This is the last and certainly the most delicate stage of his trip to the continent.
Antony Blinken left DR Congo for Rwanda.
Kigali is accused by Kinshasa of supporting the M 23 rebels behind the massacres in eastern DRC.
Support that seems to be confirmed by the UN.
Washington has expressed its concern.
Two dead police officers and more than 800 detainees on the run after an attack by militiamen overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday, on an urban prison in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
According to a prison source who requested anonymity, of the 872 people detained in this prison, only 49 remained there.
This paradox in Niger: Africa's leading oil producer, the country lacks fuel.
So he has to import it.
No kerosene, rising prices.
Csq: Some airlines have to suspend their flights.
A blow for a growing sector.
France 24 report by Moïse Gomis.
The Biennale of Ouidah, in Benin has opened its doors.
The objective of this event, organized by Laboratorio Arts Contemporains, is to show that Vodun is not just a religion.
On this occasion, we suggest you go to Porto Novo.
The followers of Vodun accepted the support of the artists to renovate the crowned temples which shelter the divinities.
Emmanuelle Sodji tells us more.
Finally we will go to Niger.
Traditional outfits, warrior fields, frenzied dances: the Bianou, the main festival in the Agadez region in Niger, has come to an end.
The tradition has been transmitted in the Tuareg community for more than a millennium and is experienced as a breath of fresh air by the inhabitants in the face of the harsh security situation that the country is going through.
Report by Harold Girard.
Editor: Célia Caracena
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