Eye on Africa

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Members of the international community welcomed the progress made in holding free and fair elections in Somalia, arguing that the plan has been fully implemented so far in accordance with the original agreement. The country has launched the long process of selecting the leaders, who will lead the country for the next four years. Already, senatorial elections have started across the country, with Jubaland becoming the first state to choose senators. In a statement, members of the international…

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Salonga National Park, the largest in the country, was withdrawn on 19 July with Unescode from the World Heritage List in Danger where it had been listed since 1984. This decision rewards efforts to preserve this park from 36,000 square kilometers, considered the largest reserve of tropical rainforest in Africa. Pastor Cosma Wilungula, Director General of the Congolese Institute for Nature Conservation, is RFI's guest. .

In Uganda, the 42-day containment in mid-June ordered to fight the new wave of Covid-19 cases that ended on Saturday, July 31. Transportation, including motorcycle taxis, is allowed again and shopping malls can reopen. The curfew will be maintained at 7 pm and the schools will remain closed for the time being, but for Kampala residents, the resumption of operations is a real relief.…

In the Central African Republic, we now know of the composition of the organizing committee responsible for preparing the Republican dialogue that President Touadéra promised the day after his re-election. as reported from Bangui, Carol ValadeAlready at the announcement of the quotas, the opposition had condemned an unbalanced…

This Guinean activist, also known as Foniké Menguè, is an official of the Tournons la page and the National Front for Defense of the Constitution, FNDC. Oumar Sylla was forcibly arrested on the streets of Conakry in September last year while trying to mobilize citizens for a demonstration against the proposed third term of…

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Congolese Institute for Nature Conservation (ICCN) is campaigning for the inter - ministerial decree specifically approving the capture and killing of certain protected species. Correspondence was sent to various authorities, including the Deputy Prime Minister and the Congolese Minister for the Environment and Sustainable Development.…

On Sunday, President Kaïs Saïed fired his prime minister, froze the work of the National Assembly for 30 days and lifted the deputies' immunity. However, one week after Tunisia, if the president has not yet appointed a new prime minister, Kaïs Saïed has been very active, while the economic horizon is still blocked and the epidemic is progressing.…

With less than 6,000 cases of Covid-19 registered for 195 deaths, Niger is one of the least affected countries from a health point of view, but its economy is one of the most affected. And the impact of the pandemic has exacerbated the existence of uncertainty in production and exacerbated the number of Nigerians who end up in very great insecurity.…

Rebels killed six civilians and injured several others on Saturday in an attack on a village in the northeastern part of the volatile Central African Republic, according to the UN peacekeeping mission. "This morning at dawn, elements from 3R (Return, Reclamation, Rehabilitation) launched a large-scale attack on C. African army positions in the village of Mann," said the spokesman for the UN's 12,000 strong MINUSCA mission. "Six civilians were killed and several were injured," he added. The village is about 550…

On Saturday, the French president summoned Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Abdallah Hamdok, the head of the Sudanese government. Two interviews to underline, according to the Élysée, France's concerns about the rise of fighting in northern Ethiopia and the development of the humanitarian situation in Tigray. Emmanuel…