Eye on Africa

Noël Akossi Bendjo is back in Ivory Coast after three years in exile. The former mayor of the municipality of Plateau landed on Saturday, July 3 in Abidjan after a long stay in Paris. This high figure in the PDCI had chosen to stay out of the country after being accused of embezzlement of public funds and convicted in the absence of Ivorian justice. Accusations that Noël Akossi Bendjo has always denied…

In Senegal, the debate on the application of the law criminalizing rape and pedophilia has returned to the table since January 2020. It all started after the rape complaint from a 15-year-old girl against the son of a well-known journalist, the young man who is currently under arrest. The Senegalese feminist collective was mobilized on Saturday, July 3, in Dakar to support all women victims of violence…

The French government has removed Benin, Ghana and Senegal from the list of so-called safe countries in OFPRA, the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons in France. In the latter two countries, the goal is to protect LGBT citizens who are exposed to discrimination. Asylum seekers from these three West African countries in France now have the opportunity to appeal if their…

The UN mission in Libya has decided to announce the night of July 2-3 to the failure of the inter-Libyan talks in Geneva. Delegates from Libya's political dialogue forum and UN mediators met for four days in the Swiss capital. The discussions were therefore fruitless. The various participants simply failed to agree on the methods of holding a presidential and legislative election in December next year.…

In Burkina Faso, thousands of protesters marched through the streets of the capital to condemn the country's insecurity. At the urging of opposition parties and certain civil society organizations, the protesters called for strong measures to curb the attacks attributed to jihadist groups. as reported from Ouagadougou, Yaya…

A boat carrying migrants capsized overnight off the coast of Tunisia on Saturday, killing 43 people, the Tunisian Red Crescent said. About 84 migrants were rescued. Mongi Slim, head of the organization, told the Associated Press (AP) that the boat, which was carrying 127 migrants, left Libya's coastal city of Zuwara on Friday to cross the Mediterranean towards Italy. He said 46 Sudanese, 16 Eritreans and 12 Bengalis were among the migrants. Defense Ministry spokesman Mohamed Zekri said the 84…

Beninese visual artist Romuald Hazoumè is exhibiting his famous masks made of plastic jars until July 11 at the Quai Branly Museum in Paris. And his new installation "No Return" is the core of the exhibition "Ex Africa - African presences in art today". Interview with this self-taught Yoruba native who grew up in Porto-Novo in a Catholic family before conquering the art market with his voodoo-inspired…

Tunisian tennis woman Ons Jabeur managed to turn the situation around to beat Spain's Garbine Muguruza in three rounds of the quarterfinals of the Wimbledon tournament. She is the first Arab woman to reach the knockout stages of the Grand Slam tournament. Ons Jabeur shows his progress and does not intend to stop there. Two…

To protest Colonel Assimi Goita's second coup in late May, France suspended its operations with the Malian army. Friday night, she decided to repeal the measure. Cooperation between the two armies is restarting. Bamako has been informed of this. as reported from Bamako, Serge DanielThe Malian authorities say they were…

Report reveals how senior ministers involved in illegal fishing in Somalia NAIROBI, Kenya - A report released by Global Initiative has implicated senior Somali government officials in facilitating lucrative illegal fishing along the Indian Ocean coast, in what could spark a political storm in the country, which is already underway. electoral. The explosive report titled “Illegal Fishing in…