Africa

118 constituencies are called to vote in the by-elections on Sunday, March 14th. Second round for 49 constituencies, while 69 will vote again because they were prevented or the vote canceled during the 1st round on 27 December. In fact, the armed groups that controlled the two-thirds of the country had severely disrupted the vote by intimidation, ransacked polling stations, burned polls. This time,…

New dismissal in the ranks of pro-Kabila. Former Prime Minister Augustin Matata Ponyo announced this morning that he was leaving the PPRD and the FCC for, he wrote, reasons for personal convenience. This departure is commented on in all directions in political circles in the DRC. as reported from Kinshasa, Commander Muzembe…

Goodwill Zwelithini died at the age of 72 after a long hospital stay with diabetes. King of Zulu since 1971, he was South Africa's most influential monarch. A king without power but with moral authority for 12 million South Africans. as reported from Johannesburg, Romain SongHis words counted. King Goodwill Zwelithini did not…

Nigerian gunmen have taken an unspecified number of students from a college in a northwestern state, local police said on Friday in the latest abduction against schools. The suspected kidnapping gang stormed the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization in Mando, Kaduna, around 1 p.m. 21.30 (20:30 GMT) on Thursday and shot indiscriminately and took students hostage. The university is said to have about 300 male and female students - mostly 17 years and older - at the time of the attack, but it was not…

The Ivorian prime minister died on Wednesday, March 10, in Germany, from cancer. Ivorians will be able to pay tribute to him next week in Abidjan and Séguéla. as reported from Abidjan, Pierre PintoThe deadly remains of Hamed Bakayoko will be repatriated this Saturday, March 13, in Côte d'Ivoire at a time yet to be revealed.…

Musa Hilal has been released, the leader of the infamous Janjaweed, Arab militias accused of committing atrocities in Darfur received a pardon. Pardon granted by Sovereign Council, the institution overseeing the transition in Sudan. Musa Hilal remains under UN sanctions and accused of serious crimes in Darfur. With our…

The head of state had declared a day of national mourning on Thursday in tribute to the victims of the demonstrations: 10 died according to a government source, 11 according to the Movement for the Defense of Democracy (M2D). The movement calls for a day of prayer this Friday. Meeting relatives of a young high school student killed during these demonstrations.…

After being close to death due to lack of electricity, Sandrine Mubenga decided to become an energy specialist. Since last year, she has headed the Electricity Regulatory Authority of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Toledo in the state of Ohio, Sandrine Mubenga today shares her life between the United States and his native Congo-Kinshasa.…

In northern Mali, among the Minusma contingents most exposed to terrorist acts, there is Chad, based in Aguelhoc, in the Kidal region. A dangerous area that the UN peacekeeping forces are determined to secure. With our special correspondent in Aguelhoc, Serge DanielA convoy of armored vehicles, driven and secured by Chadian…

An entire country mourns its prime minister, Hamed Bakayoko, who died at the age of 56. In the kiosks, tribute continues and grows.Just one number that takes measurements of grief and sorrow in Ivory Coast: the number eleven. It is the sides, nothing less, that the daily L'Intelligent d'Abidjan dedicates to Hamed Bakayoko this morning, who has a total of twelve!As pointed out in an independent newspaper Inter, Ivorians are "in shock". Close to power, the daily…