#Other countries : A senior officer in the army of the Democratic Republic of Congo, commander of military operations against the rebel group “M23″ in the east of the country, has been arrested and imprisoned, Congolese media announced on Tuesday, citing suspicions of ” high treason”. According to these media, which cite relatives of Lieutenant-General … Read more
#Other countries : The sun rises over the hills of Nongoma, birthplace of the Zulu nation, in South Africa. Young women bathe in the cool water of a river: bare-breasted and equipped with a reed stem, they must present themselves to the king on Saturday. The tradition is centuries old in the Zulu culture. Every … Read more
#Other countries : Fuel prices have jumped to record levels in Kenya with the announcement on Thursday of a drastic cut in state subsidies which could weigh a little more on the daily lives of the most disadvantaged strata. Judging the policy of subsidized prices introduced by his predecessor for fuel and certain foodstuffs to … Read more
#Tunisia : The State and the UGTT trade union center would have agreed on a wage increase while the IMF demands a freeze. The measure aimed at mitigating the impact of inflation will in fact increase the wage bill and reduce the government’s budgetary leeway. Between the hammer of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and … Read more
#Guinea : In Conakry, year 1 of the coming to power of the army was celebrated with great fanfare by the military and their supporters while the National Front for the Defense of the Constitution (FNDC), which demands a rapid return to constitutional order, multiplied the demonstrations throughout the week. As part of the celebration … Read more
#Other countries : The manhunt is launched: main suspect, a figure of a gang from the small mountainous kingdom of southern Africa, Lesotho, torn apart for twenty years by a war between rival gangs of “famo”, a hip-hop local, which has already caused a hundred deaths. In July, 20 people were killed in shootings in … Read more
#Other countries : About 100 jihadist fighters drowned in a river in northeast Nigeria as they tried to flee a military offensive, security sources and residents told AFP on Monday. According to these sources, the Nigerian military launched a ground and air offensive last week to dislodge the jihadists from several villages located along the … Read more
#Ivory Coast : Tidjane Thiam prepares his return to the Ivorian political arena. The former boss of the British insurance group Prudential and the Swiss bank Crédit Suisse is considering running for the highest office in Côte d’Ivoire, according to the British media The Telegraph. Little by little, Tidjane Thiam is laying the groundwork for … Read more