Guest Africa

Yesterday in Kigali, Emmanuel Macron acknowledged France's "responsibility" in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, but made no apology. So, some are happy, others are disappointed. But what does Vincent Duclert think, the author of the report that came out two months ago and which greatly inspired the speech that the French president gave yesterday. He answers questions from Christophe Boisbouvier.…

The powerful man of Malian power, Colonel and Vice President Assimi Goïta, returned on Tuesday in a statement on the reasons why the army arrested the president and prime minister. But what do we know about the reasons for this coup? Was the Vice President right to make such a decision and what does it reveal about the Malian transition? To talk about it, our guest is Bréma Ely Dicko, a sociologist and…

The book All it takes is a hope was published on May…

The young Sudanese activist Alaa Salah has become an icon of protest in her country with her revolutionary songs. Today she tells about her experience during the uprising in a book written by Martin Roux entitled Le chant de la revolte, published by Favre. In 2019, Alaa Salah, then a 23-year-old architecture student, participated in the demonstrations in her own way. Lying on the roof of a car, all…

The plain scarcity of antiquated vaccines in Africa, the CFA franc dispute, the terrorist risk in Ghana, the navy transition in Chad. On these present matters, the top of state in Ghana provides an unique interview to RFI and France. Nana Akufo-Addo urges Africans to wake as much as Covid-19. If there's a "vaccine apartheid",…

After greater than 25 years of tense exchanges, following the French intervention in Rwanda in the course of the genocide of the Tutsis in that nation, relations between the 2 international locations have warmed up significantly in recent times underneath the French Presidency Emmanuel Macron. Rwandan President Paul Kagames visited Paris this week for the summit on the African financial system and…

In Benin, President Patrice Talon, who was simply re-elected, shouldn't be contemplating forgiving opponents who're presently in jail and who might be convicted of making an attempt to destabilize the nation. He stated this on April 30 on RFI and France 24. How does the opposition react? Physician of Economics Komi Koutché was Minister of Finance to President Boni Yayi. He faces a heavy conviction for…

It is an angry man who is this Thursday morning, May 13, Africa guest in RFI. Former Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, whose homes have just been visited by investigators looking for "ill-gotten gains". The former head of state claims that he is a victim of legal harassment and says that we are trying to silence him. He is a guest of Laurent Correau. .

Lisbon has simply hosted a ministerial convention on the administration of migratory flows over the previous two days. This assembly was meant to deepen the political dialogue between the European Union and African international locations. Niger is certainly one of the international locations notably affected by this migration situation. The Nigerian authorities highlighted their file in Lisbon, however additionally they name on Europeans to maintain their help, because the drawback has not but been resolved. Nigerian…

In Chad, three weeks after Idriss Deby's loss of life on a battlefield, many are questioning concerning the function of Marshal Haftar's Libyan and Vladimir Putin's Russians within the insurgent offensive that was deadly for the Chadian president. Was there a Benghazi and Moscow conspiracy in opposition to Ndjamena? Was it additionally the need to weaken Paris? And why didn't Paris reply? Jalel Harchaoui is a researcher on the NGO World Initiative, primarily based in Geneva. He solutions the questions from Christophe…