Eye on Africa

Offer Cameroon its first medal in judo. This is Vanessa Mballa's mission that will be fought on Friday, July 30. In order to participate in the race, she must meet the representative of Turkey, Kayra Sayit. In life, all dreams are allowed. This is what Vanessa Mballa has to say to herself, the four-time African champion, with…

Understanding the complex conflict in Ethiopia as the ENDF prepares the assault on TDF NAIROBI, Kenya - For decades Ethiopia has been under a dictatorial rule primarily as a reason why conflict was rare, and even in its presence it was generally small in scale compared to what the world is currently experiencing. Since Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed came to power in 2018, the country has first…

Mariaa Siga, 2021 © Stéphane Pineau With a calling card as her first album Asekaw, which she finally has the opportunity to defend on stage, the Senegalese singer Mariaa Siga claims herself and with conviction forms her musical imprint between folk and reggae. Seeing her dance enthusiastically in the audience to the sound of Elida Almeida's Cape Verdean funaná, which performed on the July evening at the Nuits du Sud…

Ivory Coast's football team qualified for the quarterfinals of the men's Olympic tournament thanks to their draw against Germany on Wednesday, July 28 in Rifu (1-1). “Also qualified by beating Australia 2-0. You did not have to lose to Germany to be sure to validate your ticket to the quarterfinals of the Olympic tournament.…

Belgium is taking a major step forward in returning items looted during colonial times. The authorities have just presented a new legal framework. The Belgians no longer want items that have been forcibly acquired, resulting in the return of thousands of works by the Democratic Republic of Congo. From our correspondent in…

That's all! "The long-awaited meeting with the Ivorians has just taken place," he tells usInfodrome. "After ten years of enmity a historic meeting "," Alassane Ouattara and Laurent Gbagbo go hand in hand at the Presidential Palace in Abidjan ", we read on the website. And we also see, because the pictures of the two men are obviously everywhere."A fantastic moment" for L'Intelligent d'Abidjan. "Ouattara and Gbagbo are all…

The president of the Somali regional state, Mustafa Mohammed Omar, said on Wednesday that an important road and rail trade connecting the landed capital Addis Ababa to the port of Djibouti has been blocked. The majority of goods entering Ethiopia, a country of about 110 million people, are transported through that corridor. Reuters was unable to independently verify the reported block. The Ethiopian Prime Minister's office and authorities in Djibouti could not be immediately reached for comment.…

Somali spy agency linked to harassment of women in Gedo MOGADISHU, Somalia - The spy agency; National Intelligence and Security Agency found itself in uncharted territory again, following complaints from residents of Gedo, Jubaland, who raised alarm bells about gender-based violence allegedly perpetrated by some officers. For months now, NISA agents have pitched a tent in Dolow in Gedo, they…

Twenty parties called yesterday, Tuesday 27 July, for a successful transition. In a statement issued, they say they are ready to support the authorities to avoid pitfalls during this transition. This grouping, in which there are formations of ex-majority and ex-opposition, requires in particular respect for the date set for the conduct of the election and the publication of a detailed chronogram of the…

Libya's interim leader Mohammad Younes Menfi met with Congolese President Denis Sassou Nguesso, head of the African Union's conflict-ridden North African country, to discuss plans for elections in December. Libya's new transition leader emerged from a UN trial launched in November in Tunis, then voted on in Geneva and confirmed by Libya's parliament on March 10. The elections are tentatively set for December 24, but many conditions have not yet been met, Menfi and Sassou Nguesso said in a joint…