Africa

According to local elected officials, six young Malians were killed on Thursday, March 25, in the northeastern part of the country in a strike that the French force Barkhane described as targeting jihadists. Local notables speak of young hunters killed during persecuting game. They request that an investigation be initiated and that liability be established.…

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While recently launching Rwanda's platform for democracy, a new opposition party not yet registered with the authorities, former university professor Christopher Kayumba is accused of attempted rape and sexual assault. Heard by investigators on Tuesday, March 23, he said he was the subject of disinformation aimed at selling his reputation.…

In Antananarivo, in the middle of the Photo Museum's gardens, is an exhibition run by NGO Blue Ventures dedicated to traditional fishermen. The opportunity to make the inhabitants of the highlands aware of the role of these essential actors in the conservation of marine resources. In view of the lack of marine resources, small Malagasy fishermen have been organized for the last fifteen years to manage…

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) will publish its new red list of endangered animals on Thursday, March 25. It has 37,480 endangered species against 35,765 in December 2020. And African forest elephants now fall into the category of "critically endangered" and "endangered" for savannah elephants. Forest elephants today occupy only a quarter of their original territory.…

The Burundian media in exile in Rwanda silenced for two days by decision of the Rwandan authorities. Some journalists in exile in this country say they have been sacrificed at the altar of political realism, as the two neighboring countries began on the road to normalizing their relations, it was just over six months ago. RPA…

General John Numbi, a former inspector of the army and 80 other non-commissioned military officers currently living in the Katanga region, is called to join Kinshasa. This return to Kinshasa is indefinite. An investigation is currently underway against General John Numbi, the former head of the police force in the case of the murder of human rights defender Floribert Tshebeya.…

In Niger, the interior ministers, defense and humanitarian action went to the scene of the Tillia massacre on Thursday in the Tahoua region, in the north of the country. Several attacks have taken place in the last ten days in the region. All indications are that they would be implemented by the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (EIGS). EIGS has largely expanded its grip on this part of the three…

Despite the fall of the dictatorship, despite peace with several rebel groups in the province of Darfur in October 2020, the latter is experiencing an increase in violence, especially tribal violence. This outbreak is accompanied by the departure of UNAMID. The mission of the UN-African Union ended its mandate on 31 December. The Sudanese force to replace the peacekeepers is not yet ready.…

The novelist Diary Sow participated on Thursday through a video conference in the "Exclusive Feminine Forum" organized by the French Institute in Saint-Louis. His "disappearance" in January 2021 had moved the whole country and aroused a very strong mobilization within the diaspora. When she returned, she had mentioned "an irreversible need to cut the bridges for a moment."…