Africa

While the Central African Republic has 80% of Christians, this year the Easter weekend is celebrated gloomily with the Covid-19 pandemic and this new armed conflict launched in December 2020 by the rebels of the Coalition of Patriots for Change (CPC). as reported from Bangui, FLorence MoriceAt the entrance to the cathedral, mask…

The new Prime Minister of Niger is known, it is Ouhoumoudou Mahamadou, a man in seraglio by ex-president Issoufou Mahamadou. He has been a member of the PNDS Political Bureau for thirty years. He will direct the actions of the future government, which will be appointed in a few days. Ouhoumoudou Mahamadou, 66, has a master's…

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the Bangui authorities to restore access to two Central African news sites, which have been suspended since February last year, by decision of the Minister of Post and Telecommunications. These are the "Corbeaux News" and "Le Tsunami" websites. In a statement dated February 16, which RFI…

In a press release published on Friday, April 2, at the initiative of some thirty organizations, the reduction of the cocoa price to the producer by 25% is seen as a step towards a global multi-actor dynamic aimed at fairer regulation in the sector to get more yields for producers. The Coffee and Cocoa Council (CCC) has…

Under Omar Bongo, René Ndemezo'o Obiang was several times Minister and Government Spokesman. He slammed the party door in 2015 and created his own party to support Jean Ping, Ali Bongo's challenger during the 2016 presidential election. René Ndemzo'o Obiang now calls on all managers to return to CEO. as reported from…

One week after a first presidential speech broadcast on national television due to the second wave of Covid-19 hitting the island, Republican President Andry Rajoelinas spoke a second time last night to announce that the measures were intensified. If storage is not on the agenda, a health condition has been declared for two weeks.…

The Union of Humanist Democrats (UDH-Yuki) led by Guy-Brice Parfait Kolélas, Congolese opponent swept away by Covid-19 on March 22 the day after the presidential election, published on Saturday, April 3, its partial results of this election giving it a big lead in front of President Denis Sassou Nguesso, declared the winner through the official preliminary results.…

Dozens of young people, at the request of a civic movement Véranda Mutshanga's pressure group, went about 45 km in search of suspected ADF fighters, suspected of being perpetrators of several attacks on civilians and the DRC's armed forces. These young people believe that the army is not doing its job. Popular justice raises fears of abundance.…

When art is mixed with politics. The exhibition "Pacte Mali" was launched yesterday at Galerie Medina in Bamako. It will last a month in the Malian capital. The artists are exhibiting works that illustrate their greatest concern at the moment. And this while a revision of the constitution was announced exactly by the transitional authorities. An exhibition in the form of civic engagement.…

In a televised speech ahead of National Day, Macky Sall promised to stay "in line with the country's deep impulses", while the opposition accuses the government of being deaf to the age-old demands, starting with the youth. as reported from Dakar, Thea OllivierSenegal celebrates its 61st anniversary of independence on April 4.…