Eye on Africa

Nigeria is formally in recession for the primary time in additional than a decade, ending three years of low however optimistic progress. The African nation's financial system is closely depending on oil exports, however the coronavirus pandemic has lower international demand and the value of oil has fallen. That is unhealthy information for a rustic whose price range plans had been depending on getting a sure value per capita. Barrel, a value that now means Nigeria is promoting crude oil at a loss. Our correspondent…

In the DRC, teachers who are members of the Union of Teachers of the Congo (SYECO) and those affiliated with the National Union of Catholic Teachers (SYNECAT) have started their strike movement. They demand improvement in their pay conditions. They also suspect the presence of tens of thousands of fictitious teachers on the payrolls. After promises made especially by the President of the Republic, the…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Somalia's President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has warned of plans to withdraw the US military from Somalia merely days after tales obtained right here in that President Donald Trump had ordered the Safety Division to take such a step, arguing that it is in constant along with his ensures regarding the President 2016. Based mostly on Bloomberg, the US president had significantly ordered the withdrawal from Somalia, the place america has close to 600 troops. Most of these troopers have been…

In Guinea, in the wake of the presidential election, where the government and the opposition accuse each other of intimidation against their representatives, it is now the preparation and publication of the results that is crystallizing the tensions. . The government warns the political parties that themselves want to publish the results of the polling stations by claiming that only CENI is authorized…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - At the least 4 Somali national armies was killed in an explosion Sunday, stories present that added the rising variety of safety forces who've just lately died in assaults associated to Al-Shabaab raids throughout the nation, and which might change Somalia's fortunes as a result of an impending election. The 4 troopers have been killed between El-Baraf and Biyo Adde, Center Shabelle on Sunday morning, and are stated to have escorted a senior army officer into the nation, touring to the area on the…

In the Central African Republic, more than 1.84 million people are registered on the preliminary electoral rolls, not including the voters in the north-west of the country who will be added. These lists have been published nationwide since the middle of last week, according to the National Election Authority. ANE therefore believes that the election process is going as planned. The opposition steps up…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Somalia-based Al-Shabaab militants suffered enormous losses on Sunday after an intense gun battle towards the Somali nationwide military in Central Somalia, one thing that left dozens of them lifeless, based on reviews from military officers who spoke to the media after the incident. Common Ahmed Tredishe, commander of the twenty seventh Division, mentioned at the least 24 militants had been killed in the course of the preventing, which lasted a number of hours, including that the militants had…

For two weeks, suspected jihadists have imposed a blockade on the inhabitants of a village in the Ségou region, Farabougou. At least five civilians from the village were killed as they tried to reach a nearby locality. Since Saturday, October 17, the situation has become more complicated: a bridge leading to the village has been revitalized.…

In the DRC, a video presenting Gédéon Kyungu Mutangapost on the night of Saturday to Sunday, October 18, caused a sensation. Six months after he disappeared from circulation, Gédéon calls for the reunification of the four provinces as a result of the former Katanga. His entourage as well as security sources ensure that the video is authentic.…

AXADLE, Northeastern State - Northeastern State President Abdullahi Deni returned to Garowe, the capital of the Northeastern State, on Sunday, weeks after touring to Mogadishu and Nairobi, the place he was intently concerned in a pre-election deal signed final month. Deni, who's a critic of President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, first visited Mogadishu for the election talks, the place he and his Jubaland counterpart Ahmed Islam Mohamed Madobe agreed with three different regional leaders and the federal authorities on the…