Africa

Should we negotiate with jihadist groups? This is the issue that is most debated, three days before the presidential election in Burkina Faso. Since Monday, at RFI, you have heard several candidates proposing to explore the path of dialogue with the armed groups that are lush in northern and eastern Burkina Faso. This morning, here is Roch Marc Christian Kaboré's position. The outgoing president also expresses the hypothesis of a second round. Online from Ouagadougou, the presidential candidate answers questions from…

Ceni is working hard to organize Sunday's by-elections, the presidential election and the legislative election. For Ceni, it is a real logistical challenge, especially for parts of the country that are in the red zone. With our special correspondent in Ouagadougou, Carine FrenkCéni has made Sports Palace its nerve center for…

South Sudan, independent since 2011, is struggling to recover from a six-year civil war that officially ended in February. In 2016, the government had launched a conference on national dialogue to stop the spiral of violence. The trial ended a few days ago, but the violence remains. "We must question ourselves in order for the…

The eleventh Ebola epidemic has ended, according to the Minister of Health, who announced it on Wednesday 18 November. This epidemic would therefore have lasted for five months, it had been confined in the province of Equateur where it killed 55 people in 130 cases. The 10th Ebola outbreak was the deadliest and longest in the…

Violent clashes between protesters and police took place on Wednesday, November 18, in Kampala, the Ugandan capital. The police report shows 3 dead and 34 injured. These protests erupted after another arrest by Bobi Wine. The 38-year-old singer, elected Member of Parliament in 2017, is President Yoweri Museveni's main opponent in the presidential election on January 14, 2021.…

After failing to fulfill $ 42.5 million attributable to its Western collectors in October, Zambia acknowledges that it has critical money flows, however says it's not in chapter. Lusaka explains that they intentionally selected to not substitute any donor. "All collectors needs to be handled pretty," mentioned Zambia's central…

While the conflict in Tigray has begun its third week, the province is still cut off from the world and the scarce information comes mainly from press releases from the warriors. But for the first time, independent information was released on Tuesday, November 17, when the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) was able to visit hospitals in Gondar and Mekelle, in need of everything. NGO…

In Côte d'Ivoire, a sign of the still tense political climate, the government extended the ordinance banning demonstrations on public roads until 30 November. If the meeting on November 11 between Alassane Ouattara and Henri Konan Bedié made it possible to lower tensions slightly, nothing has been resolved. Many opposition leaders are still being detained and their parties in particular are demanding…

In Mali, the social and political reality is regaining its rights after three days of national mourning, but also of national community around the figure of the late President Amadou Toumani Touré. UNTM, the first union group in the country, began a three-day strike on Wednesday 18 November. A call to stop work affecting all sectors.…

One other three days of campaigning in Burkina Faso forward of the primary spherical of presidential elections on Sunday, November 22. An election together with legislative elections. On the beginning line: 13 candidates, together with President Roch Kaboré, who's in search of a second time period, but additionally the opposition chief, Zéphirin Diabré, and Eddie Komboïgo, candidate for CDP for former President Compaoré, who lives in exile in Côte d'Ivoire. Over the past days of the marketing campaign, the ambiance is…