Central Africa

Chad launched its vaccination campaign against Covid-19 on June 4 in N'Djamena, the capital, but also in the cities of Moundou and Abéché, after receiving 200,000 doses of the Sinopharm vaccine, a donation from China. Since March 19, 2020, Chad has registered 4,938 positive cases of Covid-19, including 174 deaths. as reported…

He is accompanied by a delegation of twelve members of the government. He will assess the assistance provided in connection with the consequences of the volcanic eruption. Landing of his plane marks the resumption of Goma Airport, which has been closed since May 22, the date of the Nyiragongo eruption. as reported from…

With Senegal, Dougou Camara intends to tackle the Women's Handball CAN in Cameroon (8 to 18 June) with the ambition of going to the end and bringing down the unsinkable Angola. The former captain of the Lions, who missed the latest edition, is more than ever motivated to guide Senegal to his first title as African champion.…

In Chad, the opposition says it is disappointed with the decision of the heads of state of the Central African Economic Community (ECCAS) to adapt to the choice of the African Union to support the June military that has taken power since April 20, after Idriss Deby Itno was killed. The ECCAS decision was taken on Friday, 4 June,…

In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the reform of the Electoral Commission voted on Friday, June 4, by the National Assembly to try to ensure transparency in the next election, provoked the anger of Martin Fayulos and his ally Adolphe Muzito. as reported from Kinshasa, Pascal MulegwaThe text had already been discussed…

The Joint UN-African Union-ECCAS-EU Delegation to the Central African Republic met with President Touadéra, political, religious and civil society actors to discuss the peace process, two years after the Khartoum Treaty and five months after the coalition's rebel offensive. of patriots for change in the capital. The UN Deputy Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, is RFI's…

A shocking video has appeared on social media since June 4. We see a young woman being raped by several men. It is indignation in Ndjamena that links this video to an ongoing legal investigation: the alleged gang rape of Meram, 15, by three sons of high-ranking officials. These images make Chadians react more specifically because it is not the first video of its kind circulating on social networks.…

In an open letter to Kristalina Georgiva, Executive Director of the IMF, 19 women, political and civil society figures in Cameroon ask the financial institution not to grant a new loan to the state without all the transparency and openness. so-called "Covidgate" cases. A report by the Supreme Court of Cameroon, dated March last…

The military auditor of the armed forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo handed over the new investigation into the murder eleven years ago by the human rights activists in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Floribert Chebeya and Fidèle Bazana Edadi, both suffocating in the generals. police inspection in Kinshasa. Since the beginning of the year, RFI has collected new testimonies that give an accurate picture of the events on the same…

Decades old, built in the lowlands of northern Brazzaville, the Jacques Opangault district has more than 35,000 residents who say they are "abandoned". The development of the only access road to this residential area, which was launched in 2018, suddenly stopped. The then mayor of the capital who initiated them, accused of…