Eye on Africa

The Nigerian authorities announced on Tuesday (June 29) that they had arrested the leader of the independent movement Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. He was arrested on Sunday and "taken back to Nigeria" according to the country's justice minister. Nnamdi Kanu appeared in a court in Abuja on Tuesday that approved his detention until his "terrorism" trial began on July 26.…

The kingdom of Eswatini, until recently known as Swaziland, announced a curfew on Tuesday (June 29) when the army was sent out to quell protests against democracy. Clashes rallied against Democratic protesters on Monday night, June 28. In power for 35 years, King Mswati III is believed to be in South Africa, and the opposition says he fled there and promised to intensify their protests.…

UAE approves ceasefire in Tigray, Ethiopia as TPLF takes control of Mekelle ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - United Arab Emirates approved the ceasefire in the Tigray region, which was first announced Monday after months of war that left thousands dead and nearly 2 million displaced from their homes in the northern region of Ethiopia. Ethiopian National Defense Forces withdrew from Tigray's…

Published on Wednesday, the latest report from UN experts on the Central African Republic is serious. It describes about forty pages on the human rights violations committed by the various parties to the conflict. He also points to what experts call the "security sector faction" ... members of armed groups or militias recruited or instrumentalized by government members and security forces.…

The long-delayed presidential election in Somalia will finally be held on October 10, the country's political leaders agreed on Tuesday after months of stalemate that sometimes turned violent. The Prime Minister's Office, Mohamed Hussein Roble, presented the timetable for indirect parliamentary and presidential elections in a statement on Twitter, saying that stakeholders had agreed on a roadmap for voting after two days of talks in the capital Mogadishu. President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed and the leaders of Somalia's…

Somalia election schedule released after lengthy negotiations MOGADISHU, Somalia - The leadership of the federal government of Somalia, federal member states and the administration of the Banadir region have agreed on the election timetable, which will be implemented as part of the resolution of the electoral crisis in the country. Over the past year, stakeholders have wrangled over the model,…

The Ethiopian authorities declared a "unilateral and unconditional ceasefire" in Tigray on Monday, June 28, after nearly eight months of fighting. On the same day, troops loyal to the former dissident authorities in Tigray Mekele, the capital of the country, were captured. the country. Decipher the situation with René Lefort, an independent researcher and specialist in the Horn of Africa.

UN report calls for massive action to eradicate racism MOGADISHU, Somalia - A senior United Nations official has tabled a report that builds on sweeping actions to eradicate racism, which has primarily targeted people of African descent around the world for decades now. Michelle Bachelet, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, released a report calling for sweeping action to…

A spectacular turnaround in Tigray in northern Ethiopia: the region, at war since November, was the site, on Monday 28 June 2021, of a major offensive by the Tigray rebels, which seized the capital Mekele province. An important piece for the Ethiopian army and the government of Abiy Ahmed. Tigrayan Forces (TDF) seems to be able to control other cities.…

On June 5, 2021, gunmen attacked this place in the eastern Yagha province, killing at least 130 people, according to authorities. On Monday, June 28, the prosecutor for FasoEmile Zerboa published a press release to take stock of the investigation. Investigated by the Special Brigade for Investigations Against Terrorism and the…