Eye on Africa

After Requiem pour une République, a noir novel that took place during the Algerian war in 1962, the author Thomas Cantaloube takes up his characters and projects them this time in Cameroon. His new novel, Frakas, has just been published in Série Noire by Gallimard. A former Mediapart journalist, Thomas Cantaloube, wanted to take the war in Cameroon out of oblivion shortly after decolonization. .

The peace and reconciliation agreement (APR) stemming from the Algerian process was signed six years ago between the Malian government and the armed groups involved in the peace process. In connection with this anniversary, the CMA (ex-rebellion) organized a press conference in Bamako on Sunday. For her, if hostilities have ceased on the spot between the signatories of the agreement, it is necessary to deplore the absence of real progress in its application. For the coordination of Azawad movements (CMA,…

At a time when Libya and the international community are increasing the pressure for all mercenaries and foreign forces to leave Libya, Khartoum is worried that Sudan's 'mercenaries' will return from Libya. During an interview in Doha, alongside the Arab League meeting, the two Sudanese and Libyan foreign ministers Maryam al-Mahdi and Najla al-Mangoush spoke of "this danger".…

Several NGOs condemn the "illegal" granting of large primary forest concessions to a single company. Contracts signed in September last year by Claude Nyamugabo, former Minister of the Environment, but not published on the ministry's website until March. By studying these contracts, forest rangers in the Democratic Republic of Congo observed several irregularities. And they ask for cancellation, It is an area as large as half of Burundi: 1,370,000 hectares of primary forest located in the north-north of the Democratic…

Laurent Gbagbo gave his first official announcement since returning to Côte d'Ivoire last Thursday, 17 June. In a statement, the former president said "to worry about the violence being waged in the country", referring to the clashes the day of his arrival between his supporters who came to welcome him at the airport and the forces in order. Throughout the day, the supporters spread tear gas around…

The presence in Uganda of the five variants is one of the reasons for the epidemic outbreak that the country in the Great Lakes region is currently experiencing when it had been relatively spared during the first wave. Strict containment had prevented the spread of the epidemic during the first wave of Covid in Uganda, but…

In the first stage of the semifinals of the Confederation Cup, JS Kabylie went for an expensive victory, on Sunday 20 June, away against Coton Sport (2-1). The Cameroonian club can regret their goalkeeper's mistakes that led to equalization of his opponents. In the second half left, Pyramids and Raja scored (0-0). The winner…

The Boko Haram group confirmed the death of its historic leader, Abubakar Shekau, last week. This had already been announced by the group Islamic State in West Africa (Iswap) two weeks earlier. What remains of the Boko Haram group after its disappearance? What are the new power relations between the jihadists from Iswap and the men who remained loyal to Shekau on the shores of Lake Chad?…

This weekend, several surgeons and health specialists welcomed a 9-year-old child from Zimbabwe to a private clinic in Johannesburg. In early May, the boy was attacked by a hyena during a nightly religious ceremony outside. as reported from Johannesburg, Romain SongThe child lost an eye, a nose and part of the mouth and…

After fifteen months of border closures, the Nigerian government decided to reopen them. The decision, taken at the last Council of Ministers, states that it is thanks to the control of Covid-19 in the country. A decision praised by the country's economic actors. as reported from Niamey, Moussa KakaIt is the control and…