Africa

We now know of 17 of the 24 teams that will play the next African Cup of Nations football (CAN 2021) in January / February 2022 in Cameroon. The Nigerians won their qualifiers for CAN 2021, at the end of the penultimate day of the qualifiers. Qualifiers for the next African Cup of Nations (CAN 2021) ends 28, 29 and 30 March 2021 but we already know that two thirds of the law qualified for this "CAN 2021" . Twelve new teams really won their qualifiers on the penultimate day, which took place from March 23 to 27. THEY…

Martin Ziguélé and Karim Meckassoua, both presidential candidates in December, in the Central African Republic, are in turn banned from leaving the territory by the authorities. They wanted to go to Niger for the inauguration of the new president, Mohamed Bazoum. Authorities on Wednesday, March 24, demanded that opponent Anicet Georges Dologuélé submit a permit from the Ministry of Security before leaving the country, citing "new measures". That is why Martin Ziguélé and Karim Meckassoua wrote to this ministry. Without…

In Mozambique, the port city of Palma, in the northeastern part of the country, fell into the hands of jihadist fighters on Saturday who have promised faith in the Islamic group after several days of fighting. A surprise attack was launched on Wednesday and caused hundreds of people to flee. According to security sources, the fighting in the area continues after all. The situation in Palma is uncertain tonight. But security sources quoted by AFP admit that the city has really fallen into the hands of jihadist commands…

While Paris has decided to facilitate access to the archives of the Algerian war in France, Algerian historians are demanding access to the archives for this period in Algeria. They have just sent an open letter on Thursday, March 25, to the President of the Republic, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, condemning the bureaucratic obstacles to their research.…

The NGO expresses its concern over the fate of those arrested during the walrus off the coast of Côte d'Ivoire between August and October 2020. According to an investigation carried out by Amnesty International last month and announced on Friday 26 March, at least 300 people were jailed between August 2020, start of demonstrations towards the third term'Alassane Ouattara and presidential election in October. Most were recaptured, but are still in custody. "Many do not even have a lawyer, have not seen a judge,"…

For the first time since the conflict began in Tigrayan last November, a team from the UN High Commissioner for Refugees was able to visit the Eritrean refugee camps in the northern Ethiopian region. The UN agency confirms that two of these camps, Shimelba and Hitsats, have been completely destroyed. The 20,000 passengers in the two camps were scattered throughout Ethiopia. The UNHCR must therefore find an urgent solution for thousands of refugees, as Boris Cheshirkov, its spokesman for East Africa, explains. What…

A three-day mourning was declared by Beni's civil society after the attack that killed 6 people on Wednesday, March 24, on Beni-Kasindi Road in North Kivu Province. It was aimed at vehicles transporting goods. Faced with growing uncertainty on this road, truck drivers have gone on strike and are calling for more protection. as reported from Kinshasa, Patient Ligodi The attack was not claimed but was attributed to Ugandan-born ADF insurgents. During the attack, which took place between 8am and 10am, two vehicles were…

Following the presentation of the Duclert report on Friday, March 26, France hopes to strengthen its diplomatic relations with Rwanda. An approach that is in line with Paris' desire to rebuild France's relations with the countries of the African continent. For Kigali, who received the report at the same time as the Élysée, it is an "important step towards a common understanding of France's role in the genocide of the Tutsis". France bears "heavy and overwhelming responsibility" in the events leading up to the genocide in…

After Paris and Cairo, Mohamed el-Menfi, President of the Libyan Presidential Council, visited Ankarace on Friday 26 March. There he met with Turkish Prime Minister Reçep Tayyip Erdogan. A "working meeting", confirms the news agency Anadolu, to "discuss the multi-rooted relations" between the two countries. An official request came to President Reçep Tayyip Erdogan to withdraw Syrian mercenaries as well as Turkish military experts who were present in Tripoli at the end of May 2020. According to a Libyan government…

"Election reforms: the ambiguity of religious denominations". This headline on the front page of Le Potentiel calls for the eight religious denominations officially recognized in the Democratic Republic of Congo and "which, according to this diary, are already active in the appointment of the future leader of the Independent National Electoral Commission". "They demanded in advance profound reforms of the entire electoral system, including a review of the management of the outgoing office," the newspaper added. Le…