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The presidential campaign ended this Friday in the Republic of Congo andvoters will have to choose this Sunday among the 7 candidates, the one who will lead the country for the next 5 years. On the starting line, the outgoing president Denis Sassou Nguesso, 74 years old, who is trying to run for a 4th term, with his social project,… Read More

Senegal crossed the symbolic threshold of 1,000 deaths from Covid-19 on Friday, while the “state of health disaster” established to contain the disease expires in the evening. Senegal faced a second wave of the pandemic from December. In early January, the authorities re-established a night-time curfew in Dakar and Thiès (west), the two most affected regions. Eight new deaths were… Read More

Congo’s Pool region is a victim of the severe socio-economic crisis, the central African state has faced since 2014, after the closure of the Diamond Cement factory put several hundred Congolese out of work. The central African state’s dependence on oil is one of the issues at stake in the March 21 presidential election. Current president Denis Sassou Nguesso, who… Read More

Nearly 200 people have been killed and 40,000 have been displaced since January following a surge of attacks by the ADF militia in the northeast Democratic Republic of Congo, the UN said on Friday. The United Nations refugee agency reported an “alarming increase” in attacks by the notorious Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) — a historically Ugandan Islamist group present in… Read More

The illegal exploitation of mineral resources is one of the main sources of subsistence in the locality of Chimoia province of Manica in Mozambique. Children are initiated at Garimpo at a young age, by family members, and many of them discard any possibility of going to school early. At the age of 6, Nelito was already accompanying his uncle and… Read More

The former Cameroonian international Samuel Eto’o has told Africanews that he regrets a decision by French clubs not to release their players for the qualifiers of the African Cup of Nations, due to the coronavirus pandemic. Eto’o was in the French city of Lyon to receive a Doctorate honor from the Lyon Business School for his works in his country… Read More

At the Cheikh Anta Diop university in Dakar, students say recent unrest was due to long-simmering anger at the pandemic and bleak job opportunities. Senegal was recently rocked by days of violent clashes. The clashes ensued between supporters of the main opposition leader and the police early March. At least five 5 people were killed in the nationwide unrest. The… Read More

Five women will hold important ministries in Libya’s new government for the first time in the country’s history. While the move has been praised it is far from achieving parity in the UN-sponsored transitional government led by Abdelhamid al-Dabaiba. Libya descended into conflict after dictator Moamer Kadhafi was toppled and killed in a NATO-backed uprising in 2011, with an array… Read More

Soldiers have been reinforced in Western Niger, where suspected jihadists attacked on Monday. The attack left 66 people killed, according to the Nigerien Interior Minister. No group has so far claimed responsibility for the attack. But the Interior, Alkache Alhada wants to beef up security in the area. “We are going to increase the number of personnel to allow patrols… Read More

Samia Suluhu Hassan is a soft-spoken, veteran politician unexpectedly thrust from the role of vice president to become Tanzania’s first female leader after John Magufuli’s sudden death. Hassan, 61, made history Friday when she was sworn in at a ceremony in Dar es Salaam before a room of dignitaries. Under the constitution, Hassan will serve the remainder of Magufuli’s second… Read More