Mediators representing the Rwanda-backed AFC/M23 armed group and the Democratic Republic of Congo in a joint statement published Sunday said they have agreed on a roadmap for peace talks. The two sides said they had « agreed on the importance of a standardised method for reporting allegations of ceasefire violations ».

Réunis à huis clos en Suisse, le gouvernement de la RD Congo et le groupe rebelle AFC/M23, soutenu par le Rwanda, sont parvenus à un accord sur une feuille de route pour établir un calendrier de négociations. Ce texte s’inscrit dans le cadre du processus de Doha et fait suite …

Le Soudan est en proie, depuis le début de la guerre civile en 2023, à la pire crise alimentaire de son histoire. Le phénomène climatique El Niño menace les cultures, selon le climatologue et hydrologue Elfatih Eltahir, car il accroît fortement la sécheresse.

Togo’s government said Saturday it had “serious and corroborative evidence” against two French documentary filmmakers arrested last month alongside their Togolese fixer. The three men deny charges of making “false declarations”.

En Guinée, le président Mamadi Doumbouya a limogé deux membres du gouvernement. La décision est tombée vendredi soir à la télévision nationale, à travers deux décrets. Les deux ministres limogés étaient considérés comme proches du chef de l’État

Le gouvernement togolais a affirmé samedi que la justice disposait « d’indices graves et concordants » à l’encontre de Gaël Mocaër, Sebastian Perez Pezzani et Fred Vedomey, arrêtés le 27 juillet. Selon leur avocat, ils ne reconnaissent pas les faits qui leur sont reprochés. 

The Democratic Republic of Congo has received more than 16,000 doses of an Ebola vaccine, as authorities step up efforts against the ongoing outbreak. More than 2,500 people have already died and health officials from the WHO are warning this epidemic could surpass the deadliest on record – that occurred …

In 1894, when the Belgian city of Antwerp was hosting a World’s Fair, more than a hundred Congolese people were forcibly brought to the city to be exhibited in the Congo Pavilion. In this « human zoo », seven Congolese men ultimately died of disease. Today, this shocking episode still haunts Belgium …

A partnership between French experts and Ethiopian winemakers is putting East Africa on the viticultural map. Using seeds imported from Bordeaux, and after years of refining, exports are now on the rise. Domestically, Ethiopians are also consuming more and more of their local product. Our correspondent Tom Canetti went to …

In the Central African Republic, the search for victims continues following Tuesday’s gold mine collapse. The government says the incident has claimed at least 49 lives but local sources estimate the death toll to be much higher. Cameroonian and Chadian nationals are also among the victims. Several witnesses spoke to …