[A l’issu d’un atelier de deux jours organisé à Goma au Nord-Kivu sur la situation sécuritaire en République démocratique du Congo (RDC), les coordinations de la société civile des provinces du Maniema, de la Province Orientale, du Katanga, du Nord-Kivu et du…

[African states including the East African Community (EAC) member states have been urged to dismantle trade barriers in a move that would enable them to generate an extra $20bn earnings per annum. A new World Bank report says that Africa’s farmers can…

[Algeria, a key power in north Africa, has given tacit approval for African-led military intervention to stop Islamic militants in neighboring Mali, sources in Algeria and France said. The former French colony shares a 1,200-mile border with Mali, and is wary of…

[France will move surveillance drones to West Africa and is holding secretive talks with U.S. officials in Paris this week as it seeks to steer international military action to help Mali’s feeble government win back the northern part of the country from…

[The European Union on Sunday urged Gambia to honour a freeze on the death penalty after the tiny west African nation’s supreme court upheld death sentences against seven officials for treason. Gambian President Yahya Jammeh last month announced a temporary halt to…

[Rwanda will replace South Africa on the UN Security Council when the latter relinquishes its non-permanent seat at the end of the year. Rwanda, who had the backing of the African Union, joins Australia, South Korea, Luxembourg and Finland for two years…

[The First Pan African Conference on Sustainable Tourism Management in African National Parks was opened Monday this week in northern Tanzania’s tourist city of Arusha, with commitments from African governments to develop responsible tourism. UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Secretary General Dr….

[Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma begins a four-year tenure as the head of the African Union’s executive arm  .    Under Dr Ping, the AU made some progress especially in Somalia, Cote d’Ivoire and in the Sudan’s protracted peace negotiations .Former South African Home Affairs minister…

[Du 12 au 14 octobre, la capitale congolaise accueille le 14e sommet de la francophonie.François Hollande, attendu à Kinshasa après une étape aujourd’hui à Dakar, effectue son premier déplacement officiel en Afrique.Jusqu’au dernier moment, la ville s’est préparée à cet événement, diversement…