Published on :
Despite international pressure and the announcement of a ceasefire scheduled for Tuesday midday between the army and the M23 rebellion, fighting continues in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to local sources. After a few days of relative calm, fighting resumed Monday on the northern and southern fronts around rebel-held areas in North Kivu province. Patrick Muyaya, Minister of Communication of DR Congo, is our guest.
In the Republic of Congo, the population is finding it increasingly difficult to cope with soaring food prices. If officially bread and other products have not increased, on the ground the reality is quite different. Reportage in Brazzaville by Rosie Pioth.
Tropical Cyclone Freddy killed eight people as it returned to sweep Madagascar, where it had already killed seven at the end of February, authorities said on Monday, the result of a very rare “loop” trajectory according to meteorologists. We must go back to the year 1998 to find a similar phenomenon system, observed at the time with a tropical storm. The cyclone should strengthen as it heads towards Mozambique, which it should reach on Friday.
Editor: Célia Caracena