Eye on Africa

EL WAK, Somalia - Several troops from the Kenya Defense Forces have been deployed along the border between Kenya and Somalia near the Gedo region, reports show, amid simmering tensions between troops from the two neighboring countries that have been in harmony for a few years now. The last three weeks have been tough in the region with civilians taking to the streets of the border town of Balad-Hawo and accusing the KDF team of committing "crimes against humanity" to Somali people. The protests have been frequent…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Elections in Somalia will continue as planned, said the newly appointed Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble, just days after the election calendar was released, adding that his main mandate is to ensure that the votes are held within the stipulated time as planned in the agreement. Somalia stakeholders agreed to hold elections from next month, when the current government's term expires, months after accusations and counter-accusations over the model and date of the vote, culminating in at least…

Since the validation of the candidacy of Alassane Ouattara for a third term and the rejection of, among others, Guillaume Soro and Laurent Gbagbo - the opposition does not intend to remain silent about what it qualifies as "forfeiture". This Saturday, the PDCI held a meeting in Cocody to condemn the political situation and organize the next mobilization of "civil disobedience". It is technical advice that quickly got the look of a meeting. At PDCI headquarters, political representatives from all districts of Abidjan met…

Between 1960 and 1966, France conducted 17 nuclear tests in the Algerian Sahara. More than half a century later, the waste is still there, and the question of the consequences of these tests remains unanswered. This is stated in a forum of representatives of the Armaments Observatory and ICAN France (the international campaign to abolish nuclear weapons). They call on France to address this crucial…

The headquarters of the political parties in Chad are discussing how the two upcoming elections will be organized. Should we combine the presidential and legislative elections or organize them separately, as has always been the case in Chad? The issue of linking the presidential election to the legislative election is an old debate, but it came back a few weeks ago during a meeting between the Independent National Electoral Commission (Céni), the national framework for political dialogue and the head of state.…

In Bamako, the two-day Refoundation ended at the Mali Round Table on Saturday. This initiative from personalities in civil society gathered within the group of reflections of analysis and innovative initiatives (grains). Tried to find options for renewal of governance in Mali. as reported from Bamako, Without a detour, Ousmane Sy, former Malian minister and specialist in decentralization issues, sets the stage. "Our crises are management crises. We have states that everyone bypasses, that no one respects, he insists.…

Dismissed during a plenary session of the Central Congo Provincial Assembly, Anatole Matusila, its President, refuses to recognize this decision, which for him is irregular. He accuses provincial governor Atou Matubuana of orchestrating the coup against him. as reported from Kinshasa, According to Deputy Jean-Claude Mvuemba, Anatole Matusila was fired on Wednesday during a session attended by 26 provincial representatives. Deputies blame him for his absence: "He did not hold a meeting for a year," he explains.…

Tunisian government announces new health restrictions to combat Covid-19. The country regrets a resumption of the spread of the virus since September, and fears are now seeing an already fragile health system completely overwhelmed. "The epidemiological situation requires firmness and urgent solutions," Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi said on Saturday evening, October 3, on national television. All gatherings, all demonstrations are banned for the next two weeks. The administrations will work in shifts to limit the traffic…

Farmers' reactions to the rise in the price of cocoa paid to Côte d'Ivoire producers are not uniform. While some are happy, others believe it is a first step. With our special correspondent in Yamossoukro, Stanislas Ndayishimiye The notice of increase in the price of cocoa paid to the producer in Ivory Coastranging from 825 to 1000 CFA francs per kilos, has made producers "very happy", estimates Jérôme Yao Kouakou, plants in Issia, in the midwestern Ivory Coast. Announced Thursday by President Alassane Ouattara, on…

JUBA: The Sudanese government and rebel groups on Saturday signed a landmark peace deal aimed at ending decades of war in which hundreds of thousands died. Ululs and cheers sounded one by one, representatives of the transitional government and rebel groups signed the agreement, a year after the peace talks began, at a ceremony in the South Sudanese capital Juba. "Today we have reached a peace agreement. We are happy. We are done with the mission," said Tut Gatluak, head of the South Sudanese Mediation Team shortly…