Africa

Rally for Democracy and Development (RDD), an allied party fighting for the late opponent Guy-Brice Parfait Kolélas, appealed to the Constitutional Court on Monday, March 29, to cancel the March 21 presidential election, the preliminary results of which were won by President Denis Sassou. Nguesso who has collected 36 years in the country's head. "Our appeal has been approved by the court. Now we are waiting for what the judges will decide in the coming days, says Jean-Jacques Serge Yhombi Opango, leader of RDD who…

Nearly nine years after the burial of Timbuktu's tombs and five years after their reconstruction, the inhabitants have regained their religious treasures, inseparable from the very identity of "333 holy cities." From our special correspondent in Timbuktu, A few steps from Djingareyber's large mosque, the gates to a cemetery. On the sandy ground, sober sign shows the places of the graves. In the middle, three mausoleums of light stone rise by about two meters. Alpha Ibrahim Ben Essayouti, Deputy Imam of…

In Burkina Faso, Apollinaire Compaoré, the president of the employer, is he involved in smuggling to finance terrorist groups? In any case, this is the conclusion of five journalists from four countries, including Burkina Faso, after an investigation as part of the reporting project on organized crime and corruption. According…

The Islamic State group claims responsibility for the attack on Palma, in the province of Cabo Delgado, in northern Mozambique. An attack that, according to the authorities in Maputo, would have killed dozens of people and caused the flight of thousands of refugees since Wednesday. The jihadist organization that the Mozambican Islamist group Ansar al-Sunna has joined claims that he "controls the coastal city", a few kilometers from the French Total gas mega project, a project that has been suspended again since…

A Kenyan radio station has been in turmoil since last week. Three animators were interrupted and then fired after, to say the least, shocking comments to a woman, subjected to gender-based violence. The three men suggested that a young Kenyan woman may be partly responsible for his assault. These comments sparked an uproar in the country. Wednesday morning, the show "Lift Off" takes place on Homeboyz Radio. Three animators, Shafie Weru, Neville Musya and DJ Joe Mfalme, evoke the case of a young woman, seriously injured,…

In the fight against Covid-19, up to 400 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine will be delivered to African Union countries. This was announced by the American pharmaceutical giant on Monday, March 29. Delivery of these vaccines by Johnson & Johnson is expected to begin as early as September, when the virus has killed more than 120,000 people on the continent and infected nearly 4.2…

La Grande Île paid tribute to its former president Didier Ratsiraka, before being buried in Antananarivo's mausoleum. The funeral procession of the former president stopped at the end of the morning at Iavoloha State Palace, a palace he had also built in 1975. An official ceremony with the current head of state, Didier Ratsiraka's family, relatives, members of his AREMA party and the diplomatic corps…

The Basketball Africa League plans to play its very first season from 16 to 30 May 2021 in Kigali. The Basketball Africa League, created by the NBA and the International Federation (FIBA), was to start in March 2020 but had to give up due to the Covid pandemic. This time it's right? Will the Basketball Africa League (BAL)…

The joint force of the G5 Sahel, but also the Barkhane force, will therefore, from today, be able to benefit from significant military support to armed terrorist groups. This battalion was eagerly awaited in the central Sahel zone. The news was confirmed to RFI on Monday by the head of the G5 Sahel Joint Force, General Oumarou…

In Mozambique, Palma, a small port city in Cabo Delgado, the victim of a coordinated attack by a jihadist group active in the province for more than three years. The group, which calls itself local Al-Shabab, launched its attack on Wednesday and took control of the city on Friday night. The number of accidents among the inhabitants is uncertain. Since Wednesday, there are thousands fleeing the area…