Eye on Africa

About fifty women who were raped in the Kasapa prison in Lubumbashi are still waiting to be taken into custody. These women were held in this prison during the riots that shook the prison on September 25, 26 and 27. Since then, they have not seen a gynecologist or a judge. They have been abandoned to their sad fate. RFI was able to meet them on the spot.…

Throughout the framework of the annual free microfinance, Salaam Somali Financial institution has put smiles on small enterprise house owners within the Afgoye district of the southern agricultural province of Decrease Shabelle. Presently, there are low-income retailers within the metropolis, approx. 30 kilometers northwest of Mogadishu, which had lengthy suffered from floods, droughts and protracted battle, they usually have struggled to outlive for numerous years. Salaam Somali Financial institution has supplied…

Brigitte Kafui Adjamagbo-Johnson and Gérard Djossou are still being held on Monday, November 30, in the intelligence service. Investigations continue to determine the circumstances under which the destabilization project they are accused of were prepared and their authors. During this time, condemning reactions to these arrests are multiplied.…

As every year, this Monday, November 30, the WHO publishes its report on the development of the malaria pandemic in the world. And if some progress is observed, the pace is far from sufficient to reach the end of the disease by 2030, which is the goal. In addition to the usual difficulties, such as chronic lack of funding, Covid-19 was added this year, disrupting programs, especially in the Democratic…

Rare information begins to filter by demand for capturing the capital of Tigray, Mekele, by the Federal Army on Saturday 28 November. The Red Cross, for example, claims that the city's hospitals are overwhelmed and lack everything. In the meantime, the struggle for press releases resumed without it being possible to independently verify them.…

El Hadji Diouf, the former teammate of Papa Bouba Diop in the Senegal team, learned with great sadness the death of the former midfielder for "Lions", this Sunday 29 November. He was her "fighting brother". RFI:El Hadji Diouf, how do you react to the death of Papa Bouba Diop that you played with in the selection and to RC…

Winners of the primary three qualifying matches for AfroBasket 2021 in Kigali, Rwanda, Senegal, are nearly assured to get their ticket. The Congolese have gained two of their three matches beneath this worldwide window (25-29 November) and will validate their ticket in the course of the newest qualifying match 19-21 February 2021.…

Papa Bouba Diop died on Sunday, November 29, at the age of 42, after a long illness. The former Senegalese midfielder participated in the 2002 World Cup and finished top scorer for the "Lions" with three goals, including one against the French team, the reigning world champion. He was one of the faces of this golden generation…

The Ethiopian authorities launched a search on Sunday for leaders of the northern area of Tigray after asserting that federal troops had taken over the regional capital Mekelle and army operations have been full.

ADDIS ABABA - Ethiopian Nationwide Protection Forces conquered Mekelle on Saturday, the regional administrative capital of Tigray, within the ultimate part of an operation concentrating on the Tigray Individuals's Liberation Entrance , who had been pulling the strings within the nation for nearly ten months now. The TPLF provoked the federal authorities after looting the northern command base, which ended with the kidnapping of a number of troopers, resulting in an order from Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to raid the…