Eye on Africa

France, of which more than 5,000 troops are stationed in the Sahel, will resume joint operations with the Malian Armed Forces, having suspended bilateral cooperation following a second coup in Mali in May, announced on Friday. the Armed Forces. "After consulting the Malian Transitional Authorities and the countries of the…

After being sentenced this week to 15 months in prison for contempt for justice, former President Jacob Zumaa ​​appealed to the Constitutional Court on Friday night and asked it to overturn its decision. Earlier this week, he was convicted by the same court of refusing to testify before a commission of inquiry into corruption. and this despite a ban on justice.…

The opponent gave a muscular speech on Friday, July 2, during a press release. He condemns the latest anti-terrorism laws. The leader of the Pastef Party accuses France of "neocolonialism" and once again warns President Macky Sall against a possible candidacy for a third term in 2024. After the riots in March and before the next election, Ousmane Sonko consolidates his political position. .…

WASHINGTON, United States | For the first time in as many months, the Ethiopian conflict has featured in the United States Congress, with Somali-born Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, who sits on the Foreign Affairs Committee, soliciting questions from the State Department, which oversees mainly such situations in the world. Ethiopian National Defense Forces Monday withdrew from the Tigray region after eight months of genocide, rape and torture, targeting both civilians and members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of…

Former Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda is due to be buried next Wednesday. At the podium, this Friday 2 July, the current president Edgar Lungu was whistled during his speech. Zambia is organizing a one-and-a-half-month presidential election in a tense climate "on the brink of a human rights crisis", according to Amnesty International, which criticizes the repressive methods of the six-year-old head of…

He was the last surviving freedom fighter. The father of Zambia's independence Kenneth Kaunda died on June 17, two weeks ago, at the age of 97. Zambia held its national funeral today in the presence of many leaders and representatives of the continent who had come to honor its memory. With our special correspondent in Lusaka,…

The northern province has been bloodied since November by a conflict that opposes the federal power in Addis Ababa, backed by the Eritrean army and militias of the Amhara ethnic group, and turned the former TPLF power into an armed group. . For a week now, the TPLF launched the offensive and took back a large majority of Tigray. The humanitarian situation is extremely difficult and many suspect Addis…

On Friday, July 2, 2021, the French Minister of Defense Florence Parly confirmed Allyhmoud ag Baye's death, aka Ikarey. Two weeks ago, the RFI announced the death of this cadre of Islamic State in Greater Sahara during a joint operation between the French and Nigerian armies and the European workforce Takouba in June in the Menaka region. Five other jihadists were neutralized and two relatives of Abu…

Burundi celebrated this Thursday, July 1, the 59th anniversary of its independence. Among the prominent guests are Central African President Faustin-Archange Touadéra, but especially Rwanda's Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente. This is the first visit by a Rwandan head of state or government to Burundi since the deterioration of relations between the two neighbors in the mid-2010s.…

Thunderclap for Namibia. This Friday, July 2, a statement from the Namibian Olympic Committee indicates that Christine Mboma and Beatrice Masilingi have a testosterone level too high to be able to run over 400 m at the Olympic Games in Tokyo. The two girls are no longer on the World Sports Federation's list of athletes who can…