Eye on Africa

A UN peacekeeping man was killed in northern Mali and one other severely injured after their automobile hit a roadside bomb on Thursday, the UN mission mentioned. The assault got here as officers within the capital Bamako protested in opposition to the federal government’s “selective launch” of overseas hostages in hostages.…

For the first time since his election in 2015, the President of Burkina, interviewed by RFI and France 24 in Ouagadougou, is seriously considering the possible return to the country of Blaise Compaoré, the former head of state who has been living in exile in Côte d'Ivoire since 2014. He even puts deadline. If re-elected on November 22, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré announces that a reconciliation process will allow this return in the first half of 2021. In this interview with RFI and France 24 on 15 October 2020, President…

Addis Ababa seems to be doing little or no to guard its migrant residents, who're dealing with the brutality of each the Saudi authorities and the Yemeni Houthis rebels. Tens of 1000's of Ethiopian migrants have lived in inhumane circumstances throughout the Arabian Peninsula for the previous six months, as each Saudis and…

Shebab Islamists detained Somali soldiers a few dozen kilometers from the capital Mogadishu. The numbers vary, but we are talking about fifteen soldiers killed. This bloody attack adds to a series of bad security news for the authorities. Somali soldiers traveled in two pick-ups as they were brutally attacked by the Islamists. According to an officer quoted by Reuters, it could be retaliation a few hours after a shooting in which the army would have killed several shebabs. The area, located in the Lower Shabelle…

Following the dissemination of the declassified portion of emails from former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, a wide-ranging controversy invaded the affected African countries, including Libya. The contents of the emails deleted by Hillary Clinton in 2016 relate to the origins of the 2011 revolution at the time of the Arab Spring, visibly sponsored by international powers, led by Washington. Ahmad Kadhaf al-Dam, who is leading the fight for the Libyan front, has indicated that he will attack Mrs Clinton for American…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - The Somali military killed 61 al-Shabab militants in an ambush close to the city of Afgoye, about 30 km west of the capital Mogadishu, police confirmed on Thursday. Sadik Adan, a police spokesman, stated 18 troopers have been killed after the rebels detained Somalia's Nationwide Military (SNA) troops throughout their routine patrol in an space close to the city of Afgoye on Wednesday afternoon. "A bunch of militants ambushed the SNA troopers who have been on their routine patrol close to Afgoye…

A return to high school postponed for 2 weeks. For college students, final yr was disrupted as all over the place by the Covid-15 pandemic, so latest weeks' floods have eaten up a little bit extra faculty time. Households in emergency care at colleges have been relocated. New faculty buildings have been created. as reported…

This is another step in the rehabilitation of Thomas Sankara's memory: a university now bears his name. The inauguration of what was until then the Ouaga 2 campus took place on Thursday morning a few kilometers east of the capital. The opportunity for the head of government to initiate an appeal to the academic world that will occupy these places to carry the ideals, defended by Thomas Sankara, high. Thomas Sankara University consists of amphitheatres and classrooms with 13,000 seats, offices, a sports center and is…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Somalia's Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble now says the following authorities will kind a method that may result in the everlasting elimination of al-Shabaab militants who've been wreaking havoc within the Horn of Africa for over 14 years since they first launched an assault in 2006. The assertion from the Prime Minister comes simply days after he was sworn in and now would lead the nation to the following election, which is predicted to start out from December this 12 months. The brand new…

In Madagascar, October 14, 2020 should have been a big day. A day of national glow that does not work, to replace the wasted day of June 26: the pandemic had in fact prevented the celebration of the island's 60 years of independence with great fanfare. But this Wednesday, the anniversary of the First Republic, Covid-19 came again to play spoiler. The government had to return and eventually urged the…