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Stocks in the U.K. and U.S. rose while Asian indexes tumbled Wednesday as oil and gas prices whipsawed on fears the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran will drag on and keep choking traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, a vital energy artery. The FTSE 100 and major U.S. and European benchmarks rebounded after two days of declines; several Asian markets fell sharply for a third straight session. Brent crude is up about 12 percent since Saturday, when U.S. and Israeli forces began bombing Iran and Tehran retaliated with strikes on…

During a few weeks of a besieged state, the regular army recorded many victories over the armed groups at the base of the insecurity in the provinces of Ituri and North Kivu. The Kinshasa government confirmed this on Wednesday during a press conference in the capital. On the same platform three spokespersons. Patrick Muyaya, Minister of Communications, General Léon-Richard Kasonga from the Army and Colonel Mwanamputu from the National Police. The three spokespersons reported on the operations carried out by the DRC's…

How do I finish the countless cycle of battle between herdsmen and farmers in Nigeria? In a report printed on Tuesday, Could 4, the Worldwide Disaster Group (ICG) is interested by the responses from the federal authorities. For 2 years, the federal authorities have applied a nationwide livestock administration program that gives options to farmers and ranchers.…

In Madagascar, President Andry Rajoelina spoke on nationwide tv to explain the brand new well being measures because the nation has been going through a second wave of Covid for nearly a month. The President introduced specifically the extension of the state of well being by 15 days. The primary vaccines are anticipated in the course of the week.…

The Movement for the Defense of Democracy (M2D) took stock of its demands on Friday 26 March. Following deadly protests in Senegal, the movement suspended its call for mobilization on March 12, but presented "in return" a list of ten demands. At the top of the list, M2D demanded the "unconditional" release of all prisoners marked "political" arrested in connection with the Ousmane Sonko affair. This demand has been partially met. On Friday, March 26, 19 people were released, after a series of releases since Wednesday,…

During a press conference this Saturday, October 31, the National Electoral Authority assured that the establishment of the electoral process is progressing well. On this occasion, ANE gave an overview of the situation and took stock of the registration of voters. More than 1.8 million Central Africans will vote, almost 100,000…

In Burkina Faso, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré took status over five years spent at the helm of the country: fight against terrorism, Covid-19 and its consequences, G5 Sahel, social conflicts, etc. On October 15 at RFI he announced that he had not the outstretched hand of former President Blaise Compaorés. Several opposition politicians had qualified this exit as an election promise aimed at attracting…

It's Christmas before its time on the Lagos Stock Exchange in Nigeria. On Tuesday, October 6, the index jumped over the thirty largest stocks by 5.7%, the second-best result in the last fifteen years. In the last month, the Nigerian stock market has been in good shape and has gained more than 13% as the country is going through a severe recession. Never before has the connection between the real economy and finance been so striking in Nigeria. As the country struggles with a recession synonymous with job losses and deep…