Eye on Africa

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of Tigray has again raised concerns from the United Nations Human Rights Council, which now wants the soldiers to be withdrawn "immediately".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…

On July 5, Malaysian justice issued an international arrest warrant against former deputy Karim Keïta, who fled to the Ivory Coast when his father, former president IBK, was fired. Justice wants to hear it in connection with the disappearance of the Malian journalist Birama Touré, who has not given any sign of life since January 2016.…

The violence in South Africa has killed at least 72 people. The violence began on Friday in the KwaZulu-Natal region, the Jacob Zuma region, the day after the later prison. They also affected Johannesburg. "Law enforcement agencies are doubling their efforts to stop the violence and increase their deployment on the ground,"…