Africa

D-3 before the day of the presidential and legislative elections in the Central African Republic. The authorities are determined to hold the vote on the scheduled date, this Sunday 27 December, despite pressure from armed groups to try to disrupt the vote, amid tensions and rumors. French President Emmanuel Macron gave support to Central African President Touadera exchange announced on Wednesday in a…

In Mali, the organization of future presidential and legislative issues is already raising questions. They are the ones marking the end of the transition period when Mali began after the military coup on 18 August. To organize them, Malia's Ministry of Territorial Administration, which is traditionally responsible for organizing the votes, announced on December 15 the creation of a cell to support the…

After almost ten years of exclusion, the Democratic Republic of the Congo will once again be able to take advantage of the trade preferences offered by AGOA. This decision was taken by the outgoing US President Donald Trump, as the US appears to be one of President Tshisekedi's privileged allies. On 19 May 2020, Constance…

The Ivorian Popular Front branch, known as "GOR" (Gbagbo ou Rien), has announced that it will take part in the spring of 2021 legislative elections in Côte d'Ivoire. Former President Gbagbo's opposition party had boycotted all elections for ten years. as reported from Abidjan, François Hume-Ferkatadji"The Ivorian Popular Front…

The Central African Republic is under tension four days before the date set by the presidential and legislative elections. For almost a week, a coalition of armed groups has been trying to prevent the referendums from being held and to advance towards the capital, Bangui. This Wednesday, December 23, in the morning, exchanges of fire were reported around Boali, a hundred kilometers from the capital.…

In Mali, arrests are reported, plenty of and mysterious, arranged through intelligence services and products. For 2 days, primary personalities were arrested, whether or not they come from the media international, Malian establishments, but in addition from the presidency. In Mali, the non-public secretary and leader of group…

This is the story of a joke that has become a phenomenon on social networks. A virtual union that handles relationships and defends women's economic autonomy with humor. This union, born in the Ivory Coast, is spreading across Africa. He issues rules, makes friends, enemies and plays his role as "scratching hair" wonderfully. Congolese journalist Rodriguez Katsuva is a member. .

At some point of the week, RFI allows you to listen voices from personalities all for the struggle towards inequality at paintings. Assembly with Faty Diop in Senegal. In Senegal, 1000's of youngsters continue to exist the streets. Many are former Taliban, college students from Koranic faculties, who've fled the abuse of…

In July last year, in order to stabilize vanilla prices and ensure a fair income, the government decided to use price fixing for the second time in a row by introducing a minimum selling price of USD 250. the kilo of vanilla ready for export. Ten days ago, despite the prayer of many historical exporters, who in the face of the lack of sales hoped that this tariff would be abandoned, the Prime Minister…

In Gabon, the constitutional revision project launched by the government at the end of last week is still in focus for political debates. On Tuesday, about 20 representatives of opposition parties and civil society delivered a joint statement in which they rejected it. as reported from Libreville, Yves-Laurent GomaIf the draft…