Du Kenya au Maroc en passant par le Botswana, l’influenceur afro-américain IShowSpeed a drainé pendant un mois les foules dans vingt pays africains. À 21 ans, il comptabilise déjà 50 millions d’abonnés sur YouTube, qui ont pu découvrir à travers son périple une Afrique jeune et dynamique.

Uganda remains in the grip of severe political tensions following the recent election, with reports of around 800 arrests nationwide. Security forces have also been accused of killing people and carrying out abductions. The opposition leader has condemned the government’s actions, accusing the authorities of spreading fear to silence dissent. …

The conflict in South Sudan seems to have flared up again. A peace agreement signed in 2018 had brought a period of relative stability, but that progress is now falling apart. Fighting has erupted in the Jonglei region, north of the capital, and the army has deployed troops to prevent …

It has been one year since the AFC/M23 rebels seized control of Goma, which was then the provincial capital of North Kivu. This marks the first time the city has remained under rebel rule for such an extended period. While daily life has resumed, some residents report a growing climate …

Muhoozi Kainerugaba, Uganda’s military chief, has denied accusations that soldiers had been sent to the home of opposition leader Bobi Wine to beat his wife. Wine has been in hiding since disputing the outcome of the mid-January elections that returned President Yoweri Museveni to power for a seventh term. Kainerugaba …

En RD Congo, cela fait un an que les rebelles de l’AFC/M23 ont pris le contrôle de Goma alors capitale provinciale du Nord-Kivu. C’est la première fois que la ville est sous rebelle aussi longtemps. Dans la ville, la vie quotidienne a repris son cours mais certaines voix dénoncent un …

L’amitié sénégalo-marocaine est « plus forte que les émotions » suscitées par la finale chaotique de la CAN, a déclaré à Rabat le Premier ministre sénégalais Ousmane Sonko. Un message visant à apaiser les tensions entre les supporters des deux pays qui s’écharpent sur les réseaux sociaux au sujet des incidents qui …

The US will increase materiel deliveries and intelligence sharing with Nigeria, a military official said Monday, as part of a wider bid to pursue IS group-linked militants on the continent. The Pentagon is also maintaining lines of communication with militaries in the West African countries of Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali, …

Pour traquer l’organisation État islamique, l’armée américaine renforce ses livraisons d’équipements et le partage de renseignements avec le Nigeria, a déclaré un haut responsable du Commandement des États-Unis pour l’Afrique. Cette stratégie survient près d’un mois après des frappes conjointes menées dans le nord-ouest du pays.

Independent UN experts warned on Sunday that escalating violence in South Sudan was raising the risk of mass atrocities against civilians, citing fresh clashes and inflammatory rhetoric. The UN Commission on Human Rights said it was gravely alarmed by fighting in Jonglei state, where witnesses reported civilians fleeing into nearby …