corporations, together with start-ups which were hit laborious by the well being disaster. These corporations offered their merchandise or established partnerships. With regard to the organizers, the general public authorities demand acceptable digital…

A million silos for West Africa and the Sahel is the brand new initiative led by the FAO, the United Nations Meals and Agriculture Group. Silos and warehouses are essential for regulating costs and making certain meals safety, however the area is struggling to realize its ambitions on this space. The announcement by the FAO is,…

In Burkina Faso, as yearly, the celebration of the tip of the month of Ramadan shall be celebrated with the household. As typical, Muslims share the meal with their brothers and neighbors of different religions. However with the results of the safety and well being disaster, the celebration won't be overjoyed. Costs have risen within the markets. Merchants and prospects complain concerning the state…

The French president despatched a letter to his Benin counterpart on Wednesday, Could 12. Emmanuel Macron sends his greatest needs to Patrice Talon, as nicely as to the folks of Benin, virtually a month after the affirmation of his re-election of the Constitutional Courtroom. France confirms that it stands by Benin in a number of areas and stresses the necessity for a dialogue with all actors after the…

Ivorian Protection Minister Téné Birahima Ouattara, who was appointed simply over a month in the past, has simply accomplished a regional tour that took him to Ouagadougou and Bamako. Côte d'Ivoire has been combating jihadism since 2016 and has been concerned in two assaults in a single yr in Kafolo, close to the Burkinabè border, which killed a whole of about twenty individuals. Ivory Coast…