In Cameroon, the police who had surrounded the home of Maurice Kamto, the main opponent of President Paul Biya, de facto under house arrest, for two and a half months, lifted their device.
Maurice Kamto, unhappy rival of the irremovable head of state re-elected in 2018 in a ballot contested by the opposition, imprisoned without trial for nine months in 2019 before being released thanks to intense international pressure, was blocked at him in Yaoundé since the eve of "peaceful marches" that he and his party had organized on September 22, notably to demand the departure of President Biya.
In Gabon, the resignation of Jean-Marie Ogandaga agitates public opinion in Libreville.
The Minister of the Economy was forced to leave his post as a new scandal was about to erupt.
It would have been at the heart of embezzlement of public funds.
The explanations from Libreville.
Torn apart by civil war, Bambari, in the heart of the Central African Republic, is now considered an example of the country's reconstruction.
Several billion CFA francs have been invested in the development of this "pilot" city where the efforts of the international community have been concentrated since 2017. Four years later, the city is almost entirely dependent on humanitarian organizations, which are the only sources. employment and economic activity.
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