Eye on Africa

Mali is awaiting the appointment of its new prime minister following the forced resignation of Moctar Ouane and President Bah N'Daw last week, ousted by Vice President Colonel Assimi Goïta, who has since taken over the presidency. For several days, the situation has gone from the potential chaos condemned by the international community to almost normal. And everything seems ready for this meeting, much…

Most African national teams play friendly matches in June. These preparatory meetings replace the qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup, which were postponed until next September due to the poor condition of many stadiums on the continent and the Covid-19 pandemic. It must have been a hot-stakes month of June, too who qualifies for…

Incidents broke out on the border between the Central African Republic and Chad over the weekend, killing several soldiers and Russian paramilitaries. The specialists remember that the region is strategic and subject to envy. The northwestern zone of the Central African Republic is a reserve zone for the Coalition of Patriots…

In West Africa, Greepeace and Changing Markets condemn the major European companies that produce fishmeal and fish oil, in a report published on June 1, 2021. For the two NGOs, these large companies are increasing food insecurity in West Africa. "Devastating consequences", the words of Greenpeace and Changing Markets are strong…

The "national children" as they are called in Mali are doing well. An exceptional multiple birth because it is the first medically registered birth in the world of nine children from the same pregnancy. Their mother, a 25-year-old Malian, was transferred to Morocco in late March for care. Born much prematurely by caesarean section at a clinic in Casablanca on May 4, the nine children are four weeks old…

The UN said on Tuesday that more than 90% of Ethiopians in the war-torn Tigray region needed emergency aid and helped over $ 200 million to increase its response less than a week after its official called on the UN Security Council. to avoid starvation. The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) has sounded the alarm that the conflict has caused an increase in hunger levels that were already high in Tigray. "A total of 5.2 million people, equivalent to 91% of Tigray's population, need food aid because…

Brahim Ghali was heard on Tuesday morning, June 1, 2021, by a judge. The leader of the Saharawi independence movement, which suffers from Covid-19 and cancer, has been treated in Spain since mid-April. He was the subject of two complaints against him in the country, including genocide, illegal detention and torture. The hearing was held in a tense diplomatic context on the issue of Western Sahara, but…

After the incident that took place on Sunday morning at the common border, the Chadians did not pick up speed and continued to accuse their neighbor of aggression, of war crimes, which the Central Africans deny. The Bangui authorities are trying to calm things down and have decided to favor the diplomatic channel to resolve this crisis with a delegation expected in Ndjamena.…

Laurent Gbagbo returns to Ivory Coast on June 17, according to his party. Laurent Gbagbo, acquitted by the ICC on March 31, has lived in Brussels for two years. His return after a ten-year absence is especially waiting for his followers. For several days, a debate has raged in Abidjan about what form it should take: discreet as the authorities and the RHDP, the ruling party want, or popular and…

The Libyan National Reconciliation Commission opened its founding forum on Monday in the capital Tripoli with the participation of representatives from the UN and the European Union in the hope of paving the way for general elections at the end of the year. The forum was attended by Libya's senior officials, including both Vice-Presidents of the Presidency, Musa al-Koni and Abdullah al-Lafi; Minister of Justice Halima Ibrahim and Minister of Expulsion Ahmed Abu Khuzam - according to a written statement…