Eye on Africa

Boost as Joe Biden sends troops to Kenya in Al-Shabaab war NAIROBI, Kenya - US troops will work closely with the Kenya Defense Forces in the fight against Somalia-based al-Shabaab militants, it emerged just six months after Washington withdrew troops from Somalia under unclear circumstances. Former President Donald Trump, by executive order, ordered the withdrawal of troops in what he called a…

EXCLUSIVE: Senior officials behind missing soldiers in Eritrea exposed NAIROBI, Kenya - When thousands of young Somalis gathered in Mogadishu in 2019, they were officially told they would be heading to Qatar for military training. Their destination would turn out to be wrong. But Qatar's role in the now controversial military training of Somali youth in Eritrea has remained. Days after a…

Robow kidnapped and KDF bombard Gedo over bad policy, says Hassan Sheikh MOGADISHU, Somalia - Former President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has once again attacked the administration of President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, citing a series of problems which he says were triggered by bad decisions taken by the government. In a Twitter Space conversation hosted by Axadledubbed “Democratization and…

Somalia appoints team to investigate complaints about training of soldiers in Eritrea MOGADISHU, Somalia - Somalia has bowed to pressure on the underground training of young soldiers in Eritrea, following protests from their parents and opposition figures, who accuse the government of withholding information on their progress. There are nearly 5,000 soldiers training in Eritrea, but the government has…

In Chad, the extraordinary congress of the patriotic rescue movement, the late President Idriss Déby Itno, convened yesterday, has appointed the President of the National Assembly, Haroun Kabadi, as the new Secretary General. A consensus and even an abbreviated congress. with our correspondent in Ndjamena, Madjiasra NakoMany…

This is a confirmation, another sign that relations between France and Rwanda are improving. While Paris no longer had an ambassador in Kigali, the Rwandan Council of Ministers validated the accreditation of the diplomat proposed by Paris: Antoine Anfré, a good connoisseur of the continent. A new representative of France in…

After a series of so-called "economic" tours that took him to the center of the country, President Macky Sall began a second tour on Saturday, June 12, this time in the regions of Saint-Louis and Matam in the north. A stay that will be reinforced by the mobilization of these supporters who want to forget the parentheses from the riots in March last year. Riots were seen by some as a political message.…

During his last Council of Ministers, held on June 9, 2021, the Ivorian president announced the creation of 12 new autonomous districts. The district is the first level of administration for the territorial division. It is in the implementation of the policy of decentralization and local development, the head of state explains. The opposition believes that this reform aims to better control the…

Félix Tshisekedi and his wife arrived in Goma on Saturday 12 June. The Congolese head of state visited the region to sympathize with the victims of the May 22 volcanic eruption. He is accompanied by at least eight ministers in this mission, which is both humanitarian and security. According to initial information, Felix Tshisekedi will be able to stay in the region for at least seven days.…

Despite warnings from the authorities, several meetings are being held in several cities in Nigeria, on the occasion of "Democracy Day". In Lagos, Abuja or Benin City, protesters had come to protest against growing insecurity, poor governance and the shutdown of Twitter for more than a week in the country. A popular dissatisfaction that President Muhammadu Buhari did not mention in his traditional…