East Africa

Jubaland submits the names of election officials when the elections gather in Somalia MOGADISHU, Somalia - The reality of holding elections in Somalia continues to gather momentum after some hiccups that were necessary from a dead end that was accused of Villa Somalia but which has since been fixed after the signing of the agreement before the election. Last week, leaders of the federal…

It is the most dangerous volcano in Africa. At the border between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda, ten days after the outbreak, Nyiragongo seems to be calming down. But the crisis unit in northern Kivu confirms that "the danger is permanent" and asks the people of Goma to remain "vigilant". What are the current risks for Goma residents? The Belgian volcanologist Benoît Smets is a researcher at the Royal Museum for Central Africa in Tervuren and teaches at the University of Brussels. Since May 30, he has been…

Civil society in southern Kivu demands an apology from Rwandan President Paul Kagame, following comments to RFI and France 24 during his visit to Paris two weeks ago. Paul Kagame considered the UN survey report to be controversial, and that other reports had concluded that there was no crime in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Words that shocked civil society in southern Kivu, which organized a seat in…

The aim of the Paris Summit on the Financing of African Economies on 18 May was to explore all possibilities for mobilizing resources, which would enable the continent to resume the growth path following the Covid-19 pandemic without falling into the debt trap. Satisfied with France, which was on the initiative of the summit.…

UN raises alarm in Ethiopia's province of Tigray. Hunger hangs over the region, which has been at war for almost seven months. The Ethiopian government met with rebels from the TPLF, a breakaway Tigrayan party, with the help of the Eritrean army. Today, 91% of the population needs food aid. Famine would be inevitable in two months, according to the UN.…

Yououtubeur Aimable Karasira, a recently fired former university professor, is accused of denying the genocide of the Tutsis. Rwanda's investigation bureau announced its arrest on Monday night on Twitter. as reported from Kigali, Laure broulardOn his YouTube channel with 62,000 subscribers, Aimable Karasira has criticized the…

The mechanism for international criminal justice in The Hague on Tuesday, June 1, refused to declare Félicien Kabuga "unfit to stand trial". On May 6, the defense of the alleged genocide requested that the proceedings against his client be suspended, or failure to release him during trial, for "humanitarian" reasons, given his age and state of health. For the prosecutor, it would have been "too early" to declare Félicien Kabuga unsuitable to try at this stage. And it is obviously this argument that won. On April 15, the…

Most African national teams play friendly matches in June. These preparatory meetings replace the qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup, which were postponed until next September due to the poor condition of many stadiums on the continent and the Covid-19 pandemic. It must have been a hot-stakes month of June, too who qualifies for…

Incidents broke out on the border between the Central African Republic and Chad over the weekend, killing several soldiers and Russian paramilitaries. The specialists remember that the region is strategic and subject to envy. The northwestern zone of the Central African Republic is a reserve zone for the Coalition of Patriots…

The UN said on Tuesday that more than 90% of Ethiopians in the war-torn Tigray region needed emergency aid and helped over $ 200 million to increase its response less than a week after its official called on the UN Security Council. to avoid starvation. The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) has sounded the alarm that the conflict has caused an increase in hunger levels that were already high in Tigray. "A total of 5.2 million people, equivalent to 91% of Tigray's population, need food aid because…