Africa

A quarter of the Mauritanian population is still without civil status. A continuing situation that deplores the parliamentarian and human rights activist, President of the Abolitionist Movement (IRA-Mauritania). Biram Dah Abeid on Monday, March 29, called on the authorities to put an end to "statelessness among these Mauritanians in their own country". He went to a registration center in Nouakchott to…

The Faustin-Archange Touadéra will be invested on Tuesday, March 30, for a new five-year term at the helm of the Central African Republic. An investment that the authorities want "worthy and sober", according to the government spokesman, while the country is still in the grip of the conflict started in December and the largest opposition coalition has not recognized the validation of the head of state.…

The Islamic State group claimed responsibility on Monday, March 29, for almost a week of attacks on Palma, a port city in northern Mozambique on the border with Tanzania. The capture of Palma further aggravates the humanitarian situation in the region, as thousands of people, locals and international workers, have been forced to flee. According to the few testimonies that emerge, Palma is now a ghost town. Mozambican security forces have launched an offensive to regain control of the town. taken by the men of the…

The arrival of the new unified commander has not yet changed the security situation in Libya. In both the East and the West, human rights abuses, abductions and arbitrary detentions continue. In recent times, the largest city in eastern Libya has been the scene of an unprecedented series of murders and kidnappings. The new CEO seems powerless in the face of the uncertainty that prevails throughout the country. Since March 18, when a dozen bodies full of bullets strewn across the streets of Benghazi, atrocities have…

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, while arms continue to speak on the high and medium-sized plateaus of Fizi, Uvira and Mwenga in the province of South Kivu, a dialogue began on Monday, March 29, in Kinshasa between the conflict communities, Babembe, Babuyi, Bafuliru, Banyamulenge, Banyindu, Barundi and Bavira. This work, which was hosted by the head of President Felix Tshisekedi's civilian house, is led by the central government in collaboration with NGO Interpeace, which specializes in conflict resolution. Several…

A senior Comorian official is worried about a sexual assault case. The former ambassador to the Comoros in Paris and chief of staff of several foreign ministers was fired from his post as diplomatic adviser on Monday, March 29, after being heard by the gendarmerie for sexually abusing a trainee at the ministry. The case caused an uproar in the archipelago where sexual harassment is extremely taboo, especially in the public sector. Abdallah Mirghane went free Monday morning to the Gendarmerie Research Brigade to be heard…

The first day of negotiations is Monday, March 29, in Paris during the Bouaké bombing. On November 6, 2004, two Ivorian army aircraft landed on a French base in this city in Côte d'Ivoire, killing 10 and wounding 38. The aircraft was piloted by Belarusian mercenaries and aided by Ivorian co-pilots. This day was devoted to the call of witnesses, the reminder of the facts and the first hearings.…

Carriages and horse-drawn carriages are still widely used in rural Senegal, but also in urban areas, for the transport of goods. The government will resume the application of an inter-ministerial decree from the end of 2016, but which has never been implemented. It prescribes "technical visits" for carriages and horse-drawn carriages or even "health visits" for horses.…

The investment of the elected Nigerian President, Mohamed Bazoum, will be held on Friday, April 2. The failed candidate, Mahamane Ousmane, continues to reject the result of the second round of the February 21 presidential election. On Monday, March 29, the leader of the opposition party RDR-Tchanji announced a new legal measure and called on his supporters to demonstrate peacefully from Tuesday.…

Three of the ten presidential candidates in Chad on April 11, who officially withdrew from the electoral process, but were held in the course of the country's highest court, have their names and photos in place on the by-elections handed out to the party. Opponent Saleh Kebzabo, one of these "candidates in spite of himself", as they are called, has launched a bizarre campaign in Mayo-Kebbi East…