Eye on Africa

The President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Félix Tshisekedi crossed the Congo River on Monday 26 October to Brazzaville, where he will attend the 80th anniversary of the Brazzaville Manifesto, De Gaulle's call for resistance against Nazi Germany during World War II. He will use this stay to discuss bilateral issues and internal politics with his counterpart Denis Sassou Nguesso.…

A joint UN-AU-ECOWAS mission has been in Conakry since Sunday to try to find a solution to the crisis. After meeting on Monday, October 26, officials from Ceni, the government and the diplomatic corps, she went home to her opponent Cellou Dalein Diallo. Meanwhile, there is still an uncertain calm in the capital Conakry. The violence after the election now amounts to 21 deaths according to the…

Arrested in mid-May after 26 years on the run, the Rwandan businessman faces seven counts of genocide and crimes against humanity. In late September, the Court of Cassation validated the arrest warrant issued against him and ordered his transfer to the mechanism, a UN body responsible for the latest cases at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), which closed its doors in 2014. The…

In Senegal, indignation continues after the explosion of the engine of a pirogue of secret migrants. A minimum of twenty passengers would have died in a ship carrying greater than 200 folks. A complete of 51 folks had been rescued and transported to the naval base, in keeping with the Senegalese military. Traffickers have been arrested. From Saint-Louis, the place they're from, survivors and family…

The Cameroonian president finally expressed his condolences via Twitter to the victims of the massacre on Saturday, October 24, which took place at a school in Kumba, in the English-speaking southwest, in which seven students aged 9 to 12 were killed. as reported from Yaoundé,Polycarp EssombaHis silence was more than shrunk. It…

A complete of 21 folks have been killed in unrest in Guinea after a controversial presidential election final week, state tv reported on Monday as worldwide envoys tried to ease tensions within the West African nation. The RTG state information channel mentioned 21 folks had been killed since Oct. 19, together with safety forces…

In Madagascar, the constitution requires the state to organize "public education, free and accessible to all," but in fact, school, even public, is far from free. In addition to tuition fees, the parents of students often have to contribute to the payment of salaries to "Fram masters", the teachers who only have the matriculation exam in their pocket. Given these significant costs for the most…

In Côte d'Ivoire, for a month now, cocoa exporters have stopped buying futures contracts for the next production season. They are asking for a discount on taxes and especially on the quality premium called the "country differential". Information revealed by Bloomberg Agency. It is an arm that is invisible to the public, but…

In Senegal, 75% of respondents in a latest survey say they're for secure abortion in case of hazard to maternal well being. And 42% in case of rape or incest. A research that revives the talk on girls's proper to abortion in Senegal, whereas abortion may be punished with 3 years in jail. Solely the moral guidelines permit it…

In Burkina Faso, gold has grow to be crucial export product since 2008. From 10 mines in operation in 2010, the nation has grown to 17 mines 10 years later (as of 30 June 2020). By way of export earnings, they went from 974 billion CFA francs in 2016 to 1.420 billion in 2019. Burkina predicts a manufacturing of 53 tonnes for…