BCIJ Director Cherkaoui Habboub

Benin to increase minimum wage by end of November

Benin President Patrice Talon announced an increase of the minimum wage in November, the spokesperson of the government, Landre Hougbedji told 24 Au Benin Info reports. Trade unions have called on President Talon to stamp his April decision to bring the monthly minimum wage from 40,000 fr cfa (61 euros) to 52,000 fr cfa (79 […]

DRC: at least 129 dead in botched escape attempt from country’s largest prison

At least 129 people were reportedly killed while trying to escape from the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC’s) largest and chronically overcrowded prison in the capital Kinshasa. Congolese Interior Minister Shabani Lukoo said in a post on X on Tuesday (3 September) that “he provisional toll is 129 dead, including 24 by gunfire, after warning,” […]

EU to Dispatch Forces to CAR Divided by “Deep, Ingrained Hatred”

European Union foreign ministers meeting in Brussels on Monday (20 January) agreed to dispatch a battalion-sized force counting up to 1,000 soldiers to Central African Republic (CAR) to help to stabilize the war-torn African country. Being effectively the EU’s first major army operation in six years, the intervention by the 28-nation bloc comes after UN […]