Eye on Africa

In Burkina Faso, the first meeting of the reorganized government. The members of the government made their first contact on Thursday, July 1, a few hours after the announcement of the new team. The head of government took the opportunity and explained the reasons for this change and the assignment that awaits the new team. as…

In Nigeria, the mystery surrounding the arrest of Nnamdi Kanu remains. The separatist leader of Biafra was arrested on Sunday (June 27) abroad and taken back to Nigeria, where he was being held. We did not know until he was arrested, although his lawyer mentioned on Wednesday, June 30, on our antenna his passage in Kenya, a Kenyan trail that has now been confirmed.…

EUR 600 million to help Africa be vaccinated. This is the commitment made by international donors who promise this funding to Aspen, the South African pharmaceutical giant. They want to support the revival of the production of vaccines against Covid-19 in Africa, where only 1% of the population is vaccinated. Africa is the…

It is RFI information, the rag is burning between the Transitional Authority and the AU Commission since the appointment of Senegalese Ibrahima Fall to the post of High Representative of the African Union to support the transition. A meeting that the Transitional Military Council, installed on April 20, does not want to hear about. This crisis, which has been raging since his appointment in June, has…

Kenya envoy meets Somali prime minister weeks after relations normalize MOGADISHU, Somalia - Kenya's relationship with Somalia could help improve regional integration, given the latest dramatic change of mind, after months of wrangling that even drew international actors including the Intergovernmental Authority and the development . Somalia had not severed diplomatic ties with Kenya, resulting…

Our ambition to restore our country's geostrategic position is now becoming a reality with its membership of the community of East African states. This far-reaching diplomatic and economic act now places our country in the Community of East African States (EAC), the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region. These diplomatic results are part of a foreign policy focusing on good…

Biafran's independence leader Nnamdi Kanu was found for almost four years and arrested on Sunday, June 27, 2021 under still unclear circumstances. If he was transferred to Nigeria, where he has been in court since Tuesday, June 29, it is still unknown where he was found. Back in the footsteps of one of the most wanted refugees.…

Somalia at 61: Struggles, Pain and Hope MOGADISHU, Somalia - Exactly 61 years ago today, the Blue Flag was hoisted in several parts of Somalia, with citizens thronging the streets to celebrate independence after the Italians gave up and returned to Rome, but leaving behind them traces of colonialism. Already, messages of goodwill have started pouring in congratulating Somalis on their…

"The long-awaited ministerial organization has therefore taken place," he exclaims Paalga Observer. As we suspected for some time, Defense Minister Chérif Sy and his security colleague Ousséni Compaoré were fired and replaced by the head of state himself and who until then were the delegate for African integration and Burkinabè abroad, Maxime Koné. By dismissing them, the tenant in Kosyam thus meets some of the demands of…

US plans to send special forces to Somalia WASHINGTON, United States - The United States could send a contingent of special forces to Somalia, it has been learned, more than eight months after the Defense Department repositioned more than 700 troops from the Horn of Africa nation which is struggling with instability. Former President Donald Trump repositioned most US troops in Kenya and Djibouti…