Eye on Africa

Ramzi Boukhiam will be one of the two representatives of Africa when surfing at the Olympic Games (July 23-August 8) with South African Bianca Buitendag. For this 27-year-old Moroccan, playing the 2021 Olympics is an inauguration, he who developed a passion for this discipline on the beaches of Agadir and its region. Portrait of the future Moroccan flag bearer in Tokyo, with boxer Belahbib Oumayma.…

Soldiers killed in ambush against military convoy in Somalia KISMAYO, Somalia - Jubaland security forces suffered a heavy blow when Al-Shabaab first targeted them in as many months, in an ambush in Kudha, Lower Jubba, near Kismayo, the regional administrative capital of Jubaland. At least 8 soldiers were killed in the ambush targeting a convoy of security forces patrolling the small town,…

Final preparations for the Tokyo Olympics, which begin on July 23. Twelve Senegalese athletes are eligible for the Olympics and Paralympics. Among them is judoka Mbagnick Ndiaye, one of Senegal's flag bearers, with the French-Senegalese swimmer Jeanne Boutbien. A dream for this colossus "a little too sore", according to his coach.…

Loïc Djeukam, known as "Shakiro", and Roland Mouthé, known as "Patricia", had been weakened in prison since February. Shakiro and Patricia were arrested on suspicion of homosexuality in February last year while eating at a restaurant because they were wearing dresses, stilettos and make-up. They were sentenced on April 11 to a maximum sentence of five years and a fine of 200,000 CFA francs in the first instance for "attempted homosexuality". The two transgender women were finally released on bail by the judges on…

UN: immediately withdraw Eritrean troops from Tigray NEW YORK, United States - The continued presence of Eritrean troops in parts of Tigray has again raised concerns from the United Nations Human Rights Council, which now wants the soldiers to be withdrawn "immediately". Over the past eight months, the Ethiopian National Defense Forces , Eritrean troops and those of the Amhara regional…

Crowds looted shops and businesses in South Africa on Wednesday, defying the government's demand that a week of violence end more than 70 people, killing hundreds of businesses and closing a refinery. Protests that followed the imprisonment of ex-president Jacob Zuma last week for failing to appear at a corruption investigation have been extended to looting and an outbreak of general anger over the difficulties and inequality that persist 27 years after the end of apartheid. Shopping malls and…

"All indicators are red" in Tunisia. The country is overwhelmed by the Covid-19 health crisis, according to the World Health Organization. We apologize for more than one hundred daily deaths and a total of 16,000 deaths. The highest mortality rate on the entire continent and in the Arab world. Health infrastructures, notoriously underprivileged, are overwhelmed and the country is relying more than…

After days of protests and looting after the imprisonment of former President Jacob Zuma, troops were sent out to stop the violence that shook the country. .

In Nigeria, Emir Kajuru in the state of Kaduna has returned home, three days after his kidnapping. Alhassan Adamu, 85, was abducted on Sunday with several family members by attackers known locally as "bandits". His relatives are still being held. Before Alhassan Adamu, the kidnapping of Agom Adara, a traditional leader, had…

"Tunisia needs help" ahead of Covid-19, said Dr Yves Souteyrand, WHO representative on the ground. The country with only 12 million people registers more than 100 deaths per day, the highest death rate on the African continent and in the Arab world. Tunisia is one of the countries that transmits the most information about…