Eye on Africa

AfroQueer is the name of the first podcast of documentary series about the life of the LGBT community in Africa. A hot topic, as these minorities are often demonized on the continent. AfroQueer was created two years ago. Our correspondent in the region visited his studios in Nairobi, Kenya's capital. (Replay of December 22, 2020)…

In Senegal, the Constitutional Council this week rejected an appeal by the parliamentary opposition demanding the annulment of new laws on terrorism recently adopted by the Assembly. In addition to the benefits of the decision, the opposition denies the composition - and thus the jurisdiction - of the country's highest court, which currently has only four members instead of seven.…

At least 800 people in Uganda received fake Covid-19 vaccines last month from unapproved people as the country is battling a surge in cases from the ongoing fourth wave. The counterfeit jabs were administered over May and June during a deadly surge of the coronavirus in the East African nation, when new infections soared to record highs of about 1,700 cases per day. The fraudsters targeted people looking to pay for immunisation, including corporate employees, at a time when vaccines were in short supply, said Dr Warren…

On Thursday night, French army personnel announced that they had "neutralized" in Mali two heads of the Islamic State organization in the Greater Sahara: Rhissa al-Sahraoui and Abou Abderrahmane al-Sahraoui. When the end of his mission is announced, Barkhane maintains pressure on the terrorists. "This new operation illustrates…

The son of Guinea's President Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue and Zimbabwean businessman Kudakwashe Tagwirei will no longer be allowed to enter British territory and their bank accounts will be frozen. as reported from London, Marie Boëda"These measures are aimed at individuals who have lined their pockets at the expense of their…

The information was formalized by a statement from the African Union and Israeli diplomacy on Thursday, July 22. The new Israeli ambassador, currently stationed in Addis Ababa, handed over his duties to Moussa Faki Mahamat, President of the African Union Commission. A photo of the two diplomats posing with the green African Union flag marks the event. "This corrects an anomaly that has been going on for almost two decades," said a statement from Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid. Israel thus regains its observer status,…

Somalia: Prime Minister Roble dismisses Farmajo's right-hand man to assert control MOGADISHU, Somalia - The sudden announcement by the Prime Minister's Office on Friday to sack the chief of staff of Somalia's controversial spy service, the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA), caused seismic waves across the political spectrum and caught initiates by surprise. Officially Chief of…

Somali PM sacks top intelligence officials in thrill move that has upset Farmajo MOGADISHU, Somalia - Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble on Friday sacked two senior intelligence officials in an unexpected move that allegedly angered incumbent President Farmajo. In a statement, the prime minister's office announced that NISA's director of human resources, Abdullahi Kulane, and the head…

Just days after a new tension between the two countries over Western Sahara, Algiers said it was "deeply concerned" after revelations that Algerian officials could have been spied on via this spy program. According to the press release from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Algiers condemns Morocco's large-scale use Israeli…

The African Union announces the appointment of a new High Representative in Chad. It is the Congolese Basile Ikouébé, who already holds the post of special envoy for the AU in Ndjamena and who will therefore combine the two positions. This is the epilogue about the deviation that stood the African Union against the ruling military junta after the appointment of Senegalese Ibrahima Fall, which the…