Africa

Three Nigerian academics kidnapped in third kidnapping. Gunmen on motorcycles stormed a primary school in the northwestern Nigerian state of Kaduna and kidnapped three teachers but no children, a government official said on Monday after the fifth school abduction in three months. It was the first attack on an elementary school in a wave of such attacks in which more than 700 people have been abducted since December, and it comes just four days after 39 students were abducted from the Federal College of Forestry…

Joseph Kignoumbi Kia Mboungou. Head to Congo-Brazzaville, and start on Monday, March 15, our series of interviews dedicated to the presidential candidates on March 21, that is, next Sunday. Seven candidates are underway and RFI is giving them the floor. We start with Joseph Kignoumbi Kia Mboungou, independent candidate. He has already presented himself in 2002, 2009 and 2016. He is thus trying his luck again for the fourth time, while expressing fear of "biased" choices. He answers Florence Morice's questions. “Politics…

Libya funding of the brand new authorities.Libyan Prime Minister Abdel Hamid Dbeibah and his government for national unity, which are to steer the transition until the elections scheduled for December 24, were sworn in on Monday, March 15. Abdel Hamid Dbeibah was appointed on charges of corruption more than a month ago, on February 5, as part of a UN-sponsored political process to lift Libya out of a decade of chaos and violence. Prime Minister Abdel Hamid Dbeibah, his 32 ministers and his two deputy prime ministers have…

Violence is rising.Elementary school students and teachers were abducted by gunmen on Monday in the Nigerian state of Kaduna, according to a government official.

Kenya and Somalia were to meet before the International Court of Justice in The Hague on Monday and for ten days. The demarcation of their maritime border is at stake when significant natural resources lie at sea, but Kenya ultimately decided it would not argue. In a two-page letter sent to the court register last Thursday, the Kenyan justice minister explains his last-minute retreat: technical limitations related to the health situation, delays in the preparation of hearings given the pandemic, but also the presence on…

The trial against Amadou Sanogo is therefore declared "off" in Mali. The Bamako Assize Court announced it on Monday morning, March 15th. The coup captain in 2012, who became general, is therefore completely free. as reported from Bamako, Serge DanielAmadou Sanogo no longer prosecuted for the murder of the 21 Red Berets…

House dancing, locking, popping or even top rock, it is in front of a full house that the artists compete for these street dances whose figures are exclusively attached standing. A rare space where young people have their place, Jessica, 15, notes: “Standing dance gives us young Madagascans the opportunity to develop and show that we have things to say. That's why I'm very involved in this dance. When I am angry, melancholy or happy, I express it with this art. There are not many places dedicated…

Three years ago, the central government made these craft areas available to them. According to the Provincial Ministry of Mines, it is necessary before any exploitation to transform these sites into surface mines and proceed with the opening of roads to ensure the best working conditions for craft mines. Meanwhile, some impatient miners are engaged in anarchic exploitation of cobalt.…

The Beninese government does not give us any proof of these allegations. And they themselves say that they do not yet have such evidence of accusations. And we, we know that this lady is disturbing, she is coming on the political field of the election while she is not expected. So we know she has the financial means to win the election, unlike many of the candidates who are there who do not have the financial means. Doctor Nadin Tayéwo Kokodé,…

On Saturday, the opposition, at the request of the caliph general, decided for Mourides to suspend his demonstrations "his die" to avoid the risk of further violence in Senegal. If the field is genuine, the crisis is not resolved in the field. It's about balance of power. With our special correspondent in Dakar, Carine…