Central Africa

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Former DR Congo president Joseph Kabila signs the founding declaration of the Front for the Refoundation of the Nation (FRN), launched in Goma on 12 October 2026.
Central AfricaPolitics

Kabila launches new movement in DR Congo

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo, 13 October 2026 Former Democratic Republic of Congo president Joseph Kabila has been named leader of a new...

São Tomé and Príncipe’s Foreign Affairs Minister Ilza Maria dos Santos Amado Vaz addresses the 81st UN General Assembly in New York.
Central AfricaDiplomacy

São Tomé and Príncipe seeks climate finance

NEW YORK, 26 September 2026 — São Tomé and Príncipe has called for greater access to climate finance, saying small island developing states...

Gabon’s Foreign Affairs Minister Marie-Édith Tassyla-Ye-Doumbeneny addresses the 81st UN General Assembly in New York.
Central AfricaDiplomacy

Gabon calls for stronger Gulf of Guinea security

NEW YORK, 26 September 2026 — Gabon has called for stronger security cooperation in the Gulf of Guinea, wider reform of global institutions...

An image taken from the X account Silicon Oyala shows the twin towers of Ciudad de la Paz, Equatorial Guinea
Central AfricaNews

Equatorial Guinea capital remains a ghost town

Malabo, Equatorial Guinea: Nearly eight months after Ciudad de la Paz was officially designated as the new political capital of Equatorial Guinea, the...

Gabonese MP Augustin Lobelle Yembi
Central AfricaPolitics

Gabon MP faces trial over Kigali airport assault

Libreville, Gabon: Gabonese lawmaker Augustin Lobelle Yembi is facing judicial proceedings in Gabon after being handed over by Rwandan authorities following his arrest...

Minister of Digital Economy, Digitalisation and Innovation Mark Alexandre Doumba in Libreville.
Central AfricaTechnology

Gabon speeds up digital transformation

LIBREVILLE, Gabon: Gabon is accelerating the implementation of major digital transformation projects, including its national digital identity system and a national interoperability infrastructure...

Congolese medical workers dressed in personal protective equipment (PPE) prepare an emergency unit at the Muthiri Adventist Hospital, as aid agencies intensify efforts to contain a new Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo strain in the Mutiri quarter of Butembo, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of Congo, September 10, 2026. REUTERS/Gradel Muyisa Mumbere
Central AfricaHealth

Ebola cases surpass 7,000 in DRC

DAKAR, Senegal | September 11, 2026 — Confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo have risen to 7,022, according to the...