Africa

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…

In Côte d'Ivoire, the RHDP, at the Mardisoir, held a political council to take stock of the election and the period that followed. Alassane Ouattara spoke with leaders of the ruling party, while the political climate is still tense. with our correspondent in Abdijan, Pierre PintoBefore Alassane Ouattara began his remarks,…

As preventing continues in Ethiopia, the area is carefully following the battle. Specifically, neighboring international locations, corresponding to Djibouti, which has a border with Ethiopia. Yesterday, Tuesday, Gedu Angardachew, Safety Adviser to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, was obtained by Djibouti President Ismaël Omar Guelleh to debate the difficulty of Tigray. Djibouti who help the…

Presidential and legislative elections shall be held this Sunday, November 22, in Burkina Faso. RFI provides the ground to every presidential candidate and welcomes cemercredil's opponent Zéphirin Diabré, 61. The chief of the UPC (Union for Progress and Change) is operating for the best workplace for the second time: he got here in second place in 2015 with 29.65% of the vote. Former Minister of Commerce from 92 to 94, then Minister of Finance till 1996 beneath Blaise Compaoré, Zéphirin Diabré proposed the formation of a…

On the run from the warfare in Tigray, increasingly Ethiopians are taking refuge in neighboring Sudan. In simply over every week, nearly 30,000 refugees have arrived in Sudan, in response to the UNHCR. They discuss in regards to the violence within the preventing in Tigray and ensure that Eritrea additionally participates within the preventing.…