Tag: Africa
Presbyterian Church condemns ‘inhuman’ act
In Cameroon, the death of journalist Martinez Zogo, whose mutilated body was found on January 22, continues to cause turmoil. On Monday, the Episcopal Conference of Cameroon strongly condemned “…
Visiting Somalia, the American ambassador to the UN warns of the famine
The Horn of Africa is one of the regions hardest hit by climate change From southern Ethiopia to northern Kenya via Somalia, 22 million people are threatened by hunger, victims…
sharp tensions within the Orthodox Church
In Ethiopia, a group of three archbishops and 25 bishops were excommunicated by the synod, the central religious authority. They had tried to install priests in the Oromo language without…
in Kinshasa, Pope Francis denounces the “economic colonialism” which “is unleashed” in Africa
Pope Francis landed on Tuesday, January 31 in the early afternoon, at Kinshasa airport, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The pontiff is in the country for a four-day visit,…
“The French Empire did not allow the development of colonized countries”
In a reference book, researcher Denis Cogneau dismantles certain received ideas about the economic legacy of French colonization. He asserts that the empire set up in Africa and Asia has…
at least thirteen people killed in an attack in the Sahel region
According to the army staff, an attack carried out by “residual elements of armed groups” killed at least thirteen people in northern Burkina Faso on Monday 30 January. The attack…
the One Forest Summit, a summit to mobilize on the issue of forests
During COP27 in Egypt last November, Presidents Emmanuel Macron and Ali Bongo announced that a summit on the preservation of tropical forests would be held in Libreville, Gabon. The One…
Iyad Ag Ghaly meets with signatory groups of the peace agreement near Kidal
In Mali – this is exclusive information from RFI – Iyad Ag Ghaly met with representatives of armed groups in the North, signatories of the 2015 peace agreement. The interview(s)…
Sudan and Chad want to strengthen security at their common border
The President of the Sudanese transition, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and his Chadian counterpart, Mahamat Idriss Déby, expressed on January 29, 2023 in Ndjamena their desire to strengthen the Chad-Sudan…
South Africa to send cheetahs to India to reintroduce the species
After Namibia, South Africa is preparing to send cheetahs to India, to help the country reintroduce the species on its soil. A project that New Delhi has long dreamed of…