central Africa

More than 30 people have died in flooding in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, after torrential rains over the weekend. The authorities raced to evacuate and support hundreds of people trapped in their homes. The Ndjili River, which cuts through the city of around 17 million …

At least 12 Cameroonian soldiers were killed in an attack by terrorists on the border with Nigeria, according to a communiqué from the Cameroonian Ministry of Defense. “The attack in the Lake Chad region, near the town of Wulgo, also left more than a dozen soldiers wounded,” reports said. The …

Built by the Nachtigal Power Company (NHPC) since 2018, the Nachtigal dam will be inaugurated on April 3, 2025. In a context where energy needs are becoming increasingly pressing, this dam, which has been managing all of its 420 MW in the Southern interconnected grid since March 18, 2025, is …

According to UNICEF, the resurgence of conflict in the province of South Kivu, in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), has forced more than 850,000 people nearly half of them children to flee their homes. Many are living in precarious conditions, taking shelter in schools, churches, or in …

In Cameroon, the government has announced the dismissal of almost 5,000 civil servants and public employees, with a view to improving control over the number of staff on state payroll. The dismissals come in the wake of mass desertions from the ranks of the civil service, with civil servants leaving …

Bestine Kazadi, the first Congolese woman to join the executive committee of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), has done her country proud. Alongside Samuel Eto’o, Congolese Bestine Kazadi joins the comex and is set to inherit the position of 5th vice-president of CAF in charge of women’s soccer. She …

At least 25 people have been killed after a boat capsized in southwest Congo, many of them soccer players, according to reports. The players were returning from a match in Mushie city in Maï-Ndombe province on Sunday night when the vessel capsized on the Kwa River, said Alexis Mputu, the …

Almost 188 churches have been closed on the instructions of the Minister of Territorial Administration Paul Atanga Nji, sub-prefect of Yaoundé 4, Cameroon. “Of the 615 religious groups operating in his district, the administrative authority found that all 188 were operating illegally,” according to reports. From noise pollution to extortion …

Cameroonian lawyers launched a three-day strike on Wednesday to protest against police violence targeting their profession, according to reports. The protest was instigated by the Cameroon Bar Council, which issued a statement denouncing the physical violence, barbarism and other humiliating treatment to which lawyers are recurrently subjected by the forces …

Since the end of January, conflicts in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have claimed more than 8,500 lives in Goma, a city under threat from the March 23 Movement (M23) rebellion, which claims control of the area, the Congolese government announced on Thursday evening. According to …