Africa

Nigeria is formally in recession for the primary time in additional than a decade, ending three years of low however optimistic progress. The African nation's financial system is closely depending on oil exports, however the coronavirus pandemic has lower international demand and the value of oil has fallen. That is unhealthy information for a rustic whose price range plans had been depending on getting a sure value per capita. Barrel, a value that now means Nigeria is promoting crude oil at a loss. Our correspondent…

In the DRC, teachers who are members of the Union of Teachers of the Congo (SYECO) and those affiliated with the National Union of Catholic Teachers (SYNECAT) have started their strike movement. They demand improvement in their pay conditions. They also suspect the presence of tens of thousands of fictitious teachers on the payrolls. After promises made especially by the President of the Republic, the…

In Guinea, in the wake of the presidential election, where the government and the opposition accuse each other of intimidation against their representatives, it is now the preparation and publication of the results that is crystallizing the tensions. . The government warns the political parties that themselves want to publish the results of the polling stations by claiming that only CENI is authorized…

In the Central African Republic, more than 1.84 million people are registered on the preliminary electoral rolls, not including the voters in the north-west of the country who will be added. These lists have been published nationwide since the middle of last week, according to the National Election Authority. ANE therefore believes that the election process is going as planned. The opposition steps up…

For two weeks, suspected jihadists have imposed a blockade on the inhabitants of a village in the Ségou region, Farabougou. At least five civilians from the village were killed as they tried to reach a nearby locality. Since Saturday, October 17, the situation has become more complicated: a bridge leading to the village has been revitalized.…

In the DRC, a video presenting Gédéon Kyungu Mutangapost on the night of Saturday to Sunday, October 18, caused a sensation. Six months after he disappeared from circulation, Gédéon calls for the reunification of the four provinces as a result of the former Katanga. His entourage as well as security sources ensure that the video is authentic.…

Opponent and Mauritanian politician Moustapha Ould Limam Chafi, targeted by an international arrest warrant issued by the regime of former Mauritanian President Ould Abdel Aziz, returned on Sunday, October 18, after eleven years in exile. as reported from Nouakchott, Salem Mejbour SalemAfter eleven years of exile, the opponent…

Togo's new prime minister, Victoire Sidémého Tomegah-Dogbé, 60, is the primary lady to take over as prime minister. of the opposition. After her basic political speech to the Nationwide Meeting, she hosted a authorities seminar final week. RFI interviewed her for her first interview with international media since her appointment on September twenty eighth.…

The President of the Republic Andry Rajoelina delivered for the last time on Sunday evening, October 18, his bi-monthly speech, which has been introduced since the start of the incarceration in March. as reported from Antananarivo, Laure Verneau"We won the war. It is with this sentence that Andry Rajoelina declared Madagascar…

The humanitarian situation is worrying in the South Kivu Highlands between malnutrition and lack of medicine. Although the level of violence has fallen in recent weeks, supplies and travel are very difficult. Reportage. With our special correspondent in Minembwe, Sonia RolleyAt the referral hospital in Minembwe, which is…