Eye on Africa

NadeenMatekya loves styling, a reward despatched to her from her grandmother. The Congolese-born artist sees the coiffure as an artwork. NadeenMatek participates in parades, exhibits the potential of her hair and sublimates the queen who sleeps in each lady. The African headdress can be the frequent thread in his artistic course of.Once I'm not dwelling I am within the studio in artistic mode and I…

Within the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zoé Kabila Mwanzambala, the deposed governor of Tanganyika province, welcomes the provincial meeting's vote on philosophy. He asks the inhabitants to be calm. Quite the opposite, towards different members of his political and organic household. as reported from the Democratic…

For greater than a yr, Congo-Brazzaville has taken vital steps to fight the coronavirus, which has already affected greater than 11,000 folks, most of whom have been declared cured. Among the many measures is the closure of nightclubs. However they open up secretly. Their tenants say they will now not deal with the disaster and clients are usually not afraid of the virus.…

On April 30, police seized tens of hundreds of cartridges in central Benin. On the identical day, Togolese police additionally bought maintain of cartridges carried by a Beninar to Benin. The courtroom's particular prosecutor for the repression of financial and vacationer crimes (Criet) has launched an investigation. as…

In Senegal, fifteen collective teams inside the multi-struggle group Doyna ("that is sufficient" in Wolof) gathered on Saturday, Could 8, on the obelisk web site in Dakar to sentence land hypothesis, demolition of homes, unfair dismissals, recruitment of consumer lists. , and so forth. Everybody condemns that they're victims of injustice and demand compensation from the state. A rally approved and…

Professional-opposition forces had taken positions within the capital in current weeks in protest of the president's extension of workplace. as reported from Nairobi, Albane ThirouardTheir resignation follows an settlement reached earlier this week between the federal government and the opposition. In trade for returning to…

After months of delay, Madagascar lastly obtained its first anti-Covid-19 vaccines on Saturday morning, Could 7, via the UN's Covax program. That is the primary cargo of 250,000 doses of Covishield, which was obtained on the tarmac at Antananarivo Airport by a number of UN officers, chancellors and members of the federal government however with out the President of the Republic Andry Rajoelina.…

Forward of the arrival of latest varieties on the African continent, Tanzania is revealing antiquated measures. This nation, the place the phrase "coronavirus" was nonetheless taboo a while in the past, this week introduced new journey restrictions aimed toward limiting the unfold of the pandemic. Though the Indian variant of coronavirus is certainly one of the essential motivations for this…

Kidnapping is on the rise in Nigeria. About thirty Afaka college students, kidnapped two months in the past, have been lastly reunited with their households two days in the past. One among these former hostages, Fatima, who was pregnant throughout the kidnapping, instructed RFI a Hausa concerning the ordeal they have been subjected to throughout their captivity.…

It is a first in Algeria. The nation celebrates the memorial this Saturday, Might 8, the nationwide memorial day. This memorial day, determined by President Abdelmadjid Tebboune a yr in the past, will now honor all of the victims of the bloody repression launched on Might 8, 1945 by France towards independence protesters. It…