Africa News
Overcrowding in DR Congo prisons poses Covid-19 threat
Issued on: 09/05/2020 – 14:03Modified: 09/05/2020 – 14:31 In a mid-April report, the NGO Human Rig..
Covid-19: The pandemic heightens food insecurity in Benin
Issued on: 09/05/2020 – 15:55Modified: 09/05/2020 – 15:56 While residents of Benin havent been ord..
WFP head warns Covid-19 pandemic could provoke ‘famines of biblical proportions’
Issued on: 08/05/2020 – 22:50Modified: 08/05/2020 – 22:50 The UN's World Food Programme is wa..
Rights groups fear disaster in DR Congo’s overcrowded prisons
Issued on: 08/05/2020 – 21:43 We bring you a report from the Democratic Republic of Congo, where t..
Hundreds of thousands flee violence in eastern DR Congo
Issued on: 08/05/2020 – 14:39Modified: 08/05/2020 – 14:39 More than 200,000 people, mostly women a..
Nigeria criticized after court death sentence by Zoom
At a virtual court hearing on Monday, Olalekan Hameed was found guilty of murdering his mother'..
Sudan bans female genital mutilation
An amendment of the country's criminal code was passed outlawing FGM, the Sudanese Foreign Mini..
Coronavirus in Africa: calm before the storm?
Issued on: 07/05/2020 – 21:51 So far, the coronavirus outbreak in Africa has been much more limite..
Republic of Congo’s President Sassou-Nguesso: ‘We’ve noticed a rise in the Covid-19 epidemic’
Issued on: 07/05/2020 – 20:14Modified: 07/05/2020 – 20:14 In an exclusive interview with FRANCE 24..
Russian mercenaries are fighting in Libya, UN diplomats say
Issued on: 07/05/2020 – 07:41Modified: 07/05/2020 – 07:42 Mercenaries from the Wagner Group, a Rus..