Il y a 35 ans, le président Félix Houphouët-Boigny transférait la capitale de la Côte d’Ivoire dans son village natal : Yamoussoukro. D’immenses chantiers ont été lancés pour le transformer en ville moderne : aéroport international, institut polytechnique, palais présidentiel, et aussi le plus grand lieu de culte chrétien du monde ! Mais le …
Read More »Poursuite des manifestations au Soudan, l’opposition appelle au départ de Béchir
Les manifestations se poursuivent, vendredi, au Soudan, où le principal chef de l’opposition a soutenu les appels au départ du président Omar el-Béchir. La veille, deux manifestants ont été tués à Khartoum.
Read More »Sudan’s veteran opposition leader calls on Bashir to step down
The leader of Sudan’s largest opposition party, Sadiq al-Mahdi, called on President Omar al-Bashir’s government to heed protesters and resign in an address to supporters at a mosque across the River Nile from Khartoum Friday. « This regime has to go immediately, » Mahdi told hundreds of worshippers at a mosque in …
Read More »Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast’s abandoned capital
In 1983, Ivorian President Félix Houphouët-Boigny moved the country’s capital city from Abidjan to Yamoussoukro, his birthplace. Huge building sites were set up to transform what was a small village into a modern city: an international airport was built, a polytechnic institute, a presidential palace and even the world’s largest …
Read More »Former Sudanese PM calls for Bashir to quit as protests mount
The leader of Sudan’s largest opposition party, Sadiq al-Mahdi, called on President Omar al-Bashir’s government to heed protesters and resign in an address to supporters at a mosque across the River Nile from Khartoum Friday.
Read More »Congo analysis: Is it a change of regime or just a change of president?
Congo’s Felix Tshisekedi has been sworn in as the new president, cementing the Central African nation’s first peaceful transfer of power since independence nearly 60 years ago. But questions remain about the disputed December 30, 2018, vote. Just one African head of state, Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta, was seen at …
Read More »En direct : la cérémonie d’investiture de Félix Tshisekedi en RD Congo
Félix Tshisekedi va officiellement devenir le 5e président de la République démocratique du Congo. Il doit prêter serment au palais de la Nation, siège de l’actuelle présidence, au bord du fleuve Congo. À suivre à partir de 12 h 30 (heure de Paris).
Read More »Watch live: Felix Tshisekedi inaugurated as DR Congo president
Felix Tshisekedi, the son and heir of the country’s veteran opposition leader, is being inaugurated as the new president of Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday. Watch the inauguration ceremony live with FRANCE 24.
Read More »DR Congo: Tshisekedi takes office, but Kabila legacy casts long shadow
Will Félix Tshisekedi, inaugurated as DR Congo’s new president on Thursday after a contested election win, be able to institute real change? Furthermore, will Joseph Kabila — after 18 years in power — really allow his successor to govern?
Read More »RD Congo : Félix Tshisekedi débute son mandat dans l’ombre de Joseph Kabila
Félix Tshisekedi sera investi jeudi nouveau président de la République démocratique du Congo. Contesté, sera-t-il capable d’incarner une véritable alternance à la tête du pays ? Joseph Kabila le laissera-t-il gouverner? Analyse.
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