Africa

South African police are investigating the murder of Babita Deokaran, a government official from the Gauteng region, which includes Johannesburg. She had exposed the corruption surrounding fraudulent public contracts in connection with Covid-19, in favor of "Covidpreneurs", these entrepreneurs who have illegally enriched themselves due to the pandemic. Seven people were arrested on Friday, August 27,…

Burkinabe's defense and security forces are reorganizing to better deal with attacks by armed groups. A new national security strategy will soon be implemented, according to Brigadier General Aimé Barthelemy Simporé, Minister of Defense. as reported from Ouagadougou,Yaya BoudaniReorganization of ground forces, territorial…

One hundred arrests took place on Thursday in Kinshasa, the result of an anti-drug police operation against the "bulge", a drug made with catalyst residues from exhaust pipes. The operation was initiated following the concerns expressed by the authorities about the harmful effects of the consumption of this drug, which is mainly used by young people. Three Tunisian citizens were among those arrested.…

Former Congolese Minister of Health Eteni Longondo, accused almost unanimously by the General Inspectorate of Finance (IGF) of embezzling funds set aside for the response to Covid-19 when he was in office in 2020, was placed under a temporary arrest warrant, Friday, August 27, 2021, in the end of a hearing at the prosecutor's office near the Court of Cassation in Kinshasa. He spent the night in Makala…

Angela Merkel convened again, on Friday 27 August 2021, a meeting of the "Compact with Africa", an initiative that brought together twelve countries launched after the German Presidency of the G20 2017. If we previously spoke mainly about economics, the meeting has this time took place in hybrid form and was particularly devoted to the Covid-19 pandemic and vaccines. It was also for the German Chancellor…

Following the indictment and the commitments of former Malian Prime Minister Soumeylou Boubeye Maïga, and former Minister of Economy and Finance Bouaré Fily Sissoko, reactions are mixed in Mali. There are those who encourage this transparency effort by the Supreme Court, and those who condemn procedural irregularities, for fear of an instrumentalisation.…

After nearly two years of diplomatic tensions between France and Madagascar, Emmanuel Macron acquired Andry Rajoelinace on Friday, August 27, 2021 on the Élysée. The content material of the assembly was not made public, however in introductory statements the 2 heads of state confirmed their mutual sympathy. From the start, the…

This evening, 90 schoolchildren are released after 3 months of captivity in Nigeria; our correspondent in Lagos has the latest news. We take you to Goma where the community is still reeling from a devastating volcanic eruption 3 months ago, and the Nairobi neighborhood is turning green.…

In Mali, former President of the transition Bah N'Daw and former Prime Minister Moctar Ouane are no longer under house arrest. It is a press release from the local monitoring committee for transitions that was announced on Friday. The announcement was made by the Monitoring Committee for Local Transitions, composed of…

Dozens of young children held captive by gunmen for three months in northern Nigeria awaited reunions with their family members on Friday after being liberated and taken to the state capital. Girls as young as five draped in long hijab and boys dressed in new dresses got off a white minibus and passed photographers in Minna, the capital of Niger. Their arrival came hours after the news of their release came from the school principal. The children were served meals and greeted by Niger Governor…