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A woman is actively sought in and around Libreville for complicity in the manufacture of counterfeit money, following the arrest of a Gabonese gravedigger and an Equato-Guinean. The facts date back to September 2023, when the Gabonese authorities caught a network of counterfeiters operating in the region. The new BEAC …

A social media influencer has been sentenced to two years for insulting President João Lourenço on TikTok in Angola, according to reports. “The suspect accused the president on her TikTok account of anarchy and disorganisation”, according to reports. She also blamed the president for the lack of schools, housing and …

General Brice Oligui Nguema, leader of the coup d’état in Gabon, has appointed the members of a new national assembly and senate for a transitional period before elections promised for an unknown date. Army and police chiefs joined forces on August 30 to stage a bloodless coup, widely supported by …

The death toll from Sunday’s landslide in Cameroon’s capital Yaoundé has risen to 30, with 17 others injured, says the country’s interior minister, who was on site to assess the damage, local media reported. Several homes in Mbankolo, an impoverished neighbourhood, were reduced to rubble following heavy rains. There are …

Many people are feared dead and others missing in Cameroon’s capital, Yaoundé, after landslides destroyed several homes in Mbankolo area, local media reported. It followed heavy rainfall across the city on Sunday evening. State media are reporting that at least 13 people have died from the disaster, with the figure …

An army colonel has been sentenced to death in the Democratic Republic of Congo for his role in the killing of more than 50 demonstrators in August. Troops serving under Mike Mikombe opened fire in the eastern city of Goma on members of a religious sect taking part in a …

Sylvia Bongo, the wife of Gabon’s ousted President Ali Bongo, has been charged with money laundering, receiving stolen property, forgery, and the use of forgery. Public prosecutor Andre Patrick Roponat announced on Friday that Sylvia Bongo‘s case had been brought before an investigating judge the day before. He also said …

The exiled former president of the Central African Republic (CAR), Francois Bozizé, has been sentenced to life in prison by a court in the country’s capital, Bangui. The 76-year-old, who now leads a rebel coalition, was convicted in his absence of charges including rebellion and undermining security. Handed down on …

Democratic Republic of Congo President Félix Tshisekedi has called for a faster withdrawal of the UN force in his country known by the acronym Monusco. He told the UN General Assembly on Wednesday that he had instructed his government to begin talks with the UN to bring forward “the start …

The state prosecutor in Gabon says Noureddin Bongo Valentin, the eldest son of the ousted president, Ali Bongo, and several of his political allies have been charged with high treason and corruption. The former president’s son, 31, was arrested shortly after last month’s coup. National TV showed images of him …