Eye on Africa

AU rejects Somalia's request to postpone the deployment of John Mahama MOGADISHU, Somalia | The African Union has rejected a request from the federal authorities in Somalia asking for a delayed deportation of John Mahama to the nation, the place he's able to assist convey the present election disaster, which has seen rival camps conflict in latest days. Mahama, a former Ghanaian…

The African Soccer Confederation has drawn tons for the qualifiers for the subsequent Girls's African Cup of Nations (CAN 2022) on Might 10, 2021 in Cairo. This CAN 2022 qualifies for the World Cup 2023 in Australia and New Zealand. Forty-four nations are formally on the beginning line to play the subsequent Girls's African Cup…

4 instances of the Indian variant of Covid-19 had been found this weekend in South Africa. This nation has been hit exhausting by the epidemic with 1.6 million folks contaminated in a single 12 months and 55,000 useless. Authorities are urging folks to not panic, however the inhabitants is frightened. The invention of this new…

Miraa ban nonetheless not lifted, Somalia says after restoring diplomatic ties with Kenya MOGADISHU, Somalia - Kenyan Khat farmers may have to attend slightly longer earlier than they begin exporting their merchandise to Somalia, the Horn of Africa has clarified, simply hours after they restored diplomatic relations with the East African nation. For months, planes carrying the…

That is his first journey outdoors Chad since taking up as head of the army council. Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno is in Niger on Monday 10 Could. He went to satisfy his troops within the Téra division, however he additionally exchanged on arrival with the very best Nigerian authorities. At the identical time, the Chadian military introduced that army operations towards the rebels from the Entrance for…

Six months delay for George Weah's son and greater than 20,000 euros in compensation. That is what the courtroom in Versailles close to Paris determined. In query: for loud events given by the son of the ex-star of PSG and the president of Liberia in Saint-Germain-en-Laye within the suburbs of Paris. The evenings had been…

Somalia will quickly rule out a gathering between Farmajo and Uhuru MOGADISHU, Somalia - It should take a while earlier than President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Somalia counterpart Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo meet, a prime official in Mogadishu has mentioned, simply days after the 2 international locations introduced the normalization of their diplomatic relations. With the assistance of…

On the request of his skilled, at the very least 39,000 retirees from the Officers' Pension Fund (CRF) will begin an infinite sit-in earlier than the Prime Minister on Monday, Could 10, 2021, though the latter has no extra tenants since Congo has been awaiting the appointment of a brand new Prime Minister. week. These pensioners request fee of greater than 33 accrued months of pension legal…

Amid cracks in the military, Al-Shabaab is cutting down terrorist assaults in Somalia MOGADISHU, Somalia - The al-Qaeda-linked group, Al-Shabaab, has renewed assaults in Somalia after weeks of relative peace mixed with political intrigues and divisions inside the Somali Nationwide Military , which was precipitated by political variations within the nation. On Sunday, the group…

In West Africa, the international locations of the Gulf of Guinea worry a jihadist an infection. The presence of terrorist cells in southern Burkina Faso worries border states: Benin, Ivory Coast, Togo and Ghana. On this context, Ghana, an English-speaking nation surrounded by French-speaking neighbors, is deepening its army cooperation with Paris. About forty troopers from the nation's elite items…