Eye on Africa

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…

Former Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Sunday accused incumbent President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed of being answerable for an assault on his residence by authorities troopers. "It is rather unlucky that a military underneath the command of the previous president attacked my residence. I even have already warned and reiterated the risks of politicizing safety. Farmajo is answerable for the implications," he stated on his Twitter account, referring to Mohamed of his nickname. Mohamud referred to Mohamed as…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - The Federal Republic of Somalia may very well be working out of financial system and most operations might stall, Finance Minister Abdirahman Beileh has steered, which might paralyze the functioning of essential departments within the nation. Beileh, a well-known economist, is now reaching out to Somalis within the diaspora to run the funds after most worldwide companions stopped sending cash to the nation within the midst of the stalemate earlier than the election. In a Zoom interview with a…

Chad is a country still in national mourning and the Chadians are awaiting, following a historic week in which President Idriss Déby died, the installation of a transitional military committee led by his son, Mahamat, and a national funeral, on Friday, April 23, in the presence of a dozen foreign leaders. The various representatives of civil society and religious communities called for discussions to…

The Turkish Red Crescent (Kızılay) distributed humanitarian aid to the Somali people in the capital Mogadishu on Saturday. Turkish Red Crescent officials in Somalia, who spoke to the Anadolu Agency (AA), said the group distributed more than 500 food parcels to people in need, including those internally displaced in the capital. "The Turkish Red Crescent has provided humanitarian aid to Somalia since 2011 and distributed 500 food packages to families in need in the Kahda region," said Orhan Kokcu, head…

A rebel leader in northern Chad said on Sunday that they were "prepared to observe a ceasefire" after launching a major invasion of the region and being accused by the Chadian army of killing veteran leader Idriss Deby Itno. "We have confirmed our availability to observe a ceasefire, a ceasefire ... but this morning we were bombed again," Mahamat Mahadi Ali, head of the Front for Change and Concord in Chad (FACT), told Agence France-Presse (AFP) . But Mahadi Ali warned that a ceasefire must be observed…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - A contingent from the Somali National Army has been deployed in the capital Mogadishu, amid smoldering political tensions sparked by the House of Commons' decision to extend President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo's term illegally this month. The House of Commons gave the government two more years under pressure from the opposition and members of the international community. Farmajo has since accepted the extension after his term expired on February 8th. Several sources suggested to Axadlethat the…

South Africa will be represented at the 93rd Oscar, this Sunday, April 25, in Los Angeles. The movie "The Octopus Wisdom" competes for the Oscar for Best Documentary, having won twenty trophies including Bafta, in the same category in London on 11 April. as reported from Johannesburg, Romain SongThe film tells the story of the…