Eye on Africa

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…

The Nigerian president is spending his first official trip to the insecure Diffa region. After visiting the soldiers, he will go this Friday, July 2, to the village of Baroua, where the people have abandoned their village for six years due to repeated attacks by Boko Haram. as reported from Niamey, Moussa KakaInstead of the No.…

Beninese justice sentenced a man on Tuesday, June 29, to 12 months in prison, including six months in prison, for "assault and battery" on three transgender people. This crime was perpetuated due to a lack of provisions in the penal code that punish "transphobia". On the night of April 30, at a birthday party in Cotonou, a group of people attacked three guests. These transgender women are attacked, beaten and naked. Only one of the attackers showed up at the hearing, his accomplices are on the run. .

One year after the presentation on the half cycle, the project reforming the Anti-Corruption Poles Act (PAC) was finally adopted by the National Assembly on the evening of Wednesday 30 June. At second reading, MEPs approved the text after the Senate had tabled two amendments. A reform that has been repeatedly criticized by civil society for which the text would weaken jurisdiction.…

Threats to a third wave of coronavirus, so India's main vaccine supplier to the Covax system is not expected to resume deliveries until the autumn, a new wave that promises to be more powerful than before. More than 200,000 cases were reported last week on the continent. The Director of WHO Africa was concerned this Thursday, July 1, in particular the presence of the Delta variant, which was detected in almost all cases of…

Coronavirus that causes Covid-19 has already mutated a lot since it appeared in late 2019 in China. In addition to the original source, known as "wild" that will spread throughout the world by 2020, more infectious variants, sometimes more dangerous or even that may partially escape vaccination, have emerged. The World Health Organization (WHO) and governments around the world are therefore closely…

"Niger has become a democratic island in the Sahel chaos and we must defend Niger to show that a democratic country can defeat terrorism. This is the message that the Nigerian government is sending to its partners, according to the source in Chad and Mali. Nigerian Foreign Minister Massoudou Hassoumi is visiting Paris. At ChistopheBoisbouvier's microphone, he reacts to everything that shakes the Sahel. He also talks about the United States about Joe Biden and about France by Emmanuel Macron. .

This is a first: an asteroid in the solar system now bears the name of a Senegalese, Maram Kaire. The 42-year-old astronomer has been honored by the International Astronomical Union. Recognition of the President of the Senegalese Association for the Promotion of Astronomy (ASPA). Much invested in promoting discipline and popularizing his passion, he recently led two missions for NASA in his country.…

In the face of the rise in Covid-19 cases and the increase in deaths, the authorities continue to try to stop the tide. Following new reconfigurations in several regions, Greater Tunis was closed on Thursday, July 1, with a 20-hour curfew throughout the territory, disruptions to cultural events, demonstrations and closure of worship.…

It took almost fifteen years for the Nigerian parliament to adopt a new oil law, which should better protect the country's and local community interests. The two chambers of parliament adopted the text on Thursday, "an important victory" stressed the Speaker of the Nigerian Assembly. However, Nigeria's largest oil producer,…