Africa

The outgoing president of the Congo-Brazzaville, Denis Sassou-Nguesso, was re-elected with 88.57% of the vote for a period of five years, according to the official preliminary results of the election commission announced by the interior minister. Interior Minister Raymond Mboulou read the results district by district live on public television on Tuesday afternoon. Two-hour statement on the results, which was an accumulation of triumphs for the outgoing president, to whom the figures in the election commission offer a…

In the country, the degree of positivity is high. That is, out of the total number of tests performed, it turns out that a large number are positive for Covid-19. The situation is not yet critical in hospitals, but the epidemic is there and it is affecting more and more Ivorians. Out of five deaths recorded in December, the country has counted 17 in January, 35 in February and 30 died since early March. A total of 222 people have officially died of Covid-19 in Ivory Coast since the onset of the disease. This increase…

Customs duty is growing in Niger. On the evening of Monday, March 22, the government announced that attacks on Sunday against villages and camps in the Tahoua region near Mali resulted in the deaths of 137 people. These attacks are the deadliest committed in the country by suspected jihadists in recent years. A three-day national mourning was issued from this Tuesday.…

The Democratic Republic of Congo, where the deadly Ebola virus first appeared in 1976, has begun a countdown to the official end of its latest outbreak, this time in the east of the country, health officials said on Tuesday. The last patient to be treated for Ebola tested negative for the second time on Sunday, triggering a 42-day countdown from Monday, the World Health Organization's (WHO) DR Congo office said. The period represents twice the average maximum duration of Ebola's incubation, the Agence…

On Monday, the European Union took the first sanctions against several senior foreign officials accused of violating human rights in a particularly serious way. Eritrea is particularly concerned about Africa. The target of European sanctions is General Abraha Kassa, the head of the regime's security apparatus led by President Issayas Afewerki. Portrait.…

In addition to Bah N'Daw, the interim president with whom he had a working lunch, the former British leader met with officials responsible for organizing the election, including the presidential election scheduled for next year. The former Prime Minister's Institute is ready to provide support to Mali in the context of institutional reforms and the organization of future meetings.…

What impact has the death of Guy-Brice Parfait Koléla on the electoral process in Congo-Brazzaville? On Sunday, March 21, he was one of the seven candidates in the vote to prevent President Denis Sassou Nguesso from getting a new seat. But he died overnight from Sunday to Monday when he had just arrived in Paris after a sudden deterioration in his health caused by Covid-19.…

Sierra Leone is celebrating this Tuesday the 30th anniversary of the civil war that erupted on March 23, 1991. A painful date for this country that has seen 120,000 people disappear in a conflict triggered by the rebels from the RUF, the revolutionary UN front. Thirty years later, women, men and children, victims of clashes between armed factions and government forces, bear witness to this period and their shattered lives, hard to rebuild. In the village of Bomaru, east of the country, Vandy Gbosso Kallon, traditional…

The national electoral authority announced the list of preliminary results of the legislative elections held last weekend in the country. If 48 constituencies are to go to the second round, 92 deputies have already been elected. If some tenors are confirmed in their positions, there are still some surprises. It is no great surprise that opposition leaders such as Anicet Georges Dologuélé or Martin Ziguélé were re-elected in their constituencies. Prime Minister Firmin Ngrebada was elected in the first round in Boali. On…

The National Independent Electoral Commission (CNEI) delivered on Monday, March 22, the day after the presidential election, the first trends already giving outgoing President Denis Sassou Nguesso the winner almost everywhere. The African Union (AU) Observation Mission noted several dysfunctions in the vote, but welcomed the Congolese voters' attachment to democratic values. "Voting started with a delay in 66.7% of witness polling stations," explained Dileita Mohamed, head of the AU observation mission. The delay, which…