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Prices had risen by the end of the lockdown, as buses could only be half-filled to respect social distance. Despite a slight drop on October 14, they remained above prices before the coronavirus crisis. In Rwanda, the government on Wednesday night suspended a rise in transport prices that had sparked a wave of protests from the…

Fifteenth day of siege in Farabougou: this Malian site in the Ségou region is still surrounded by jihadist warriors banning entry. For the second time, on Tuesday 20 October, the Malian army took food in the village. Mediation is underway, led by notables from the area, but more and more voices are rising in the country to demand greater involvement of the authorities. "We are now trying to organize a direct meeting," explains a member of the mediation team working to lift the siege of Farabougou. In recent days, two…

That's $ 6.8 billion. We are far from the 11 billion that was planned for the year 2020. This budget is now being sent to the National Assembly for examination and adoption. We are back in numbers close to previous years. as reported from Kinshasa, Patient LigodiGovernment sources explain this reduction with the slowdown in…

In South Africa, the Covid-19 disaster has hit the aviation sector exhausting because the nation closed its borders for six months. The pandemic has ended the state-owned SAA, South African Airways, which was already in deep trouble after a few years of corruption. Since December, the airline has been in restoration and it has now suspended its operations. For the reason that presentation of the rescue…

The Treasury General is on all hot topics of the hour: civil servant pay, exceptions, answers to covid, Go pass, Bukanda Lonzo ... This institution, which relies on the presidency of the republic, is currently carrying out current 34 control missions including 26 in Kinshasa. However, it only has about forty inspectors still active ... IGF has not recruited for thirty years. The need is so much more urgent, as the Inspector General of Finance now daily checks all the revenue and expenditure of the state to prevent abuse.…

The government wants to promote the sensitive issue of land. When he came to power, President Cyril Ramaphosa had promised to speed up their redistribution to combat the inequalities inherited from apartheid. The hearings were delayed, but the government has finally detailed its future law on Sunday 11 October, which will soon be submitted to Parliament. It focuses on the issue of expropriation, the most controversial measure. as reported from Johannesburg, It is above all the question of compensation after these…

The national government is concerned about the security situation in Congo Central Province. The Head of State instructed the Deputy Prime Minister with responsibility for the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Defense to resolve this issue. as reported from Kinshasa, The Council of Ministers considered the report by the Governor of Congo Central. According to this report, the insufficient number of police officers and elements as well as the lack of adequate oversight of recruits in military training in the…

Prominent Malian politician Soumaila Cissé, who was kidnapped by unidentified gunmen in March, was released on Wednesday after Mali released over 100 alleged or convicted jihadists as part of negotiations to secure his release. Mali also released the prisoners in hopes of getting the release of abducted French aid worker Sophie Pétronin, who was kidnapped by the shooter in December 2016 in the northern city of Gao. "As part of the negotiations for the release of Soumaila Cisséand Sophie Pétronin, more than a hundred…

Following the announcement on Monday of the transitional government in Mali, the M5 met on Tuesday. While the military has been assigned key positions, the protest movement against IBK does not feel represented. Two days later the message about the Malian government which will lead the transition to the election in a year and a half, and where the soldiers of the CNSP, the junta, which took power on 18 August, arrogant to key positions, the M5-RFP seems to be the big loser of this government. "M5 as an organization is…

West Africa's regional bloc ECOWAS lifted sanctions on Mali on Tuesday after the prime minister introduced the remainder of the transitional authorities positions nearly two months after a navy coup. In a communication, the regional heads of state cited "significant progress" in the direction of a return to democracy in Mali and…