Tag: Africa
the cholera epidemic in prisons worries the opposition
At least six inmates have died of diarrheal disease in New Bell prison, Douala, since March. Among them, an activist from the Movement for the Renaissance of Cameroon (MRC), who…
Covid-19: in Africa, a “particularly high” under-evaluation of cases
While the official figure reports 11.5 million people infected with Covid-19 and 252,000 deaths in Africa since the start of the pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that these…
former interior minister Cissé Ousmane Ibrahim detained
In Niger, the former Minister of the Interior Cissé Ousmane Ibrahim was arrested and imprisoned on Friday April 8. He was accused of undermining state security in the failed coup…
six dead in an explosion in a military camp in Goma
In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), an explosion killed six people in Goma, capital of North Kivu. The incident took place on Thursday, April 7, around 7:30 p.m., in…
two NGOs denounce a “campaign of ethnic cleansing” in Western Tigray
A “campaign of ethnic cleansing” in western Tigray in Ethiopia, this is what Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch denounce in a joint report made public on Wednesday. A disputed…
the stakes of the legislative elections
Election day in The Gambia, this Saturday, April 9. Five months after the presidential election and Adama Barrow’s victory for a second term, this election will serve as a test…
the bill on the “75 years” tabled in the Assembly
The 75-year-old age limit for the presidential election had jumped when the 2016 Constitution was drafted, but the debate raged last year for several months over whether or not to…
tensions between the state and oil companies raise fears of a fuel shortage
The situation is tense between the State and the tankers, to the point that a shortage of fuel could be envisaged on the Big Island. With our correspondent in Antananarivo,…
the police disperse a march, already banned, against power cuts
Untimely and prolonged blackouts, low voltage: this is the daily lot of many Congolese. To protest against this situation in Brazzaville, subscribers initiated a march on Friday. A demonstration which…
heads-up Yoweri Museveni and Paul Kagame at the Nairobi summit
Yoweri Museveni and Paul Kagame held talks at the Nairobi summit on Friday April 8. This is the first meeting between Ugandan and Rwandan leaders on regional issues in two…