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Kinshasa and Kampala do not agree

The Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda will meet again and for ten days before the International Court of Justice. In 2005, the UN Court of Justice had already declared Uganda guilty of interference in the Eastern DRC, occupied by the Ugandan army between 1998 and 2003. Kinshasa and Kampala should have agreed on the amount…

Germaine Ahidjo, former First Lady of Cameroon,

It was in Senegal where she had been in exile for 38 years that Germaine Ahidjo died. She died at the age of 89 and was buried in Yoff Cemetery in Dakar with her husband Ahmadou Ahidjo, the first president of independent Cameroon, who died in 1989. as reported from Dakar, Thea OllivierThe current Cameroonian president Paul Biya…

Chad’s economic development, a major failure

Financially, Idriss Déby will not go into the history of his country as a great builder, nor a development architect. His country is at the bottom of the world rankings for development. The oil rent that started in 2003 has hardly helped the population. 187 out of 189 countries, this is Chad's position in the UN ranking for…

A new front in Ethiopia between Amharas and

A new fireplace for violence in Ethiopia, already destabilized by the war in Tigray and inter-municipal clashes in several provinces. This time it is members of the Ethiopian Federation's two most populous people who are colliding more and more violently: Amharas and Oromos. For several months, an Oromo guerrilla has carried out deadly attacks, especially against Amharas.…

barely formed, CMT is already controversial

In Chad, President Idriss Déby Itno announced the death of a Transitional Military Council (CMT) on April 20, while announcing the repeal of the constitution and the dissolution of the government and parliament. The Transitional Council, which took power in Chad after the death of Idriss Déby Itno, is led by one of the sons of the late president, Lieutenant General Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno. At the age of 37, he became head of state and chief of staff of the armed forces. Until now, he was the head of the famous DGSSEI, a…

Mahamat Idriss Déby, a pure army product

The death of the Chadian head of state Idriss Déby Itno barely announced, a transitional military council of fifteen generals took power for a period of 18 months before, they announce that a "free and democratic election" is being held. Idriss Déby's son, General Mahamat Idriss Déby, is the first of them: a man of power, military but quite discreet.…