Eye on Africa

The Benin priests are worried about the many arrests and climate of fear that prevails in Benin. The Bishops' Conference in Benin is expressed at the end of an ordinary session held from 18 to 20 May 2021, but especially before the investment of Patrice Talon, re-elected on 15 April with almost 87% of the vote. as reported from…

In Ceuta, local authorities estimate between 8 and 10,000 migrants who have arrived in the Spanish enclave since the beginning of the week. And at 7,000, the number left voluntarily or returned to Morocco. Among those who remain in Ceuta (many of whom are minors), some live in centers where they sleep, are fed and receive basic hygiene products. Others are still on the streets of the city. Residents…

The patriotic salvation movement, the party of late President Idriss Déby, is beginning to reflect on its future during and after the political transition. By a decision signed a few days ago, the Secretary General of the former governing party set up a committee for future purposes on the future of education. as reported from…

During this week, 30 minutes a day of awareness of the Palestinian cause was integrated into the curriculum of Tunisian universities and colleges. A way to make students aware of the humanitarian issue, according to teachers. From our correspondent in Tunis,At Mohamed Salah Jabri High School in the southern suburbs of Tunis,…

This Sunday, May 23, a new round of legislative elections will take place in the Central African Republic. The third in a troubled choice. Today, 90 deputies are already officially in office, but 50 seats remain to be filled. The security issue is still present, but in this election new candidates are also emerging. The first…

The Ethiopian government has licensed a consortium led by Kenya's Safaricom, which also includes Britain's Vodafone and South Africa's Vodacom. This opening of the telecom market is a beneficial operation for Ethiopia in financial terms, for employment and investment. The Safaricom consortium will spend $ 850 million on its…

The American rapper of Senegalese origin Akon officially started this pharaonic project on August 31 in Mbodiène, one hundred km south of Dakar. Goal: to get an "African city of the future" out of the ground, ecological, with bold architecture, hotels, a business center, a hospital ... Total estimated cost: 6 billion dollars. Work on the first phase would begin in the first quarter of 2021. But so far…

A social media activist was sentenced to five years in prison for posting a clip in which she demanded attacks on Nigerian citizens. Return after a video that was incorrectly presented as representing Ivorians who had been beaten in Niger. as reported from Abidjan, Sidy YansaneHis face is everywhere on social networks and in…

The Democratic Republic of Congo has chosen the AstraZeneca vaccine to stop the development of the disease. However, the vaccination campaign is about to slow down. The country is far from the original goals. Following the delay recorded in the deployment program and mistrust of the population, a large proportion of the doses acquired were redistributed to other countries thanks to the Covax…

On Saturday, May 22, President Cyril Ramaphosa traveled to the north of the country, to Tafelkop, in the Limpopo region, to give 30 black farmers ownership of state land. A very political ceremony before the local elections, planned for the end of the year. The issue of land distribution continues to burn in the country and the promised reforms are taking place very slowly.…