Tag: Africa
fighting resumes on the eastern front and continues on the northern front
Fighting resumed on Saturday December 7 and Sunday December 8 in Saké, a town located about thirty kilometers from Goma, one of the main cities in eastern DRC. Clashes there…
farmers are worried, the State wants to be reassuring
Senegalese farmers are worried this year: 72 hours after the start of the peanut marketing campaign, producers expect enormous losses in terms of turnover. On the State side, we want…
Archbishop of Abidjan Ignace Bessi Dogbo becomes cardinal
The day after his appointment as cardinal, the Ivorian prelate Ignace Bessi Dogbo will participate in mass on the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception alongside Pope Francis. Celebration this morning…
Benin: VTC operator Yango suspended
In Benin, the land and air transport department suspended the VTC (transport car with driver) operator Yango and gave another, Gozem, a deadline to update. Yango operated without authorization according…
Moïse Katumbi and Martin Fayulu lay the foundations of a front to defend the Constitution during a meeting in Belgium
For the first time since the legislative and presidential elections of December 2023, Moïse Katumbi and Martin Fayulu, two major figures of the Congolese opposition, met in Genval, Belgium, this…
WWF identifies 742 new species in the Congo Basin
It’s a huge job coordinated by the African branch of the WWF: combing through the scientific literature of the last ten years to draw up an inventory of species discoveries…
Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouedraogo appointed as Prime Minister
Twenty-four hours after the dismissal of Appolinaire Kyelem from Tambèla and the dissolution of his government, the head of the junta in power in Ouagadougou appointed Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouedraogo…
two power plants shut down after post-election protests
In Mozambique, two power plants were shut down this Saturday, December 7. They were blocked by demonstrators who continue to contest the victory in the elections two months ago of…
HRW documents protester deaths in 2024 in report
Human Rights Watch (HRW) is concerned, in a new report, about the human rights situation under the CNRD junta in Guinea. If the NGO welcomes the organization of the trial…
Mpox disease on the decline in South Kivu
In South Kivu, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), treatment centers for Mpox disease are gradually becoming empty. In this Congolese province, epicenter of the epidemic,…