Central Africa

African countries and their creditors have their eyes set on Zambia, which in the coming weeks could become the first defaulted country since the Covid-19 crisis. Lusaka this week asked its creditors to postpone the deadlines for a tranche of three billion euros of loans in Eurobonds. At the same time, Zambia is reluctant to settle arrears of payments to its Chinese creditors. If there is no agreement, the country says it will no longer be able to pay its debt. The Zambian case highlights the inadequacy of the measures…

Because the starting of its army cooperation with the Central African authorities within the Faustin-Archange Touadéra three years in the past, the Russian presence has been increasingly seen: army coaching, help for the FACA of their deployment on the bottom, safety of mines and much more. 'to the presidency ... A army cooperation with a promising future, in response to the latter.…

In an announcement launched on October 12, UN human rights consultants known as on Cameroon to launch opponent Maurice Kamto, the chief of the MRC, whose residence is surrounded by police and gendarmerie, and other people arrested throughout the September 22 demonstrations. In an announcement learn by the Minister of Communications and authorities spokesman René Emmanuel Sadi, the Cameroonian authorities imagine that March 22 was not "peaceable". .

It's the legal reopening on Thursday, October 15th. On Wednesday, President Felix Tshisekedi received the members of the Office of the Supreme Magistrates' Council, while the conflict continues with the presidents of the two chambers over the appointment of two constitutional judges by presidential decree. At the exit in front of the press, the Attorney General near the Constitutional Court and the Head of Delegation assured that these appointments were made in accordance with the Constitution. Why this framing? "The…

Exchanges with the Congolese head of state Denis Sassou Nguesso, whose country is requesting the inclusion of Rumba on the list of the intangible heritage of humanity; signing cooperation agreements and visits to a sickle cell treatment center: the visit of Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of Unesco, had almost no rest on Wednesday in Brazzaville, where she inaugurated a channel education network in a high school. as reported from Brazzaville It is during the songs and dances of the teachers and students that Madame…

Prohibited by Kinshasa municipality, the march, organized by the opposition on Wednesday, was dispersed by police with tear gas. Opponent Martin Fayulu could not go to the equalizer. From our correspondent in Kinshasa, While Martin Fayulu and his activists met in a square in a popular district east of the capital Congoleserat 8 local time the demonstration did not last long. Following the decision of the city governor, who had banned this march, the police had already mobilized early in the morning. Activists trying…

Police are making sure that crime has dropped over the last seven months thanks to the strengthening of patrols and the cooperation of the population. But civil society has the opposite view. For her, insecurity is still persistent in Lubumbashi. Every day, she records cases of burglary, sometimes accompanied by murder and rape. with our correspondent in Lubumbashi, For the provincial commissioner of Haut Katanga, crime in Lubumbashi is halved compared to last year. For example, cases of armed robbery have increased…

If the global economy recovers, the rise to pre-crisis activity levels is likely to be long, erratic and uncertain, the International Monetary Fund said in its economic forecast released at its autumn meetings. . Return to activity will be particularly difficult for certain new and developing countries, where infections are growing rapidly. But also for the African countries that relied on their oil exports or tourism to come back. Sub-Saharan Africa could experience its first recession in 25 years. After 3.2% growth…

At least 12 people were killed on Monday, October 12, by unidentified gunmen in the western Benishangul-Gumuz region of the country. A new drama like several massacres with sometimes ethnic overtones has bled this area in recent months. as reported from Nairobi, Local authorities insist: the killing has no ethnic roots. However, the versions differ. Melese Beyene, a spokeswoman for the regional state, spoke of an "act of revenge after the murder of an official's brother". Gashu Dugaz, head of the peace and security…

A prestigious literary prize was awarded on Monday night to Eritrean poet and journalist Amanuel Asrat, who has been missing from a prison in his country since September 2001. It is the British poet of Jamaican origin, Linton Kwesi Johnson, winner of the PEN Harold Prize Pinter 2020 awarded by the Founding Club of the Famous Writers' Circle, which in his absence presented him with the International Prize for Writer of Courage. Amanuel Asrat is one of the oldest political prisoners in the world and is said to be one of the…