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In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the pygmy community is still awaiting the adoption of the Bill on the Protection of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. as reported from Kinshasa, Pascal MulegwaAdopted by the National Assembly in april, this law, which anchors positive discrimination in favor of once marginalized…

In South Africa, the news caused surprise. Former President Jacob Zuma spent his first night in jail. Sentenced last week by the Constitutional Court to 15 months in prison for contempt for justice, he was finally detained on the night of Wednesday to Thursday, July 8, when the ultimatum to surrender to the police ceased.…

Africa will have to wait a little longer before it knows whether Nigerian Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala will be the next director general of the World Trade Organization (WTO). The organization responsible for managing trade relations around the world has actually postponed the meeting on Monday, November 9, where members had to choose between the Nigerian candidate and the South Korean Yoo Myung-hee. The position of the United States in contrast to Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala complicates everything. The WTO is an institution in crisis,…

Tense atmosphere in Côte d'Ivoire, where the results of the presidential election this Saturday are now to be announced. The vote was boycotted by the opposition, which is already talking about a "failure" in power, while President Alassane Ouattara, who is seeking a very controversial third term, called for calm. With our…