Eye on Africa

In the Comoros, the Interior Minister made an update on Wednesday about the death of a retired soldier during an interrogation in a barracks. The case has shaken the country for a week as the body was buried without prayer and then exhumed by the family for identification. The opposition accuses the government of covering up a major mistake between the armed forces, led by the chief of staff, in violation of Islam, the country's constitutional religion. After canceling a stay abroad to return to ask about the…

The Minister for Foreign Trade and Attractiveness of France, Franck Riester, traveled to Nigeria from Monday 12 April to Wednesday 14 April, in particular to prepare for the May 18 Summit on Financing the African Economy and the Africa Summit - France from Montpellier, scheduled for July. After an exchange in Abuja with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and the Nigerian Governors' Forum, he went to Lagos on…

In custody for eight years, Amadé Ouérémi will be stuck in her fate this Thursday, April 15 in the afternoon. The brigadier from the West Ivory Coast, accused of being responsible for the massacre of hundreds of people on March 28 and 29, 2011 in Duékoué, is sentenced to life in prison. Wednesday was the seventh day of his trial, with the indictment and the submissions.…

This Thursday, April 15, ends the one-month period that Katiba Macina jihadists left to the Malian state in the matter of Farabougou. This village in central Malivit has been blocked for more than six months. On March 14, an agreement was reached with these jihadists linked to Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, under the leadership of the High Islamic Council of Mali, mandated by the government. But the…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - The federal government of Somalia announced that it is deeply discouraged to see statements from some of its international partners that paint Farmajo's term extension illegal. In a statement, the Foreign Ministry called "Inflammatory" partners' statements full of threats, which weakens the political independence and sovereign rights of national institutions. The statement further said that the response of the international community will serve to encourage terrorist groups and encourage foreign…

Since 2015, one of the largest defendants in the Thomas Sankara case has not been found. Hyacinthe Kafando, former head of security for Blaise Compaoré in 1987, is in demand for military justice. An international arrest warrant has been filed against him since the case was reopened. After hearing about his summons from the interrogation judge, the man recovered. In 2016, he was located in Ivorian…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, has once again witnessed an increased presence of troops on Wednesday night is the latest sign of a possible breakdown of the opposition. Turkish-trained Haram'ad police with armored vehicles have been deployed on the streets at several major intersections, following the immediate former Mogadishu police chief Braiger General Sadik John protected by dozens of soldiers moved from the airport facility to the Circolo Ufficiale area. The unusual army movement has…

Somalia Northeastern State - Said Abdullahi Deni, the president of Somalia's northeastern federal state, is expected to speak to parliament after his return from Mogadishu, where he spent a month in electoral negotiations that ended without a result last week. Speaking to Garowe Online, lawmakers have confirmed that President Deni will deliver a speech on Northeastern State's position on the current standoff in Somalia at the State Assembly on Thursday. "MEPs have been notified of the key session via a text message…

This week, RFI offers you a series of four reports on the unparalleled ceasefire agreement reached on March 14 over a one-month period between the jihadists in Katiba Macina, linked to al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, and the Dozo fighters who confronted them try to protect some villages, especially Farabougou, in the district of Nionos (region Ségou). The Malian state, which mandated the negotiators,…

The Senegalese film industry has undergone a renaissance over the past ten years. The sector is becoming more professional and developing its apprenticeship courses. In 2013, producer Oumar Sall launched Upcourt-métrages, a ten-month training in film and production professions. The fourth campaign has just presented its work, six short films.…