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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.
Read More »Rd Congo sounds alarm over Ebola outbreak
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 …
Read More »Chairman of United Bank for Africa: ‘We need to fix our problems ourselves’
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 …
Read More »Libyan former prison boss allegedly known as ‘Angel of Death’ faces International Criminal Court
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 …
Read More »Orange « n’a pas de pré-carré » en Afrique, dit la Directrice générale du groupe
Dans un entretien accordé à France 24 en marge du sommet de Nairobi, Christel Heydemann, Directrice générale d’Orange, assure qu’il n’y a « pas de pré-carré pour Orange » en Afrique et que le groupe ne s’interdit pas d’étendre son implantation. Elle annonce la formation de trois millions de jeunes à l’horizon …
Read More »Ebola: DR Congo death toll rises sharply to at least 131, WHO to host emergency meeting
The death toll from an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has risen sharply to at least 131 from 513 suspected cases, Health Minister Samuel Roger Kamba said, as the World Health Organization on Tuesday is set to host an emergency committee meeting.
Read More »Épidémie d’Ebola : nombre de cas en hausse, le chef de l’OMS « profondément préoccupé »
L’Organisation mondiale de la santé (OMS) a convoqué mardi une réunion d’experts face à la rapide progression de l’épidémie d’Ebola, déjà à l’origine de 131 décès présumés en République démocratique du Congo. Son directeur général s’est dit « profondément préoccupé par l’ampleur et la rapidité » de la contagion alors que l’Agence sanitaire de l’Union …
Read More »Damage control over prevention: International health system ‘closing gaps instead pushing forward’
François Picard is pleased to welcome Anne Moore, Professor of Biochemistry at University College Cork. She is warning about the seriousness of the latest Ebola outbreak linked to the rare Bundibugyo strain. While tests and vaccines exist for the Zaire strain, Professor Moore says “we don’t yet have proof that …
Read More »RD Congo : l’inquiétante propagation d’une souche rare du virus Ebola, sans vaccin ni traitement
Une nouvelle flambée du virus Ebola, liée à la souche hautement létale Bundibugyo, frappe l’Ituri en RD Congo et inquiète l’OMS, qui a déclenché son deuxième plus haut niveau d’alerte. Sans vaccin homologué ni traitement spécifique, l’épidémie a déjà fait plus de 90 morts. Elle s’est étendue jusqu’à Goma et …
Read More »French Minister visits Algeria amid diplomatic thaw
France’s justice minister Gérald Darmanin is in Algeria to discuss improving cooperation and the fate of a detained French journalist. The visit is a sign of warming ties between the two countries, after a diplomatic spat triggered among other things by Paris’s official backing Moroccan sovereignty over the disputed Western …
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