civil

Fighting erupted on Saturday between Chadian national forces and rebels from the Front for Alternation and Concord in Chad. In this context, several opposition parties and civil society organizations signed a call for an end to the fire this weekend. They also ask Idriss Déby to launch an inclusive national dialogue to ease tensions and leave Chadia's president for a week to decide.…

Civilian movements in eastern Congo demand peacekeepers who cannot stop the violence, according to them. Monusco replies that its role is on the contrary positive. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the UN mission in the country is responding to the demonstrations of recent days civil society pressure groups including the…

For several weeks, the number of pollutants has continued to increase. The country has a total of 24,426 cases and 418 deaths. A second wave more deadly than the previous one and which has more serious cases. A press conference was held on Wednesday, civil society organizations in the health care sector. The measures and response strategy that the authorities are taking to limit the spread are…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - All stakeholders and stakeholders in Somalia are involved in last - minute efforts to save the country from jumping into an unprecedented political crisis following delayed elections, which are due to take place in December 2020. With the term of office of President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo already expired and even the mandate of Parliament, efforts have been made to bring all parties together for the sake of stability and unity. Farmajo was due to leave office on February 8 this year. But even…

In Gabon, equality between women and women is taking a new step. On Tuesday, March 23, the government adopted a bill amending the Civil Code. This change aims to promote gender equality. If the project adopted by the government is approved by both houses of parliament, Gabonese women will have autonomy and also responsibility. The bill adopted by the Gabonese government on Tuesday allows for more equality between women and men, unlike the current civil law. In a couple, the man must share the role of head of the family.…

Sierra Leone is celebrating this Tuesday the 30th anniversary of the civil war that erupted on March 23, 1991. A painful date for this country that has seen 120,000 people disappear in a conflict triggered by the rebels from the RUF, the revolutionary UN front. Thirty years later, women, men and children, victims of clashes between armed factions and government forces, bear witness to this period and their shattered lives, hard to rebuild. In the village of Bomaru, east of the country, Vandy Gbosso Kallon, traditional…

Alexandre Ibacka Dzabana, coordinator of the Congolese platform for human rights and democracy NGOs, a member of the M22 movement and the Turn the Page coalition, was arrested on Thursday morning. He is suspected of trying to destabilize the state and institutions ten days before the next presidential election. Alexandre Ibacka…

Dr. Alex Dzabana, head of civil society in Congo, president of the M22 association, was allegedly kidnapped this morning outside his home in Brazzaville. His relatives are awaiting news. Joe Washington Ebina, another civil society figure in Congo-Brazzaville, recounts the events: “We were informed that around 1 p.m. 8 was a…

Mahamat Saleh Annadif, representative of the UN Mission in Mali (Minusma), met on Tuesday in Mopti (center) with representatives of civil society from the region. If for them there are efforts to make societies exist peacefully, their concerns are many. With our special correspondent in Mopti, Serge DanielDuring the meeting…

The talks will be led by Prime Minister Hamed Bakayoko, who invites President Alassane Ouattara's opponents to discuss. The latter re-election on October 31 to a third term is still contested by his opponents. This dialogue must take place while the PDCI's Executive Secretary Maurice Kakou Guikahué has just been evacuated to France for health reasons. His condition deteriorated while he was still being…