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By: Rpf Gakwerere On Monday, 22 March 21, The Republic of Congo’s main opposition candidate Guy-Brice Parfait Kolelas died as he was being transferred to France for treatment for Covid-19. Kolelas died in a medical aircraft which came to airlift him from Brazzaville on Sunday, afternoon, 21 March 2021. He …

The UK Government is aware that Idamange Yvonne was arrested on 15 February and remains in detention in Rwanda. We are monitoring her case closely, including observing proceedings at her court hearings. We are also aware of reports of the disappearance of Innocent Bahati, who remains missing, in February. Through …

By: Aljazeera Israel’s defence minister has said that his country has drawn up plans to strike Iranian targets if Tehran shows signs of nuclear escalation. Benny Gantz told Fox News that Israel is still working on its plans, but “we have them in our hands of course”. He showed a …

Exiled Rwandan opposition politician shot dead in Cape Town By: Guardian Staff and agencies in Johannesburg. Rwanda National Congress describes shooting of Seif Bamporiki as an ‘assassination’ A Rwandan opposition figure exiled in South Africa has been shot dead in Cape Town in what his party described as an “assassination”. Seif Bamporiki, …

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 …