La République démocratique du Congo qui fait face à la 17ᵉ épidémie d’Ebola de son histoire. L’Organisation mondiale de la Santé a déclenché son deuxième niveau d’alerte internationale le plus élevé face à une épidémie d’Ebola. 91 décès signalés ont vraisemblablement été causés par Ebola, selon les derniers chiffres donnés …

Les frappes menées conjointement dans le nord-est du Nigeria par les armées nigériane et américaine ont fait 175 victimes parmi les jihadistes de l’État islamique mardi, selon un porte-parole nigérian.

Ghana’s three billion dollar IMF bailout has just wrapped up, and it’s now hoping that it has a better financial footing to tempt investors over. The country needed the support to ride its worst economic downturn in decades following the pandemic, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and inflation. FRANCE 24’s Justice …

In Kenya, a deadly transportation strike has been suspended for a week, according to the nation’s interior minister. He announced that this pause would allow negotiatons to continue and calm unrest and violence during the strike. This after four people were killed in protests across the country.

Fresh alarm bells sounded from the World Health Organisation with the Democratic Republic of Congo in the grips of an Ebola outbreak. The body says it’s unlikely to disappear quickly, with the number of cases poised to rise.

Voilà cinquante ans que la maladie a été identifiée, mais Ebola continue de semer la mort en Afrique centrale. La recherche a permis de grandes avancées, notamment un vaccin contre la souche historique. Mais c’est désormais un autre variant qui sévit en République démocratique du Congo. Peut-on faire face ? Que …

French Justice minister is back from a visit to Algeria, as relations between the north-african country and its former colonial power start to get back on track. A series of issues was discussed at that meeting, including illegally-acquired assets and the case of the French journalist Christophe Gleizes.

RD Congo is to open three Ebola treatment centres as the World Health Organisation is also sending a team of experts to the country following an outbreak of the rare type of the virus. At least 131 have died, and over 500 have been infected. The US is also screening …

In an interview with FRANCE 24 on the sidelines of the Africa-France summit in Nairobi, Tony Elumelu, chairman of Heirs Holdings and United Bank for Africa, said « we [in Africa] need to fix our problems ourselves » as Western aid cuts bite, calling on the continent’s private sector to step up …

Former prison boss Khaled Mohamed Ali El Hishri was « one of the worst instigators » of torture, rape and murder in Libya’s notorious Mitiga prison, prosecutors told the International Criminal Court Tuesday. Judges will have 60 days to determine whether the charges against El Hishri – including 17 counts of war crimes …