Eye on Africa

The new Prime Minister Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde will present his government's program on Monday 26 April at the People's Palace in order to get his investment. What are the main programs in this program? Building a strong, prosperous and united state between 2021 and 2023 is the title of this 64-page program presented on April 20 at the National Assembly's office. It is based on 15 pillars and 62 axles, divided into measures to be implemented. No one is quantified, but it is an ambitious program where it is often about…

Deliveries via the Covax system are late. The health authorities have therefore just announced an increase in the time between the first and second injection of the AstraZeneca vaccine. It goes from 8 to 12 weeks and prioritizes the first doses. A situation that worries the population when the country has been fighting for several weeks against a third wave of the epidemic. On Sunday, April 25, the…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Heavy clashes broke out in Mogadishu between authorities forces and highly effective troopers against the unlawful extension of outgoing President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo. The battle started after the mutineers who left their bases within the Center Shabelle area flocked to the coastal capital final night time and took management of necessary villages within the north, together with Fagah and Sana. Skirmish unfold to most elements of the capital on Sunday night time with opposition candidates…

Chad's new ruling junta stated Sunday it could not negotiate with rebels who launched an offensive within the north of the poor Sahel nation two weeks in the past and are accused of killing veteran ruler Idriss Deby Itno. A insurgent spokesman stated late Saturday they have been prepared to watch a ceasefire and to talk about a political settlement. "The time isn't for mediation, nor for negotiation with outlaws," Azem Bermandoa Agouna, spokesman of the navy council, stated in an announcement the day after the rebels…

Terem Moffi is one of the great revelations of the French Football Championship 2020-2021 (Ligue 1) with now 14 goals - including a hat trick against Bordeaux - in 28 Ligue 1 matches with FC Lorient. The 21-year-old striker has never worn the colors of Nigeria in an official match and played in Lithuania for two more seasons.…

The CMT junta opposes an end to the impermissibility of the rebels of fact. Their leader Mahamat Mahadi Ali said he was ready for a ceasefire if an inclusive dialogue was launched. On Sunday evening, the spokesman for the Transitional Military Council responded to them via a press release. "It is not time for mediation or negotiation with the lawless," said General Azem.…

The Central African class is in mourning: Désiré Bilal Kolingba, leader of the Central African Democratic Assembly, died at the age of 64 this Sunday, April 25, in Kinshasa, following an illness, according to his family. Former Minister for Youth and Sport during the presidency of François Bozizé, Désiré Kolingba was a candidate in two presidential elections in 2015 and in December last year.…

Calm returned this Sunday evening, April 25, in the Somali capital Mogadishu after a day of tension. As of this morning, the army loyal to President Farmajo had deployed in several points in the city, while troops hostile to the extension of his mandate had taken positions in a neighborhood where opponents shelter. Some demonstrations had taken place during the day and at the end of the afternoon violent clashes were heard in the city. The night has fallen for several hours in the Somali capital and tensions seem to have…

In Madagascar, in the Ampefiloha district, a popular district in the capital, there were about fifty construction workers protesting against the government. The reason: almost two hundred small and medium-sized construction companies (SMEs) in construction (BTP) have not been paid by the state in eight months for road works commissioned and for which the contract has been awarded to them. .…

Pope Francis on Sunday, April 25, described as "shameful" the destiny of 130 migrants who had disappeared since Thursday after a shipwreck within the Mediterranean, saying he was "very saddened by this tragedy". With our Vatican correspondent, Eric Senanque"I admit to you that I'm very saddened by the tragedy that has occurred…