Africa

Nine days after a group affiliated with the Islamic State captured the city of Palma, the Total group closed its gas station in northeastern Mozambique. The threat was undoubtedly too great for Total. Nine days after the attack on Palma by a jihadist group, a security source told AFP that the group evacuated all staff from…

In Chad, former rebel Abdelkader Baba Laddé announced on Thursday, April 1, that he had joined the head of state, Idriss Déby. The rebel leader, who has disappeared from the radar since he was released from prison, appeared in a meeting with the Chadian president in Bongor in the south of the country. Abdelkader Baba Laddé,…

In Madagascar, the Minister of Health announced on Thursday, April 1, that the country was following the facility for the Covax unit. Meanwhile, the second wave of coronavirus plunges the country into an increasingly serious health crisis, with 15 deaths recorded in 24 hours, on Wednesday 31 March. With our correspondent…

Kinshasa welcomes, from this Saturday, April 3 through Monday, a new round of negotiations around the construction site for the Renaissance dam. The Egyptian, Ethiopian and Sudanese foreign ministers will be present. Ethiopia has been building Africa's largest dam since 2011 on the Nile. Sudan and Egypt in particular fear an impact on their vital water reserves. Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi…

Christian Tumi, Archbishop Emeritus of Douala died on Saturday, April 3, in a hospital in Douala. It was his successor, Monsignor Kléda, who announced it this morning in a press release. The 91-year-old prelate was one of Cameroon's greatest voices and moral authority. In recent years, he has been particularly involved in finding a way out of the crisis in the conflict the country is going through.…

While supporters of Laurent Gbagbo are jubilant, part of the Ivory Coast view is insulted to see the former president definitively acquitted, rehabilitated given the allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity, for which he was indicted. Do you understand the plight of the victims, who saw him as responsible for the prejudices they suffered during the war that took place when he was head of…

In Senegal, the postponement of the local elections last night, Friday, April 2, was voted in the National Assembly. A new deadline has finally been set for 31 January 2022. as reported from Dakar, Charlotte idracIn Senegal, the election of municipal and departmental councils was to be held before the end of March 2021. This is…

The death of Sidiki Abas, leader of one of the most powerful armed groups in the Central African Republic, was formalized by the 3R movement. A very active group within the CPC, which since December has been trying to overthrow Bangui's power. According to this group, he died on March 25 at the health center in the north of the country after injuries. He had been under UN sanctions since September…

Marshal Khalifa Haftar, a strongman in eastern Libya, has been weakened since the summer of 2020 after failing to seize the capital Tripoli, trying to impose another on the Libyan political scene. After his appearance a few days ago, in military fatigue in the midst of his forces, it was in civilian clothes that he turned, on…

Mohamed Bazoum was invested in Niamey on Friday, April 2nd. He succeeds his 30-year-old friend, Mahamadou Issoufou. For the first time since the country's independence, two democratically elected presidents pass the baton. A vision that does not share the political opposition, which continues to challenge the election of Mohamed Bazoum.…