The French army killed in Niger one of the perpetrators of the assassination of six French humanitarian workers, their guide and their Nigerien driver in August 2020 in the park of Kouré, claimed by the group Islamic State in the Sahel (EIGS), a announced Tuesday the French general staff.

In Burkina Faso, populations displaced by the jihadist insurgency that has raged since 2015 are increasingly facing serious food shortages.

This is an almost unprecedented situation for this country of farmers, where the number of people suffering from hunger has more than tripled since 2019.

In Ethiopia, the Tigrayan rebels appeal to the UN.

While their forces had to withdraw to the army, the insurgents are asking the United Nations to get involved in a ceasefire to establish peace and organize the return of humanitarian aid. 

Finally in the Republic of Congo, the government launched a vaccination campaign to fight COVID-19 in mid-October, a health pass was also put in place to encourage Congolese to be vaccinated.

Result 10% of the population is now fully vaccinated.

It is much more than in some neighboring countries.

But in Brazzaville, resistance is still strong.

Report by Rosie Pioth in this newspaper.

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