Africa

In a video broadcast this Saturday night, March 27, the leader of Somali radical Islamists called on the Shebabs to strike "American and French interests" in Djibouti. The appeal was lodged within two weeks the presidential election in Djibouti. In a video released on Saturday night, Somali Sheba's chief Abu Obaida Ahmad Omar attacks President Ismaël Omar Guelleh, in power since 1999, seeking a fifth term, which he is likely to win, in the April 9 vote. Ismaël Omar Guelleh "transformed Djibouti into a military base…

No involvement but "heavy and overwhelming responsibility" in the genocide of the Tutsis. This is the conclusion of the Duclert report on France's role in Rwanda between 1990 and 1994. A document delivered on Friday 26 March to Emmanuel Macron. This report, written by a commission of historians led by Vincent Duclert, points to Paris' "blindness" to the genocide of the "racist, corrupt and violent" regime of Hutu President Juvénal…

The former Madagascar's head of state, Didier Ratsiraka, died on Sunday morning, March 28, at the age of 84. The announcement was made on his Facebook page. He had been president of Madagascar twice, from 1975 to 1993, then from 1997 to 2002. The naval officer, nicknamed "the Red Admiral" for his socialist policies, had been in hospital earlier this week for a routine check-up. .…

Following the announcement of Congolese justice on Thursday, on the launch of an investigation into General John Numbi, the former police chief suspected of sponsoring this double murder of Floribert Chebeya and Fidèle Bazana from the NGO's voiceless voice in 2010, legal proceedings are back to normal. development. This is stated by the magistrates at the Kinshasa Military Prosecutor's Office. as reported from Kinshasa, Kamanda wa Kamanda Muzembe General John Numbi was invited to appear on March 17, but he…

After being taken into care at a hospital in Bamako, a woman who was pregnant with septuplates, with the help of the government, was to leave Bamako this Saturday, March 27, for a medical evacuation in Morocco, but at the last minute she did not start again. Malia's Minister of Health and Social Development, Dr. Fanta Siby, was himself at the airport to organize the departure of the young woman who was pregnant with septum spots. A Malian doctor would even accompany him. All arrangements were made. But at the last…

A real Desert Locust epidemic is destroying East Africa for the second year in a row. The flying insect reproduces exponentially and tens of millions of locusts devour fields that are grown for food. You could hear the rain falling. It is, in fact, a cloud of locusts that fell on a cultural field and devoured everything in its path. A desert-jumped swarm amounts to several million and last year, during the crisis in East Africa, a swarm as large as Luxembourg was seen. The first signs of this air and cyclical terror in…

Following the failure of the October 2020 presidential election, the Union of Democratic Forces in Guinea (UFDG), the largest opposition party, is trying to mobilize its militants again. On Saturday, March 27, he organized his second virtual general assembly, unable to gather his supporters at his headquarters, closed by security forces since October. Since the presidential election, the party had been almost silent and withdrew from the political scene. At the microphone, a speaker gives the floor to a few hand-picked…

After the Catholic bishops, the Protestants raise their voices against any postponement of the 2023 election. The Church of Christ of the Congo (ECC), the second largest religious denomination in the country, was unveiled on Saturday, March 27 in Kinshasa, its roadmap in the presence of elected officials and civil society activists . For Protestants, it is a real race against time that must begin now to hold elections in time. as reported from Kinshasa, Pascal Mulegwa Time passes and the tone of the Protestant…

Kenya is facing a third wave of Covid-19 contamination. A total of 2,104 people have died in Kenya since the pandemic began. 1152 new cases have been identified in the last 24 hours. In an effort to curb the spread of the virus, President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday announced a series of new measures that will take effect overnight from Friday to Saturday. as reported from Nairobi,Albane Thirouard The capital Nairobi and four neighboring counties are under protection. Prohibition to enter or leave. In these areas, the…

Following the priority goals, vaccination against Covid-19 has been extended to everyone who presents to the various health centers. As of March 27, 225,309 people have been vaccinated across the country since the campaign began on February 23. While the country has received just over 700,000 doses in total, the question then arises of a future shortage of stock. The national stocks of the Department of Prevention and Supply Pharmacy are empty. All doses of Sinopharm and AstraZeneca vaccines were distributed in cold rooms…