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We bring you a report from the Democratic Republic of Congo, where there is growing concern about the safety of prisoners due to the coronavirus outbreak. More than 100 cases of Covid-19 have been reported in Kinshasa’s Ndolo military prison. The UN estimates that the country’s main prisons are, on average, at 432% …

More than 200,000 people, most of them women and children, have fled surging violence in Ituri in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo since March, the UN said Friday.  

Nous consacrons cette édition à la façon dont l’Afrique, dans son ensemble, gère l’épidémie de coronavirus. Le bilan s’établit à plus de 2 000 morts et le continent semble, pour l’heure, relativement épargné. Mais ce chiffre traduit-il vraiment la réalité du terrain ? Analyse avec nos correspondants et de nos invités.

Le Haut-Commissariat des Nations unies pour les réfugiés (HCR) s’est alarmé, vendredi, de l’escalade des violences en Ituri (nord-est de la RD Congo). L’institution onusienne estime que 200 000 ont dû s’exiler depuis le mois de mars.

So far, the coronavirus outbreak in Africa has been much more limited than elsewhere. While concerns remain that fragile healthcare systems make the continent particularly vulnerable, Africa is still far behind Europe and North America when it comes to the intensity of the crisis … The World Health Organization held …

In an exclusive interview with FRANCE 24 and RFI, the president of the Republic of Congo, Denis Sassou-Nguesso, discussed the Covid-19 pandemic in his country, as well as a controversial treatment developed in Madagascar that the Republic of Congo plans to use. He also talked about the economic consequences of the health …

Dans un entretien exclusif accordé à France 24 et RFI, le président de la République du Congo, Denis Sassou-Nguesso, revient sur la pandémie de Covid-19 dans son pays, ainsi que sur le traitement controversé mis au point à Madagascar, issu de la pharmacopée traditionnelle que le Congo compte utiliser. Il s’exprime …

Mercenaries from the Wagner Group, a Russian paramilitary organization seen as being close to Vladimir Putin, are fighting in Libya, UN diplomats said Wednesday, citing an experts’ report on the country’s arms embargo.

Un rapport d’experts de l’ONU contrôlant l’embargo sur les armes imposé à la Libye confirme la présence dans le pays de mercenaires du groupe russe Wagner et de combattants syriens venus de Damas soutenir le maréchal Khalifa Haftar.

In tonight’s edition: Supporters of Malawi’s opposition took to the streets of Blantyre on Wednesay as their presidential candidate presented nomination papers for the July re-run of last years election. The outcome initially returned President Peter Mutharika to office but the result was historically overturned in a landmark ruling in February. In Burkina …