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By: AFP in Paris French anti-terror prosecutors have announced the arrest of the former head of a rebel group in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on charges of “complicity in crimes against humanity”. Roger Lumbala, 62, is a former opposition lawmaker who led the RCD-N party, an armed group suspected by …

The funeral of the late Burundi president, Pierre Buyoya, will be held in Mali at a date to be announced later, family sources said on Sunday. Buyoya, 71, president of Burundi from 1987 to 1993 and from 1996 to 2003, died on Thursday in Paris, France, after complications from Covid-19. …

By: Reuters The Democratic Republic of Congo’s lower house of Parliament voted on Thursday to remove its speaker, handing President Felix Tshisekedi a major victory in his power struggle with predecessor Joseph Kabila. The vote was a show of strength by Tshisekedi’s allies, who might have enough support to form a new …

Analyse étonnante, excellente et impressionnante par Patrick Mbeko: “Pourquoi la rivalité entre Félix et Kabila pourrait conduire à la déstabilisation.”

By: AFP Press Police deployed in DR Congo’s parliament on Tuesday on the second day of clashes sparked by a crisis between President Felix Tshisekedi and supporters of his predecessor Joseph Kabila. At least three people were hurt as rival groups, including lawmakers, brawled and hurled objects before police restored …

By: Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Somalia expelled Kenya’s ambassador and recalled its own envoy from Nairobi after accusing its neighbour of interfering in the electoral process in Jubbaland, one of Somalia’s five semi-autonomous states. Relations between the countries have been tense over the ownership of potential oil and gas …

Head of Iran’s nuclear program, dubbed the father of regime’s bomb program, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh has just been assassinated in Damavand, east of Tehran, local Iranian news reported on Friday. Iran later confirmed the reports. “The nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was assassinated today by terrorists,” the Iranian Defense Ministry wrote in …

He led two coups, first in 1979, before twice being elected president in multi-party polls. A charismatic figure, he first seized power railing against corruption and was responsible for executing several former heads of state for their alleged graft and mismanagement. He was also seen as a champion of the …

He was attacked by right-wing militants who rejected the result of the elections in which the Socialist candidate won the presidency with 55 percent of the votes. “I express my deep regret for the physical departure of Brother Orlando Gutierrez. He was a great mining leader who always defended the …

By: Rpf Gakwerere On Friday, October 1st, 2010, it is when the United Nations published a groundbreaking report on the mass killings, rapes and displacement in the Democratic Republic of Congo. On Thursday, October 1st, 2020, was the 10th anniversary for the UN Mapping Report, a UN report that was …