Central Africa

Congo-Brazzaville has been led for almost 37 years by Denis Sassou-Nguesso, who is seeking a new presidential mandate tomorrow, Sunday 21 March. He will face six other candidates, including two former ministers, Mathias Dzon and Brice Parfait Kolélas. On the eve of this presidential election, FIDH and its Congolese partner, OCHD, say they are "deeply" concerned about the "deterioration of the democratic…

Several marches took place this Saturday, March 20, in various neighborhoods in N'djamena. Political parties and civil society associations had called for demonstrations against President Marshal Idriss Déby Itno's sixth term. The demonstrations were banned by the authorities, who implemented an impressive security system in several neighborhoods in the Chadian capital. About forty people were…

Congo-Brazzaville elects its new president on Sunday, March 21st. As a whole, the young people representing the majority of the population are waiting for the newly elected representative to create more jobs for them because unemployment has reached worrying proportions in this country with nearly five million inhabitants full of wealth including oil.…

The presidential election will take place on April 11. Idriss Déby Itno is running for a 6th term. Opponent Saleh Kebzabo reiterated during a press conference on Friday, March 19, that he was not a candidate for this election and also called on the other candidates to resign. A call to which the ruling party immediately responded.…

In Chinguetti, Mauritania, an exhibition of photographs returns to the routes of African caravans. These camel rides have crossed the centuries as much as the deserts! Freight convoys are now being replaced by trucks. But an unexpected phenomenon, or rather an unexpected wealth, could well give them another life: the gold mines!…

Military Justice conducts a survey among staff at the Congolese Institute for Conservation of Nature in North Kivu. Several agents from this institution have been arrested. The ICCN leadership calls for shedding light on this alleged trade in ammunition, which would have benefited the Ugandan rebels from the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), which are violent in the Beni region.…

This Friday, March 19, was the last day of the campaign before the Congolese-Brazzaville presidential election. This Sunday, 2.5 million voters will be called to the polls. The defense and security forces have already voted early on Wednesday. The outgoing president, Denis Sassou-Nguesso, 77 years old and already 36 years cumulative at the head of the country, is fighting for a new mandate. In front…

Denis Sassou-Nguesso, outgoing president of Congo-Brazzaville, a candidate for his own row in the March 21 presidential election, held his last meeting in the Congolese capital, as did his two biggest contenders, former ministers who became opponents, Guy-Brice Parfait Kolélas and Mathias Dzon. as reported from Brazzaville,…

I want to bring everyone back to serenity. We have met all these groups, we have given the conditions to participate in the government, we have received the proposals ... Then, of course, it is time for these exchanges to be able to reach this government, not just inclusively, and when we talk about, that inclusivity means we are talking about geopolitics, we are talking about the participation of all political forces. But we also mentioned other criteria. That was to say that we wanted to see…

My dear compatriots, I would like to present the roadmap for the Republican dialogue and announce that national consultations will be opened within the next few days. This Republican dialogue, which I will be sincere, inclusive and constructive, will allow - I sincerely hope - to mobilize all segments of Central African society around an agenda for consultation on peace and security, political stability and institutional, national reconciliation, ownership and good management of our natural…