Central Africa

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the lines are moving for the pygmies, who may soon benefit from positive discrimination. On Thursday, November 26, the National Assembly reviewed a bill on the protection and recognition of indigenous peoples' rights, the first in this country. But this step did not make everyone happy. as…

Albert Yuma was unanimously re-elected by the Congolese leaders for three years as head of the Federation of Congo Enterprises (FEC) during the General Assembly of the country's most important employers' organization, this Thursday 26 November in Kinshasa. The 65-year-old Congolese businessman has been head of the FEC since 2005. He is one of the public figures who crystallizes the tensions between the…

The political consultations that started for Félix Tshisekedi three weeks in the past ended on Wednesday 25 November. If at first these consultations have been very political, the previous couple of days have been marked by larger openness, however at all times with out the FCC from Joseph Kabila, who's anxious to respect the coalition settlement that the present president signed together with his…

Reversal in the so-called looted building case in the former Katanga province. Emmanuel Stoupis, who accused Moïse Katumbi and Jean-Claude Muyambo five years ago of stealing two buildings, was arrested on Tuesday, November 24 in Kinshasa following a complaint from the bar's president Jean-Claude Muyambo. The latter accuses the Greek citizen of using forgery, complicity in torture and fraud.…

The majority party, opposition and representatives of the former rebel leader Pastor Ntoumi have met since Wednesday 25 November in Madingou to prepare for the presidential election in 2021. The vote is scheduled for March. More than a hundred political actors and members of civil society are present at these meetings. What can be expected from these political consultations if the first stated goal is…

In Chad, an explosion left several dead and wounded in the army ranks during the night Tuesday to Wednesday when soldiers sailed on Lake Chad. An explosion attributed by the authorities to the Islamists from Boko Haram. as reported from Ndjamena, Madjiasra NakoThe motorized canoe carrying the soldiers was circulating among the…

For the reason that introduction of a brand new mining code within the Democratic Republic of Congo, giant corporations have paid contributions to native communities to straight assist the areas through which they function. In a report printed in Lubumbashi ten days in the past, civil society NGOs point out that between July 2018 and December 2019, communities acquired greater than $ 114 million in…

It is in principle this Wednesday that the consultations launched by President Félix Tshisekedi will end. He got political, religious and civil society figures to put an end to the differences with Joseph Kabila and within the FCC-Cach coalition. But after three weeks of discussions, several cases stand still. as reported from…

Prayers and tributes in Niamey, the capital of Nigeria, at the home of former President Mamadou Tandja, who died on Tuesday at the age of 82. In Niger, he had previously seduced part of the population with his measures against poverty. From our correspondent in Niamey, Moussa KakaNational radio has since broadcast Muslim…

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is without doubt one of the nations the place the rape of ladies is usually used as a weapon of warfare. In line with a UN report from 2019, the nation registered 900 rape victims, most of whom had been registered within the japanese a part of the nation, which was suffering from armed battle.…