central Africa

At least 22 people have been killed in an attack in a camp for displaced people in Ituri province in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, local media have reported. The armed group Cooperative for the Development of the Congo (Codeco) are blamed to have opened fire on the camp. Twenty …

A helicopter carrying Russian instructors crashed into the Oubangui River in the Central African capital Bangui on Monday, local media have reported. “Two people were seriously injured and the aircraft drowned in the river, right next to the Hotel Oubangui”, Central African journalist Fridolin Ngoulou told Anadolu Agency. According to …

Chad’s interim president, Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno, has quarantined himself as a precautionary measure after members of his staff tested positive for coronavirus. He made the announcement on Sunday after returning from France where he attended the Paris Peace Forum and a conference on Libya. “When we arrived this evening …

Eight new cases of the Ebola virus have been recorded in North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization (WHO) reports on Wednesday. Of the eight cases, there have been six fatalities, the WHO’s regional office for Africa said on its Twitter account. Some 573 …

According to the executive director of the United Nations AIDS agency, HIV infections could have a peak in the western and central regions of Africa due to the disruption of the Covid-19 pandemic in health services. “We are seeing across countries, a decrease in people receiving prevention, a decrease in …

The United Nations Joint Office for Human Rights (UNJHRO) accused the army in the Democratic Republic of the Congo of beating a human rights activist to death. On Twitter, the UN Joint Human Rights Office said activist Cabral Yombo succumbed to injuries after being tortured by soldiers who were under …

A UN group of experts on Wednesday called on the Central African authorities to end all relations with Russian paramilitaries accused of harassing and intimidating the Central African population. “We are extremely concerned about the acts of intimidation and recent reports of violent harassment by military and private security personnel …

Health authorities in Cameroon have postponed the rollout of the third Covid-19 vaccination campaign which had been scheduled to run from Wednesday until 31 October. Dr Manaouda Malachie, the minister of public health has announced that the campaign will begin on 17 November and 400,000 doses of vaccines are expected …

The Democratic Republic of Congo says its forces clashed with their Rwandan counterparts near the eastern border on Monday. According to an army spokesperson in North Kivu province, Rwandan forces crossed into Congo and tensions culminated into a clash. “A military company of Rwandan forces reached five kilometres into Congo…You …

The shooting dead of a schoolgirl by a policeman in one of Cameroon’s English-speaking region has sparked protests and tension in the troubled area. The girl, who was five according to the Reuters news agency, was travelling a car towards a checkpoint in the city of Buea when a policeman …