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The signals are red in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where authorities say they are facing a second wave of Covid-19 cases. The average observed several months ago has seen a worrying rebound in recent days. A situation that is particularly due to the fact that populations that risk being limited if they do not recover reduce health measures, says Professor Jean-Jacques Muyembe.…

In Ethiopia, the battle of Mekele is said to be about to begin. The Prime Minister announced that the 72-hour ultimatum given to the TPLF and the power of the Tigray region had expired. The army was therefore ordered to carry out the "final phase" of the offensive, which was launched on 4 November. as reported from the region,…

The demonstration scheduled for Saturday, November 28, by the dynamic Kpodzro will be banned by the Togolese authorities, the organizers were told this morning. The Kpodzro dynamics, which support Agbéyome Kodjo, calls for a demonstration on Saturday in Lomé, Togo's capital, to challenge the outcome of the February presidential…

In a decree dated 18 November, Cameroon's territorial administration ministers banned the movement of "10 million northerners" by journalist Guibai Gatama, head of the publication "l'Oeil du Sahel". This ban comes a few months after the association Survie Cameroun by the opponent Maurice Kamto. The authorities consider that this movement "undermines national unity and the principle of peaceful coexistence between the sociological components of the nation". For the Minister of Territorial Administration, the movement "10…

The Sudanese authorities approved the constitutional document in its new amended version earlier this week. According to the Official Journal of the European Union, this document extends the transition period by approximately fourteen months. The text was signed in August 2019 between the Forces for Freedom and Change and the Military Council. He is supposed to steer the transition period, which will…

The Mauritanian president on Monday afternoon in Zouerate in the country's mining center gave the start of the company Maaden Mauritania's activities for the exploitation of gold in Tiris Zemmour. The iron mines of the National Industrial and Mining Company of Mauritania are already in operation in this region in the extreme north of Mauritania.…

Tanzanian police have confirmed that the country has been the target of an Islamic State attack in the village of Kitaya on the border with Mozambique. The attack took place last week and killed several people. It was claimed by the Central African branch of the Islamic State. Videos and photos show buildings on fire. The attackers shout "Allah Akbar" and split the neck of a lifeless man. The attack was claimed as early as October 15 by the Islamic State. What finally confirms the Tanzanian police. Simon Sirro Director…

After violent outbursts on the sidelines of demonstrations against police brutality and for good governance that have been going on for more than ten days, the Nigerian authorities in particular have issued a curfew in Lagos, a megalopolis of 20 million inhabitants. as reported from Abuja, Liza FabbianThe situation remains…

In an announcement launched on October 12, UN human rights consultants known as on Cameroon to launch opponent Maurice Kamto, the chief of the MRC, whose residence is surrounded by police and gendarmerie, and other people arrested throughout the September 22 demonstrations. In an announcement learn by the Minister of Communications and authorities spokesman René Emmanuel Sadi, the Cameroonian authorities imagine that March 22 was not "peaceable". .

In Ethiopia, members of the federal parliament have begun announcing the modalities of the gap between the authorities in Addis Ababa and the regional state of Tigray in a state of de facto insurgency. The latter, for his part, no longer considers the government of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed "legitimate", given that his term expired on Monday. The Ethiopian federal government will no longer have any interaction with the exercise of the state of Tigray and its various bodies. From now on, he will only have to deal with the…