Eye on Africa

According to healthcare professionals, people with comorbidity, all citizens over the age of 30 and beyond, can be vaccinated since Monday in Togo. Several vaccine nodes have been set up and are waiting for citizens who are struggling to emerge. as reported from Lomé, Peter Sassou DogbéSamani Bitem has just been vaccinated at…

Somalia: Northeastern State crushes 'terrorist network' behind murder GALKAYO, Northeastern State - By maintaining their effective and targeted war on terror, Northeastern State security forces inflicted a heavy blow on al-Shabaab in recent operations launched following a series of terrorist attacks. In the last few months, Northeastern State troops have intensified the offensive…

It is the first vaccine in the world and the only one that is effective against malaria in children. This is the RTS, S vaccine. And so far, about 650,000 children in Malawi, Ghana and Kenya have benefited from it thanks to a pilot program that started two years ago. According to the World Health Organization, the vaccine had positive effects and led to lower mortality. An efficiency that gives hope…

The French oil group has suspended certain contracts with companies linked to its mega project for gas in Mozambique. This project has stood still since the attack launched in late March by jihadist groups against the city of Palma in the province of Cabo Delgado, about ten kilometers from the Total Group's facilities. The Frenchman has since evacuated his staff.…

The head of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi arrived in the country on Tuesday, April 20. On Wednesday, it went to an area cut off from the world, in northern Congo-Kinshasa, where almost 100,000 people who fled violence in the Central African Republic have sought refuge since December last year. On the ground, living conditions are difficult while the UNHCR sees…

The diplomatic ballet continues in Tripoli. Following the visit of several European and then Algerian officials, Moustapha Madbouli, the Egyptian Prime Minister held talks on Tuesday, April 20, in Tripoli. This first trip since the installation of the new power aims to continue to normalize between the two countries. Cairo, strongly supported by Marshal Haftar, multiplies the gestures towards the new…

The Sovereign Council and the Council of Ministers jointly repealed a 1958 law banning Sudanese from diplomatic and commercial relations with the Hebrew state. Another step in the rapprochement between the two countries. Sixty-three years later, the boycott law disappears. This text forbade diplomatic and commercial relations, even indirect ones, with individuals or entities belonging to Israelis and even residents of Israel. Even the products were boycotted. Those who tried to break this law risked ten years in prison…

It is a phenomenon that has plagued the Togolese coast for several years: the sea is moving across the continent and across the sandy beaches of Togo. The swells turn into strong waves that crash into the coast and destroy it by swallowing everything, from house to coast. ”In cemeteries. On the beaches, the remains of abandoned houses are legion. Sunken cemeteries leave some grave ruins. All this is visible after the harbor: a set of ruins belonging to families, some of which have gone far away and become tenants in their…

In the Ivory Coast, the military base N'Dotré was attacked in the municipality of Abobo, north of Abidjan. The attackers and Ivorian forces exchanged fire part of the night, leaving three dead and one injured, according to staff. The identity of the attackers is still unknown. as reported from Abidjan, Sidy YansaneThe Ivorian…

In Libya, the National Petroleum Company declared a state of force majeure following an interruption in production and exports at one of the most important oil terminals in the eastern country. This time it is not the consequence of furious battles or strikes, but the lack of budget that upsets the insurgents of the oil sites.…