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Regional reporting and analysis from across Africa, covering diplomacy, security, politics, business, and major developments shaping the continent.

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Eye on Africa

Regional reporting and analysis from across Africa, covering diplomacy, security, politics, business, and major developments shaping the continent.

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the remains of Cardinal Laurent Monsengwo from

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the plane landed from Paris with the remains of Cardinal Laurent Monsengwo on the afternoon of Sunday 18 July at Kinshasa Airport. The former archbishop of the DRC capital died on July 11, aged 81, in Versailles, near the French capital. He will have spent a large part of his life fighting for democracy. Many personalities were present at Ndjili International…

High al-Shabaab chief killed in Somalia as navy operations escalate

Top al-Shabaab leader killed in Somalia as military operations escalate MOGADISHU, Somalia - A senior al-Shabaab leader was killed in Somalia on Friday, the army said, in the latest development, proving the national army's ability to take over the security responsibilities of the mission forces. African Union. In a statement, the military said the top leader was killed in Middle Shabelle, one of…

Petrol tankers explode in Kenya, killing 13 individuals

A "huge fireball" engulfed a crowd in Kenya after a overturned fuel truck from which they leaked fuel ignited without warning, killing 13 people and seriously injuring several others. Police said on Sunday that the number of deaths could increase, with investigators trying to account for the missing and charred bones that are among the twisted wrecks in the tanker. The truck collided with another vehicle and turned late on Saturday near Malanga, about 315 kilometers northwest of Nairobi, on the busy…

What’s the AU report rejected by the Somali authorities?

What is the AU report rejected by the Somali government? MOGADISHU, Somalia - Somalia's federal government has rejected the African Union's proposals on the future of the AMISOM team, which has lobbied for stability in the country in addition to helping Somalia crush militants d 'Al-Shabaab. AMISOM is tentatively set to leave Somalia after full implementation of Somali Transition Plan end of…

Cameroonian “anti-sardines” demonstrate in

A demonstration was held in Geneva on Saturday, July 17, near the hotel where the Cameroonian president has been staying for a week. Security forces were deployed to prevent access to the hotel where Paul Biya lived. The now famous BAS, an anti-sardine brigade, despite the ban by the Geneva Department of Population Security and Health, continued the demonstration.…

the ten least peaceful countries in the world

The 2021 edition of the Global Peace Index, an index from the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP), a Sydney-based think tank, sees five African countries ranked among the ten least peaceful nations in the world. South Africa has been on fire since the imprisonment of its former president Jacob Zuma. It is likely to be included next year in the list of least…

Ethiopia targets international media in Tigray battle

Ethiopia targets foreign media in Tigray conflict NAIROBI, Kenya - The Ethiopian government has now turned its attention to foreign media, which it accuses of spreading hatred and disinformation, amid the ongoing conflict in the Tigray region, where the federal army has carried out an operation targeting the Popular Front. Liberation of Tigray. . Media regulators have accused anonymous foreign…

residents called for elections

We are voting this Sunday, July 18, in Sao Tome and Principe, a small African archipelago in the Gulf of Guinea, near the equator. Santoméer is called to the election to elect his new president. A first round without illusion against the background of a pandemic and marked by foreign debt. Nineteen candidates are on the starting line, but not the incumbent Evaristo Carvalho, who is not running again.…

Jean-Luc Mélenchon in the footsteps of Sankara and

This Sunday, July 18, Jean-Luc Mélenchon begins a 4-day visit to Burkina Faso. France's insubordinate presidential candidate therefore intends to improve its position on the African continent. And the choice to go to Ouagadougou, the site of Emmanuel Macron's call for new relations between France and Africa, is of course not innocent.…